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Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1901-10-23

womsn's CURIOSITY will go twice
as far as her pin money.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1901-10-23

will use no other. Defiance Cold Water
Starch has no equal In Quantity or Quail
ity-16 OF, for 10 cents. Other brands
contain only II OF.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1901-10-23

Mrs. Windows soothing syrup.
For children teethlns, softens the gums reduces I'm
domination, allays pair. cures wind collie. 2jc bottle
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1901-10-23
Arc You U.lnr Anon,. Foot-Ea.o ,

1t is the only cure for Swollen,
Smarting. Burning, Sweating Feet.
Corns and Bunions. Ask for Aliens
Foot-Ease, a powder to be shaken into
the shoes. At all Druggists and Shoe
Stores, 25c Sample sent FREE. Ad-
dress Allen S. Olmsted, Leroy, N. Y.
New York City recovered last year
$4044,S5 from forfeited bail bonds,
$3O262 from the conscience fund and
IS from the sale of grass grown on
Staten Island
The colored American., 1901-08-10

over sixteen hundred titles, and the
publication with his notes will likely
produce something Of sensation as he
ayers that CagliOstrO, the necromancer,
who about one hundred years ago
startled the world, and whose fame j.
as bright today as ever, was Of mike
blOOd-a mulattO. The mulstto will be
shown to possess genius and abil ty
equal to any race IN the world. as evil
denced by the career OF Dumas, Poush-
kin, Saint Georges, OOleridge Taylor,
CagliOstro, Richard Potter and others
who could be named and WHO are &C
corded worldwide fame CagliostTO, ii
will he recall ed, invented a new Adap-
tive Rite of Masonry extensively prac
uced in France today-the Egyplisn
Rite In the Msckey's cyclopedia
there Is an extended account, but no
mention is made of his (CagliostTo)
race identity. Alexander Dumas wrote
novel based on his life.
Mr. Murray's work Is awaited with
great interest.
The colored American., 1901-08-10

of the Washington Board of Trt de 1t
is not generally known that Mr. Daniel
Murray is the acknowledged author Of
the present law If assessment sni tax
alton q the D stTict Of llumbia. The
colOred people Of the District should
have a representative on the Board Of
Assessors. since they form Ope-third OF
the population, and their claim be
comes doubly strong when one of them
is author of the law ackr Owledged by
Mr.. Ross and the Board of Trade.
To Mr. Murray is due the credit OF
our new manual trai lang school, which
he urged first by an article in The
Evening Star and later induced the
Commissioners to urge it upon Con
gress Senator German in urging the
appropriation In the Senate told how
Mr. Murray had pressed it upon the
committee and cOmplimen.ed him for
his broad view saying, "he urge1 1t
not alone for the cOlOFed boy, but the
white boy as veil " The appropriation
passed the Senate, but was omitted in
The colored American., 1901-08-10
HON. DANIEL MURRAY.
Asst. Librarian, Library of Congress.
The Alexandria Leader.) }

The Alexandria Le2deT.)
One of the best known colored citi-
zens, educators and students of AmeTi-
can history is Dir. Daniel Murray, who
has so long flied one Of the offices at
the library Of G IDgless that to visit the
Capitol without chatting or paying
ones resp cts to the sage Of n egro
B bli0grs phy YOU d be like witnessing
tie play Of Hamlet with Hamlet left
Oug.
Mr. Daniel Murray is one Of our col
ored ph lantbropists. and with Mrs
Murray, his noble wife, never tires in
works of charity and educational bel e
that tend t0 make our people better.
more studlous ard industrious. Mr..
Murray Is one of the few men OF our
race no has been elected as a member
The colored American., 1901-08-10
NEGRO ACHIEVING RESULTS
(Contirue hom 1t page. }

