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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-06-19

Washington's reputation as a summer re-
sort has had prompt and gratifying re-
covery from it's slight relapse.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-06-19

The Standard Oil Company attends to its
reorganizipg and let's the Sugar Trust do the
explaining.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-06-19
SHOOTING STARS.
PhraseOlOgy,

1T all depends yer circumstances"
said Meandering Mike.
What does?" inquired Flooding Pete
The way a thing Is said. If big cor
poratdon has trouble, 1T meets with re-
verses If you and has trouble, we gets
turned down.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-06-19

II these reports of brigandage continue
Cuba's spring chicken crop will have to be
set down an utter failure
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-06-19
A Politicians Lament.

A POIfticfNn's Lament.
Alas, what wasted talents
On every side l see;
L know of several weN-read men
Who won't agree with me!
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-06-19

Fifth floor.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-12-23

AGAINST British subjects or foreigners In
British territory trading with or supply
ing the Boer Republic either directly or
indirectly with any merchandise what
ever This is regarded as showing That
the government has good evidence Of the
existence OF such traffic ana that even
some English firms have been supplying
the enemy, perhaps Internationally,
through foreign cons!gnees.
1t is announced that two batta!ions OF
the Guards viii be included in the eiGhlh
0ivision.
Lord Kitchener will join Lord Roberts at
Gibraltar. The earl OF Enroll, hereditary
lord high constable OF Scotland. VIII ac-
company the commander-in- cher III spe-
cial service The earl OF Derby is raising
a corps of volunteers in Lancashire. MT
Victor Christian Cavendish, NJ. ~ foF
West Derhxshre and heir apparent Of inc
duke of Devonshire has volunteered TO
go to the front,
The Capetown correspondent OF the
Times. under date of December II, says:
The Boer fighting line is very thin and
a singule British success might crush II
completely. The real danger, however, i
not the military situation. but the likell-
hood of a Dutch rebellion which would
make the area of war so vast that an ad-
dtional $4,000 men would be easily swat
lowed up in maintaining the enormous
length of British communications. Re-
fering 10 the tardy accepince OF
assistance from local forces. the CORE
spondent says General Butler undoubtedly
at the beginning displayed certain self
sufiiciency and unwilllngness 10 accept
local advice and assistance which events
quickly modified"
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-12-23
GERMANY CHANGES.
The Press Uttermnces Are Now FaN'
nbic 10 England.

The Press uttermnces Are Now F"N-
nbic Ia England.
Berlin December GA gradual veering
OF public opinion in Germany regarding
the war in South Africa is becoming APP
parent The change is led by the Inspired
section of the press Today several ar
ticles appear pointing in the new diree-
ton.
The Cologne Gazette argues strongly
agaiust the folly of demonstratiYe anglo
phoba" Ii says: "Germany's rsal IN
terest is to maintain absolute neutrality
in sentiment II is wise TO retain Eng
lands good viii if Germany intends to
develop colonially."
The Berliner Post contains an obvious
ly inspired article, in which this argument
Is made. South Africa confederation is
impossible without harbors and seaslore.
England. as great power. Is necessary
for maintenance OF the worlds pc al
equilibrium; ard Germany's policy will be
TO keep friends with England"
The Kreuz Zeitung also contains To-Day
a paragraph meant 10 be anglophile.
There Is no doubt that the government
and the emperor are beginning to bring
the weight OF influence 70 bear In faTor
OF England
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-12-23
BLUE PENCIL OTIS
The Generals Censors Do Not Allow
Criticism
OF THE CONDITIONS IN MANILA
A Newspaper Was Forced to Suspend
Publication.
THE PROVOST MARSHAL DID lT
Because the Editor Criticised Methods Of
Management Of The Schools.
THERE Is NO Writ TEN RULE FOR GUIDANCE
And Publishers Do Not Know How
Far They Are Allowed to Go.
Many Bitter Complaints.
Because the Editor Criticised Methods Of
Management Of The Schools.
THERE Is NO WRITTEN RULE FOR GUIDANCE

