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The Yale expositor., 1901-09-06

It Is said that, when n man has
reached the age of forty.fve or fifty,
he ceases to grow, that he is no longer
capable Of new efforts, of initiating
fresh enterprises. That depends en-
tirely upon what the man has been
before that age, how he has used his
powers, whether he has kept his
mind flexible by contented effort, or
whether he has permitted himself to
be contented with what he has
learned in youth. The true learner
never ceases to grow, even IL his
physical powers wane. Growth is not
merely question Of increase of
strength or of mental alertness; but
il is quite as much a ripening of the
nature, the development of judgment,
wisdom, moderation, sympathy, and
quiet contemplation of the facts of
life, observes the Christian Register.
The Yale expositor., 1901-09-06

but IL does not continue as long in
bearing as other beans. 1t is said to be
more generally eaten there by the poor
than by the wealthy, but, as it has a
distinct and agreeable flavor of its
own, quite different from the kidney
bean, 1t should be better known among
us. 1t is gathered when full grown,
but unripe, as it is then best favored.
The Broad Windsor is perhaps the best
known of the cultivated varieties, but
1t is less successfully grown in the
United States than in Europe, the eli
mate being apparently unsuited to It's
best development. 1t is imported to
some extent in Exchange for varieties
grown here.
The Yale expositor., 1901-09-06
"DoUBLE-DEcKER" SHOES.
Fad style for Women with soles En-
ormousIy Large.

Fad style for Women with soles En-
ormously Large.
Double Deckers" are the latest thing
n womens shoes The style is what
he dealers call fad style. 1t has
double projecting sole, enormously
:hick. The lower deck is a good three
quarters of an inch wide. The upper
S a quarter of an inch in width and is
ope-stitched to the lower deck. The
extension runs round the shoe, heel
and all. With this formidable sole
goes an upper which is equally start
ing. A low double decker of patent
leather has an elaborate punched toe
and a trimming of the same style ex-
ending entirely around the shoe. The
eyelets are huge brass ones. Altogether
t is a shoe about as graceful as an ele-
plants hoof A shoe salesman was
showing his set of samples the other
lay to a layman. He lifted the double
decker and laid it down with sigh.
That's the sort of shoe that makes
he manufacturers want to lie down
and die" he said. "Of course that's
an extreme, but look at all the rest Of
these heavy shoes for women. If it
was not for the extreme west and
south we might as well give up the
ghost. Now, here's the shoe that wom-
en- used to wear before they took it
into their heads that they'd wear ar
mored cruisers on their feet. But the
cruisers are steady and long wear
ers, >" and he sighed dolefully. Here's
what we call a freak toe. The shoe
has an absolutely straight line on the
inside, then sheers off suddenly on the
outside, so that the point Of the toe is
right at the inside corner of the shoe.
Instead of a round toe there is simply
4 corner. That shoe sells best in Chi
,ago. These are the best New York
sellers" be said This one is light
weight kid shoe, with patent leather
tip. flexible sole, and what's called a
medium toe. This other is heavier and
has larger toe, but is not a freak. One
IS dress shoe, the other street shoe.
Take it all in all, patent leather is the
oest selling shoe in New York today,
more's the pity for the feet that wear
he shoes. Here's a new thing; looks
like patent leather, but is more flexible
md porous, and is guaranteed not to
crack. That's ideal kid"
The Yale expositor., 1901-09-06
Dafrostinr of Meat.

In the foreign meat trade great in
terest is being manifested just now
in the discovery Of a new method of
defrosting meat. AS everyone knows,
meat which has been preserved by
freezing invariably presents a f1abby
and washed-out appearance on being
thawed by the ordinary process, but
by the new method discovered by Mr..
A. II. Chapman, sheep farmer, of Ku-
row, the defrosted meat presents quite
as fresh an appearance as the fresh
meat which has never been frosted.
The new process consists in wrapping
up the meat in a waterproof and air
tight canvas while the carcass Is be-
ing thawed. and this method is said
to be altogether successful in prevent
ing TIE loss OF freshness, which al
ways results when frozen meat is
thawed In the ordinary way. IL is
estimated that at present thirty tons
of chilled and frozen meat are con-
sumed weekly in Edinburg alone. It
Is therefore easy TO see the huge pos
sibilities that there are for any per-
fected system which will bring over
the meat IN better condition than can
be done at personal---very. British
Agriculturist
The Yale expositor., 1901-09-06
1rnnrnv,.r the so,d corn.