features from other schools and busi-
ness enterprises have been promised
In this latter connection the exhibit
which Mr.. Thomas J. Galloway col
lected for the Paris Exposition. and
which was awarded seventeen medals,
will be on exhibition. 1t is now at the
Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo
and is attracting considerable atten-
ton.
Rev. T. W. Thurston, Superinten-
dent Of the Ashley Bailey Silk Mill at
Fayetteville, \. c., which employs
Negro help altogether, has been ap-
pointed Chief Director of the Manu-
featuring Department. He will send
some of his best machines to the eX-
position in charge of a number of his
picked employees, and will thus give
practical demonstrations of silk manu-
featuring by Negroes. The cloth which
will be woven there will be cut into
numerous pieces and distributed to
visitors.
The WOman'S Bureau or Bureau of
WOman'S Work with Mrs. Z. F. Ster-
rett, of Charleston, at the head. will be
a departure from the commonplace,
and is already attaining large proper
tiOns.
1t is desired to secure exhibits repre-
Senting what women are doing along
all lines: DresSmaking, millinery.
decorative wood and iron work, kinder
garten, hair and wig making, poultry
raising, etc.
The management is also desirOuS of
securing relics of by-gOne days, such
as old spinning wheels, looms. and
heir-loOms of all kinds, implements,
etc. representing a peep into the
past" which will afford profitable and
interesting comparisons with up-tO-
date machinery and methods.
1t is matter for cOngratulatiOn that
the railroads and vessels entering
Charleston have not only cheerfully
agreed 10 furnish ample accOmmoda-
tons for cOlOred visitors to the eX-
position, but pledge themselves 10 pro-
vide for them the same comforts. CON
veniences and attentions given to
white passengers. There will be no
discrimination whatever in the trans
pOrtatiOn facilities. and all AfrO-Ameri-
cans may come TO Charleston without
hesitation.
The attendance promises to be large
from the opening day, December 1,
and all roads will lead to Charleston
until June. Negroes from North, East,
West and South should rally and make
the Negro Building the cynosure of the
worlds eyes. for seldom has there
been afforded so brilliant an OppOrtuni-
ty to convince the doubts Of our per
sOnal worth and enterprise. as Rev.
Richard Carroll we'll said at the corner
stone laying. July t:
THE Negro exhibit will be a great
school of learning for every class of
people. white and bIack-the farmer.
teacher, preacher, machinist, mechanic.
engineer. fireman, carpenter, shoe
maker. merchant, tailor, physician.
soldier. statesman, lawyer. labOr8r.
servant and others. All should come TO
this seat Of learning by the seashOre.
Let the Ethiopian come and see
where the white people are" so we
may stretch forth our hands. This ex-
position will open the eyes Of the blind,
make the deaf hear, the dumb speak
and awake them that sleep. 1t will
show how wide the gulf is between
ignorance and intelligence, poverty and
~,
The colored American., 1901-08-10
REMEMBER

When in need Of money. WE NEGOTIATE
LOANS" on household Furniture, Pianos &c
Easy monthly payments. No publicity. No ex-
pense unless loan is made. EVANS & CO., 7o7 y
ST. NV. Room first floor.
The colored American., 1901-08-10

conference. Mr.. Murray, year after
wear continued to urge the matter until
at last his efforts were crowned with
success, In this work he had the active
aid Of Gan'I. George II -Tilos DE- ~
b. Evans, the principal IS his brother
iU-law
Mr.. Murray has under AIKEN a work
of erear labor in connection with the
BibIiography he is compiling Of AffC-
American and Afro European authors
Mr. Murray has found in his research
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1901-08-02
ENGLAND'S WHITE HORSES.
Historic Animals That Are Found in
Various Parts of berkshire
and Wiltshire.

In the Occasional Magazine there is
an interesting article on the historic
white horses which are TO he found
in various parts Of Berkshire and Wilt
shire In Wiltshire are no fewer than
six of these horses. The most famous
is the one on Bratton Hill, near Vest
bury. Local tradition has it that Al
fred, after coming TO the throne. won
his greatest victory over the Danes,
the battle Of Ethandun, and cut out
the figure Of white horse on the hill
side TO commemorate. The horse
itself is exceedingly quaint in form,
having very short legs and a curious
crescent at the end of the tail. an
other mark of some of the horses on
British coins.
Other" turf" monuments of the same
description are the two white crosses
at Bledlow and Whiteleaf, on the
Chiltern Hills. in Buckinghamsh shire,
on the downs near Calne. and the
other. the Long Man Of Wilmingt on"
near Eastbourne. In addition 10 these
there is the famous Red Horse at
Tysoe. in Warwickshire: the two mod
ern White Horses in York shire; the
equestrian figure of George III. on
Osmington Down. Dorset. and on Nor
mond Hill. in Aberdeens hire. where
there is a White Horse dating from
the last century, and a stag cut out in
1870
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1901-08-02
UMBRELLAS IN THE SLOT.
Careless Owners Drop Their Tips in
street Car Cracks aud Many
Are Huincd.