Manila December %, 1880 p m,--The
newspaper Democracla, the organ of
coterie of Filipinos. including the supreme
judges, tavoring American control in tho
Philippines, tonight announces that it has
decided to suspend publication, The pa
per was started at the suggestion aud
under the patronage OF the Philippine adj
vlsory commission. headed by Judge
Sehurman. The Democracia prints a sin
sic page In big type. In the statement
accompanying the announcement of It's
suspension, the editor says he has been
directed by The provost marshal to retract
certain criticisms of the clerical methods
adopted in regard 10 the manasement of
the schools and adds
recognizing the authority OF the pro-
vost marshal We have no recourse except
TO comply and have decided to suspend
publication until the present extraordina-
ny conditions regarding press matters dis
appear When we know what law rules
rs by what mode we are Judged and to
whose Jurisdiction press matters are
,menable tho pemocracia viii reappnar'
The paper has generally been warm
supporter OF the administration The pro-
vost marshal recently threatened 10 snp
press it for publishing an editorial assert
ing that Manila streets were IN worse
condition under The American than they
had been under the spanish adminiSira.
/ ton The Manila Times was also recently
warned With IN iutimation OF imprison.
mchl and cuphscaton fol printing an
4 editorial recommending nc creation nj
! hoard of charity commissioner 10 c0D
troll the charitable institutions on aecopnt
Of the rumors NJ mIsmauagement of
charitable funds by the church authors
ties.
The newspapers complain bitterly that
the authorities exercise paternal super
vision, threatening suppression. they
claim. for IridinG errors in the publica
ton of news not connected with public
mntters They also say the censorship
handiears newspaper enterprises by sup
pressing c4hlc dispatches, received from
respectable agencies, whose transmission
lg of an exceedingly costly character. The
matter suppressed includes reports OF
government actions, among them being
American and Philippine occurrences
which might give the Filipinos an un-
favorable opinion Of the United states
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-12-23
LAYTON FUND is GROWING.
GENEROUS RESPONSE FROM ALL
PARTS OF THE UNION.
mo pcn,nins WIN BE Lnis In Arr
iingtoa Ccmctcry-tommit is
Gratiiicd over It's Success.

Washington. December 22.--The commit
fee engaged in raising fund for the re-
lief OF the widow and four young children
OF the late Major General Henry w Law
ton are gratihed with the generous re-
gponse to their appeal and now suggest
through the press that all those feeling
Ible and so disposed make Christmas
Offering to promote the work IN nand'
II is proposed to cable Mrs. Lawton Mon
day the result as evidence OF the appre-
citation of her husbands splendid services
and the sympathy and regard in wnien
she Is held.
The Riggs National bank has been des-
jenated as depository for the FUND. re
mittences should be made TO General y.
q CorbIn, adjutant general Washington.
D. G.. or General Jno. +. Weston. acting
commissary general WASHINGTON, y 81
cisco cal or General VIM Ludlow. Ha-
yana, Cuba.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-12-23
INDIANA's TRIBUTE.
The state WIN Erect a Monume
In LayytOn.

The state VIII Erect n
to LnwtOn.
indianapolis, Ind, December 22--An az
ternoon paper this morning Wired Mrs.
Lawton as follows: M
"Will you accept monument from the
people OF Indiana
The following reply was received ircm
Lieutenant Colonel Edwards. CHIEF OF
STAFF acting for Mrs. Lawton. and VINO nas
been designated to bring the body TO tnts
country: Yes Arlington"
II is believed from this that MRS Law
ton has decided to have the burial a. Az
lingtOn.
call was issued today BY the pfesIaehs
of the indianapolis Board OF Trade for =
meeting OF the board OF governors to7
morrow, when formal action on the Inv
ton monument win be taken ana conIf
mittee named to act In con1unction VIII
the committee OF the CommerciaI civo.
At Richmond mass meetlng Was ostu
today to start movement - yaise q
fund for the erection Of monument ~
the memory OF General IAwton. q y
From the general interest evineee ~ ~.
two movements st Is believed lnoleSe ~
raise s25, 900 for the mopument y < q
and sum half q IArss WI - yaAeee !.
Mira LAYTON. n Y S .1..' Z
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-12-23

