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Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1899-05-17
Taking Offense

won't help you after you have been
insulted. Feeling sorry won't help
you after using poor lumber. Avoid
doubtful lumber and save your
money along with your temper.
Save to have lumber. Where's the
best place ? hope that my yards
are, Base my hopes upon the solid
facts that my Pine and Cypress
lumber is as good as it is cheap.
Let mo direct you to certain houses
built with it. Then yon Il see how
it has stood the test OF years and
usage. Sold at retail, by
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1899-08-11
CURRENT NOTES.

Successful experiments have beeh
made in Paris with an automobile wa
tering cart. and 300 Of these will be
put in service, replacing 500 horse
power carts now in use.
All batting records at cricket have
been beaten by l4-ycar-old schoolboy
OF Clifton college named Collins, who
made COS runs. not out, in recent
school match. This beats the score OF
ASS made by Mr.. \. Z. stoddart in 1856.
Lord Salisbury is an ardent che mist
and has announced that lie has discov-
cred an important chemical process al
his laboratory at Hatfield house, and
that he will communicate the same &c
the world at a fort Incoming meeting Of
one of the learned societies.
Thurso bay. in the north Of oiland
is having trouble with whales. 4 large
school of bottle-nose whales was recent
ly stranded in the shoals of the bay and
driven on the beach. There is no way
Of hauling them Off. SO that Thorso peo-
pie must hold their noses for good
part of the summer.
The collector Of customs for Phila,
delphia in his statement for the year
ending June 80 shows that the receipts
there for the y months amount to the
sum of SEE .3s-. 6i2.43, which is nearly
twice the amount of the previous year
when the receipts were SIC, Coz, l72.sl.
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FASHION NOTES.

A collar buckle of old gold represents
. turtle. decorated in transparent en-
amel.
A necklace of pink coral beads. alter
mating with pearls, is among the latest
novelties.
very pretty cloak clasp is of silver
In the shape of rose leaf. II is set with
semi-precious stones.
Heart brooches of gold. having the
appearance of being cast. are set with
precious stones.
A scarf fastener Of gold. having The
appearance of being cast, is in the shape
of "fleurd de lis" Ii is set with precious
stones.
4 handsome brooch in the shape OF a
cresccr has the edges set with pink
pearls. the center being thickly studded
with cmeralds.
a pretty bathroom set is of silver.
handsomely enamcled. The lids Of the
pun box and of the tooth powder box
are set with semi-precious stones.-Jew-
elers' Weekly.
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TIMELY GARDEN NOTES.

Watch sd orchard. Ii will begin
TO fall before You know IL.
Good drainage, natural or artificial,
10 essential TO success. Trees are i'm
patient OF wet feet.
Good tillage increases the available
food supply of the soil and also con
serves its moisture.
Potash is the chief fertilizer to be APP
piled to fruit trees. particularly after
they come into bearing.
Only cultivated crops should he al
lowed in orchards early in the season.
Grain and hay should never be grown
Nitrogen can be obtained cheapest
by means Of thorough tillage Ito pro-
mote nitrifica.ion) and heterogeneous
green manures.
The remedy for these apple failures
IL to cut down many Of the orchards.
For the remainder. the trea tment is cul-
tivation, fertilization. spraying - the
trinity Of orthodox apple growing.
Cultivation may he stepped late in
the season. and a crop can then he sown
upon the land. This crop may serve rs
a cover or protection to the sell, and ~
green ulanure.--Prof. Bailey.
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Paul Kruger's favorite Dish il salt
herring. lie eats at least one OF these
fish every day.
President McKinley's handwriting
bears striking resemblance 10 that Of
Bryant.
The prince Of Wales has a collection
OF portraits OF himself clipped from
newspapers and periodicals.
The pope takes keen interest in pho
Biography. and up TO the time Of his late
illness was himself an amateur pho
tographer of no mean ability.
Secretary Hay as is well-known, IL n
devout Omar khayvamite. II IS not,
however. so well known that his collec-
ton OF editions Of the Ru baiyat is sec
ond oSlly in this country TO that of Ma
than Haskell Dole.
King Oscar Of Sweden is the most
musical OF reigning noEarchs. In his
younger DAYS he was regarded as the
mostaccomplished tenor in Europe, and
could have made "A fortune out of his
voice on the stage
Gen. Galifet had Hebrew ancestry.
The last Hebrew Of his line was bap-
TIED in the reign Of Louis Mi. lie was
christened Louis Gallifoctus, or Louis
rnade-a-F Ere nchman. This was cor
rupted into Gallifet. &c descendants
OF the convert purchased high financial
and judicial posts in Provence.
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TREES FOR DRAINAGE.
he Improved by Heing Drier
should I'iant Some.

