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plague spots as this same buOonlc hor-

plague spots as this same bubonic hor-
ror.
How long has San Francisco been In
fected and to what extent? The health
board does not know. These things. how
ever. the public does know. and from
them 1t draws Its own conclusions First.
that the capacity Of the health board to
died. or may now be victims of bubonic
plague In the crowded Chinese quarter, Is
80 restricted by the fight OF these people
against discovery and the establishment
OF further reason for their incubation,
which they seem to dread as much as the
plague itself. Is so limited as to render
Its declarations. as to the extent to which
the disease has secured footing, at least
unreliable. Second. because OF the fact
that Chinese. employed throughout San
Francisco. visit back and forth between
their places OF employment and infected
spots neither the health board nor other
authority is competent to say to what
extent the germs OF the disease may be
now spreading.
This latter fact destroys the insistence
OF the State health board OF California
that the Texas quarantine should be lin
tied in It's application to Chinese. as the
first makes unreasonable, II not unjust
the demand that our quarantine should be
In the least abated until the californls
health board shall be able to show that
the whole Chinese quarter has been over
hauled and tho last vestige of the BLACK
Death" demonstrably destroyed.
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Biographical studies for Girls.
tBy Charlotte Brewster Jordan)
vII.-CAROLINE HERSCHEL.

In Hanover 1850 years ago there was borr
into the Hcrschel family little girl
named Caroline The youngest OF many
children, she soon became the household
drudge, working to maintain the Well
being of her older brothers, Jacob, the
oldest of the flock. often whipped her II
she did not wait deity upon him at table.
but william the second brother, always
protected her and was her good comrade
whenever she could be spared from her
duties as scullerymaid.
Isaac Hersche, Carolne's father, was
bandmaster OF the royal regiment OF Han
over, a musician OF considerable ABILITY
who carefully educated his sons and would
have extended the yame privilege TO his
daughter had he not been so bitterly op.
posed In this by his wife. Frau Herschel
adhered with even more than the usual
Teutonic tenacity TO the theory that girl
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EXCHANGE INTERVIEWS

Tho Houston Post Is agltating new con-
stitution for Texas II a new constitution
could w. framed Just exactly right It would no
doubt be good move, but In these days of
I political trickery and rottenness we don I
! think It would be the part OF wisdom to dis
card the old one which we have lived happily
and prospered under for these twenty I'VE
years for something new and untried We
need some constitutional amendments very
badly, but let's not throw away whit we
know from experience to be good in the old
one yet.--Tenaha Now Era.
Can II be possible that within the past
twenty-five years the people of Texas have so
dogeneratcd In intelligence and morals that
they are no longer capable Of framing a
state constitution which shall meet the de-
mands of the time? Is It possible that the
ronaha New Era believes ths2 II the fact
is that way, however. we ought to surrender
our republican form Of government and abol-
sh our legislature and entrust our govern
mental interests to some COMMITTEE OF pub
lie sefety'-that would come, OF course. from
the same corrupt and rotten electorate! The
New Era'e argument, and the New Era is not
alone in using It, Is a reductio ad absurdum
II Clark Of Montana had been az good
republican partisan as Hanna Of Ohio Clark
/ ct Montana would have had his seat In the
senate long ago. and there Is not a doubt that
Hanna OF Ohio secured hls election fully as
dtsreputahly II not more so, than did Clark
Of Montana Laredo Times
| There is meat In that observation, but then
there was Quay, another republican boss who
was excluded from the senate While par
tisanship rules strongly in the senate lot us
give tho body credit for baking at least at
political corruption which is too fragrant and
which has been found out"
4 Yesterdays San Antonio Express was TWEEN
ty-tcur and The Houston Post twenty-stx
paEea. Tho Times Herald hopes to sat In
that procession ere another twelve months
roll nround.--Wnco Times Herald
This is Il audable ambition but The Post
would not advise the Times Herald to follow
too closely the too frequent critical and smart
lug policy OF tho Express. We have some
tmcs fcarod lately that our Waco con-
temporary was suffering itself TO ran too
muoA into hypercrticai methods cdltorially.
We have observed also however. Tat the
'T'-H was disposed to pay strict attention to
the uiterancos and conduct Of The Post Con
tlnuo to study our poicc6 and observe our
devotion to the news In hand for the day
and you viii get there after awhne.-you mr.,
coming along nicely hut some reforms ar,
yet needed
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COTTON nxcnANcn RULES.
New iori. Heard Suggests Some itnu-
icni Chances

