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The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1901-11-15
LAND FOR SALE OR TRADE.

2S6 acres seven miles from
Bastrop, in Bastrop county, on
Colorado river, 200 acres in
cultivation, four houses good
well, fronts on river. Will sell
or trade for Il ranch. Apply to
j. T. Sites, San Angelo, Texas
or w. B, Sites. Lockhart, Texas,
The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1901-11-15
Children's Hose at Robertson's

"Topsy" hose for the children,
1oc and zoe.
Jno ID Robertson, Jr.
The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1901-11-15
SPECIAL NOTICES.
For Sale CHEAP

A first class bakers porta BILE
oven, good as new. Apply TO
The Press Office.
FOR SALE 100 one and two
year old steers, native cattle
Apply TO DR., j b. Salmon,
San Angelo. Tex
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The Seal of Silence
D. Appleton & Company, Publishers,
u FIFTH AVENUE, NEW YORK.

Sixth Battalion: Sergeant Major lanes
Madison Pickens, TO be adjutant. with the
rank of first lieutenant; First Sergeant
George Blair Clum, to be second lieutenant
Company A. ''
Casqalties-Honorably discharged; Wn-
T. Crst, first lieutenant Comnany G "
battalion. and Samuel c. Redman, second
lieutenant company c, I'd Battalion. Re
signed: Henry II. Burroughs. first ueuten
ant ard adjutant, 9th Battalion; VIM T. H.
King. captain, Company B. 9Th Battalion;
ana w. Calvin Whip, first lieutenant,
Company {, 9th Battalion.
The Following, all privates were dishon-
oraoIg discharged from the National Guard
during the quarter:
VIM z. Baker. Company c, LIST Separate
battalion; Charles Barrick Comnanv n
4th Battalion: Paul Z. Barthelemy Conn
pany "A, 9th Battalion: James II. Rreen.
company y, 4th Battalion: Henry f.
1rllg', Company c, 4th Battalion: Joseph
H. Carroll, Company B. LIST Senarate RAT
TALON: VIM. w. Clarridge COMPANY A 9Th
battalion; VIM. b. Collins, COMPANY A
LIST Battalion; Harry c. Columbus, Conn
ptny =. attn battalion; Arthur Davis. Com
pany A. 9th Battalion; Chas A. Evans
company b, list Separate Battalion: Sam
uei Gaskins, Company c. LIST Separate Bat
talon! Frank l.. Gordon Company c 1st
Sept i battalion; VIM. J. Grahe. En-
glneen Corps; Raymond H. Hanson. Com
pany b, 4th Battalion; VIM. A Heffernan
Jr., Company ID, 4th Battalion: Leo A Hill
yard Company b, LIST Battalion: VIM. ].
CtiipdllE - ISL separate Bat
tallonf Littleton Jones' Company C LIST
Separate Battalion; Frank ID. Keller Com
pany 4, I'd Battalion; Carl Kober, Company
Z, 4th Battalion: Isadore Leavey, COMPANY
Z, 4th Battalion; r. c. Lee, Company c,
LIST Battalion; Parker II. Lyons. Company
=. LIST Battalion; Francis D. McGarrell.
Company B. 4th Battalion; VIM. II. Max
well, Company b, LIST Separate Battalion:
John y Moss. jr., Company A LIST Separate
t3attalion; Vincent A. Osterman Company
u, LIST Battalion; Jas. II. Payne. Company
=, LIST Separate Battalion; Geo. s. Portch,
Company a, 9th Battalion; John W Proc
tor, Jr., Company A. LIST Separate Bat
TALON: Edward p Humphrey, Company B..
LIST Battalion; Joseph Rosary. Company b.
LIST Separate Battalion; Horace Ruczer,
Company c, LIST Separate Battalion; Mat
thew Rudden, Company A. 9Th Battalion:
Sidney Smith, Company c, LIST Separate
Battalion; Charles H. Sullivan: Company
A, 9th Battalion; John H. Tabler Company
A, 9th Battalion; VIM. c. Ward, Company
ID, 4th Battalion; Robert Washington Com
pany G, LIST Separate Battalion: Arthur A.
Webster Company A, 9th Battalion: Chas.
). White, Company c, LIST Separate Bat
TALON: Vincent White. Company A. 4th
Battalion; Thomas Williams, Company j,
18th Battalion.
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The British Constitutions.