sumo the offensive the commarler hay
ing arranged for the disposition OF the
forces and anticipating difficulty In main
tanning food supplies in The present posi-
lion.
In spite of the delay Of General Ne
thueu in advancing, he Is regarded as
largely the master of the situation, and
his entrenched position is believed to be
unassailahle. In the event of the Beers
attacking Kimberley, General Meihre1
would be enabled 10 make a counter move
with his artillery and cavalry. Conse-
quently, such a movement on the par o.
the Beers, it is said, is not contemplated.
1t IS apparent, therefore, that to make
haste slowly is the truest policy az pre-
sent In accordance with General Me
thuen's dlctum. the army should not ad-
vance faster than The s.owest OF WAGONS.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-12-23
poers Have Rcinforcemcnt..

sterkstroom. Saturday December 16.-
The Beers have been largely reinforced
since General Gatacre's reverse at Storm
berg The country north of that point
is in arms and the farms of the loyalists
are being taken by the Beers, who reap
the crops. Boer accounts of successful
engagements are printed for distribution
throughout the disaffccted districts.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-12-23
MErIiuES's POSITION.
II Is suid 10 BE unassailnbie by the
B0erh.

London, December ga dispatch ifoai
Capetown, dated Sunday, December ~
says that General Methuen's primary OBJ
ject in crossing the Modder river appears
10 have been TO establish searehlight COM
munication with Kimberley. which Is re-
lieyed to be still on full rations. fne
water in the mines is plentiful
On the other hand. In spite OF tneif
usual tactics, II is considered possinl
that the Beers have been compelled to as
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-12-23
cn.,,.,,,es I...t Mondny,

London, December pa war office dis
patch from Pietermaritzburg. Natal, gives
list OF casualties Monday, December ls.
of seven men killed and fourteen wounded,
all non commissioned officers and men,
The names of the regiments concerned In
dicate a hitherto unrecognized sortie from
Ladysmith on that date.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-12-23
JouBERTvs CONFIDENCE.
Was willing to Accept Churchtifs
Statement.

London, December 9S.-The following
dispatch has been received from Lourenzc
MARQUEE. under date OF December II, re-
garding Winston ChurchilPs escape from
the Beers. mfr. Churchill wrote General
Joubert December asking to be released
on the ground OF being war coTrespoh-
dent. General Joubert, December 49, reS
piled that Mr.. Churchill had been dc
tanned because he had been represented as
a combatant assisting an armored train to
escape. He added that Mr.. Churchill was
unknown to him personally but he would
accept his assurance that he was non
combatant and would order his release.
The order arrived at Pretoria ten hours
after Churchill had escaped leaving pc
hind him a letter expressing gratitude for
the treatment he had received"
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-12-23
FRENCH COMMENT.
south African War Has Been the
Lending Topic.


Lending Topic.
Paris, December 22.--The war In South
Africa has all but monopolized public at
tention this week. The best Paris jour
nails. the Temps, Figaro and Journal des
Deba.s have throughout discussed the
pres and cons of the dispute with ey!-
dent desire to he impartial a larger sec
ton of the press of lower standing, but
wider circulation, has been persistently
reveling In anglophobla. This sentiment
is apparently shared by majority of
Frenchmen. who regard England as
bully attacking small, plucky state ana
who are bitter against England because
Of her unspariug and often uajust oriti-
cism OF France during the Dreyfns trial.
New York, December pa dispatch to
the Herald from Paris says: Many French
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-12-23
A MONUMENT To LEE.
North Canadian Confederate Asso
ciutiOn Has Taken Mntter Up.

, Washington. December 22.--The North Car
DINA Confederate association has inaugu-
rated movement looking to the erection of
a monument TO the memory of the late Gen
era Robert E. Lee. The ASSOCIATION will give
q ball and banquet in this city January IL for
the purpose OF raising funds for the monu-
ment The North Carolina association has
taken the matter up out of compliment TO
Mrs. Vance. widow of Senator Vance, who
is president of the Lee Monument association
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-12-23
WEATHER INFORMATION.