Especial to Tie Post)
New YORK, May 23,-Members of III.
'ot'on Exchange, at special meeting
recommended to tho board NJ m,nagers
a number OF changes in the original DRAFT
OF the proposed now commissions of the
exchange The matter will now come be
lore the beard for acton on reconmenan-
lions and the nest meeting Of the mem.
eers to discuss the subject viii be beId
about June s. The proposed bylaws. AZ
'he lowest rates OF commission which arc
70 be charged for transaction on che ex-
'hante 1t was recommended chat tn.
second clause in the or giual form OF the
laws be stricken out The eliminated
section provides that $3.50 shall be ehareee
FOR each and every 100 bales bought or
sold when the transaction is made for a
menoer OF the exchange, making the
round transaction thuying and seiiiuP1
So this rule being equally app.toable 3,
e%tenson or transfer OF contracts from one
month 10 another"
IL Is sad that the effect OF ellminatins
the cause following the exception olanseS
WI Sa that a charge OF so centa for b,ok j..
eraee will have &c be made for eySry
uNnsaeuoh, ana no salarled members or
clerks can be employed The action taken
relative 10 the penahy clause. NJ approved
ny the baaM OF managers and finally by
the members Of the exchange. makes the
penalty Tor violating its provisions even
more stringent than the original. Thera
were 10 he penaltles--ior the nrst offense
suspension for period Of not less ihan
SIX nor more than twelve months. the
term OF suspension 10 be liked at tho dis
cretlon OF majority Of the board Of man
ayers present az a meeting thereof. For
me second offense, the penalty was TO be
expulsion.
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ulatory letters received from noted as.
tronomeFs that to Caroline belonged the
priority of observing this, the flrs; of the
eight comets which she discovered.
Until William Herschel's day six or
eight inches was considered the regulation
Size for the mirror of an astronomical tel =
esHope. He and his sister polished many
ten and seven foot mirrors from rough
to inning down" a process tedious beyond
description. william once became so alb
sorbed IN polishing a seven-foot mirror
that he never took his hand Of 1t for six
teen hours, his distressed and devoted sis
ter meanwhile literally keeping him alive
by dropping bits OF food into his mouth
while he worked.
With this enthusiastic brother Caroline
Hersahel bravsd the toughest weather
Hclns the right ascensons ana polaf dis
tanees OF the objects observed while the
the Ink froze in the bottle, holplug regu-
larry IN his numerical calculations and re-
auctions and only during his absence using
me priced Newtoniar sweeper, and getting
through an amount OF independent, orig
mai work that caused amazement among
the admlrinS astronomers OF all countries
by this time her self-abnegation was 81
complete that the joys of youth. the draI
backs of age,were alike unnoted becauseh,
her absorption in her brothers life Lrk
She resented fercely all praise OF hfseI,
when might detract from her brlher'y
tame and writes with all sincerityI have
done nothing all l am. all kn1 7 owe
10 my brother / am only a too1hicb ne
shaped to his use--a well -tralM puppv-
dog would have done as much. y 'NpF'
The many distinguished ysitore r,,o
came can, TO the house after thediscoyery o,
She Georslan satellites-lS6, did not
agree with Caroline's me9st estima,o Nv" "
herself So that when. II 7S7 the salarv
Of tie astronomer ro/was" do nix ss'a ,is
modest sum OF 80 powz sterlinS a,'r,,. 1iie
was settled H. upon ca me as assistant as
unprecedented actJ in the b Jsur 'hns
no1snco ana the 1ssession of the first
h mon@ ever most irrrSnlary paid which she
was soon " o, a1s to spend tcHhor liking
her life. ieai triai OF
r,a rnat spring Aer brother William mar.
iiteIon a,'. ,g ms wife became Caroline's
lifelong fried it was a great blow 10
woman nan wbpe thirty eight years had been
so lived y her brothers life to he th,,s
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DoER ENJOYS.
TheH VIII Visit Leading Cities ana
Explain Their Mission

