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BANANAS.
They Have Never Been Accorded Their
Proper Distinction.

From the London Chronicle.
A fruit that has never yet come properly
into its own Is the banana. Such at least,
is the opinion Of vegetarians, not few of
whom justify the faith that is in them by
living altogether on banana products; and
even less heroic martyrs are beginning to
think that the banana will prove the most
persuasive weapon of conversation in the
vegetarian armory Already there has APP
peared in the Midlands an enthusiast Just
fresh from South America with an I'M
heard-of collection of banana recipes; and
If all goes we'll with the propaganda, We
may expect to be taking, within a few
years. for breakfast, plain bananas, bana-
Ia pancakes. banana mullins and banana
coffee; for luncheon, banana fritters, ba-
mana bread. banana biscuits and banana
cake; and for dinner, banana waters, be-
mana figs and small cup of banana coffee.
Not only is the banana the best food pro-
quot Of the earth. but It's fiber Is said to
nave great future before it in the manu-
1actnre OF cordage, boot laces and paper.
The juices of the banana Is very strong in
tannln. and, so it is said, "a highly sats-
factory ink and shoe backing can be OBJ
tanned from it," AS an article of diet it Is
whole 1arder in itself. Marmalade can
be made of it, also "a pleasant drink, some
thing after the style of cider" while in Chi
cago there Is already a bakery which turns
out nothing but banana bread. 1t is as
SUBSTITUTE LOT Wneaten Dread that 1t Is to
win fame. Already it's admirers are agreed
that the banana is twenty-five times as nu-
tritive as the ordinary loaf and forty-four
times as nutritive as the potato; while a
plot OF ground that would give 33 pounds
OF wheat or 30 pounds of potatoes would
so lar as space Is concerned, give 1900
pounds of bananas, and with a fractional
amount OF the same trouble" Unhappily
we cannot grow bananas in these northern
isles.
Apropos of bananas, there is a costers'
cup IN a quiet street off Edgware road
which was formerly devoted to innocent
recreation: But the spirit of utilitarianism
mas prevailed over the desire for social en-
Joyment. and the premises have now be-
come forcing house for West Indian ba-
nanas. The bananas are consigned direct
10 the club, thus saving the middleman's
Pronts, and every room is filed with great
punches Of the fruit, ripening under gentle
neat for the public palate. The members
or the club can select their own punches
ana pay for them as they sell them, so that
an initial capital is not required On a good
DAY, with a CARLOAD of these bananas. a
coster can clear net profit of-but per-
maps 1t Will be more discreet to keen the fig
ures dark. The coster's, like all other ca IL
ings, already suffers from overcrowding.
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Military Artists of Malta.
From Navy and Army.

From Navy and Army.
OF all the quaint and varied sights shown
to the passing stranger, perhaps there Is
none more attractive than the officers
quarters in the mainguard of the citadel of
Valetta. Long ago some officer, finding the
time hang heavy on his hands, and having
IN him besides turn for sketching, be-
thought him to draw upon the bare yellow
washed wall Of his ungarnished room a pic
ture In colors. The next officer probably
tnought he could do as well, or better and
he, too left his handiwork upon the walls:
and as years rolled by there grew up a Gus
tom, now firmly established, for every regi-
ment servln gin Malta and doing mainguard
duty to leave behind a remembrance Of it.
self In the shape Of a sketch on the walls
In pencil, chalk orp amt. Thus now, in,
stead of plain unlovely walls, exists this
quaint irregular patchwork of pictures. well
known throughout the services and to those
who use this highway to the east.
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QUIET FOR TELEGRAPHERs.
Such Will Be Their Life on a Little
Coral Reef in the South Pacific.

