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people Of the United states, / desire TO
present thelr sincere fluctuations. on the
occasion OF your maiesty's minority and TO
assure you of their friendship and gnol
wishes for the welfare Of your majesty
and your majestys people trust your
life will be long and happy, aud that your
reign will live In the affections OF your
people and bless them with peace, pros
perty and happiness, aud pray Goa 10
nave you In his safe and holy keepins.
Your good friend, Theodore Roosevelt
The marquis Of vllalobar. q former secre-
tary Of the Spanish legation at Washington,
aud an old friend Of Dr. Curry, who has
been appointed To attend as the lnited
states envoy while IN Madrid, called for the
doctor at 1915 and drove with him 20 the
palace IN royal landau, where the enNof
was accorded honOrs hy the guard drawp
IN IN tho court yard DR.. Curry and Mt.
Slmpkius, the secretary ~ the special en-.
hasSy ~ the United Suites. were ushercl
into the royal reception hall Immediately
after the papal nuncio and before al the
other ENJOYS,
The queen regent gave DR., Curry an ex.
tremely cordial welcome,
! president of the United States gladly aval
az this method Of showing the friendly r..
| gard which he has for the government ana
| people OF Spain. lie Is confident thar t1is
| mission viii strengthen the cordial rela-
lions now happily existing between the two
countries
Or. Curry, addressing the queen regent:
81 hope II viii not be considered improner
20 say that by your personal and ufhcial
| conduct. your majesty has bound the inteli-
| gent and good Of al other peoples with
| strong bonds of admiration and regard.
| The queen regent listened 70 the ADDRESS
with an expression Of keen pleasure. snd
then IN a charming way she recalled pr.
| Curry's preyiOus stay. as minister Of tue
| United States at Madrid.
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,WHARToNs CELEBRATION.
Crowds Were Present from All the
Neighborine Towns.


Neighborine Towns.
Wharton, Texas, May 16.-wharton's
grand barbecue is now put on record as
4 great success The crowd of about $500,
Which was present at noen, was greatly
augmented by the midday trains, quite
large crowd coming from Victoria, Ell
Fampo, Edna, Columbus. Richmond, San
antonio, Breuham. A special train came
Va from Bay City and also from Eagle Lake,
y hlch greatly swellcd the crowd. At least
poo people were recipients OF Wharton's
Hospitality. At 1880 Hon. Jake VOTERS of
"a Grange was introduced by Hon. j II.
N Dennis Mr. VOTERS made a favorable
impression at once. He spoke I'm glowing
FERNS OF the brilliant prospects thai await.
Nv nus county, saying II was the richest
fgncultural county in the State. He dwelt
toSt emphaticallN on the race problem,
4aying that the White Mans union had cut
&ne Jordan knot. lie then read the con
3utuuon of Louisiana. but said he favored
3ae dlstranchiSemont OF the negro as
Nv ohly solution that would bring n reign
peace mat without political power the
&tehded him, lie then spoke IN feeling
lns OF the old time spirit which pre-.
Xs.lru during slnvery, claiming that the
aanlui tolerance felt for the negro by the
Xtt.'t i'Vutheller was me negro : greatest
\ plecuon He congratulated the people of
a taIton on the success attained by they
#ssoelatlon, and after thanking them Tor
~ IohQr conferred on hiui closed his
Xgve.n' having won a warm place IN the
| f.,rss OF the people, He was followed by
&m.Ilet Judge l., I. Moore. who was pre-
aIea by Hon. r. NJ Brown Judge
IN ~ gave brief address. full OF fun
Hg WOO good fellowship, paying a fine trlhute
II n, naton and Whnrton's people. ending
Il ~, AZ eulogy on woman, whom, he snd,
&nG neltpr than an angel. for woman STAYS
Se anSelS ny away. He also said that
n ,rlslors from Fayette county would
q nnihg advertisements to bring more
H. i.1s KS to thiG county for here they found
49, elest country. Inhabited ny the best
q ,,p@ IN the world. One of the grcHtest
sS OF me day was the trap shoot
'Nba,,onlc h was participated in by the
tsl gun clubs.
u hoa Hin telling shots were recorded. The
u isSS ' NV. covered twelve events The first
il 4, 'WHe,ftage was Won by ], H. H. Den
IN warrior. the second average being n
IA r, CSMeen Messrs. Heffncr and Carville
H. ~ a,REpo' ana j. A. Sanders OF Whar-
In me shoot or, missing out, was won
4ipbir .. sanders. The Wharton club was
~ rsmS, ,oNnlimentc1 for the splendid man
'kornclH OF the affair. which was pro
ii ven a. y @ ne the hest arranged event ever
I--.- ~ 9outh Texas. Baseball was also
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OF INTEREST TO 80 - ~ y
IS - y FEMININE READERS.