"When | say that one-half the UNI
brellas and canes that have TO 90 to
the ash heap or the umbrella hospital
meet their fate in the slots of the car
tracks l am not putting the percent
age a bit TOO high" said the motor
man, according to the New York Sun.
at is surprising how careless people
are in this respect.
MANY times day'do | see them go
stumping aC>oss the tracks, either
trailing umbrellas along after them or
ia abiding them down against the pave
ment, where the points are sure to
stick if there is u crevice big enough
to hold them. The electric slots being
more capacious than any other riffs
in the streets, they naturally bite off
more umbrella tips.
MANY an accident that is averted
by the traditional hairs breadth is due
TO the futile efforts of the owner to
save his precious stick or umbrella. 1t
matters not how close the car may he
upon him. he takes chances on his life
and stops long enough to give a final
wrench TO his endangered property.
Sometimes he saves it. but more
often il snaps aSunder and is either
ruined irreparably or is laid up for re-
pairs. If | was running this town
think I should put up signs at inter-
walls of every 100 feet bidding people
Beware of the slot The public might
not profit by the warning but I'd make
the experiment, anyway"
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1901-08-02
TELEPHONE NIAGARA'S ROAR.
Trnnsmitter with Megaphone Attach
ment Placed In the Cave Of
the Winds.

A long-distance telephone transmit
ter with megaphone attachment has
been installed in the Cave of the Winds
at Niagara falls, in order that the stu
pendous, deafening roar of the Falls
of Niagara may be transmitted over
The Bell telephone lines TO New York,
Buffalo. the Pan-American exposition
and other places.
The megaphone catches up the roar
of the falling waters, leads il into the
telephone transmitter, from which it
passes into the telephone exchange at
Niagara Falls. where the roar is sup
piled at the will of the operators to
subscribers, or is turned into the long
distance lines which carry il TO New
York or 10 the Bell telephone exhibit
in the Electricity building Of the PAN
American exposition. It is heard over
The telephone with wonderfully real
istic intensity, and one can easily i'm
agine the tumbling, tossing. p'unging
waters striking the rocky talus in
front Of the Cave OF the Winds.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1901-08-02
HELPFUL HORSE NOTES.

Rough usage and neglect will never
make a hardy horse.
The colt must De kept growing thrift
lily from the start if you want a fine
horse.
Use plenty Of plaster around the
stables TO absorb the odors and am
monia,
Some say that "feed is above breed, 4"
but We say the game is lost without a
combination Of the two.
Put screens in the windows and
doors TO keep the flies out of the
stables. 1t will save feed and flesh.
Do not let the feet Of the road or
work horses get hard and dry during
the dry weather. Avoid hoof lotions.
Water is best and safest and is ma
tural.
Examine the teeth Of all the horses
now, young and old. If the teeth are
sharp have them floated. If you find a
horse holding a wad Of hay in the side
Of his mouth have his teeth attended to
at once. 1t is a sure sign that they are
sharp.-Farm Journal.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1901-08-02
RAN TOO GREAT A HAZARD.
Awkward Predicament i'm which n
Hallway Conductor Found
Himself.

A man boarded Missouri Pacific
train equipped with transportation
which dad" Walsh. the conductor,
thought was questionable, says the
Kansas City Star. The passenger re-
fused TO put up the cash fare and
Walsh called the porter and carried
him from the train, depositing him on
a truck on the station platform. The
man took il so nonchalantly that il
occurred to Walsh that he might be
making a mistake. He accordingly
went back TO the passenger and told
him he might get aboard again.
All right" said the passenger. 81
didn't get off the train. and theoretic-
ally I'm still riding. In the nature OF
things ! cannot well board a train
upon which am already riding" and
he sat on the truck as obstinate as
mule.
Walsh called the brakeman and por-
ter and carried the man carefully onto
the train, put him in the seat in which
he had been riding before the incident
occurred and saved his road a damage
suit
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1901-08-02
LIKES THE PROBLEM PLAY.
IL Was One Virtue I'm the Opinion of
an Impecunious Young
New Yorker.

