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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-12-15

Corpus Christi, Texas, December SAT-
90. l. o. o. f. elected the following Of
fcers for the ensuing yelr: Julius benry,
noble grand; Chris W. fnnE, VICE grsnn
4. Joseph, secretary; John Wshhnser,
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1901-11-02

germs Of malaria. There is always
most mist at full moon, and conse-
quently the number of cases Of malaria
are greater. Do you follow mer
mo, DON'T" replied Mrs. Bowser.
II don't believe the moon Is any more
responsible for malaria than my old
shoes, while 1t is quite likely that mos
quitoes are"
Good! Goodv chuckled Mr.. Bowser.
81 am glad to hear you express a de-
cided opinion. We now come to the
point In the case. / have decided In the
interests of medical science to prove or
disprove the professors theory"
"W-what are you going to do?"
"Offer myself as sacrifice. Tonight
we have glorious full moon, and there
will be a mist. / will sit in the full orb
Of night and make square test If
malaria follows, then it follows that
Professor Boxly is right If not, then
j will permit myself to be bitten by
mosquitoes tomorrow night"
'But IL you have bad case of mala-
ria you may die" protested Mrs. Bow.
Ser.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1901-11-02

Szdzl-
But she refused to go on. On the
contrary. she began talking In such
shrill tones that the neighbors wakened
and looked out Of their windows. MI.
Bowser forgot the moon, the mists,
mosquitoes and malaria and seized the
woman by the arm and led her to the
gate. She fought back and raised her
voice still higher, and Of sudden two
policemen came running. They saw a
woman in the grasp of man, and that
was sufficient. They seized Mr.. Bowser
on either side and wrenched and JAM
med and jerked him. Then as he tried
to explain they slammed him against
the fence and bundled him around and
poked him in the ribs. and then away
they went, dragging him between them
At the corner they were calling for the
patrol wagon when Mr.. Eowser's fami
ly butcher happened along and induced
them to listen and finally decide on let
ting him 60. He limped back to the
house. The moon still shed her glorious
beams, but he saw her not There -scs.
Continued on page 4.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1901-11-02

TOOK SEAT ON THE TOP STEP.
haul the interior OF the piano. He
treated her with bland condescension
during the dinner hour and had no in
formation to give. and it was not until
the meal was finished that he said:
Mrs. Bowser. you may have seen
something in the papers about the dis
pute between Professor Boxly and DR..
HurleyY
81 don't remember" she replied.
Probably not. IL 1t had been a bit of
social scandal, you'd have remembered
all about it. but as 1t related to medical
science you didn't think il worth read
ing. The dispute, as 1 may inform you,
arose over the cause of malaria The
doctor asserted that mosquitoes caused
malaria by inoculating human beings.
and the professor contended that the
moon was directly responsible for 1t"
"But how could the moon be respon-
sible? What an absurd ideaw
Don't go too fast, my dear woman.
If you had read his articles, you would
not call the idea absurd. Have you
ever noticed mist rising from the
earth at night"
"Of course"
"Well that mist is caused by the
moon, even when the moon is not to be
seen. The mist is sometimes quite
dense. At other times you do not per-
ceive 1t. This mist is composed of the
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1901-11-02

" he physicians who attended
l. President Mckinley want $780,
900 for their services. Considering
that their diagnosis was not accurate
and their treatment very unsuccessful,
this seems like a rather steep price.
Congress will be asked to pay the bill
as it has done in other similar cases,
and may object when it is considered
that the physicians who attended
Garfield for several weeks charged
but $4,000.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1901-11-02

ID resident Roosevelthas given no.
Il tice that there are to be no dock
tailed horses in the White House
stables while he is President, and the
King of England has ordained that no
such horses shall appear in the cere-
monial professions OF coronation day.
We have here then, an instance where
fashion is confronted by the protest oil
the two highest leaders of the English
speaking world, and it is to be seen
how far a good example set in high
places can counteract the effects OF a
bad custom.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1901-11-02
Tonapah Bonanza.
t is said that not long ago Real