complexion brush les merely an I'm
proved washrag 1t takes hold better and
digs out the dust. Many complexion Ills arc
caused by horrid, unclean skins. Doesn't
sound nice, bur it's true Just the same. The
brush should he used every night with
warm water aud pure white CASTLE soap,
and the scrub should he continued until
your face Is nice and clean like new dis /
pan After rlnsnE with cenr water, diy
With gentle pats. and apply creme NOR
quise. The rubber brush n not so effective
as the brush Of hrm, even brlstles
Nothing but n dye VIII have any colorng
effect upon hair that Is already gray but
II you will take reasonably good care of
your halo you should be able to ward or
the fresh crop Of snowy locks Shampoo
every fortnight With eggs every six weeks
have the ends Of the hair slnged Th,s
singing alone IS likely 70 retnrd gtnyness,
At night brush away the dust TINT hns uc-
cumulatcd during the day, then apply the
rcsurCln tonic, putting IL on the scalp with
a medicine dropper and rubbing In wei
with the finger tiDa.
When the knuckcs have become enlarged
there is practically no way Of making them
smaller. BY wearing sleeves that are long
and trimmed with lacey frils and things.
your hands will look smaller and dulnlier
Soak thirty grains Of gum tragacauth in
seven ounces OF rose water for three days,
strain forcihly through muslin and add one.
half ounce of alcohol. Delightful Tor the
face and hands; dries immediately
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WEEKLY REVIEW OF BUSINESS.

dence Of increased buying for fall and next
spring, but only small supplementary orders
for the present season Cold weather has
retarded 1ohbing trade NJ many points
Domestic trade IN cotton goods Is steady,
with supplies In strong hands, but export
business Is dull More liberal deliveries
OF WOODEN goods are reported, showing that
fewer looms are Idle. The best demand
Is for staple lines Of mems wear aud me-
While " Is generally agreed that there
has been much Improvement IN the winter
wheat states. necessary TO the opening
months. exports became smaller on the pub
lication Of the official report of ccudi-
tions on May -. For the past week ex,
ports were S,4na, 76l bushels, hour included,
ngalNst 4,V25.2iO YEAR ago. Corn adj
yanced on lighter receipts and reports
OF slow progress In planting.
Failures for the week numbered 22S in
the United States, against III last year,
ana IL In Canada. against 10 a year ago.
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Annleton Matters.

Angleton. Texas. May 1G,-A. II. Bartell.
+. u. Cain and A. II, Masterson have
bought ten acres norit OF the town Of
Argleton with the view Of erecting large
warehouse and rice min. This enterprise
is looked upon with much favor by The
citizens and they are using every effort 20
further the enterprise.
The Velasco, Blazos and Northern Rail
way company has put In switch two
miles below town for the purpose Of re-
ceiving the rice crop grown 90 the Walker
plantation, prospects OF which are very
pHtterlng az present.
Messrs Kelly, Lewis and Faickney re-
celvcd n consignment OF two carloads Of
hay presses yesterday and Will start n hay
camp immediately. This years shipment
Of hay promise TO he double what II was
last year.
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an ~, attraction the battle being ho,r.,,,
won na' b9 \, nna III Campo, the victorr BENG
Campo %, Wharton L. THO VI aiming, ~
1l ne day was the grand bali at nigS,e
an immense platform. sOx1O ,Ses niia.i
tha en merry dancets' aboat 100 couple ON
t ',., no3r ~ once. Two brass bnnis Az
gi,outsed enlrnncing music and brght n,,, MS
rbbnnt Wis nature contribution to The scenn
NIT Nc grand march was led by Mr. Pott"n
TarrSb 81 marion and Miss Anna Sue
Ni,atn5u'lh @ san Antonio. The dance
S ,T9l AT 4.sO a. m. Every one here u
peaseu at the result; the shirt Of harmon,
' s,i,o hh ~ shown by Whnrton's ct'ssn~ ~.
per were served in abundance tbo a ,,,,,, sup
YES yes uniting to Insure success Prnise wa.
ualise. P0ss'ole 10 lhulNid'
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Marlin Matters.

