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Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1902-10-29
Entered at the Sinner, Texas, Post
office as second-class matter.
Wednesday, Oct. 20. 1902.
Special Notice.

Vote for Burgess and give th'
trusts q oiack eye. -
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1902-10-29
District Court.

District court is still grinding
put justice. The civil DOCKET has
occupied the attention of the court
until Saturday, and Monday the
criminal docket was commenced, the
Tinsley murder case being called.
The following gentlemen have
been appointed jury commissioners
for the next term Of court; o. C.
Searcy, Halletsyille, Frank Matula
of Moravia and A. G. Harrington Of
Yoakum. They will meet on the
2Gth. Halletsyille Herald.
Razora and acieaora mt in 0rdar
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1902-10-29

Every true democrat should sup
port the nominees of the party.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1902-10-29

Next Tuesday is election day.
How are you going to vote9
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1902-10-29

Razors and scissors put in order
good as new, AZ a. g. Koepke's. :
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1902-07-11
Queensland's Destructive DROUGHT.

The long drought in Queensland Is
still causing immense loss to farmers
and the cattle for want of water and
grass are dying off in their thousands 9.
The number of sheep has dropped
from 22,OoO, 900 to 5000, 900, and that
OF cattle from between 1000, 900 and
100000 to 1000, 600.
There is at present a large demand
1or frozen meat in Pretoria, Kimber.
ley and Capetown, but Queensland is
unable to meet the demands. The Of.
feet of the drought must also be felt
in England, since the price of frozen
meat will go up
Inquiries at the Queensland govern.
ment agency showed that This is the
most serious drought since the COLONY
was established. The cost to the farm.
ers a only be estimated as millions
n millions of pounds" 1t has thrown
the country fifteen years back, and
practically everything is at a stand.
still.
There is no gold prospecting. and
business in the town is stagnant, since
the ~shopkeepers draw their custom
from the squatters, who have s,s.
tanned the chief losses.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1902-07-11
AN EMBARRASSING ERROR.
Arrogant Guest Sought to P~atronIze
Lion" of the Eveninu.

Guest Sought to PatronlZe
Lion" Of the Evening.
No other anecdote concerning the
late Paul Leicester Ford shows better
his innate courtesy and self-possessiou
than the following:
1t was at a literary reception in
Brooklyn. A number of "lions'' OF
greater or less magnitude we're there,
among them a clergyman whose some.
what arrogant manner made him I'm.
duly conspicuous.
AS he came forward, blinking near.
s~ightedely, to greet his hostess. he
noticed a short, slight figure standing
at her side.
Without looking more closely at this
second person, whom he supposed to
be one of the boys Of the neighbor.
hood, the clergyman slapped him IA.
mlllarly on the shoulder, crying:
We'll, and how are you, my little
man,"
Very we'll, thank you" replied the
other, politely, amid a general gasu
from those around them.
Fine lad! Who is he?" queried the
clergyman, turning to his hostess.
1T is Mr.. Paul Leicester Ford. the
guest of honor this evening"" she an.
swered.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1902-07-11
REPlEvINED THE MONEY.
New York Judge Turns Neat Trick on
a SwindIer.

New York Judge Turns Neat Trick on
a Swindier.
Justice Marean, of the Supreme
Court, Second District, is a tall man
with a tender heart, says the New
York Tribune. Not long ago he caught
an imposter just as the fellow was per-
forming the last act of a swindling
trick on him. The Brooklyn judge tells
the story as follows:
One day a shabby and loquacious in.
dividual walked into the office of Judge
Marean and said:
Judge, I'm in hard luck. l want a
couple of dollars to get a Turkish bath
a meal and a shave, and then I'll be in
decent condition to visit my friends
The money was hahded over at once,
with the courtesy that distinguishes
the judge in his dealings with his fel.
low men. Then it occurred to the
judge that perhaps he had been a bit
hasty in giving the visitor money. He
looked out Of the window and saw the
man heading for Court street. Grab.
bling his hat, he followed him straight
into a saloon and heard the fellow
say with a wave of the hand:
Come on e Drink with me-"
Down went the two-dollar bill on
the counter. Forward surged eight or
ten loungers. Just as the hobo's words
of invitation were getting cold a long
arm circled over the shoulders Of the
thirsty and Judge Marean said quietly
but firmly as he picked up the bill:
mot with my money"
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1902-07-11
REUSED EDlSON'S ANGER.
What Turned the Inventors Mind To.
ward I~ncandescent Liuht,