washington, May 23.--4Deleglte Fische.
OF the Boer commission spope freely to-
night with a representative Of the Asso-
GATED Press as TO their general plans for
the future, He said that it was their pur-
pose TO vis!t zen or twelve PRINCIPAL cities
OF the United states and explain to the
people whatever they might wish 20 know
OF the Beer cause, They were. he said,
panlcularly anxious 10 avoid even the
sembsaAce Of taking any part in American
polEles' They came 20 plead weh the
whole American people for sympathy ana
s-pporl Tho cites which they will visit
nave not yet been determined upon and
IN making their selections they Will be
suieel ny the friends Of the Boer cause
in Washington and in different parts OF
the country.
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frame succumbed prematurely To the n,
rageous treatment which II constantly
ceived, and he died in 1922. England \
no longer England now that the brotl
who brought her thither was gone and
broken-hearted sister returned. at the
OF ", to Hanover, where she lived TWEEN
six years. Still faithful to her task
'minding the heavens" for her broth
she completed some OF his most imports
works in her native land. The reduct
and arrangement in the form Of 81
logue in zones OF all the star clusters
nebulae observed by Sir W. Herscnel 1,
sweeps won for her in 1928, st the az
~, the geld medal OF the Royai Astron
cal society. She also wrote many
catalogues and indexes Invaluable n
tronomers, who can but appreciae
unremitting intellectual activity
produced them. She worked slow
though she had nearly century w.
to be pdinstaking.
The pleasures OF her latter YET
found in music, and she retained
last her enthusiasm for great mut y
formers and composers. Her lif'eu
Ample that II was with great ~. ~
that che could spend one-half oun'
uulAy OI IVY pounds htcTIluR L. N,
William Herschel left her. HWn'cl
Joy was in the achievements OFF as,
trious nephew, the be,ewea brea aT Y
child. Sir John Flershel an unusui;
ample of the genius the father descs
ing to the succeedfh' generation. Sir ID
HerscheI ably carrid ON the great vd
which his father Id begun, and throv
his original reseaches kept the name
z = -
Herschel foremos In science for cent?
dating from Sir Iilllams discovery Of
Georgium SdGiSo Sir Johns death, nss
100 years alter. When Sir John Hersd
came toannounce to his venerable q
his minded visit to the Cape Of q
Hopc,in order to study the soutft
heavns, she cried out, easerly. "Wes
nut hirty or forty years younger, In q
naIe, would go, tool t
Then Sir John Herschel returns
Hnover four years later, bringing thdt
% William Herschel, named for they
ieer astronomer, to see his great-a1
the aged woman felt greatly blessedFi
last peaceful years were brightene
many kindnesses from the Hanoiil
royal family, and the reverent adlla3
of her contemporaries and kindredfs
Upon her death, In 1S4S, placed thislli
icteristic Inscription to her memsryffl
eyes OF her who is gloriied were hdno'
low turned to the starry heaven41a
,wn discoveries OF comets. and her Feh
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COTTON BELT WEATHER.
conditions in Some states Are H.,
favorable to Crons

4
favorable to Crops.
FOLLOWING are telegraphio s,n,,..i.
from climate and crop sections of En-
weather bureau In the cotton bol,.
Louisana.-Nlghts cool o,so.u.,.
weather very favorable: borars daT,aai,.
cane on some plantations, but prosne ',s ~ ~
prohtaDle erop very bright; early nla5ei
rice, Hooded, doing well. nlanilne ssor,.
tinues; cotton small, growing slowlv {corn
IN southern parishes laid nv an5 hNss
planted; oats being harvested, yieIa obs
factory 'ield laS's-
Texas,-cool nights unfayorable ~ veg
etable growth. general showers tx dayv
nlndered farm work; crops foul many
h ,Sesil.'es' some bottom lasd d lower
pIaAos wiz not be cultNa I'd cotton
planting progressed slowly IA cjtral and
south portions, nearing cempEtlon In
north portion; cora doing !aIriJ well AZ
eept IN bottoms. wheat broidsine ~,
700 rank and lodging in pllce Oats e5od
harvest commenced; suFg Nno doiny
nicely rice seeding proEesslng slowivs
fruit promising, gardens Ae.d sunshins'
Arkansas. Weather faoiable for far,,,
work, light rsjps generI, heavy IN saw
ioesiitiesi nights too COT 10 advance vev.
e.ation, observation-disclosures and In ,nanv
losalltles .twice, sta1ftg good gsnerally,
sostsn tepplus prosfTing stand fair ~
good, plant small; whet and oats 49,, ,a,t 70
good yield; potatoes goo In most ps9nilss
apples continue TO dro otherwise sr,,i;
prospects good some amage nv ~" cn,
worms, potato bugs ndfessian ~ cut
ssissippl.--Beneicin' rains u,
week improved crops al soil. insnfac,a oi
for oats; cotton good sttds. he,rs u.heienl
rapidly; worms doing SHIT dnnas.w orksa
excellent, with few xceptinnsee, corn
ready for harvesting imorth cent, wneas
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IMPORTANT no srooKmnS.
sanitary Commissioners Agree Z,
shipment of BrcedinR Cnttle