Marlin, Texas, May 16.-A colored school
teacher by the name of C. D. Johnson had
an examining trial in Justice Burtlett's
court on charge of forgery Johnson was
teacher Of school in the BraSos bottom.
He is charged with forging the names OF
trustees to about fifteen vouchers and col
loCting money on same. He was hound
over 10 The grand jury in the sum Of $1,000
which no has so far failed to give.
The school board OF Marlin has reelected
Prof. c. r. Hudson superintendent OF the
Marlin public schools for the next year.
The entire corps OF assistant tenchers In
the white school was also reelected
j. L. Atkinson has been appointed con.
stable Of precinct No. l by the commits
sl0ncls court to fill the vacancy caused by
Nlr, Frank Hickman resignng.
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MODlsH TIPS.

Sailor collars are as good as ever.
Every sort Of crepe Is the top Of the
vogue.
Even popllns and cloths are treated to
crepe finishes,
Ribbon embroidery Is one Of the pretty
"latests."
Seams are herring bone stitched to-
gcthcr
Smart little pointed straps are decorative.
Little tucks In sun-ruy effect are here and
there on fine frocks.
Tiny crochet buttons are almost as plenty
as French dots
black and ccru lace applques are stun
ming feature OF some gowns.
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News Notes.

Beaumont, Texas, May 16.-rhe Houston
bankers are to play Port Arthur tomorrow
lnd Sunday and a very warm ball game is
Expected
The colorod odd Fellows are going to
have thanksgiving sermon at the Antioch
BAPTIST church sunday afternoon Mt 3
tciock. The new officers of this lodge are
lbarles Fleming. y. g.; A. y. Adams, A.
H.; NJ Herbert, secretary.
W. II. Penuman, president of the Penn
han steel and Iron works, left last night
ior Chicago They are getting ready TO
hove their entire plant in East Chicago to
Beaumont,
DR.. Frledlander preached to a large con-
fregation tonight at Temple Emanuel.
The Park Savings bank will probably be
zen for business on June 10. Mr. Tom
brown who is to handle il, is pushing the
Il ork for all there is In It,
]. NJ. Ahart has filed a suit against the
Bull Beaumont and Kansas city Railway
company ct al for $4,000 damages for al
3eged personal injuries.
Another new dynamo has been added to
HE plant here the new plant that was in
&taled few weeks since not being able tc
Furnish sufficient power for the city.
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Funeral Of c. A. Llndenbera.

uauetsylne Texas. May l5-The remains
Of Charles 4. Llndenberg we're lald 10 'ts'
in the city cemetery last evening by tue
Ancient Order Of United Workmen' we we
Hallctsville fire department and the siYtL
cornet band making music. Charley Nas
the only son Of Mr. and Mrs. f. LlhlSn
berg of this place, lie enlisted IN e 1,,n-
teers was K. ned In the battle OF Narvican,
Pbilippine Islands. October a. 1000 anu M
his remains were Yesterday delivered 10 us
parcnts for burial.
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Fort Worth, whore he had been in attend.
ahee on meeting OF the transportation
cemmittee of the Knights OF pythas. The
.vhmttee was In session arranging for
transportation for delegates to the supreme
ioage meeting in San Francisco.
a. lee Brown returned last night from
attending the State council Of the Red Men
az Fort Worth
J, g. ChIlders Is just home from Falls
county, where he has been In the interest
OF X. l.. Henry. lie speaks confidently OF
Henry carrying the county
MeSsrs. II. 4. Patterson and Charles
Meeks passed through Temple from Belton
Yesterday going 20 De Witt county In the
interest Of l.. l.. Curtls for railroad commits
siunpr
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~ A. and M. Collene-

Bryan, Texas May l6. The Agricultural
and Mechanical college is fattcnlng twenty
head Of line cattle for exhibition ut the fat
stock shows at the State fairs ana will ship
them to Chicago in December.
The records of the college show that
since the college was founded there have
been 6g46 mutIicuatcs and 800 graduates.
The attendance has constantly increased,
except in 1850 and 81 due to an entire
change of faculty by the board Of directors,
and again in 1884 when the legislature fail
ed to make appropriation for the support
Of state students. Last year there were
$50 mntnculntes and this year there are
464 ON May /, last year, the attendance
was 249, this year it IS 3o6 There are at
present eghty-six men in the corps without
a dcmerit charged to them for the entire
vpo
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Japanese Eans.