"They can say what they like OF the
problem play" said Reggie, according
to the New York Commercial Adver-
tiser, but it's been a good friend TO
us fellows that haven't much money
10 spend ON other people. Why, be-
fore the problem play came into eN-
istcnce a chap was expected TO take the
girls TO the theater 10 see all the new
things. and, Of course, i'm many cases
that meant the girls mother, too, and
supper for three after the play and a
carriage, and, by Joye, 10 do that twice
n week made "A big hole in beggar's
allowance.
"But the playwrighting fellows got
wicked and wrote frisky pieces, and
now one can go alone or stay away al
together, just as one pleases. It's a
case of free country and rights of the
individual. We owe those dramatic
chaps a big debt, and we ought TO be
grateful. No one expects us 10 invite
the girls, with or without their mann
mas, to see shocking plays. / don't
suppose the mammas would mind go
ing if we asked them. but the girls
won't go, principally because they've
already seen the plays at matinees.
and secondly because it looks and
sounds bad TO go with a young man to
see play that TIC ministers are de-
nouncing. OF course some of the girls
would 90, but they don't expect you to
ask EN-, and | don't.
For my part. hope the plays will
continue to be shocking, at least until
my allowance is increased twofold, for
with bouquets and studio teas and
country clubs and bridge | don't know
how | ever should be able TO keep out
OF the Ludlow street Jail if it were non
for the present tendency toward
naughtiness i'm the drama
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1901-08-02
PROFIT IN GOOD CENTS.
Counterfeiters Run Little Risk and
Make Good Margin on Gem
uinc Coins.

To pass a counterfeit $1,000 bill is
an extremely difficult undertaking,
because the very size Of Il invites close
inspection, but counterfeit cents will
pass about as fast as you hand them
out, even in banks, under the eyes Of
experts, for their in significant size dis
arms suspicion. This fact is being
very strongly impressed on the Off
GERS Of the national subtreasury, who
are now in receipt Of an immense num-
Der of these humble little counter
feits, says the Chicago Tribune.
About 500 Of these little bogus coins
are arriving at the subtreasury daily,
and the April report shows that 13, 16s
counterfeit cents were received out
of a total Of 373, $40; yet the secret
service men are not able 10 locate the
counterfeiters. 1t is found that the
counterfeit cents are growing more
and more like the genuine ones. as
practice is making perfect, and il is
often with difficulty that they are dis
tinguished.
A strange feature of the business is
that the bogus cents are intrinsically
worth as much as the genuine ones.
They have the right quantity and
quality of metal in them. bear the
proper image and superscription, and
yet represent only II cents. in value.
20 the pound. while pound Of similar
coins, struck at the United States
mint, are legal tender for S1.2O. The
margin makes profit enough TO invite
eounterfeiting.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1901-08-02
The Driving of Figs

After figs have been collected they
are dipped in boiling brine and then
dried on trays for from two 10 four
days. according 10 the weather. The
dipping is supposed TO bring the sugar
10 the surface and hasten the drying.
After being dried the figs are placed
in sweat boxes" holding 200 pounds
each. where they remain for two
weeks. Then they are washed in cold
salt water. 70 remove all dirt. and are
packed by women and girls in half
pound. one-pound and ten-pound
boxes. in layers, being split prelm-
inarily with a short-baded knife.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1901-08-02
USE FOR THE PEERAGE.
Copy of BurlS's Work Tint IL brought
Into Play by New York
Printer.

Occupying place of honor in the of
flee of New York printer is an old
copy of "Burke's Peerage," and its
presence amid such incongruous sur
roundings aroused the curiosity OF
casual visitor the other day, says an
exchange OF that city.
at isn't so strange as you might
think" said the proprietor, by way of
explanation. You see, considerable
part Of our business consists of print
ing labels of various kinds, and Burke
is a great help 20 us. ! don't suppose
the British aristocracy would be par
ticularly edited 90 know this, but is
a fact.
suppose we take the case of-wen,
say Robinson. who keeps a little hat
store up i'm Harlem. Robinson comes
in here and wants me to get him up
some tasty design-a trademark that
he can place upon his goods When [
show him our regular stock designs
for such purposes the chances are he
will turn up his nose. That's where
'Burke's Peerage' comes in.
81 take il down and ostentatiouSly
turn TO the proud name Of Robinson,
where the crests of that illustrious
family are duly pictured forth, togeth-
er with their Latin notices and all
the records Of their nobility. Robin
son, Of Harlem, is fascinated and his
eyes bulge out Of his head / ask
him which branch of the family is his
and he makes some sort of bluff
4
Latin motto. which is unintelligible 70
him, and week later it is reproduced
ON the hats which he sells MP i'm llar-
lem. If any of these literary fellows
should ask me about books that have
helped me should place 'Burke's Peer
age well mp az the front"
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1901-08-02
THE ETHICS OF LUCK.
Arbitrary Dogmas Take the Place OF
Logical Basis Among
Believers.