1t was anger, said Thomas A. Edison
to a friend recently, that first impelled
him toward the invention of the in
candescent light.
1t was in his earlier days, when
Edison was the inventor we read
about-poor, enthusiastic, never sleep:
ing. He occupied a mere howell with
his apparatus. All his money went
for his experiments. Suddenly, one
day he faced a crisis with the gas
collector. The man mad been to the
house often, but Edison, hardly heed
ing his business, waved him away.
saying:
Don't bother me-"
But the last call Of the collector
came. His instruction was peremp
tory. He must turf off the gas.
But, man." said Edison, Il can't
quit this experiment tonight. I'll a
the bill. I'll telephone to the Office
anything. l must finish this work to-
night"
The mar was a gas collector. The
lights went out.
That night, as l sat in the dark.
ness" said the inventor, II swore I
would make an electric light that
would ruin the gas companies"
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1902-07-11
eLoopHoUNDs NOT FERocIoUs.
English Animals Of Pure Blood are
Harmless Creatures.

TNdIIIltVSo
The idea that the English blood
hound is a savage and particularly
ferocious animal is a very common
error, in no small part due, perhaps,
to the bloodthirsty stories most or us
have read in Uncle Toms Cabin"
The hounds mentioned by Mrs. Har'
riet Beecher Stowe, however, as used
in the southern states, were cross
bred animals and related to the Cuban
hound, with a blending Of mastln,
bulldog and hound blood, and were
quite savage and have little, II any
resemblance to the English specimen.
These dogs were first known In the
West Indies in the latter part OF the
eighteenth century, when a lumber
were imported, probably from Spain,
for the purpose Of suppressing the
Maroon Instruction, but the natives
were so inspired with terror at first
sight of the animals that 1t was found
unnecessary to make use OF them.
Until some fifty years ago blood.
hounds were often used in England
for tracking sheep stealers, and also
by keepers and herders in all the
large forests where poachers gave
trouble. Some idea may be had Of
the value of these dogs in such a
cause when I say that they have been
known in England to follow their
quarry across water. There are many
theories regarding how the scent is
carried on the water, says a writer
in Outing, but the n most generally
accepted is that it is held in the bub.
bles which remain on the surface Of
the water after the swimmer or wader
has passed.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1902-07-11
From Section Hand to President

Prof. S. P. Brooks, who was re-
Gently elected president of Baylor uni
versinty, Waco, Tex, was a section
hand on the Santa F,e railroad less
than twenty years ago. Out of his
small earnings he saved enough to
pay his expenses for a year at Baylor.
His evident disposition to make the
most of every opportunity attracted
the attention Of r. c. Burleson, found
er, and at that time president Of the
university, and the e%x-section hand
was given every chance to improve
himself. After graduating Mr.. Brooks
was a member of the faculty until two
years ago, when he entered Harvard
to take q postgraduate course
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1902-07-11