The Illinois Seed Corn Breeders AS
ISOLATION takes pride in pointing to its
record of one year from its primary
organization. From the moment Of
it's first meeting it has constantly kept
before the farmer everywhere and in
every way the Importance of improv-
ing the Seed Corn of the state. By
presenting the matter before the va
rious Farmers Institute meetings and
at all gatherings of the Live Stock
men the interest in this respect has
been greatly awakened and today no
subject is more strongly fixed In the
mind of the corn growers than the
necessity of the improvement in seed
corn. We believe there is no matter
of greater Importance before us than
the Breeding of Corn for Seed and
Feed Purposes. Since 1t is we'll known
that all the available corn land is now
under cultivation. that we have not
in ten years materially increased the
yield and have not at all increased the
quality, and that against this fact that
in ten years corn products have great
ly decreased and exports of corn from
81 100000 bushels in 1891 to 100000
900 in 1900. We must raise more
bushels and better quality per acre II
we are to keep up with the onward
march of progress.-F. A. Warner,
Secretary-Treasurer
The Yale expositor., 1901-09-06

Taking frogs for market as n buzz
ness has so steadily increased during
recent years that, according to the es-
innate of the United States Fish Com
mission, the annual catch in the coun-
try is but little less than 100000
frogs, with n total value to the hunters
of about 100000 and a corresponding
cost to the consumers of not less than
Slj00O0. In all sections of the United
States frog hunting has been carried
on, in fifteen of the States to such II
exten. that It MAJ be said to be Of
economic Importance. So important
has the industry become-the United
States consuming live times the
amount Of frogs legs used in France
that the Fish Commission has for
years busted Itself trying to devise
means for the artificial breeding OF
frogs to be used for market. the
natural sourc of the batrachia
threatening to become exhausted.
The Yale expositor., 1901-09-06

Doctors say that the theory that hot
baths are cooling and cold baths are
the opposite is all nonsense. Accord
ing to them the best bath is that which
is taken in water which is allowed to
stand in the tub all night. Fill your
bathtub with water from the cold
faucet in the evening, let it stand all
night and in the morning before break
fast take your plunge. After the bath
dry yourself by pressing towels gently
against the skin, and not by rubbing,
as the rubbing will stimulate the heart
action and bring heat, advises the Gal
weston News.
The Yale expositor., 1901-09-06

The hero in everyday life who is al
ways ready to do his duty and some
thing more without expectation of
recompense or fame is an inspiring
figure and happily not an infrequent
one. Such man is Joseph Parry, a
veteran engineer, whose run is be-
tween Syracuse and Rochester. In
alighting from his locomotive for or
ders at Seneca Falls the other day he
broke his hip, and, of course, found
himself in immediate need of n sur
Seon. But there was nobody else 20
take his place, so he insisted on be-
ing lifted back to his seat beside the
lever, and in defiance OF the pain that
rackod him he ran his train through
to Rochester almost on time. Hats
OH to Joseph Parry!
The Yale expositor., 1901-09-06
VARIETY IN BREAD.
Relish of Food Depends ON Variety of
Eiavors.

Flavors.
One of the important facts about
our relish of food, says the American
Kitchen Magazine, is its dependence
upon a certain variety of flavors. Dys-
pepsia has been produced by the con-
slant use of the same foods cooked in
the same way, and cured by the mere
adoption Of a more varied diet. There
is danger in pampering the appetite
of course, and surfeiting it with va
riety; but this lies principally in the
pastry cooks DEPARTMENT. A variety
of breads is much less dangerous than
variety of pies and sweets. The old
southern fashion of five daily breads
for the table, was a much more health
full one than the Northern fashion Of
unlimited cakes and pies. That num-
Der of breads is, however, excessive.
One may need five breads during a
month, but certainly not at any one
meal. Besides the many
kinds Of bread to be secured by the
use of the different grades and varie
ties of wheat flour-spring and winter,
high-grade and low-grade, whole
wheat, graham, etc.-there are corn
breads, rye breads, barley bread and
breads made from a mixture of corn.
rye, wheat, barley, etc. Having. then,
an almost unlimited variety of breads
to choose from, and bearing in mind
what bread should yield to a well-ccn
sidered dietary, we certainly should be
unwise not to make our breads contri-
butte, as far as possible, not only to
the nourishment of the body, but also
to the promotion of good health in the
correction of such minor arrangements
of the system as may be reached by q
judicious selection A variety of per-
feet breads, not only breads with va
rious favors, but of different kinds,
containing different amounts of those
substances found in the wheat, would
serve better than a thousand doctors
to keep our country people in sound
health.
The Yale expositor., 1901-09-06
Broad or windsor Bean.
(Vicia faba).