On the belief in luck have augurs,
divinators, fortune telers, all traded
from time immemorial 10 the pres
ent age. says Chambers Journal They
calculate" the incalculable, and, nee
essarily, arbitrary dogmas take the
place of logical basis ON which 90 work
out their schemes. They rely on the
luck of odd numbers; i'm them the i'm
perial phantom either in birth or
chance or dcath-loves to reside. Sew
en- has always been a number 10 con-
jure with, and the seventh child of a
seventh child born In the seventh
month comes clad in a mysterious pam
oply OF foreknowledge absolute; while
nine was at one place and period looked
upon as a symbol OF Deity. Great men
will have their lucky day or month,
as one of the Caesars gave his name
TO the eighth month-that in which
the most fortunate events Of his life
had occurred. The blood Of a great
family, like that Of the Stuarts or the
Bourbons, for instance, is said to carry
with it, even in its collateral branches,
the faint Of that ili-success, ill-health,
which is summed up rs ill-luck. Ger
tain gems, such, for instance, as opals,
are esteemed as stones of ill-omen-
talismans reversed. tits not, of course,
that their beauty is brittle, but that
they carry with them ill-luck TO their
wearers or owners. The truth Of this
superstition is demonstrated by the
violent deaths which have befallen un-
lucky opal wearers. Have they not
succumbed TO the ill-lucll attending a
gem, to gain possession of which
fellow-creature has not hesitated 10
shed their blood? No doubt il is very
unlucky TO awaken the covetousness
of robber and murderer.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1901-08-02
THE LION AND TIE MIRROR.
King of Bcasts Frightened by His
Reelection In small Piece OF
Glass in Boy's Hands.

Possibly a lions wife would appre-
slate a looking glass, but a small mir
ror in the hands of a small boy 50
frightened and excited Big Ben, the
largest lion in the Philadelphia ZOO,
that, says the Press, the keepers
feared he would do violence TO him
self.
Ben had been in an angry mood all
day. The presence of the small boy
was particularly distasteful 10 him,
and the lion ragged and stormed as only
big lion cam The lad wasted until
the TRADE was over, and then drew a
hand mirror from under his coat and
held it directly i'm front Of Ben.
The lion looked Then he jumped
for the intruder that dared face him
in such a fashion, but brought up
against the bars with force enough to
throw him to the floor. Surprised at
the appearance of the lion in the glass,
he filled the house with his roars. The
keepers ran to the cage and endeav-
ored TO quiet him, but he continued
the uproar until exhausted.
In the meantime the adventurous
youth had disappeared and was dis
covered in front of the wolves cage
trying to excite them. He was led
from the garden and warned to keep
away
About year ago a serious disturb
ance at the 700 was due to the flash
ing OF mirror in front Of the lions
den. At that time the lions, with the
exception Of one or two Of the widest,
were kept in one cage.
\ visitor held n mirror in front Of
them one afternoon. and the beasts
were thrown into panic. They fought
and dashed at the bars with such yio-
Ience that II was feared several would
die ms result of their frantic strug-
giles. Il required the efforts Of al the
keepers for several hours before they
could be queted.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1901-08-02
Wears ~ Fortune in Pearls

This may be said TO have been
season Of pearls al London. Really.
there have been some magnificent
gems seen. Among the most noted
are those Of Mrs. Claud Wattney.
which she was seen wearing at
Princes restaurant the other night.
II was stated then that she had at
least 100000 worth. She generally
wears them in groups around her
neck. Her pearls are thought by some
people 10 he even finer than Mrs Pot
ter Palmers. As the latter lady is
now over here, society people may
have a chance of comparing them. 1t
IS. OF course. known how world famous
the Potter Palmer pearls are.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1901-08-02
White Man Turned yellow

Great CONSERVATION was felt by the
friends Of NJ \ Hogarty Of Lexington,
Ky when they saw re was turning
yellow. His skin slowly changed color,
also his eyes, and he suffered terribly
His malady was yellow jaundice He
was treated by the best doctors, but
without benefit Then ne was advised
TO try Electric Bitters. the wonderful
Stomach and Liver remedy, and he
writes: After taking two bottles was
wholly cured " trial proves its
natchless merit for all stomach liver
and kidney troubles Only DOC Sold
by Sharrar q Mulholland, druggists.