IT is said that not long ago Rear
Il Admiral Robley d. Evans en-
tered fashionable house Of worship
in New York and took seat far for
ward. He was well but not very ex-
pensively dressed. Soon after the
Admiral had seated himself, man
and his wife entered. He looked un-
easy, and pulling out his card wrote
on it: "Do you know pay 81 800 a
year for this pew" Not to be out
done in courtesy, Admiral Evans took
out one OF his own cards, and above
his name, which necessarily gave his
naval rank, wrote in reply: "Well,
you pay too id much"
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1901-11-02

Exactly, my dear woman-exacty,
said Mr.. Bowser, with a flourish of his
hand. 'Tf 1 die, however, it will be In
the interests of science and save thou
sands of others. Some one has got to
sacrifice himself, and why shouldn't II
be meT
Mrs. Bowser could say nothing fur
ther. Having made up his mind to sit
in the moonlight, Mr.. Bowser would sit
there even IL the house took hre. lie
was In no hurry, however. He got down
the encyclopedia and looked up "Mala-
ria" and Mosquitoes" and by 10
o'clock he felt himself thoroughly post
cd. AS Mrs. Bowser was ready to go
ND stairs she asked:
"where do you propose to carry out
this experienceT
81 shall sit on the front steps," he TO
piled.
"And how long will it takeT
II can't say about that. I'll give II
two hours anyhow. You go right 60 bed
and don't worry about me. 1t will take
the malarial germs a day or two to de
velop. 1 think I'll take the cat out fol
company"
Five minutes later he took a seat on
the top step. with the cat at his left
hand. 1t was warm and balmy night
and he was I'm his shirt sleeves and
bareheaded. The cat wasn't up on ma,
laria or mosquitoes, and she didn't care
continental whether the moon was
full or not in sight at all, but she purr.
ed In contentment and kept her eyes
open for flying bugs. Mr.. Bowser
wasn't doing his work in a slipshod
fashion. He had notebook and pencil
with him, and he jotted down notes
for the benefit of Professor Boxly and
mankind in general:
10 o'clock-Just sat down in the full
light of the moon."
"1005-Think I observe a slight
mist"
"1010-Am positive there is a mist"
"10:20-Feel shivery, and the cat has
shuddered once or twice"
"10:30-Slight coldness up and down
the spine"
"10:40-The cat is looking around In
strange manner, as II seeing germs"
IL o'clock-Cat Is still uneasy. and
believe l have absorbed the germs of
malaria II the disease should prove
fatal
That was the end of his notes. Just
then an old woman with cane and a
basket came along and halted at the
gate. Mr.. Bowser was watching for ]
mlsts and gave her no attention until |
she opened the gate and entered and
said:
Eyes. it's the same man, and now
he's got to make things right"
WHATS the matter, my good wom-
an 2" he asked.
"The matter is that you passed lead
nickel off on poor widder. I want
good nickel in exchange"
"You mean you came here asking for
charity and gave you bad coin?"
That's 1t, sir. You knew was a
widder who hadn't bread in the house,
but you worked game on me-"
81 never didw exclaimed Mr.. Bowser.
"You must be mibtaken in the house."
''Not at all, sir. / remember your
bald head and red face and way of
speaking. Yes, 1t was you, and now
you must do the right thing or I'll
make trouble"
woman. go on! I know nothing
about it. You are either drun, -
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1901-11-02
MIR. BOWSER'S PERIL.
NE HAS A CLOSE CALL WHILE LOOK
ING FOR MALARlAL GERMS.
The Moonlight Mists Were Just Get
k ting In Their Work when an Inter-
4 ruption Occurred, and the Sacrifice
EWas In Vain.
Copyright, 1901, by G. D. LewisJ

copyright. 1901, by c. D. Lewis1
Z Whenever Mr.. Bowser has any lofty
purpose In view Mrs. Bowser can de-
tect It as soon as he enters the house.
and, though the knowledge may not aid
her to turn him aside. it somewhat pre-
pares her for the shock to come. He
had been very quiet for week and
had not even limited at buying hogs or
chickens when he came home with a
glow ON his face. In addition to the
glow, there was look of stern resolu-
tion, and her heart beat faster as she
wondered whether he was going to ex-
pertinent with the gas meter or over
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1901-11-02
WAR NINC!