This dish not only takes the place OF
meat, but also Of vegetables Put six eggs
in warm water, bring TO boiling point and
coo kslowly for fifteen minutes. Boil one
cupful Of carefully washed rice, drain and
dry In the oven. Shell and cut the eggs
into halves crpssYlsc, take ont the yolks
and mnsh with them two sardincs add a
tablespoon of melted butter, half teaspoon
Of salt ana a saltspoon of pepper, ron into
s s,I.l naiIs, ana Pui tnrm barh INTO tne
platter aud smooth II over Stand the
eggs In the rice ana pour over hair pint
of carefully made seasoned white sauce.
Glrnish with greens and send 100 once 70
the table. This and the dinner dish Of
mock hsh are late recipes of Mrs Korer
that contain true meat value and are rec
commended for good summer diblcs.
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Tuesday with the remark thnt IL was the
returns from shipment or potatoes from
an acre. and that they had not near all
been sold yet
section make up their minds TINT they VIII
have such diversity OF crops that the fail
IRE of any one of them Will be but small
crop of any Que kind Will not threaten the
county with bankruptcy and individuals
With ruin
The result has demonstrated beyond e0yll
or adventure that 10 can be made successful
IN Washington county. The conditions here
are very favorable for many crops ana
when the farmers commence dlyersitying ~
will not threaten US with such dire dis
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berry. a full report Of which appeared In
The Post last fall. Several important civil
and criminal cases are set for next week.
The grand jury found a true bill against
Harry Nerrnder charged With assault TO
murder PetrOuilas BargNs Tuesday.
\ new scheme 60 help the farming inter
csts of Guadalupe county Is being under
taken at Schumansyille, nine miles north
east or Seguin IL Is an irrigation plant
ny tho means OF which Henry Dittmar, it's
promoter proposes to irrigate great num-
her Of farms south of the Guadalupe river
The undertaking is vet in It's Infancy,
though 2MafNO gallons of water are being
pumped daily for Irrigation purposes.
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BRENNAN SCHOOL BOARD.
Names OF Two OF the Schools Have Beer
Chained.

Names Of Two OF the Schools Have Been
Changed.
Bronham, Texas, May 10 There was an
adjourned meeting Of ,he school board OF
trustees OF the Brennan public schools held
Wodi cSay afternoon to complete the work
left unfinished at the Tuesday afternoon
session
A petition was presented the board asking
for change In the names Of tho Third
Ward school and the First Ward school
The petition was granted and htttafter the
lhrd Ward school viii he Officially known
as the san Jaciuto school. The First Ward
Hchooi VIII be known It's the Alamo school.
lhe Changes to these more euphunious and
patriotic n mes are good change but 1t Is
always hard to get them designated prop
ttly, rs there is always'd few contrary in
dNuais who persist in never getting out of
n rut Some time since Sandy street waS
charged to Alamo avenue and Ant street 20
baylor street, aud 1t was all regularly done
by ordinance of the city council. but there
are some people who persist in calling them
Ivy the old names and IN their simplicity
even declare that 1t was scheme to stu b
land ties
The question Of re-electlug teachers was
next taken up by the board, ana the o'd
teachers were reelected, with the exception
Of Miss Rosa Williams Prot. Nauwerck
and Prof Schroeder, who did not submit
applications Cor reelection.
Mrs. Helen Bolten was elected to I'LL the
position made vacant by Miss Williams
Miss Selma Ticmnn was assigned to NIL
the place of Prof Nauwerck.
The position Of the teacher IN German i
still vacant but Messrs. Winkelminn
Dobcrt and Prof rarrant were appointed Il
committee to secure suitable man for the
position.
The board expressed regret over the
resignation of Miss Williams, and stated
that should She at some future time de-.
eide TO make application that 1t wouli
probably be faNorAhlN cunSldcfC0
The board adjourned to meet again next
Tuesday afternoon at o'clock. when the
reports of the various schools will be ex-
nmlnNd
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rennle Tonlos.

Temple Texas. May i6.-lt is ANNOUNCED
that the Santa Re is contemplating pn''ihs
In at an early date complete system ..
electric lighting Power will be fnrhsheN
flnm the roundhouse. system OF SWITCH
lights. more arc lights In the yafds s ~
their office lights are to be covered IN '"s
Mr. Il. Il. swink returned last night from
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GONZALES HIGH SCHOOL.
Closing Exercises Were Largely Ate nd
ed BY the Home People.