This is the "bean of history" or
that which was earlier cultivated.
This bean grows erect, about 212 feet
high, has square, reddish stem, and
the leaves are made up of oval leaflets.
The pods are broad, thicker at the end
and generally curved and pendent, con-
tanning thickish, bullying seeds. Sew
eral varieties are grown in Europe
both for fodder and for human food,
The Yale expositor., 1901-09-06

The latest claim for electricity is
that a strong current sent through the
toughest kind Of an old beefsteak will
transform it into n toothsome, tender
and delicate mOrsel that would tempt
the palate Of an epicure. Hereafter
it may be that dynamo will be part
Of the furniture of every up-to-date
boarding house kitchen.
The Yale expositor., 1901-09-06
F,r,r.pound sheen Tall..

An exchange says that the tail OF
the Tunis sheep is regarded as the
most delicious part of the animal by
the people of Asia and northern At
RIGA, and was so considered in Biblical
times. It differs, however, from the
Turkish or Persian fat-tailed sheer
that are so prevalent throughout Asia
II in no other particular than the
weight of the tail is not SO heavy, and
instead of being twenty-five to fifty
pounds in weight, this appendage sell
dom exceeds six or seven pounds.
The Yale expositor., 1901-09-06

Relentless fate is pursuing the
mosquito everywhere. An expedition
has been QUILTED now by the Liver
pool School of Tropical Medicine and
placed under the command of a Major
Ronald Ross, to proceed to the West
coast OF Africa TO investigate the part
the little pest takes in the spread of
malaria.
The Yale expositor., 1901-09-06

In comment upon recent orders OF
the Postofiice Department restrict
ing second-class mail privileges the
belief is stated that by these changes
and others in prospect one-cent let
ter postage may be made possible. 1t
would be n pride-worthy achievement
if the United States were TO lead the
world in this final triumph of cheap
postage.
The Yale expositor., 1901-09-06

In his efforts to grow crops the in
telligent farmer must ever try to con-
ceive and add to the stock of avail
able plant food in the soil. The fer
tility of soil is measured by its pow
er to produce crops. A soil may have
many hundreds of pounds of plant
food per acre. and still be unfertile
while another may contain little plant
food, but may have that little in an
available form and thus be produc-
tive, |. e., fertile.
The Yale expositor., 1901-09-06

A prehistoric palace with 1000 apart
ments has been dug out in New Mex
leo. And we have had the assurance
TO believe that the giant hotel of our
own day was something new!
The Yale expositor., 1901-09-06
A Woman 8 inner.

There is only one licensed woman
skipper in the. United States. She is
Mrs. Blanche feathers, and she corn.
mands the Natchez one of the largest
steamboats, on the Mississippi, and
makes regular trips between vicksbura
and New Orleans.
The Yale expositor., 1901-09-06

The blessings of nature have smiled
with a lavish hand upon the South.
Awaiting only the skill and the gold
coin of man marvellous development
OF numerous Industries may be made
profitable.
The Yale expositor., 1901-09-06

Tired Tommy-Are we interested IL
these ere chainless bicycles, Sam
Slow Sam-No, the chainless dorg is
the only thing that worries me.
The Yale expositor., 1901-09-06

A favorite way of applying wood
ashes is as a top dressing to moving
or pasture lands. This encourages the
growth of clover and some of the bet
ter grasses with tendency to crowd
out inferior kinds of grasses, weeds
and moss.
The Yale expositor., 1901-09-06

Kangaroo skins to the value Of over
a million dollars a year are imported
from Australia to the United States.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-05-29
eRlees DELIGHTED.
Former Attorney General Greatly Pleased
by the Decision,

Former Attorney General Greatly Pleased
by the Decision,
New York, May 2s.-Former Attorney
General Griggs In an interview on the SUI
preme court Porto Rican decisions, said
III Is a splendid victory for the admin
xs'ratlou on the ytal principles OF eXpan
sion. II is unnecessary for me TO say
anu satisfied with the result. II Is a cicar
cut victory for the government on the only
real important point involved Three dis
tiuct classes of action were involved pro-
testing against the collection Of tariff upon
imports from Porto Rico after he date
Of our armed occupancy of the island and
before the date Of ratification OF the trent
Of peace; another protesting against taru
charges on imports between the ratlnca Ion
aud the passage OF the Foraker act, aud a
third attacking the Foraker Law as uncon
sttutiOnal
administration In the first Of the classes
and upon the all important third.
'rhe DISQUALIFICATION party wins IN
the second class That triumph Is mere
matter Of dollars and ceuts. Importers
VIII get back the money paid In tarn be.
tween the ratification aud the passage OF
the Foraker act. Importers who paid
without protesting will not get their money
''1ho court deeldes that tho Foraker act
is c0nstitutional--that this country mas inc
legal right to govern Its new possessions as
territories, to make special laws for them
and n tax their products. This has been
the contention Of the administration from
the very start. II was the principal issue
In the last campaign for president. Our
Tortu Rlcan legislation was selected by Mr..
Bryan as the main point Of attack The
decision puts a qnietus upOn that sort of
thing and takes the matter out OF politics
for all time.
This decision Is hual. There can he no
appeal The decision Will not hurt Porto
Klcan trade In the least.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-05-29
T IS COURT. MADE LAW
(continued from Page ~