Washington. December 22-East Texas
Fair and cool Saturday and Sunday; fresh
northerly winds.
New Mexico Oklahoma and Indian Terri
tory-Fair Saturday and sunday; north to
cast winds.
Sunday fresh northerly winds.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-12-23
General observations.

Observations taken by the United States
weather bureau at all stations. at p. M.
r5fh neridlan time. Yesterday:
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-12-23

London. December 22.-There Is no
dlminutlon of the enthusiasm among the
volunteers All kinds OF offers are reach
ing Lord Gresham, who is TO command
the mounted volunteer forces. Members
Of the Stock Exchange haze already prom
Ised one hundred horses from their stables
and an offer Of an Irish contingent OF 100
hunting men was accepted this morning
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-12-23

General French. with his staff, left for
the South--to take over the command o.
the cavalry division of the South African
field force-by the last train dispatched
from Ladysmith, and had to run the
gauntlet OF the euemys guns. About four
miles from Colenso ono of the Boer shells
pierced the iron truck next to the guard 3
van, IN which the general was travelling,
but otherwise did no damage.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-12-23

London December 22.-Mr. Adelbert $. Hay.
tha rev United States consul at Pretoria'
formally received at the United States en-
bassy today a number OF wives ana otper
sneeiai requests regarding the prisoners NJ
the Transyaal capital
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-12-23
BRIEF WAR ITEMS.

London. December 22-Lady Randolph
Churchill has received a cable dispatch from
her son, Winston Churchill, who. was cap
tured by the Beers in Natal and taken 70
Pretoria, and whose escape from there was
announced December "a. saying he had ar
rived safely at Delagoa Bay.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-12-23
THE EXACT SCENE OF THE BATTLE

phunu taken as unmerf from 70 ca
Ig Is
place Ru III Be- were u ~
ewoos o they poured Ii ire
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-12-23

cbleyeley Camp Natal, December 1.-THE
wounded are being entraIned for Pieterma-
ritzburg. MOTT OF the wounds are In the arms
or legs
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-05-22
Eyes which See Big.

The other day man spoke in my
presence about a certain real or fancied
popularity of some animals which, he
said, caused the eye to dilate when the
animal was subject to sudden fright,
thus transforming the pupil of the eye
into a magnifying glass of high power.
why" he said, eff n wildcat fright
ems a horse, his eyes enlarge SO that the
wildcat looks to him as big as tiger.
1 have quit saying 1 don't believe
a thing just because 1 never heard of
it before, but, now, what do you
think of this2 l can imagine a man CT
the stone age telling this sort of tale to
his offspring, the while their prehistoric
little eyes grew wide with wonder and
amaze, and then when they ran out of
the cave to play l see him looking over
at the old lady and smiling.
and Stream.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-05-22
Wonderful uairdressing.

Hairdressing in Zululand is an i'm
portant feature, both to the bride and
bridegroom. and the attention paid to
the coiffure of the pair would shame the
performance of a west end hairdresser
who arranges a brides locks and fasten5
the orange blossom chaplet.
a cone shaped erection, for instance,
is the lawful coiffure of a Zulu wife,
and this cannot be legally worn till the
marriage rites are duly completed. Save
for the all important cone. the head Of
a Zulu bride is closely shaved, an as
sagai being used for the purpose. while
as sooD as a youth is of manageable
age his head is shorn to leave ring
around the scalp and then literally be-
smeared with fat and ocher, without
which unguents no Zulu would feel fit
tingly decorated for his bride.
When the bridegroom elect has been
shorn of all his hair save the wool on
the crown, which is trained in circu-
lar shape and some four inches in diam
eter, a ring is sewed to this gum and
charcoal. In this the Zulu thrusts long
snuff spoons, needles and small utility
articles and is very proud of his ring,
which is the badge of manhood. Cas-
sells Magazine.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-05-22
Hair TOOfhDicka.