All persons are prohibited from hunting
and shooting or in any manner trespassine
upon the Fish Creek and Fenstermaker
ranches in Fish Creek Valley.
Any one found 50 trespassing upon said
property will be prosecuted to the full ex.
tent of the law.
FORD LIVE STOCK COMPANY.
Eureka, New, Aug. 8, 1901.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1901-11-02
NEVADA PRESS COMMENT.
Wiunemuccs Silver State.

Wiunemucca Silver State.
The heirs OF the late Sarah and
Thomas Millard Of Carson are engaged
in legal battle for possession of $l0,-
900 left by their parents. There are
five lawyers engaged in the case and a
guessing contest has been inaugurated
In Carson as to the amount the heirs
will receive when settlement is made.
TOnspah Bonanza.
Ii We are ever elected to the Legis-
lature our first work shall be to enact
Q law limiting the number of dogs for
each town in the State. By actual
count last evening there was to be
seen on Main street 227 worthless ours
only fit to lie around q wagon and yelp
like coyote when a passer-by ap-
proaches. There are at least 600 cur
barkers in town and not one Of them
worth q tinker's dam.
Elko Independent.
The other day President Roosevelt
invited Booker T. Washington, a cul-
tured colored man. to take dinner with
him at his house. Mr.. Washington is
q cultured, refined gentleman who is
doing great work for the colored people
Of the South. If his skin were white
he would occupy q commanding seat
in the councils of the nation. 1t is
infinitely more to President Roose-
velt's credit to entertain Mr.. Washing
ton than it would be for him to enter
tain a great many politicians of the
country whose skins are white and
whose only claim for social recognition
is their ability to contribute to cam
paign funds for the corruption of the
voters in Presidential campaign.
Reno Journal.
Governor Sadler takes level headed
view OF the matter of President Roose-
velt dining Booker T. Washington.
When interviewed upon the subject
the Governor said in effect that it was
none OF his darned business, anymore
than it was Roosevelt's, when he, the
Governor invited a Piute Indian to
stretch his legs under the mountain
mahogany and masticate his "che-
as he had done, at the guber-
national mansion at Carson. The edi-
tor of the Journal once sat at table
with George Washington-not the
hatchet George, but the renowned
Chieftain OF the Shoshones, and al
though the high-u-muck-a-muck used
his knife in transportation of his prov
ender, the writer relished his bacon
and beans as keenly as though par
taken with Tom Hymers at a high
toned free lunch table in Reno.
Tonspah Bonanza.
The Tonapah public school building
will not be used for any sectarian pur-
poses whatever. There is a law in
this State prohibiting it, and it is
good law. So preachers of all denom-
nations will do we'll to heed this item
and not ask for this building in which
to espouse their doctrines. for they
will be refused. There is no use to try
to work the school trustees as they are
non-workable. The building will be
used for public school purposes only.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1901-11-02
LODGE DIRECTORY.

Eureka Lodge No. ~. I. O. q. r.
MEETS EVERY WEDNESDAY EVENING AT
Il 7S0 at f. & A. M. and /. o. o. +. Hall.
All sojourning brothers are cordially invited
TO visit JOHN BoTTINI, N. @.
JOHN GREaovIcH, Secretary.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-07-01
An Itinerant Infant.

Going down the road in North Car
olina the other day l accosted a bright
looking little colored girl and inquired
her name.
Virginia Alabama Mississippi Ben
son." she said, so hurriedly that | had
to ask her to repeat it several times,
and l failed to discover how insignif-
cant an atom in this great universe
had received such tremendous title.
Learning that she lived in a little
cabin near by, l inquired of her
mother.
Sos to member tn places we've
lived at" was the reply, and further
questioning drew out the interesting
fact that the child had been made a
family record and christened so that
her parents might not forget the
names of the states in which they had
resided.-Washington Correspondence
Chicago Record-Herald.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-07-01
Sum ner Girl's Footwear.