From the London Chronicle.
One in Grand Rapids Michigan, eager for
knowledge. writes despairiugly to a New
York paper as follows: Il should like 10
read the British constitution. but have
been unable to find a copy" Western in
terest IN England is so new and promising
a development that the inquirer ought to
be encouraged; but We are In doubt as to
what should be sent to him. To ship a
load Of statutes covering a century or two
would be expensive, and the Investigator
might be discouraged when he saw so
bulky @ consignment. On the other hand.
single enactments, such as the municipal
reform act, or the merchant shipping act.
with amendments for instance, would. if
sent, give pleasure no doubt in the perusal,
but could only convey partial idea OF our
institutions. The simplest way is to send
the man ticket for London, and give him
a pass to the reading room Of the British
MuSeufl.
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reI's and a body which Is better proper
toned than that of the kangaroos of the
plains 1t has arms and legs about eight
or ten inches long. d tail about two feet
four inches long and a trunk two feet long
1t spends the most of the time in the trees
sleeping there in the daytime and coming
down only at night. Its food is tree leaves
and 1t seldom comes out of the tree except
for water. This animal rs esteemed great
delicacy by the blacks. They spend much
time hunting It, and have trained the
dingoes or native dogs that they will track
1t and tree IL. After the kangaroo has been
freed the natives climb not only the tree
upon which 1t is. but all the others nearby
in order to catch it If 1t jumps from branch
10 branch.
There are score or so of small kan
garOos in all parts Of Australia. One of
the most common Is the Wallaby, which
Is killed for It's skin, are many other
varieties There Is great demand for
kangaroo leather for bags, shoes and other
things, and quite lot Is yearly exported
TO the United States. The musk kangaroo
is SO small you can put 1t in your pocket.
There Is a kangaroo, which looks like a
rabbit, known as the hare kangaroo, and
another like enormous rat, which Is
called the rat kangaroo.
This Animal Lays Eggs.
The eggs OF the United States are laid
by fowl. fish, tortoises and reptiles. Down
here there Is a curious little beast which
produces its young in this way. Have you
ever heard Of the 'platypus? II II the con-
Meeting link between the mammals, birds
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and reptiles, having some features common
to all. 1t has a bill like a duck. and its
feet are covered with webbing, SO that it
can swim through the water. 1t suckles
its young like a mammal and 1t bores in
the earth like mole. 1t is usually found
along the fresh water streams of TaSma-
mia and Victoria 1t lives in little tunnels,
one of the openings of which Is below the
water and the other in the land above it.
The fur of the platypus is very beautiful,
although the animal is so scarce that it is
hardly article of commerce. l have
skin about twelve inches wide by eighteen
inches long, which cost me 81. The fur is
as soft and smooth as moleskin, but the
bill and legs are as hard as horn. The skin
is sometimes used to make rugs. a good
platypus rug being worth at least $125' The
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All About the Queer Beasts and Birds
of Australia.
MANY VARIETIES OF MARSUPIALS
Animals to Be Found Nowhere
Else in the World.
FINE SPORT FOR HUNTERS
Copyright 1901, by Frank g. Carpenter)
,-,--..,..., t,,,.,. ~ Tho Eveniuq Star