From the San Francisco Chronicle.
The little coral reef in the South Pacific
ocean, known as Tanning Island, is to be
resting place for the English submarine
cable to stretch its long length from Brit
ish Columbia to the Australian common
wealth. Although a mere speck on soma
maps, and entirely absent from most aliases
1t has developed great Importance in the
telegraph system Of the world It lies I $50
miles south Of Hawaii and to be geo.
graphically accurate, is situated In latitude
3 degrees 81 minutes % seconds north and
In longitude 10 degrees 81 minutes so seconds
west On this island the Pacific cable
BOARD, by which name the English ca BILE
company is called has determined to estab-
ilsh Its m1docean station, expending thereon
between 100000 and $12O 900 in San Fran
CISCO
The plans for the buildings have been
prepared in this city by Henry H. Movers
and provide for quarters for the telegraphic
stan, including the operating room, a dwell
ing for the superintendent of the station. a
carpenter shop, bath houses, a lamp room,
ktchens, and a large reservoir for the
catching and preservation of rain water
Tor drinking purposes. The walls of these
structures are to be of coral obtained on
the island, but all the other material will
come. from San Francisco The coral will
be covered with cement on the exterior
and the buildings will be made as nearly
hreproof as. possible. They will be for the
most part two stories in height
The telegraph cable station will be located
at English harbor, the only shipping en-
trance on RAINING Island, although it is
nine and half miles long and four miles
wide. A popularity of the place is that it
is not above two or three feet above the
level of the ocean, excepting on the outer
coast, where the rim of the coral has been
thrown up by the action of the sea to the
height of ten feet in some places There
are trees on the island but they are mostly
cocoanuts, SO that fuel, as well as drinking
water, is scarce article. The coral isle
has been British possession since 1893
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Marve1s Of the New Century.
From Leslie's Weekly.


If the distinguished Baron Munchausen
had lived in these days he could easily have
written a book of marvels from real life
that would have matched his own and not
have earned for himself the unenviable rep
utation of being the classic and monument
al liar of the ages. For example, his tale
about being stranded on a supposed island
in the sea which proved to be a monster
fish that transported him safely for many
days, is weak and paltry invention by the
side of Marconrs achievement in flashing
wireless message across the Atlantic, to
say nothing of the still more astonishing
device ascribed to a Tennessee man by
which, it is claimed, we shall soon be able
to scold our cousins in England via the at
mospheric route and without the aid Of
wires. 1t is also given out that a learned
Chicago professor is close upon the track of
the secret principle of life, and is likely to
spring it upon the world now almost any
day. An Englishman wrote book a few
years ago showing How to Be Happy
Though Married." and 1t only remains
therefore, for some one to discover the art
Of making money without work and paying
bills without income, to bring the world
right into the millennium at one jump.
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WHISKY AND THE EYES.
Those Of Blue and Gray Are Said to
Be Tel|Tales.

From the New Orleans Tfines-Depocrat.
Speaking of thu matter of drinking, :"
said man who lihgers too long OCCASION
ally where the wine is red, ''the fellow
who has blue eyes has the worst of the bar
gain from the very beginning Of the game.
Blue eyes simply give the whole story away
In jiffy. The plain fact that man is Just
little in his cups seems to hang out the
corner Of his eyes. I cannot say that nv
observation will tally with that of other
men along thessame line. Butsfor some time
have been making rather careful study
Of the effect whisky has on eyes of different
kinds, and Lhave reached the conclusion
that the bine-eyed man has all the worst of
it. Why 1t is / do not pretend to say, but.
Of course, man who has paid enough at
tention to the subject to make long list
Of tedious comparisons must have reached
some kind OF conclusion in regard to the
subject.
There does not seem to be any satfsfac-
tory way Of explaining the fact that men
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ODD WEAPONS OF THE FIL1P1Nos.
Interesting Material for the Collector
to Be Found Among Them.


From the ,,,w York Evening Post.
Both the archaeologist and the collector
have a noble harvest field of curious we;,-
pons of the chase and war in the Philip
pines. The archipelago is not uniformly
civilized, but consists of layers of social
strata ranging from the educated well-bred
man of Manila to the naked Gaudanes and
tree-dwellers Of Mindanao. They are not
even members of the same race. The Tagals
and Visayas fine types of the Malay
while the Negrito is Papuan, and the
Aeta is a brother of the Aino of Japan, and
belongs to some ancient hairy race, which
once held sway in this part of the world
All the men use weapons, and like to get
the best they can, but with warning races
especially hunters and hunted, the lower
ones are compelled to use those which they
are able to make themselves Around the
big cities may be found modern rifles such
as the Mauser, the Krag -Jorgensen and the
Winchester. Further inland you run across
old Springfelds, Enhelds and MINES.
Still further in the interior you find. the
handsome but inefficient Spanish muskets
of the latter part of the eighteenth CEN
fury. ana Lieut. Col. Sargent captured
couple of Tower muskets from some insur-
gents. AT the fishing ports on the north of
LuZon and on the east coast of Mindanao
fintlocks have been seen. Thus the whole
history of firearms may be found ilIustrat-
ed in these islands. The Malay is a born
fighter, and believes in fighting in close
quarters. There is something of the old Rer.
serker about him. His ideal warrior is a
man who strips himself to the buff. oils his
body with cocoanut oil and with sword
In one hand and knife in the other runs into
the ranks Of his foes to kill or be killed
Frequently the blades are ornamented
The Moros like to have a sentence of the
Koran inscribed upon theirs, while the
heathGn of Mindanao prefer to color the
channels an ugly red, so as to suggest the
idea OF dried blood. The poison they employ
is not the same class as the wurali or
eurare of the Guarinis of Brazil 1t In a
toxin obtained from decomposing blood
For purposes Of the chase, the sword or
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-06-07