IL is popular belief that trees about
a house tend 10 make il damp. Ii is
true that after heavy rains a dwelling
with trees surrounding il takes more
time TO dry out than one no. 80 Sur
rounded. On the contrary j; is Just as
true that where trees are The soil is
very much drier than it would be other
wise. Some years ago the daily papers
had much 10 say of the drainage Of a
malarous district in Rome by the plant
ing largely Of the fast-growing Blue
gum tree Of Australia. Eucalyptus
globulus. There is no doubt that this
rapid growing tree would quickly
change the character Of half-swamp,
as il grows fast and has thick foliage.
When there is lot Of trees full OF TO-
liage there is great call for moisture
from the ground. The roots are draw
ing il in continually, and this in the
long run accomplishes as mucn as a
system Of drainage would do. | have
myself witnessed the great change
brought about by the cutting down and
clearing Of trees from low piece Of
while tie trees stood became almost a
swamp. Ii is not as easy to start ever
greens in such a spot as il is dsciduous
trees; otherwise they would be- better
for the purpose as there is more cvapo.
ration from them in the winter season.
But il must not be supposed that there
is entire rest on the part Of q dccidu-
Gus tree in winter. The roots are active
and especially toward spring an enor-
nous lot Of water is taken from the
earth by the roots OF large tree. This
is why trees rear dwellings, Which are
in damp sit uations are SO valuable. The
cellar OF house which Is surrounded
by large trees will he very much dricr
than before the trees were there. This
have seen Inany examples Of. There
is no need 10 plant trees 50 close that
the branches Will reach 10 the house
and il is not at all desirable that the
limbs oyerhang it, Dcciduous trees are
better than evergreen for planting near
house. An evergreen is not top
sprcader and affords but little shade.
The deciduous one gives the shade in
sum mer when it is needed. and its roots
are drying the soil TO a great exte nj in
winter as well as largely in summer.
One of the best trees for the purpose
is the common white maple. 1t grows
quickly makes a good deal of foliage,
ard il is much more OF a surface rooter
than many trees. and this is what
makes it SO good for drainage. Those
who may have piece Of land that
would be improved by being drier and
would not object to trees doing the
work for them should plant some. The
result would please them very much
Prac tical Farmer.
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APHORISMS.

In idleness there is perpetual despair
Carlyle.
Humility is the solid foundation OF
all the viriues.-Confucius-
Christianity is the highest perfection
of humanity.-Johnson
Adversely borrows its sharpest sting
from our impatience.-Bi Bishop Horne.
To what deep CULTS a single deviation
from the track Thurman duties leads
Byron.
| hardly know so true a mark of q
little mind as the seryile imitation Of
others.-Greville.
If there is any person whom you dis.
like. that is the one Of whom you
should never speak.-Cedil.
Any feeling that takes man away
from his home is traitor to the house
hold.-H. W. Bcecher.
1t is not the place. nor the condition.
but the mind alone that can make any
one happy or misera ble.-L' Estrange.
kind heart is a fountain of gladness
making everything in its vicinity TO
freshen into smiles. Washington
Irving.
Hope is fiatterer. but the most up
right OF all parasites. for she frequcnts
the poor mans hut ms well as the palace
of his NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
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NOT A GOOD RATION.
OCT straw Diminishcs the Flow OF
Milk aud Otherwise Injuries
Dairy Cows.