The summer girl will wear shoes off
the black. almost exclusively, and her
favorite color will be the bright shades
of tan. There is something material
and suggestive Of the golden slippers
OF song fame in light shoe. while in
black shoe there is nothing particu-
larly attractive. unless it be In the
shape, the neatness. the size and the
manner in wearing. Women with un-
attractive feet can. sometimes. put on
a tan shoe with very good results.
The summer girl Of 1901 will cling
to black stockings. but they will be
stockings that will be trimmed. They
are clocking the stockings again and
are running the clocks very high and
finishing them with an embroidered
flower. A straight clocling, running
from the ankle up above the calf, say
in a plain yellow with the clock not
over three threads wide, is finished
with an embroidered daisy. The daisy
must be SO high up that there will be
no danger of it's showing when the
skirt is lifted.
The colored stocking is very pretty,
but the summer girl will lay It aside
for house wear.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-07-01

some women fail in business for these
of training, which IL
another name for lack Of experience.
and deficient education. If insufficient
experience prevents a girl from being
accepted as a clerk or rursery govern
ess, how much more likely 1t is to pre-
vent a woman from holding her own
when she attempts in the face of COM
merciaI competition to etablish any
kind Of business for herself. To mas
ter a business properly one should
beg n at the bottom and work upward.
It IL a fatal mistake TO try to learn .
bus ness from the top, and those who
have committed the blunder by con-
stirling themselves employers and
mis- sresses of large enterprises have
often fallen to the bottom mora abrupt
ly han was pleasant A girls educa-
tiol should be both thorough and gen.
era, though it need not for commercial
purposes be scholarly. She also needs
preparation for the special kind OF
business which she intends to adopt.
With this dowry and an average
amount Of mother wit girl has little
to fear. Indeed. I consider that in
many manufacturing and commercial
enterprises she has now an especially
good prospect of uccess.---Chicago
Re, ord Herald.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-07-01

tions. He would guarantee that the
food would be tempting. Two days af-
terward the secret Of the meal would
be revealed.
The invitation was accepted and the
pair sat down to table the following
afternoon. They were served by a one
armed soldier servant named Joseph,
who had taken part in the cooking Of
the repast, and who placed successive
dishes before them with broad grin
Of pride and satisfaction. First came
a stew, tasting strongly Of onions. a
vegetable that had grown SO scarce as
to be procured only by the rich. The
next course was a delicious dish Of
macaroni, cooked in butter and fit for
a prince. Then there was fine roast
rabbit, brown and crisp, and finally a
dozen larks, almost floating in rich
sauce. When the dinner was over the
Englishman declared that he had never
eaten better food, and that he did not
particularly care what might have
gone into its composition.
But two days after, true to his word,
the French officer and chef revealed
the secrets of his kitchen. The stew
had been made Of rats which Joseph
had caught around the Notifications.
The butter used in cooking the various
dishes was nothing better than horse
marrow, extracted from bones which
the horse butchers were willing to give
away. Joseph knew method Of pre-
pairing it with saffron that made de-
licious butterine. The roast rabbit
was large tomcat which the officer
had prepared after formula Of his
own, while the dish Of larks was COM
posed of mice which Josephs cousin
had very generously trapped for him
in large warehouse in which he was
employed. Only the onions and maca-
roni had been genuine, being grand
pieces obtained for the English guest
at shop where a small stock still re-
mainsd.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-07-01
New Styles in Weddings.

A new fashion in wedding dresses
seems likely to become popular, writes
Lady Violet Greyville in the London
Graphic. The Duchess of Westminster
wore an empire marriage gown Of fine
white net embroidered with silver over
soft white silk. and lace veil. and
the effect was lovely If somewhat
theatrical. Nothing in reality suits
bride better than the old-fashioned
satin, lace and orange blossoms and
the soft tulle veil. Lady Beatrice But
Ter was of this opinion, and she pre-
ferred ivory-white satin. trimmed with
chiffon. Brussels lace, and a garniture
of white yiolets. Her veil was also
of lace, but she carried no bouquet.
The French "mariee" is invariably
simply dressed. however. high her
rank in society may be. Nine. Des-
chanel, the beautiful young wife of
the president Of the French chamber,
was married recently in a plain dress
of white satin, with an immense train;
it had no trimming but orange bios
SONS. On her head was placed tulle
veil and a small wreath of orange
blossoms, while not a single Jewel
adorned her neck
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-07-01