The Japanese government has decided to
establish at the Industrial experiment sta
ton model factory, or technical school,
for training workers in window glass man
ufacture. All of the window glass now used
in Japan is imported. The importation of
window glass in 1899 was valued at $685.
500.
In France fuel briquettes are made from
garbage The refuse from the streets,
from markets and abattoirs is minced and
mixed with naphtha and tar.
In June a Danish expedition will visa
Greenland to make an exhaustive study of
the manners, customs and superstitions of
the native population.
The total number of farms in Alabama is
given at 20. of which 12e.137 are oper-
ated by white farmers and 1858 by colored
farmers.
The number OF wool bearing sheep on
farms has decreased In decade from 49,
u7.173 to aS,9S7.57S. or 23 per cent.
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courts will be laid Off. The use Of the same
will be restricted to members of the Ath-
letic Association. The gymnasium having
closed for the season and the work Of the
organization being of necessity suspended
under existing conditions II is believed
that the providing of tennis courts, as out
lined. would do much to keep interest in the
association from waning during the sum-
mer months.
Capt. Ferree's Company as Host.
Invitations have been issued by Company
D, 9Th Battalion, Captain Sheridan Ferree
commanding, for a smoker, to be held at
Loyal Legion Hall, 10th street, next We'd
nesday evening, the 18th instant. The COM
mfttee on arrangements, consisting of First
Lieutenant Humphrey, chairman, and Sec
ond Lieutenant de Main. Sergeant Mooney
and Privates Roach and Dodge, reported
satisfactory progress to a meeting of the
company last Wednesday evening.
Each member is to individually consider
himself a host Military guests and mem
bers of the company will be in uniform.
The committee is preparing for big at
tendance, and promises an unusually en-
joyable occasion The guests are requested
to put in an appearance not later than
$50 o'clock.
Notes.
Private George N. Mcknew, Company A,
LIST Battalion, has been transferred to the
signal corps.
On his own application Sergeant Wal
lace V. Warner, Company A, Sd Battalion
has been honorably discharged.
By reason of removal from the District
Private William E. Warters, Company c,
1st Battalion, has received an honorable
discharge.
Private William II. Cornish, jr., Company
c, LIST Battalion; Privates Edward w. Dug
gan, Martin Quigley, Charles l.. Stearns
and George w. Storer, all of Company A,
4th Battalion, and Privates William j.
Blincoe, Joseph G.. Dumaine, Orville c.
Flynn, William F. Fox and Charles NJ
Thomas all of Company D, 9th Battalion,
have been discharged in the interest of the
service.
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Had a Good Memory.
From the New York Times,

FrOW tHe New 1OrK Times.
AT little dinner the other night the
statement was made that the colored race
had longer memories than white folk. Mari.
Twain, who was present, agreed with the
remark, and to prove it told the following:
Some years ago, when south, 1 met an
Ola colored man who claimed to have known
George Washington. 1 asked him If he was
in the boat when Gen. Washington crossed
the Delaware, and he instantly replied,
'Lor, massa, steered dat boat
WeH SAID l, do you remember when
George took the hack at the cherry treea
He looked worried for momen. and
then. with beaming SMILE said:
Why, suah, massa, I dun drove dat
hack mahself.'"
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Obsolete Maxims.
,m the New York Press

From the New York Press.
In business schools they used to teach
such maXims as these: Make your de-
posits in the bank as early In the day as
possible, and never without your bank
book" For your own security it is wise
to have one particular person to do your
business at the bank" Always make out
your own deposit slips" These are falling
into innocuous desuetude. Much of the
banking business of firms is done by boys
And now comes the revolutionary practice
of inviting deposits by mail. Presently we
shall have checks cashed by mail. Banks
lose vast amount of business by not be-
ing Johnny on the spot"-as the wags
have it-whenever a person has need Of
them.
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Before His Time.