CLOSING EXERCISES were Largely NtItNu-
ed by the Home People.
Gonzales. Texas, May 1G,-The Gonzales
high school commencement exercises We're
held last night at the court house and the
large district court room and galleries were
well filled by an appreciutive audience. The
oratlons of the three graduates, Eddie
jain, Ellwood Fouts and Roy Rather were
exceptionally good and well delivered The
music. both vocal aud instrumental. Under
Mrs c. a. Burchard's management, was
good. The literary address of Rev, Thomas
Gregory and the presentation of diplomas
by T. L. llauwood. ESD, were pleasant fca-
lures of the entertainment.
At meeting Of the trustees held today,
Prof. r. l.. Toland was reelected prin ;pal
and the same corps Of teachers WAS lie.
tanned, with the exception Of two who had
resigned
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ii v G. Mau ca New RIfIes.

sherman, Texas, May 15.-Colonel Burns
OF the Texas Volunteer Guard arrived In
Sherman today on tour Of inspection OF
the Fourth regiment. Colonel Burns has
already inspected Taylor Bartlett. and Den
ton He Will, after inspection - Iherman
company. 20 10 Benlson and Quanah. He
reports the regiment IN good condition aud
saws the prospects for securing kragJorg-
ens0n rifles are hattcring.
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Ennis Schools Have Closed.

Ennis, Texas, May l6.-The Ennis public
schools closed last night with ten gradu-
atcs Of the twelveyear course as a result
Of the high school work The 1902 class
consists OF five boys and hve girls. The
commencement program was interspersed
with music furnished by Rowe's conserva-
tory Of music. Rev. H. b. Moore " San
Antonio addressed the audience and class
at the close Of the program.
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o,,adaiipe County News.

seguin. Texas, May lJ-The grand jury
adjourned yesterday. finding nineteen true
bills eigAt felonies and eleven misde-
meanors. Among the bills found were one
each against sidney Young and Walter
Yaneey, charged with the murder Of Rus:
cell Eekieh, a prominent white farmer OK
this COUNTY. He saE murdered Tor rob
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10 the Editor Of The Posr.
Palestine, Texas, May 3-some time ago
we sent you the acreage Of fruits, melons
and vegetables along our line, which was Sc
cured by our agents at the various stations
from the best Informed parties they could
see but It appears that our report Of the
acreage around Jacksonville was far below
The actual and there was some criticism Of
the report In the Jacksonville papers, a
rev estimate has just been received, which
Is believed to he much more nearly accurate
and L. a fnllnMs.
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no.ds Have Been correeted.

pssumont, Texas, May 16.-The commits
anors court today made the last 6nal or
H. that will correct the bondeV sue for
fsads for jefferson county and beaumont
"A tho county will no doubt soon profit by
!. orders that were made today. The total
.,onnt of this bond Issue is Sl5OO00 and 1t
|. ,adly needed by the court and county
Il, cleaning up some very bad strips Of the
bubble roads that have been In bad eond d.,
W Of the rapid growth of the county
| mrinr the past fifteen months.
/ Indge Wheat thinks now that the bonds
~ gIII5s s sold ana the cash be In the bank In
Wv weeks more and he will do everything
~ b,s mower to bring about such result.
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eiuu,inn a New lime Card.

Beaumont, Texas, May 16-The Santa Fe
.nronnces that new time card is being
cured out whereby there will be a night
train out of here north to Kansas city
hbIs will make the passenger service to the
North and East much better for Beaumont.
Tbey nronose to run a through sleeper from
beaumont to Kansas CITY. The train will
leave here late in the evening and arrive
here In the morning
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pleaslna InformatIon.

BEAUMONT Texas, Nav 1B.-The people
here we're very much pleased to see in this
,,orrlug's Post the information to the eff
t that Beaumont is likely to get $4,000
4 \, ,be government building Instead of $780,
ka ne PASSED by the house. The building
20 can by this means be made large
t,ovg, 70 accommodate the rapidly increas-
{nS mail business. Congressman Cooper
trrsd senators Bailey ana Culberson have
zen wired the blanks of the people here
H. theft good work
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ENVOY AT SPANISH COURT.

Special Representative OF the President
Received by the Queen Regent.
Madrid May 15.-The United States spe-
cial envoy 10 the coronation of King Al
fopso XIII, DR.. J. L. ~ Curry, presented
this morning President Rooseyelt's letter TO
his majesty, as follows:
"Great and Good Friend: In the name or,
and In behalf Of, the government and the
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cleburne'a Nav Church Completed

Cleburne. Texas, May 15.The new Meth.
odlst church IS at last complete, even to the
electric lights, laying the handsome velvet
carpet and arranging chairs ia the balcony.
BishOp Galloway WIN come over from Dal.
las and preach the initial sermon Sunday.
About 1900 can be seated In this handsome
new structure, Of which Cleburne citizens
arc Justly proud.
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IOtul s....tfs.....st s'-'ss tsss.s AOiViI
The tomatoes, potatoes, peaches, etc, are
coming along fine. Potatoes are now NOV
ing and my Information Is the farmers
arc getting about 81 per bushrl Tor hem.
Yours truly. G.. III. Turner,
General Freight Agent.