done at the war department: THE tariff
as prepared az Manila was based entirely
upon the specific system Of duties which
lcvies customs charges according TO weight
or number of imported articles rather than
according to values. This principle has
the approval of Secretary Root, but 1t Is
thought desirable to apply an ad yalorem
limit In certain eases where there is a
wide difference between the value of arti.
ole classified under the same paragraph.
The SPECIFIC duties will be retained In most
of these cases, hut It will be provided
that the articles shall pay NOT less than 4
certain ad vaorem rate. The ad valorcm
rate on the ncoessaries OF life and articles
essential 70 the development Of the islands
will NOT run higher than IL per cent. but
upon articles less necessary II will rise 10
20 per cent and In the case of luxurIes to
higher proportions
THE duty Will he FIRST assessed e.
article will then he estimated and then the
specific duty is to be as much as the nd
vaorem limit If the amount Of specific
duty falls below the ad valorem limit.
Sufficient amount will he added 10 bring
The net duties up to the limit. II this
specific duty Is higher than the al valorcm
limit it will he collected in full without
reference TO such limit
~ limit Of IL per cent will apply to
great variety of articles under the metal
schedule, which 1t was found Impossible to
distribute under specific duties"
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-05-29
EARNED TWO SALARIES.
So Decided by Supreme Court in S
Against the Government.

So Decided by Supreme Court in Suit
Against the Government.
Washington, May 29-rhe United States
supreme court has decided that John
Glavey earned tive government salaries
while acting as steamboat inspector at
New orleans FOR three years after his up.
pointment In 1891. He was occupying the
position of local Inspector with salary
of $1,000 at that tmr when the office Of
Inspector of foreign vessels was created by
the law with pay amounting 10 $1,000. He
was appointed to the lattf place with the
specified provision that his services should
not be composited because OF his occupaucy
Of the other office. He consequently re
ceved no salary for the S20VU position due.
ing the three Years he held the two places.
He brought an action for S60Oo in the court
OF claims, alleging that condi ton made
by an executive official could not inVhli
date statute. The court OF claims re-
fused to allow the claim, but the supreme
court reversed that decision, thus holding
the claim TO be valid.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-05-29
LOCAL.


II Rice appointed receiver for the
Houston Electric street Railway com.
pany
The question of diminishing the water
supply of the bayou for rice farming.
Y, Nj, g. A, preparing to celebrate
the semi.ceLtennlRl of the organization
Ia America.
The high school will have its ciass
day exercises this morning.
Joe Cnrrgln, an employe Of the Cen.
trial shops. found dead In his room.
The Robert H. Lee chapter preparing
TO celebrate Davis birthday June 3.
Daughters of the American Revolution
to participate in the memorial day ser.
vice.
An interesting entertainment for the
Houston cavalry troop
Proposed improvements OF the Sour
Lake property.
Organization OF the Empire State OIL,
Coal and Iron company.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-05-29
SECRETARY ROOT.
Contentious, Theories and Policy OF Ad-
n1nistration Sustained

Contentious, Theories and Policy OF Ad-
n1inistration Sustained.
New York, May IS Secretary Root Is
quoted In a Washington dispatch 10 the
Tribune MS saying of The supreme court
decisions in the nsular, cases; "Cnques
tlonahly the decision OF The court sustains
the contentious. the theories and policy
adopted by the administration In conduct.
Ing the affairs Of the Spanish Islands since
tho ratification OF the Paris treaty, The
rphnlding of the Foraker act signifies that
congress has the power 10 leglslate With
out being limited by the provisional con
tlngencies Of the constitution. For in
stance the constitutional provision srttlng
forth that uniform duties must he collect
ed does not apply to the islands. The gen.
eral result Of the decision is certainly very
gratifying
"Of course there viii he some little en-.
barrassmcnt caused by the holding that
no duties can he collected except by con
gressional legislation, hut II Will be only
a temporary embarrassment"
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-05-29
IN HEgMANrS RACE.
..oearsace Of the Season Proves
Him % Be a Factor
\ AMERICAN DERBY CONTEST
c,,nd Race on COURAGE Alone
nv Two Good ones--Base-
ps = III Newsletter Races.