/ * LOVE is f. s - 4
3 BY Florence HodgNnson 81

BY. Florence HodSkinson

things said Kitty. Il have asked
Miss Lendon to come and see us,
mother-you don't mind, do you?"
Il shall be glad for her to come,
Kitty, she seems a charming girl. And,
my dear, if Harold were not the best
of brothers, you might be earning your
bread"
Il shouldn't be half as brave and
contented over it al she u.s." said
Kitty frankly.
Arrived at the Uplands, mother and
daughter went to bed, for IL was past
their usual hour. Harold turned into
his W den to smoke one pipe before
retiring. AS he lighted the gas his
eye fell on a letter with the Marion
postmark, addressed in the we'll
known had of Mr.. Proctor.
What a he want to write about?
l saw him yesterday"
But the lawyer had gone out Of his
way to do Harold a kindness. He
would not even trust one of his clerks
to write the letter of warning which
ne sent to his old friends son. The
letter was marked "private"-a need
less precaution, for Harold Dynevor
would be sure TO keep it's contents from
his mother and Kitty until the last
possible moment.
Dear Dynevor: I have bad news
for you. It has reached me from a
true source that Eustace Tendon in
tends to give you three months notice
OF foreclosure at Micaelmas. My in
informant believes that he is keeping
his intention dark, so that 1t may take
you by surprise, in the hope that the
three months will be all too short for
you to get the needed capital. l need
not assure you of my most earnest
sympathy. Still, the amount, though
large, is not preposterous, and it ought
to be possible to arrange things. Any
how, by this letter you have five
months to raise the money instead Of
three.
Yours sincerely,
w. Proctor.
Harold Dynevor put his head on his
hands and fairly groaned. He had
been old. enough when Dynevor Manor
passed to a stranger to feel the loss OF
the old place very keenly; but that
was as nothing compared to the Bit
terness he felt at the bare thought Of
Uplands, his mothers home, going
from them to the man who was their
direst foe.
PLEASE God, 1t shall not be-" he
said r%everently. as he folded the letter
and put 1t in his pocket. Mother shall
never lose the house she was born in
If / can help 1t. I'll work as man never
did before, I'll toll early and late, but
that money shall be found. And
Eustace Lindon must content himself
with Dynevor Manor; Uplands shall
not be his!" =.
:. But, brave as was the resolve, Har-
old did not make light of the diflcul-
ties in his path. To raise. such a sum
would have been a hard task even in
prosperous times; and now, when a
succession of bad harvests had spelled
something. like ruin to many a land
owner, the difficulties Of the attempt
were OuadruU1Ad
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1902-07-11

LEU dlOne, the TWO girls looked de
each other; and then Kitty Dynevor
broke the silence impetuously.
Why wouldn't you come without my
having to fetch you?"
Beryl hesftated.
Il don't think | ought to come" she
said slowly. "You are one of the coun-
ty, Miss Dynevor, and l am only a lit
tie school teacher" y
q am not a snob!" said Kitty, quite
angrily.. II know a lady when | see
one, and l don't value my friends for
their position or their purse. Now
will you Gomez"
Five minutes later they were walk
ing back to Uplands together, and
Beryl vas telling Kitty how long and
dreary she thought the way the first
night Of her arrival.
Il don't wonder" returned Miss
Dynevor. "a drearier place to arrive
at after a long journey l can't i'm
agine. I can't think why people tried
to turn that hamlet into a watering
place. Easthill itself is delightful"
you have lived there a long time,
haven't you?"
Il was born at Uplands. Harold, my
brother, was born at the Manor. There
had been something wrong with the
Uplands drains, and mother went to
the Manor for two months. The old
gossips used to declare it meant he
would inherit the property, that the
master OF Dynevor was always born
at the Manor. They were quite wrong,
however. But l forgot-perhaps you
don't know our story"
Mrs. Grey told it to me-" said
Beryl frankly. 81 think it is one Of
the saddest I ever heard. I wonder
you don't hate Mr.. Lindon."
Mother and, Harold are too good
to really hate any n am afraid
when things go wrong at home, and
they look more bothered than usual,
my feelings towards Mr.. Lindon are
rather bitter"
Il suppose you don't remember his
wife?"
"Oh, no; I was not born when she
AL AIA6A0A0s vi sc IL was really
her. fault the place passed away from
us; but l have always felt sorry for
her."
Il wonder WHY" remarked Beryl,
trying to keep the eagerness out of
her voice.
"A very little thing. There was a
woman in the village here Aunt Nina
took with her as maid. When they
got abroad / think she was promoted
to be a kind Of humble companion. She
came back about twelve months be-
fore Aunt Nina died, and she lived
with us for a few years. She was not
given to talking; but now and again
she'd let out things. She was my
nurse, and l was just the age of Beryl
Linden, Aunt Nina's second child.
Somehow she'd say things now and
then which made me feel Mr.. Lindon
ill-treated his wife. She never said
anything outright-never enough for
me to repeat it to mother: but though
l was only a little thing-she left be-
fore II was ten years old-she said
enough to make me sure my aunt was
unhappy"
They were at Uplands now. Beryl
had no time to ask the nurses name,
or If she were still living at Easthill.
Mrs. Dynevor stood on the veranda
waiting to welcome the stranger, and
the conversation vas changed.
(To be continued.)
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1902-07-11
TO LEARN
Training School to Make Crippled Pupils
Self-Supporting.