Special Correspondence q The Evening Star.
BRISBANE, Queensland.
Australia is a country where every other
animal carries It's baby in its breast peck
ct. 1t is the land of the marsupial. 1t
has one hundred and ten different varieties
of animals which have pouches fastened
10 their bellies in which they carry their
young Some of these animals are taller
than a man and some are no bigger than
your thumb. Some climb trees, some gal
Iop over the plains and some spend more
than half their time IN the water. l have
seen certain varieties during my travels
and 1 have examined and photographed
others in the geological gardens. Every
city here has its geological garden, and
every town has its museum, SO that there
is no trouble seeing all Australia alive and
stuffed.
What interests me most is the kangaroo
/ had an idea that all kaugaroos were alike
before l came to Australia. / now know
that there are forty-nine varieties, rang
ing in size from the great gray kanga-
roo. the male of which measures over sew
en- feet from nose to tail tip. down to the
Kangaroo rabbit and kangaroo rat. In
Sydney and Melbourne they have nearly
every variety. l saw some there that were
taller than man jumping around in fields
inclOsed by wire fences. They have enor-
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feathers look more like coarse hair than
feathers, and emu skins are sometimes used
for rugs. The cassowaries have no hair on
their heads, but the heads of the emus are
completely feathered, or 1 might say
haired. The p1umage of, the emu is dull
brown spotted with dirty gray here ana
there. The wings are so short that they
are invisible when held close to the body;
they are clothed with feathers, but not with
the beautiful plumage of the ostrich. The
birds are quite dangerous and their kick is
strong enough to kill dog or man.
Emu Hunting.
One of the favorite sports of Australia is
hunting emus. The best time for this Is
early in the morning, when the birds go out
to feed on the grass. Both dogs and horses
are trained for the purpose. The dogs are
taught to catch the emus by the neck,
otherwise they are sometimes killed by
kick, for the bird kicks sidewise Ike
cow. This hunting is rapidly killing off the
emus, is also the fencing of the pastures.
The squatters are anxious to destroy them
to save the grass for the sheep. They send
out men to hunt for the nests and break
the eggs. On one sheep station in Victoria
1,5O0 eggs were recently destroyed, and on
another more than that number were
broken In one county of New South Wales
10000 emus were killed in nine months,
and the destruction of them in the settled
portions of Australia has been very SEN
eral The aborigines hunt them for food.
They eat the flesh with the skin upon 1t,
and are especially fond of the hind quar-
tiers, which are not unlike beef. Emu eggs
are used as ornaments being sometimes
mounted in silver and used as milk jugs or
sugar bowls. and the oil is said to be eX
cellent for rheumatism.
The Laughing Jackass.
But I could write whole letter about
Australian birds. The continent has all
kinds, all sizes, and, l might say, all
shapes. In the north you find the brilliant
plumage of the tropics, and in the south the
many varieties of the temperate zone.
Along the coasts are great ibses with legs
as thin pipe stems, with long pink neckS
and with bodies covered with feathers as
white as snow except under the wings,
where the feathers are black. There are
many varieties of parrots, strange mock
ing birds, humming birds, pigeons and bush
turkeys.
There are kingishers. and among them
the famous laughing jackass which has
hoarse cry like laugh, which you can
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hear for miles as you go through the for
ests This bird has a head about big
as it's body but it's laugh is q thousand
times bigger than both body and head 1t
says ha, ha. ha. hoo, hoo. hoo. contemptu-
ously laughing again and again. until at
last you laugh in reply 1t is great reptile
destroyer 1t eats snakes, lizards and other
such things and for this reason is pro-
tected by law.
FRANK G. CARPENTER
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The FireH

Written Tor The Evening Star by Andrew Armstrong
When the golden sun in western skies sinks low
Till cloulilets cen have ceased to family glow,
And twilight softly moves DER mead and glen
And sadness comes to steal the hearts OF men.
There comes one before the solemn dark
To stud the dusky distance with a spark.
moments glow upon the sloping lawn,
A glimmer past the window, and tits gone,
And shadows gather closer, yet 'twould seem
The heart lighter for that passing CLEAN.
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Hunting kangarOOs.

The largest of the kangaroos are the red
and gray varieties. which are found all
over Australia, being hunted and killed by
the thousands. Horses and dogs are bred
for the sport. The dogs are a cross be-
tween the greyhound and the deerhound,
very fleet of foot and very fierce, The
big kangaroo Is dangerous when brought
TO bay. 1t will attack a dog a man. 1t
backs itself up against tree and waits
for its enemy. AS the dog comes up IT
grasps it with its fOrepaws and hugs 1t
tightly, while it disembowels it with the
single lOng-ndiled claw which 1t has
each of its hind feet. These claws are as
hard as ivory. they are three or four
inches in length. and moved by the force
of the Steel-like legs. they cut like G. knife.
Sometimes the kangarOOS jump into the
water when they are hunted, and If the
dogs follow them they seize them with
their hands. pull their heads under and
hold them there until they are drowned.
The kangarOOs swim as well as run,
and they take to the water when possible.
The kangaroos go about in pairs. You
usually see a male and female together
and often spy little head of a baby kan
CARGO sticking out of the mothers pouch
The animals are very small when born and
they live for eight or nine months in the
pouch. 1t is said that the baby kangaroo
is not more than an inch long when it first
sees the light of day. 1t has no hair and
II Is almost as transparent an earth
worm. Its mother puts it into the pouch.
and there 1t lies and sucks until it grows
big enough to come forth and eat grass.
Even then II crawls back into the pouch
v heneyer it is tired or at the least sign of
danger. pOking its head out now and then
to see II the coast is clear. 1t leaves the
pouch only when it weighs eight or ten
pounds, at which time It becomes too heavy
for the mother to carry.
KanEarOOs That Live in Trees.
Until within few years the kangaroos
were supposed to be confined to the plains.
They Were looked upon grass feeders.
Carl Lumholtz was the first to discover a
variety of these animals that lives In
trees. He found them through the blacks
of North Queensland. and through them
was able to get several specimens. / saw
some in the museum at Sydney and am told
that others have been sent TO the museums
of ChriStiania and London. The tree kan
CARGO IS a baby beside the big gray and
red kangaroos- 1t has head like squir-
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ADVERTISED LETTERS.