"Of all the curious articles of COM
merce that you have ever mentioned in
print have never seen one more strange
than line L regularly send to China.
to the Brazils and in very large quanti-
ties to Russia"
The speaker was "foreign mer
chant" and he was addressing a con-
tributor who has made a speciality of
paragraphs dealing with out of the way
occupations. 1.-The articles / refer to
are toothpicks that are made of walrus
whiskers. Vast quantities of the stiff,
thick whiskers of the walrus are ship
ped, from Alaska chiefly. to myself, and
to some others in England. Those who
send them pull them out one by one
with special tweeZers. and after the
whiskers have been trimmed and stiff
ened here they are made up into bun
dies and sent abroad.
1.-The higher class Chinese seem to
use no other kind of toothpick, and the
more wealthy of the Russians always
use them at their clubs and hotels.
send out some thousands of bundles
yearly, and, though to the buyer they
are much dearer, as well as more orna
mental, they leave plenty of profit to
the dealer. Exchange.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-05-22
Two nnnreron. Trades.

File cutting and glass polishing are
the two trades in which the operatives
are constantly subjected to the slow and
stealthy growth of industrial disease.
The danger in their case is even more
alarming than in those which have been
previously dealt with, las the power
which daily menaces them is that most
pernicious and treacherous evil, lead
poisoning. In the case of file cutters
the mischief is contained in the bed
upon which the file is placed for cut
ting. This is composed of metallic lead,
for, although other substances have
been tried, it is declared that none of
them give the desired amount of re-
sisrance without residence obtained by
a lead bed.
Glass polishing is dangerous in that
the powder with which the edges of cut
glass are treated contains 60 to 20 per
cent OF oxide Of lead. Here, again, the
same remedies are demanded, and for
tunately they are not SO difficult of at
tainment In both these cases the poison
pursues its victims with a malice as re-
lentless as it is appalling, which kills or
mains as surely as does any explosion
or accident by violence. -Fortnightly
Review.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-05-22
Poison In the Blood of the Eel.

1t has been known for years that the
blood of GELS contains highly poison
Gus principle. a dog inoculated with Il
dozen drops of cells blood dies in ten
minutes. This discovery was made about
ten years ago by two Italian brothers
name Mosso. The poison is readily de-
stroyed by heat and by mere lapse of
time, wherein it differs from a snake
poison. which long retains its virulence.
Moreover, eel serum is harmless when
taken with food, it invariably succumbs
to the processes of diges tion. If serum
be taken from an animal that has been
rendered immune to snake poison and
injected under the skin of an eel. the
poisonous property of the cells blood is
thereby impaired. Serum taken from an
eel is naturally about three times as
poisonous as the serum of the most
vicious viper.
Although diluted eel serum may pro-
tect an animal from so deadly poison
as viper venom, the converse does not
hold good; the serum of vipers is no
protection against the poison of cells
serum. Serum obtained from animals
gradually trained up to withstand fatal
doses of serpent venom differs from or
binary serum in the astonishing rapidity
of its action. Not only its protective.
but also it's undoubted curative power
has been established. Good Words.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-05-22
How Banks Use Their Millions.

Many people wonder how banks use
all the money deposited in them and
how they manage to pay interest there
ON and yet come ont at the end of the
year with big profit on the business.
What they do is trade with the mon
ey. To the depositor they pay between
and 2 per cent, but the money they
lend brings them in 3, 8, 6, and even
per cent.
For instance, they give loans on all
sorts of securities, such as railway
debentures, government stock, public
company shares, dock warrants, bills of
lading. etc.
They also lend money on the security
of houses and land. but not to great
extent, as repayments are slow.
When a couple of substantial business
men or farmers or professional men
back bill, the bank often lends with
out any security at all. but now and
again they have heavy and ruinous
losses on these loans.
All banks, however, have large sums
of money constantly lying idle. for they
must keep sufficient cash at the various
branches to pay checks and even to be
more or less prepared for panics. Still.
the difference between the l or 2 per
cent they pay and the 3 to they re-
ceive on millions of dollars leaves them
an immense profit ON the years bust
ness