From the Philadelphia Press.
Casey-"Hov We noticed F1annery av late ?
IT'S too free he is wild the dhrink, Dim
thinkin'."
Cassidy-"Ay, an If he's not careful
he'll be film drunkard's grave before
he Dies
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Baby Stars.
Richard lie GallIenne in Harper,s.

IIcHarU lie UaIIleHne IN Harper's.
The souls OF little girls who die
God sets up shining in the sky,
But what becomes of little boys7
Ask of nurse, and she replies
That little boys are born without
Just bern to seuffie and to shout,
To play round games, hit hs I'd, and die.
I'm glad I'm not little boy.
i think Id like to be a star.
II God would set me not too far
Away from Daddy--so that 1
Might send him kisses from the sky.
And shine upon his bed at night
With such lovely little light;
And II he felt too lonely there,
I'd unwind ali my go den hair
And make little shining stair,
For him to climb and sit by me-
Oh. Dad. how lovely that would he!
And perhaps, II asked God for you,
He'd change you to star. dear, too.
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THE NATIONAL GUARD
Efficiency Contest Open to
Non-Com, Officers.
MUST PARTICIPATE
BEGINNING PREPARATIONS FOR
THE ANNUAL CAMP.
Filling the Staff Vacancy - Work al
Crdway Range-An Explanation
is Demanded.

Major Anton Stephan, commanding the
4th Battalion District of Columbia Ma
tional Guard. has inaugurated competition
decidedly original in character, with the
view of largely increasing the efficiency OF
the nou-commissioned officers of his COM
mand Having noted that interest in rifle
practice and other branches of military
training has been greatly stimulated by the
providing of suitable prizes, Major Stephan
has announced that he will bestow costly
gold medal on the most capable sergeant
and a similar decoration on the best quail
fled corporal of the 4th Battalion. The VIII
ners are TO be determined through the COM
petition referred to.
The details of the contest are that the
corporals and sergeants of each company
of the battalion must appear before board
of Judges with their respective regular
squads and sections. The board of judges
is made of the captains of the three COM
panies whose non-coulmiss1oned off1cers are
not then actively engaged in the competl-
ton Each non-commiSsioned ofhcer is re-
quired to put his command through a pro
gram. comprising twenty-five numbers and
ranging from the settfng-up exercises 10
guard mounting and guard duty, and en-
bracing drill in both close and extended
order The competitor Is a stranger to the
program until he reports to the judges
All competitors except the one actually en-
gagged at the time are excluded from the
haH
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-06-07

By reason of removal from the Distric
Private William E. Warters, Company c
1st Battalion, has received an HONORABLE
discharge.
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An Explanation Demanded.
May Have Tennis Courts.

Efforts are being made by Captain E. C.
Edwards and other officials of the Athletic
Association of the District of Columbia Ma
tonal Guard to secure the use of the in
closed lawn or parking that fronts the
Center Market armory for the purpose of
playing lawn tennis.
If the movement In successful several
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-06-07
Some Old Customs Returning.

1t has been question how far the old
customs would come back. The answer
flow can be given. Those which were
stamped out by the American military au-
thority In defiance of the sentiment Of the
people, are returning. Those which were
deplored by fair proportion OF the people
are hesitating.
It would not be true to say that the
'1ldios de galIos," or cooking Mains have
returned. because. except for very short
period. they never entirely disappeared uri-
der American rule. Their prohibition was
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-06-07

On his own application Sergeant Wal
lace V. Warner, Company A, Sd Battalion
has been honorably discharged
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Celebrated Eureka
Springs w alter

served exclusively on all cars with
out charge.
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Pr IS ONALS