Generally right after the thrcsl ing
machine has pulled out of the BARNARD
the cattle are turned in to pick up the
scattered heads and loose wheat and
eat as much as they wish from the
straw stack. There is nothing so det-
especially oat straw. | have known
mich COWS that were giving two and "A
half to three gallons of milk n day. in
two weeks to decrease TO less than a
gallon a day. Not that they were fed
on straw. They had good fresh fall pas
lures, but they Were allowed to eat
from the strawstack also.
know 10y experience that nothing
gives the butter such 4 cheosy taste and
smell. besides making ii much harder TO
churn. as feeding the cows oat straw.
Ii also dries up the flow OF milk much
faster than any other feed yon can
give them. Save your straw for your
young stock: they will do well on il IL
you give them some ground corn along
with IT. Feed your cows middlings,
with rood clover or timothy hay, or,
what is better yet. cornfodder or silage
i know Of no better dry feed for mich
COWS than cornfodder. Feed them that.
Keep oat straw away from them and
there will be no decrease in the flow of
milk IN the fall and winter Beatrice
ai- Ebbinghaus, in Ohio Farmer.
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top. They fastcn in the rollers with
bolts. They are the only bolts that
have to he removed in changing from
one TO the other. The balance of il
made out of linn. Ii is light: one man
can handle il easily. Have the bottom
boards 10 fit snugly, but do not nail
them
by using the main body {, Fig. ! :,
with two extra holsters +. Fig. ., YOU
have a good log rigging. For the stock
rack. taper the posts Use linn boards
Have your blacksmith make eight
square sockets. IL bv 2rs inches. 10 bolt
on sides of sills G.. Use one-quarter-
inch bolts for these. | used old buggy
tires. Make end-gates like the side. ID,
Fig. .. Use rods also. Make two light
gates for partitions; il makes three
pens. Hogs cannot crowd then. Hooks
and staples will do for two middle gates.
J.. Fig. 3. is enc side for wagon ladders.
Have the arms notched Just enough "a
set square on the sill after the round
ends are in the two-inch hole on oppo-
site side You can also have extra side
boards, tight, for hauling wood. corn.
etc One man can unfold this combina-
ton. Store it in a small place. You can
surely find dry place for il. This is
my own invention. not patented. and If
you use il once YOU will like it.-Uhio
Farmer
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Mrs. Col. Richardson
SAVED BY MRS. PiNKHAM.



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"At last Inflammation of the womb
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fered agonies. had to give up my pro-
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was confined to my bed and life became
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believe / should have contracted the
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common sense had not interviewed.
"One day my husband noticed the adj
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RHINELANDER, Wis.
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Inc perpetual switching of a cows
TAN INTO the mixers face and ewes is
extremely annoying. aside from the la
o'n'N oi getting dirt switched from the
.ai' 'h'o me milk pail. Some mixers
ue ne cows tail to her leg. but the flies
make me cow so uneasy that she will
e""h switch her tail loose. or else will
ora. oreah 'nto run. The best way TO keep
mes rom COW is to rub little grease
over her back and sides. and very lit.
We WIN "c enough. Then spread over
ner branches cut from the trees. al
lowing the green leaves to extend down
ner sides. The mixer can then milk
IN comfort. 1t will need fresh branch
every two or three days, keeping it in
water when not used as a shade for the
eow.-American Cultivaator.
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By . curious coincidence the grant of
money given 10 Lord Kitchener by par.
lament has been made standard of
by which the treatment meted out 10
their own respective heroes of the mo-
ment may be judged. In both instances
the vehicle of this interesting com pari-
son is the art of the cartoonis.. and in
both eases the occasion is seized 10 H.
lnstratc what the artist takes TO be ma.
tional characteristics. In Paris. the
conqucror Of the soudan is represented
as the type of English ney-grabbinp
yulgarity. in contrast to the pure and
distinguished love of la gIoire and Ia
patrie which distinguishes the French
man. Lord Kitchener appears in the
caricature OF the Petit IluStre burrinc
a eoronet and "A bag containing & 81. 900
while the gallant Marchand is conteu,
70 hold aloft the tricolor flag. In Amer
lea. ON the other hand. the meager re.
Spouse to the call for national sub
scriptions for a testimonial to Admiral
Dewey moves the New York Herald 10
print a cartoon in which Uncle sam is
keeping his hands tightly In his peck
cts-a figure OF Dewey is beside him
wearing huge medal-and John Bull
hands Si5o.C0O 10 the hero OF Omdur.
stands near with genial smile as he
man. The French caricaturist agects
TO sneer at our soldiers substantial re-
ward. but mefhinks beneath the sneer
Is as much envy ms there is avowed ad
miration in TIE American cartoon.-St
James Budget.
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sTEPLADDER on WHEELS.