Inc following Is, list of advertised letters re-
naming in the Washington Cd. CT post Office Sat
urd'y, July 6, 1907 -
sh no obtain e.s =, any thess letters the applicant
If not called fol- within two q, weeks they will
be sent to the deade Lott arGo3ssa -@' ~
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platypi feed upon small water insects shell
fish, beetles and vegetable particles. They
are sometimes speared by the blacks, and
lines
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nous hind legs which send them flying
along as though they We're moved by steel
springs. They can leap thirty feet at
jump and can ganop over the country
faster on two legs than a horse can run
on four.
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Mills of God
Familiar Trees and
Their Leaves,

BY +. SCHUYLER MATTHEW'S
New edition. With pictures of rep
resentatiNe trees in coIOrs. and
over 200 drawings from nature by
the author. With the botanical
name and habitat of each tree and
record of the precise character
md color of it's Leakage. Svo. Cloth.
$1..5 net; postage, ISc. additional
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The National Bird of Australia.
The emu Is the national bird of Australia.
1t Is larger than the cassowary, often five
or six feet in height and sometimes over
seven. 1t IL very much like the ostrich,
except that its legs are shorter. and its
body more thickset and clumsy. Emu
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1901-03-18
FREE i {. TRIP
TO BUFFALO.
Keep On Working Boys
This Is A Grand Of.
fer And You May
Be A Winner.

Have you got all your friends work.
ing for you: If not the other fellow
has, so why don't you get in the swim
and make the top notchers get IL move
on them.
Are you going to loose hope just be-
cause two or three others are several
hundred votes ahead of you? Get to
work in earnest, spend few hours a
day in locking after the coupons your
friends have saved for you and you
will soon see big difference in your
vote, 1t is not always the fellow who
starts at the head who wins the race,
but the one who goes along at a steady
gate and finally brings up at the win
ming post. in advance with room to
spare,
The names of several contestants
were dropped from the list with this
issue on account of not having the re-
quired number of votes to warrant
their remaining.
If those who have been dropped
care to re-enter they may do so by
calling at this Office tomorrow morn
ing and dcpositing the required num-
her of votes to make up the hundred
asked for.
This trip is worth working hard fo'
boys, so do not allow your name to be
stricken from the list for so small an
amount Of votes
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1901-03-18
Suit Has Begun,

The case of James W. Marshall vs.. the
Delaware Bay and River Pilots Associ-
a ion has begun before Judge Bidlle in
the Court of Common Pleas, No. |. in
Philadelphia to-day. The case is of con.
siderable interest to pilots and also to var.
ious beneficial societies and organization,
In that 1t raises the question Of whether
or not u society can alter or amend its
by-laws after member has become en-
titled to certain benefits and by the
change or amendment o the byslaws re-
duce or dimini.h the benefits.
Marshall was member OF the associ-
tioL and about a year and half ago by
reason of impairment OF his eyesight was
unable any longer to pursue his calling
as pilot, and thereby lost his license.
This disability brought him within the
provision of one Of tho associations by
laws when allowed him one e-hnlf tho full
pay of active pilots The association paid
these benefits to Marshall for some time
and then amended the bylaws in such a
way, 1t is claimed, as to materially re-
duce the am cunt Of the monthly benefits.
H. g. Knowles represents Marshall aud
Flanders and Pugh Of Philadelphia, rep.
resents the Pilots Association.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1901-03-18
DOTS.