sanitary Commissioners Agree q
Shipment of Breeding Cattle,
kansas City, Mo. May % Representa-
tiyes Of the live stock sanitary boards Of
Illinois. Missouri, Kansas and Texas met
here today and adopted regulations to Sc
cure uniformity OF tests OF tubsreuiosis
IN cattle. The new regulation provides
that breeding cattle may DO freely shipped
into either OF the four States 10 be sold
at commission or advertised public sales.
but after being sold they shall be held In
quarantine and subjected to the tuhercu.
losis tests before shipped out to any State
that maintairs quarantine against tuher-
culosis. Cattle sold into States not re-
qulriHg the tuberculosis tests win be ELI
giole TO shipment after sale without being
tested
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FIGHTING SINCE SUNDAY.
brondwood Captures Thirteen Way
ouS and n Number of Prisoners

I Hebron, Tuesday, May 29.-Flghung
has been In progress since Sunday. when
three British divisions started 10 sw ep
the country as far as Bethlehem. Yes
terday the Beers attacked the British rear,
hui were driven on. Today. alter a sllght
rear guard action. Colonel Broad wood ar
rived with cavalry In front o. the toNn,
having attacked the commando which he d
the railway and driven II headlong, cap
turing thirteen wagons and taking a
number Of prisoners The burghers hast
ened to surrender their arms
President Stsyn is at Frankfort
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Berlin, May 2s,-'rhe bill In the comnr,.
mise form is regarded by the Unned
States ambassador, Andrew D, White. as
worse in It's bearing upon the United
States than 1t was originally,
Ia taking this view" said Mr.. White
u particularly refer to the virtual ex-
clusion OF corned beet. which deem un-
reasonable after It's long use here. and
after tho United states have proved rs
wholesomeness.r
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wichita. Kan. May X. The Kansas dem,
cratic resolutions bind the delegation not
only to support Bryan for president, but
also TO support for vice president only n
man who Ia now and was in 1895 In full
sympathy with the Chicago platform SIX
dolotates AZ large were selected as follows:
J, Johnson. David Overmeyer, James n
F1kc John II. Atwood nr. C. W. Branden-
surg aud II w Stewart
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hidden Money r

Anderson. Texas. May q w.
colored. hid $50 several H. H., II h
forgot all about 1t. His honse'
while brushing of some log - l0o
They are both very old.
years old, but rides his hoJ l, court
Next Monday. The 2lst,
will convene for the June ,recipct
TWO negro enuniei" 'sa fell. who
namely Alex White and ~ rafrlest-
bad received appointments ~ send
ed last week by supsrvis9 done.
N their resisna Us uaJby P. G.
Mcintyre.
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SUGAR AGAIN RAISED.
All the Rcancrs Discinim Knowieaw.
of nm Agreement

New York. May 23.-All the sugar re-
liners advanced prices today, standaid
granulated now being quoted AZ s.s0e
The American company made the advance
hrst ftho rsst following All d,sel,.m
knowing the existence OF any agreement
between them.
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Richnond u

Richmond. Texas, may Ia
court opened here this
docket about the same poeg's
quite a number o. Tho ,'Iuct being
adtnirers were disappol III hook<)n
able to hear his address
for ~ o'clock today. ,,sl,g 81
The Brazos at this poitn Y !, ~ riIus
doubtless olnsed By the lsNe
the BRACES valley. ,,,avs 4 IA
Judge Rayburn. county juns, s,ari
county, was in attenoa1
week,
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kcntucIs, Minor Armenia

Frankfort Ky, May 2S.=In the court OF
appeals today cx-Govcrnor BRADLEY moved to
dismiss without prejudice the appeals OF tho
republican minor state officers FROM the iudg-
ment OF the Tower court counsel for the demo
Gratis objected 10 the dismissal and the court
took the motion under advisemeut
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sonlh cnroIlnn rrohihitinn,sr..