the large, nice fruit that is so hard t.
get with common ladder. IL can be
backed into tree or run Sideways TO
ii. or with some fitting and twisting
can he worked in among the outer
branches. There is no patent on il. l
had one 20 years ago and have one
now.
This is really a handy styie Of ladder.
and il properly made j. safe 70 use
where another ladder has no support
and can't be used with safcty.-J. A.
Cunningham. in Rural World.
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+; S;iiii;S;:Ti;;;;jjiS!:lyl!y5 e
&,,sS sllEITS
HANDY COMBINATION.
Description Of n Nonpatented. scrv-
iceabie mud Cheap Hay. stock
and Log Rack.

saw some time ago reqre.. aor q
combination wagon ladder. stock rack,
part of il. rather. Anyone handy with
tools can make il. and in need not cost
over two dollars for bolts and iron.
made mine. and would not part with il
for several times its cost. Make il any
length desired; mine is 16 fect-long
enough for two horses. and 10 haul 5
head Of 2o0-pound hogs. The sils G..
Fig l, are 2 by :. red elm and the up
rights A and II, Fig. .. should be heavy
at the bottom and taper TO . by at thu
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WAY STATIONS.

There are $4,000 miles Of railway IN
Poland.
DIR. w. Seward Webb knows railroad
ing from top TO bottom and frequently
amuses himself by running an engine.
The Jersey Central is to Institute .
system Of examination for it's baggage
men. embracing questions u route.
tracing of lost articles. etc.
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'orn is undoubtedly the most appro.
PIRATE crop to raise in young or charc
IL makes wind break. causes trees n
grow straight and furnishes food for
insects which prefer young corn 10
,rees. And the cultivation given corn
= Just what the trees need. Those who
We fortunate enough to have apples
,as' year have good bank accounts now
apples at 80 cents peck have been no
VI "h' put reality which caused the
o1eharuists 20 dream OF diamonds and
~, adornments Of plutocysts-.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1899-08-11

The Veterans OF siNty.onc and five and
their friends, who are going 10 attend the
BIRD q. A. X. Annual Encampmeni a. Phi.a-
dephia in September, could not select bet
ter nor more historic route than the Big
Four, Chesapeake a Ohio, with splendid
service from Chicago, Peorla and -. LOUIS
on the Big Four, al connecting az Indian
apolis OF Cincinnati and thence over the
Picturesque Chesapeake & OHIO along the
Ohio river 10 Huntington, West Va, thence
through the foothills Of the Aieghanies.
over the Mountains, through the famous
Springs Region Of Virginia 10 stanton,
Va, between which point and Ndshingt on
are many Of the most prominent Battle
fields; Waynesboro, Gordonsville, Cedar
Mountain, Rappahannock, Kettle Run,
Manassas, Bull Run, Fairfax, and a score Of
others nearly as prominent. Washington IL
next, and thence via the Pennsylvania Line
direct to Philadelphia. There VIII be three
rates in effect for this business; lst. Contn-
uous passage. with no stop-over privilege Z;
2nd. Going and coming same route with one
stop over IN each direction 30. Clrcutous
route, going one way and back another with
one stop-oyer IN each direction. For full
information as 10 Routes, Rates. etc, adj.
dress J. {. Tucker. q. y. A., 23i Clark ST.,
Chicago.
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LADDER ON WHEELS.
Have No support and Cnn't he
Mended with safety.

l have often thought that a ladder
like mine call IL stepladder-on
wheels. should be in every orchard Of
any Importance. \ man can move il
around the outside of tree and get
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His strike.
made a big strike, | guess. +"

did you know that Jimcox had returned
from the klondIke:"
Yes"
lie made big strike, guess"
why do you think 50 -
IL met him out at one Of the gardens He
was blowing the boys of 10 good time
and was telling them some great stories
about the country up there
"Oh, Then YOU must have run across him
just after [ had been fool enough to let
him have FIVE dollars with which o get a new
start l. lifs."-Chicago Times Herald.
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Dear M, the circus isn't what It used
to be.
"Now. John. stop: the circus is ell right
il i YOU that has changed You know YOU
couldn't climb a pole. turn double somer.
sault OF skin the cat 10 save your lie. de
troit Free Press.
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1899-03-30
HURLEY SOUTH DAKOTA yeaEgeaaaaas