Training school to Make Crippled Pupils
self-supporting.
With the new year the pupils OF
the public school for crippled children,
conducted by Mrs. Emma F. Haskell in
Illinois hall, will begin a novel under
taking, says the Chicago News. A
training school will be established with
the hope that some Of the pupils may
be made self-supporting. They appear
almost helpless so far as useful work
is concerned, but Mrs. Haskell says
they are not. Many Of them can work
with their hands, and are anxious to
learn. The boy who has lost both
legs has an ambition to become a r
penter. This appears rather impos-
slble, and his ambitions will be turned
In the direction of wood carving. The
girls will be taught needlework and
similar occupations. They are almost
all too helpless to be taught domestic
science. Supt. Cooley will make a rec
ommendation to the board Of education
at its x meeting that materials and
equipment for the school is provided.
Mrs. Haskell will have charge OF the
classes, leaving the general work CT
instruction to her assistants. Truant
officers OF the board of education are
to make a canvas Of the city for the
purpose of ascertaining the number or
crippled and manned children who
would be able to attend school il they
were furnished with transportation.
Secretary Larson was refused his pay
yesterday by the board OF education.
President Harris, who blamed City
Controller Kerfoot for not honoring
Mr.. Larson's signature a week ago. re-
fused yesterday to issue a voucher for
his salary in the new position. Mr..
Larson asked for a voucher for his
salary at the rate of $4,000 a year for
the part Of December he served in the
Office. President Harris said he had
been paid his former salary of $3.50 a
month, and could not be paid the sal
airy OF secretary until the board voted
1t. A statement was furnished Presi-
dent Harris by Auditor Custer yester-
day that shows that the revenue of the
board Of education for educational pur-
poses will be $235,853 less than the
appropriations called for.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1902-07-11
VIII.

Helen Craven's engagement followed
very quickly on the fete, and she de-
parted on a long visit to her 1ance's
family. Perhaps it was her friends
absence which made Kitty Dynevor re-
member the pretty girl at Mrs. Tan
ner's and her desire to see more of
her. She missed Helen very much.
There was a cloud on the .Uplands.
Kitty, who was still treated as "the
little one" from whom all sorrow and
anxiety must be kept as long as pos
sible, was not allowed to know that
Eustace Linden now held the mort
gage or their home; but she could not
help seeing that her mother was grav-
er than usual, and Harold seemed ex-
ira troubled. She knew them both
too we'll to ask questions, and, decid-
ing a little company would be good
for them all, she strolled over to East
hill-on-Sea about a fortnight after the
fete, called at Woodlands. and asked
to see Mrs. Tanner.
Kitty was impulsive in all things.
She detested the Wilmots, but she was
ready to believe Beryl that Mrs. Tan
ner was not like her sister, and she
felt she could hardly hope to see much
of Miss Tendon if she persisted In
ignoring her employer.
She took a great fancy to the slen-
der, sad-eyed widow, and made her
request as frankly as possible.
II lost my heart to your assistant at
the fete. Mrs. Tanner. / asked her
to come and see us; but perhaps she
Is standing a little on ceremony, for
/ have not seen her, so / came over to-
day to ask II you would let her walk
back and have tea with u.s."
II shall be very pleased" was the
prompt reply. Miss Lendon is a
dear little thing, and this is a dull
home for her"
do you know" saidsKitty, when
she came into the tent In her white
frock, I thought Mrs. Grey had dis
covered some wandering princess, and
pressed her into the service"
"She is very pretty" said Agnes Tan
ner, with a smile, 'and, what is more,
she is very patient and sweet-tem-
pered. All my pupils like her, and my
W little girls almost worship her.
I hope | shall be able to keep her il
only the school gets on"
Kitty said a few kind words, hoping
Woodlands would prosper, and then
Mrs. Tanner sent for Beryl.
Miss Dynevor wants you to go back
with her to tea at Uplands," she said
kindly. II can spare you perfectly,
and the change will do you good"
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1902-07-11
Hospitals to Have Free Po+,+o..

II. II. Fry is a candidate for county
treasurer of Berks county, Pennsylva.
ma and promises in event Of his cleo.
ton to supply the hospitals of Reading
with potatoes free of charge during his
term OF office. He has also made n
pct with a friend by the terms OF
hic he is bound 70 do the sama
thing If defeated. So that. come vic.
tory or defeat to Candidate Fry, the
hospitals will have free potatoes for
three years anyway.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1902-07-11
SERVED AARON BURR
OLD MAN TELLS OF FRIENDSHIP
FOR STATESMAN.
Still Retains Affection Formed in HIS
Boyhood Days-Lessons in Elocu-
ton Given Him in Exchange Tor
Services.