,,.v as.-Garry Hermann, the
,s,s s.year-olds, made his hrst
~ the season today at Raw
W. answered the question as TO
~ 10 he factor In the Amer
in the affirmative. Inc coit
aup IA race from Boney Boy at a
sixteenth. Boney Boy ran
aD ,er than yesterday, when he
,.,sa by strangest' VINO this atl'f
w. dsfeated dozen lengths, strdns'
poy and Garry Hermann being
/ !. .,,rters. Hermann won the race
s.ss alone and is undoubtedly oAe
'u'. horses that ever lived. lie
'nsnesticnnbly short of condition and
,ace should do him a great deal
i Ne conceded Boney Boy TWO
Pow, was n Z TO ~ iavorite in tue
~ Weather clear; track last:
M a half furlongs. selling-Ern 81
" NV Hans Wagner, Hat Mitcht II.
10 Sssrotor. Omdurman. wild Pirate.
Il hrlcngs- -Magi, Dodle 81 Inc Els
Time l:02S..
4 La. a,"' mile and slxteenth-Garry
E asuIf Boney Boy, strangest' 1line'
h -aIsrlto, Liyadia, Rcseda. Time
+ f,ylonrs--Allce Dougherty. Riya
Fireside. Time, l:l6'
/ ENTRIES FOR TO-DAY.
.,sIrbths of a mile, selling-Chariey
N tx lee King 100, Merito lO7, lisa
|m Carlet Lily lOD.
ssIchths OF a mile. 2-year-olds-Souih
|es ia Red Hook l07. John \. Clarke
Iseal Maxim l04, Blennenworth TO-
n Beck l02 49,.
N seIling-Knight Bannerett ZIG,
n hi Senator Thompson, Prestar LOG.
al lmpronptu 9S. Uncle Tom 94'
Il sS Plead 81. 49,,
En- iuiiongs. handicap Jlminez III,
M los. Fancy Wood TO-. Dyxona
'Johuuy McCart 9S.
\ and an eighth, selling Ben Chance
Espionage 100, Trebor lo4. Little
! Is, Red Apple 93,
Z eishths Of mile maiden. 2-year-
nellie Waddell IL Chanin1de. Wing
Il Jennie Day Herr, Evening star,
'at t clear; track fast,
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-05-29
EXPLOSION OF A SHELL
Killed General Schoeman and Daughter.
Several Others Injured.

Pretoria, May 2s.-rhe Boer General
Schoeman and his daughter have hceD
Killed and his wife and two others have
been badly injured by the explosion of n
shell.
friends were examining n s,7-lDch lyddite
shell, which they kept in the house as a
curiosity, when the shell exploded, killing
the general on the spot aud MORALLY
wounding his daughter and severely iu-
Juring his wife aud two other persons.
General Schoeman was great krugerlte
lie led the commando of Coies3Irg ana
surrendered on the occupation OF Pretl ria.
lie WAS Hfterward captured by the Bcers
and released Syhen the British occupied
Bnrbertown. The general then went on a
peace mission. was retaken by the Beers
ana was again released when the Brit sh
took Pietcrsmaritzburg Since that time
General Schoeman had resided In Pretoria
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-05-29
COLONEL JAMES c, MINER.
An Assistant Secretary OF Confederate
Navy Died IN Poverty.

tN HSSlhidVl SSCfSldIy Oi SSIllSuS'atS
Navy Died in Poverty.
Cincinnati, May Is, Colonel James G.
Miner, an assistant secretary of the Con.
fcderate navy during the civil war, died
IN poverty today at Milford, Ohio, aged
~ years. He was graduate OF Edin'
burgh university, native of New England.
but resident of Texas and a friend OF
General Sam Houston. de served under
Taylor In the Mexican war Before the
war he was one Of the owners OF the Ia
mons Tregldar Iron works of Richmond,
Va. The civil war sweep away his fortune
aud since tnen be has battled nnsuccess-
fully In the effort to build new fortune.
He Invented high pressure engine, but
could not bring II TO financial success.
In trunk In the city be had million
dollars of Confederate bonds and money.
Three weeks ago his wife, who brayely
shared his III fortune witn him, died, aged
50, ana a Mrs, Spencer OF Milford gave
her hurel and took the broken hearted old
man 10 her home. Manufacturers here
whose places Colonel Miner loved 10 visit
have purchased lot In the cemetery for
him and will see to his burial