"Out of the queer use of a common
creature regarded as most potent in
old-time medicine there came the most
surprising and nearly the most i'm
portant of inventions. Every school
boy knows that toad can cause warts
or make the cow give bloody milk, but
not everybody knows that toads are
also powerfully medicinal. 1t is a
fact. Martin Luther says so. These
are his very words: Experience has
proved the toad to be endowed with
valuable qualities. II you run a stick
through three toads, and, after having
dried them in the sun. apply them to
any pestilent humor, they draw out the
poison, and the malady will disappear
Pope Adrian always carried bag
about his neck containing dried toad,
pearl, coral, gum tragacanth, smaraged
and other articles of junk. 1t was alE
that kept him up And lest you thintt
that they only did that hundreds OF
years ago, l want to say here that
when my father was boy and suffer ed
from quinsy they used to tie live fr jgs
about his throat. The frogs nsarly
clawed the hide off. They did not cure
the quinsy. but that's detail."- .Har-
vey Sutherland, in Ainslee's.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-07-01

Few people speak the English Ian
guage more beautifully than Queen
Alexandria, although it is not her ma
tive tongue. The first and only teach
er of English to the Danish royal mai
den was Miss Mathilde Knudsen.
Danish West Indian, born on King
Christians lovely little island Of st.
Croix, where her father was planter.
Among Miss Knudsen's other pupils
were the Dowager Empress of Russia,
the Duchess of Cumberland, Prince
Waldemar, and four Of the Crown
Princes children. Miss Knudsen. now
in the evening of her life, resides in
the fashionable quarter of Copenhagen
near the royal palace of Amalienborg.
On her frequent visits to England she
has always been entertained by the
late Queen Victoria. and the tokens OF
esteem which have been bestowed
upon her by her royal imperial pupils
have been numerous.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-07-01
Loyal Little American.

A teacher who spent her vacation
abroad tells the following story:
One Of her fellow passengers on the
steamship that brought her home was
little boy about 10 years old. AS the
steamship approached New York the
child grew exultantly happy and every
little while he would say: We're al
most home now." He talked Of the
various objects they passed as though
he were really quite at home. Finally
the teacher said: "Do you live in New
York;"
mo" answered he. II live in St.
Paul, Mimi"
Miss L. remarked: est. Paul? You
are still long way from home"
"This is just as good as home" said
the loyal little fellow, 'it's America"
The young travellers patriotism SO
pleased the Columbus woman that she
asked him about his travels, and
learned why he was so glad tc see
America. He had been in Europe over
six months, a part OF which time had
been spent in school in Sweden. He
had seen much that was interesting in
the different European countries, but
was as pleased as he could possibly be
on once more seeing his native land
and stoutly declared that America was
"the best country in the world. Pres
byterian.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-07-01
Faster Than tho Wind.

There are some parodoxes in physics
that never grow old. By the time one
generation gets through worrying over
them another generation is ready to
take them up, and so the interest they
excite is perpetual, and the problems
themselves are always new.
One of these problems is contained
in the statement that sailing vessel
can sail faster than the wind that
drives it. If it be moving directly be-
fore the wind 1t cannot, from the very
nature Of the case, have greater
speed than the wind itself; as matter
of fact, it will move more slowly than
the wind on account of the resistance
offered by the water. But If it move
In a direction few points off the di-
rection of the wind it will move more
rapidly than the latter.
A very simple illustration will make
the matter clear. Place ball at one
side of a billiard table and, with a
cue held lengthwise, push the ball
across to the other side, keeping the
cue in contact with the ball all the
time. Let the cue represent the wind,
and the ball represent the vessel. Now,
1t is evident that the ball will not
move more rapidly than the cue; on
the contrary, they will move at exact
ly the same speed. But a vessel sail
ing directly before the wind would not
move quite so fast as the wind, be-
cause the resistance of the water would
retard it.
Now, imagine groove cut diagonal
ly across the table from the near left
hand corner to the far right hand cor
ner. Place the ball in the left hand
end of the groove and against it place
the cue, held lengthwise, and push it
across the table as before. The ball
will travel along the grove and along
the cue at the same time, and will
reach the right hand end of the groove
across the table-in exactly the time
that it takes the cue to move across.
But as the ball travels much farther in
going diagonally across the table than
the cue does in going straight acress,
and as they reach the other side in the
same time, it is evident that the ball
travels faster than the cue does. In
the same way a vessel, moving at an
angle with the wind, sails faster than
the wind that impels it-Philadelphia
Record.