A meeting of the committee to arrange
fortLe Episcopal Sunday School destitute
WAS held Mt B!shopstead today.
Robert G. jenkins, who returned a few
days ago from the Philippines. has gone
TO the Homeopathic Hospital for treat.
ment.
Tho rear door of the city tax otllce was
repaired on Saturday. IL has been giving
trouble for some time.
The clearings of tho Wilmington banks
last week were s96S 79J. compared with
$500 430 for the Same period last year.
A meeting OF the Combine flremen was
he'd yesterday afternoon. The auti.com-
bne ordinance was discussed.
Tho meeting OF the Wilmington
Bible union will bc held this evening at
tho lecture room of the Delaware Avenue
Baptist Church, at IA O clock. The les
son will DO Jesus Crucilied and Buried"
John Cole age l2 years. was struck by a
trolley car oil Saturday.
The first meeting of the campaign will!
bo held this evening by tho Republican
First District Committee.
Work on the Jefferson street railway is
being pushed rapidly.
Richard j. Gutherle who has boon at
tho Homeopathic Hospital for the past
seven weeks suffering with paralysis will
be removed in a short time to tho Hahn.
eman Hospital, Philapeiphia, so as to be
more convenient to his son who lives in
that city,
J. Bayard Shellady. who resides at No.
1902 West Third street, who was taken
sick last September, has Sc far recov cred
as to resume his old position in the
carriage factory Cf Jones Gutnerie s. Co
One of the infants baptised by Rev. A.
N. keigwin OF West Pres bytsriar Church
yesterday morning, was Elizabeth Bayard
daughter Of Robert b. aEq Elizabeth
White, Of No. 1928 West Fourth street,
aged five months.
Special VOCAL and instrumental music
will be rendered by the Jones Sisters to-
morrow night at Epworth Church. A.
Stercopticon service will also bf held
which promise to bo Of great interest.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1901-03-18
CYCLE TOUR CLUBS.
FORMED TO WHEEL TO THE PAN
AMERICAN EXPOSITION.

Valuable Information For Those
Who Contemplate u Trip to Buffalo
and the Great Show Which VIII De
There Next Summer.
The chief pleasure which bicycle
affords is to be found by touring in
cOngenial company, over good roads,
through an unfamiliar country abound
ing in fine scenery of interesting his
tOrical associations.
The central location of Buffalo brings
it within easy touring distance of the
principal cities of the Eastern and Mid
die states and the Dominion of Canada.
Within Il radius of 500 miles are the
cities of Quebec, Montreal, Toronto, OF
tawa, Portland, Boston, New York,
Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington,
Richmond Pittsburg, Cleveland, Gin
cinnatl, Columbus, Indianapolis, Tole-
do Detroit, Chicago and Milwaukee
and many other thriving and populous
towns. Over one-half of the population
OF the United States and over two
thirds of the population of Canada re-
side within this radius. The reputation
which Buffalo has for being the coolest
city in the country In summer time. its
many miles of smoothly paved and
heavily shaded streets and avenues,
the fine buildings, magnificent electric
al effects. beautiful landscapes and the
multtudnous attractions displayed by
the exhibitors of the pan-American
Exposition will make Buffalo the cy-
clists' Mecca next summer. Cyclists
living within this distance Of 800 miles
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full tour is to start in proper condition.
The neglect Of this consideration spolls
more holidays than any other cause,
making the work toll instead Of a
pleasure and too often doing harm in
stead Of good to the health of the rider
The intending tourist should practice
steadily for at least a fortnight before
the start, beginning at very short
stages and increasing the work daily
till he can do with ease the maximum
distance which he proposes to cover.
During the earlier stages Of his train
ing he will probably find himself at
the close of the day very stiff and
sore and at night feverlsh and unable
to sleep. 1t is good rule for the tour
iSt TO use nothing absolutely new. Each
article should have been tested by ex-
perience and should have had full time
to accommodate itself to the idiosyn-
crasies of the rider or vice versa. A
new saddle in particular Is fertile
source of discomfort However perfect
in itself, it is sure to feel more or less
"misft" for the first few days, and
the same may be said of almost every
part Of the riding outfit. Each garment
worn should have had time to adapt
itself to the figure Of the rider and
should have become as easy as the
proverbial "old shoe" before the cyclist
trusts himself to its tender mercies for
a heightened absence from home
If not found desirable or convenient
to make a bicycle tour to Buffalo, all
cyclists are advised to take their
wheels with them. Transportation by
rail or water will be so cheap and
efficient that very small outlay In
time and money will enable even those
living at a distance to make the trip.
From any section of the city the Pan
American Exposition can easily be
reached by wheel over smooth asphalt
pavcments or parkway cycle paths,
while the magnificent scenery of the
Niagara frontier is also within easy
cycling distance of Buffalo.
Arrangements will be made for the
comfort and convenience Of cyclists at.
tending the Exposition.
Any additional or special information
will be furnished on application to the
Bureau of Publicity, an-American Ex.
position, Buffalo, N. Y. i
.,~ w. SHELDON BULL. :,