T. J. McDade visited in Dallas
today.
Abe Carroll was here today from
Ennis.
Capt. D. Mahoney went to Denton
last night.
Mrs. s. E. Buchanan went to Dali
las this morning.
B. w. Fearis has returned from a
visit to Mineral Wells.
Col. Jas. s. Davis is looking after
his farms near Britton today.
Postmaster John Beatty was pas
senger to Dallas this morning.
Rev. w. A. Patterson of Hills
boro was in the city yesterday.
Attorney Mark Smith was in Cor
sicana today on legal business.
Mrs. j. F. Strickland and Miss
Estelle Dunlap visited in Dallas
today.
j. H. Pridemore left last night for
Henrietta to visit his mother who is
seriously i'll.
A young man named Whitfield ar
rived this morning from Hereford
to enter Trinity University.
DR.. Cheatham of Nash left this
morning for Nashville where he will
spend the winter in a medical col
lege.
Miss Louise Skillern, who has
been visiting friends in the city, left
yesterday afternoon for her home
In Little Rock.
DR.. J. A. Paine returned this
morning from Abilene. He has
been preaching in that section for
the past three weeks.
Mrs. X. p. TalIey and little grand
daughter, Miss Kate Salmon Prince,
arrived last evening from Corsicana
to visit Mrs. Talley's daughter,
Mrs. w. =. Hood.
Mrs. A. b. Mcknight returned
this morning from Woodbury., Tenn,
where she spent the summer with
relatives. She was accompanied
home by two young men, VIM. Raj
ston and Ready Holmes, who will
locate here.
Miss Laura Driskil, of Austin,
and Miss Callie Driskill, of Spear
fish, S. D., came in this morning
from St. Louis to visit Mrs G.. II.
Gibson, on West Main street. After
a stay of several days they will 20
on to Austin.
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HOMESEEKERS' EXCURSIONS

On the urst and third Tuesdays of
August, September and October, to
many sections Of the west and north
west.
Consult nearest ticket agent or
write the undersigned for full irt"t-
nation, printed matter and the least
cost OF your proposed trip
T.. W. AKELEY, General Pass
euger Agent, st, Louis Mo. oo
c. w. ANDREWS, T. ?. A, 309
Ccoliard Bldg, Dallas, Tex
:. NJ. LEVEY, General Manager
ST. Louis, Mo.
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Revival Meetings.

Rev. T. NJ. Fitzgerald will assist
the pastor J. G. Smith in series Of
meetings to begin in the Cumberland
Presbyterian church Sunday morn
ing II a. m. The pastor and congre-
cation of the Baptist church have
generously rendered the use Of their
church for this meeting, Sunday
night the services will be held in
the Baptist church.
A cordial invitation is extended
to the pastors, singers and workers
of other churches in the city to Join
in this meeting. A strong choir is
being organized, and there will be
choir practice at the Cumberland
Presbyterian church Friday and Sat
urday nights, of this week. Mem
bers of the different choirs of the
city and all who may be disposedIto
join in this part of the work are cor
daily invited to be present. Bro.
Fitzgerald has been eminently sue
cessfui in revival work. He relies
on the word and spirit, and his
metho DDS are sound.
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NEW NORK-CLOsE

Cared Hemorrhages of the Lungs
Several years since my lungs
were 50 badly affected that / had
many hemorrhages, writes A. NJ.
AXE of Wood, Ind. 81 took treat
ment then started to take Foley's
Honey and Tar and my lungs are
now ~ sound as a bullet. 1 recon-
mend it in advanced stages Of lung
trouble Sold by b. w. Fearis
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Attention.

Ladies' and Gents clothing cleaned
pressed, repaired. Clothing made tc
order. Second hand clothes bought
and sold. A share OF your patron.
age solicited j. s.. Perrin,
2I3 East Main SIT.
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ANNOUNCEMENTS.

COUNTY TICKET
FOR Representative:
J. N. ALDERDICE
For District Clerk:
ToA BURLEsoN
For County Judge:
LEE HAWKINS
for County CLERK:
Rufe HENDRICKS
Ror Sheriff:
J. p. MTNHICK
For County Tax Assessor:
JOHN MCELRoY
For Tax Collector:
BILLIE BRATCHER
For County superintendent Public In
steucb.on:
f. d CRIDDLE
For Justice Peace, Precinct No. !:
T., p. ANDERSON, JR
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TIE DAILY COTTON REPORT

-..-..,a-a by e. T, Vjyi0n manager Of the
".Xatacnie Cotton Exchange Quotations
eru-el aatA,I
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CHEAP SETTLE S' Pa S
TO THE FAR We ST AND
NORTHWEST

The Burlington Route reuews the
low 0ne-way Settlers rate of $3.50
from Missouri River TO California,
Portland and the Puget Sound cnun-
try every day during September and
October, with correspondingly low
rates to the Spokane district and the
Butte Helena district; also proper
tionate rates from interior Missouri,
Kansas and Southwest territory.