in the U. S. He says this is not
due to climatic conditions, but
solely to the absurdly low price
paid for labor on those islands.
This question is likely to be heard
from again.
A protege of Ex-senator White
of California has been made to
feel the effect of one of the pat
ronage rules of the senate---that
each employe must have a sena-
tor for hacker in order to hold
his place. Mr.. White retired
from the senate the 4th Of this
month, and his. protege, Mr.. Rob.
ert P. Troy, who gave up an ST.
500 civil service protected posi-
ton in the Treasury Department
to take a $4,000 position in the
office of the clerk of the senate,
retired this week. Senator Platt,
of New York, secured the So, 600.
place for one of his constituents.
This is the first change in the
senatorial force, but every en1-
ploye who owes his place to a
senator who went out with the
last congress knows shat It is
only question of deciding upon
his successor when he must be
divorced from the pay roll.
The Chinese Minister to the u
S. is also the Chinese Minister to
Spain, but the present minister,
owing to the, war, has not yet
been to Madrid. He called at
tie Department. of State this
week to Say that he was about to
start for Spain. AS he will leave.
his wife in Washington he prob-.
ably does hot contemplate long
stay in Madrid. The principal
reasons for China having a min.
ister to Spain were removed when
the Philippines and Cuba passed
from the control Of Spain. It
was to look out forthe interests
Of the Chinese upon those islands.
that the Chinese Minister to the
~. s. was also accredited to
Spain. ..,S ,,..,.s
TIE rsftfaf LABOR Union i
making a fight for the remoyal Of
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1899-03-30

superintendent Claude M. John
son, Of the Bureau Of Engraving
and printing. Its latest move
was the appointment of com
mlttee to collect data concerrling
Johnsot1's management of the
bnreai, and similar committees
have been appointed bv other
labor organizations. But these
committees can hardly uncover
more abuses than were found by
a con1mitte of Treasury officials.
and reported. These abuses have
been -rnostly corrected, but Mr..
Johnson still holds his place.
He is a Cleveland hold-over, and
is credited with having material
ly aided the republicans, i'll Ken
lucky, IN 90, and is said to have
been promised retention III office
fof it. There may be doubts as
to the nature: of his ''pull," but
there are hone as to it's effective
ness. His. place has been sought
in vain by prominent republicans
with the strongest political back
ing. Speaking of the Bureau of
Engraving and Printing, Gen.
Grosvenor is4I out with a sharp
interview criticising the civil SER
vice commission rules for stand
ing in the way of the discharge
of men responsible for the abuses
found by treasury committee, in
answer to a, statement made by
Chairman Proctor, of the civil
service commission, that the em-
p1oyes against whom charges
were made-were appointed before
the civil service rules were ex-
tended to the bureau. Gen. Gross
yenor closed his interview by say,
ing: "The crime is not ID their
coming:ssit is in their staying.
Tie fault Of the organization Of
the. bureau Of civil service was
not in its cofnfng;it is IL its stay
ing.
The following eztract from
report just made to the depart.
insris ne u Of stats; BY one, of our Euro.
pean consular agents will be neWs
to most Americans: s.Spain's to-
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1899-03-30

r. w. Bishop, late editor Of
the Volga Tribune, is home from
jaunt through the sunny south,
during which he stopped several
days at Fitzgerald, Ga, the ''old
soldiers colony" and while his
description Of that much advef-
tised magic city",is entertaining
and Instructive it is not calculat-
ed to make. one wish they were
there. Since Mr.. Bishops return
home he. has received a letter
under date Of March IL, from an
old soldier who invested, between
Sc, 600 and $1,000 in Fitzgerald,
In which he says:
ssIt is nice here now like summer up
there, and the new gardens are coming
up right along. But tell all Of our
comrades and other friends that have
been here since the colony was started
and know all the country here, and
know that it is not fruit country at
all. They cannot raise anything with
out, buying patent fertilizer to the
amount of $3.50 to SO per acre to start
out with each year. There never has
been since / acafne crop. Of peaches
like those raised in Missouri, Michi-
gan. or Nebraska. Ten to fifteen
bushels Of corn is big yield per acre.
Old comrades like myself who came
here and got stuck the first year are
doing our bestito give away orisell our
property and get back north again
where. a man can live and see some.
thing. TeA tie old boys that dozens
are leaving all the time and that at
least 200 Of ns will leayel here this