Probably the only man alive Who
knew Aaron Burr personally is Gabrl-
ell Harrison Of 500 Sterling place,
Brooklyn, a retired actor and eacne
of %elocution. He is 50 years Old o
and was only Is when he knew Burr
but his memory of the statesman and
the sentiment regarding him Whlch
prevailed years ago is still sharp n
clear cut.
Burr, when Mr.. Harrison knew him,
lived in a two-story house in Reade
street, and Mr.. Harrison lived in the
same street about a block away.
Burr lived with a Mr.. Proud
homme, an engraver," says Mr.. Harrl-
son, land had his offices in the front
and back parlors. The front room
was his office and in the rear n he
did most Of his writing. | remember
that over his mantelpiece there hung
a portrait of his daughter, Theodosia,
whose death in a shipwreck cast a
gloom Owe his life.
my father was an engraver and
tNcly udy L WChI " I'LL w s"N>
proofs to Mr.. ~Proudhomme. One day
Aaron Burr asked me to go to a near
! by restaurant and bring some food to
him. l did it and thereafter ran
many errands for the statesman. That
was the foundation of a friendship
which lasted until he left Reade
street.
81 used to take tea and toast to
him from home though my mother
had no idea that it was for Burr. l
toldher it was for the nice old gentle
nan up the street. When the family
learned later that I was serving Burr
my sister said he was a murderer.
ITO that my mother replied that 1t
was not so. Hamilton had accepted
the challenge, she said, and if any
one should have prevented the duel
it was Hamilton's place to have done
SO.
Burr always took a great interest
in me and for the errands l ran for
him, gave me lessons in elocution. AS
I remember him he stood about 5
lCCC o ISuCo oil. 1lC hdu q lIiA US
ure, a beautifully poised head and a
remarkable face which might be call
ed classic. His manner of speech was
charming and showed him to be a
master of rhetoric. His voice was
sweet and never loud. Everything
he said showed that his life had been
a studious one and that his manners
had been formed by contact with the
very best society.
1T was in 1881 that 1 knew him
and a year later l missed him. That
was the year there was cholera in
New York and I think he must have
left town to escape the epidemic.
I'm 1884 or the following year my
friend George Manniere, who later be-
came mayor Of Chicago, invited me to
call with him on an old gentleman
who was confined to his bed in the
old Tontine building in Wall street. l
recognized the old man lying pale and
sick as my old friend of Reade street,
Aaron Burr. He was glad to see me
and l remember that l was so overjoy-
ed at seeing him that I kissed his
hand. That was the last time l ever
saw him. l do not care how black
political prejudice has painted him.
An injustice was done to him, | think,
and l have always cherished and re-
spected his memory. l think that 1
am the only man now alive who knew
him personally"
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1902-07-11

The drawer in which everyday plate
is kept should be lined at the bottom
with green baize. cut large enough to
fold over the plate when it is laid on
the baize. Plate should be put away
carefully and neatly, all the large forks
together and all the small onas To-
gethsr, and 90 On.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1902-05-08
Handed Over the Office.

Not many people stop to think that
one in every 100 American voters is a
fourth class postmaster. Yet such Is
the case. and, as was suggested by an
official Of the postofiice the other day.
there are some odd specimens Of hui
mainly among the lot. up in YER
mont. said he 81 knew of an old fellow
who kept store across the road from
the pOstotfice. There were two rival
stores at the cross roads and they
fought each other pretty hard. The
pOstofiice was changed when Mr. Cleve-
land was elected and went from its old
Republican stopping place to the estab-
lishment across the way. One mornins,
early in November the news came over
the mountains that Mr.. Harrison had
been elected. Without moments
waiting the Republican storekeeper ran
across the road and burst into the store
kept by the Democrat Il get the post
office back" he exclaimed. "Harrison's
been elected. Harrison's been elected"
And the Democrat handed over the
marking stamps and other supplies
without a word. The new postmaster
was appointed officially some months
later, but the actual transfer occurred
the day after the election and | don't
believe any one ever noticed it,"