Cuumrla, :. e. May 23,-The prohibition.
lists decided 10 make a determined fight
reainst the state liquor traffic Colonel lanes
A, lloyt OF Greenyille was nominated FAR
governor and Colonel James L. Trihble OF
Anderson for lieutenant governor
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Dewey says his reception in East Tonnes
see was the greatest ovation yet rendered
him. IL will DO observed that East Tonnes
SEQ is not all "moonshlne," though a goodly
volume Of the purest doubtless Illuminated
and mellowed the occasion in question.
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Arm ar Re-electea Ch,et J

Milwaukee Wis, May 2s.-Grsnd Chief
r NJ Arthur OF the brotherhood Of Loco
motive Engineers Was reelected at the
eonyentiorto of engineers here today.
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We wish It we're possible to practically i'm
press upor every city and town IN Texas this
year that sanitation is far safer than quar-
antines.
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more business and increased taxable wealth
We ought now to have ave- instead Of three
million people In Texas.
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Latest reports from Pretoria indicate that
the Transvaal government is determined 10
inslst that the British shall come ouGt ard
put II oudt "
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crop; many tobacco plants and'
tato elIns fransDIarted

tato slips transplanted. :,
Tennessee. First OF week -
dry, showers 18th. followed ~ :,
weather; rains mostly insufhcla. I
duced termination; corn and To-
ing slow growth. cool nighpl.SSss,'
wheat in bloom aud prospects, W. VIZ,
not injured by fly; oats aa
shortened by drought, somf.Sy =,
where rain fell; fruit prospf0a g
cept apples.
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The surrender OF two companies Of Flllpinos
to our troops In the Philippines Is men
toned In the dispatches as very significant"
II is, indeed. signlncant--as indicating that
1t is SIN possible out that way To vary the
monotony OF slaughter.
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1t would be singular II the Puerto Ricsn.
Alaskan Hawaiian and Philippine "civl gov
eminent bills" did not inspire the immediate
creation Of n carpctbne trust
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San francisco may have 10 nay tho fearful
ienaitv OF an attempt to conceal the true
danser lurking n IT'S midst in order 20 avoid
guarantees. Better the nr5t panic aud CON
nlete isolation for time than isolation and
the wide spreading Of the plague at last. In
such eases honesty, fairness to the outsld,
world and vigorous efforts to stamp out the
Initial cases and their germs always consti.
tute the hest nolirv
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fhere Is always some National calamity
20 be apprehended when the value OF the dot
lar Is plaeed above the value OF human life.
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Almost any old place in the Orange Free
state win hereafter be able to claim that il
was once the capital Of republic.
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In law man who deliberately harbors
fugitive fram justiee accused OF muir,
der or aids him In escapiaS ia
subject to indictment as an accessory after
the fact lndiana's governor is playing the
role OF a criminal and It is not strange that
many of his own people feel that he is dis.
gracing the state.
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tobacco rice and sugar cane are destined
to heeome large aud profitable crops In our
coast country. aud to add large voum, Of
new business 10 that already existing in this
section Houston ought to become tho center
o such tsade, Tobacco warehouses and fac
tories and rice and sugar mills ought 10 bs
plentiful here
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The duke OF Marlborough ia returning from
south Africa. "Bobs' must have ordered all
membranes to the rear.
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Ambassador Choate in recent speech told
his audience that America and England nre
pursuing the same ends" This was a frank
recognition of the injustice Of both the Philip
pine and South African conquests.
II appears that We have the same cslious
commercialism to contend with In the case
or the plague n San Francisco that we have
almost annually to guard against in the case
of yellow Jack at New Orleans.
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I. NJ JOHNSTON $500 psnsID1rr.