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Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1902-08-16
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Se9ferbod. Sd binter einsn Baum
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Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1902-08-16
Aufrrnrnn.

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regung! Grit fiel meine Jrau in
Gesenpart ihrer Sreunbin in Shns
madt, als i'd ibr Elm reues Brilliant
armbanb abiding, unb na4bem id IS
ibr bann bod bepinigte, fiel bic
Greunbin in Sbnmadt."
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1902-08-16

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8etos fcmmt unb Sic Dertlast tpessn
unlauteren Wettbetperbs, mid fpu's
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Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1902-08-16
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.

.asrls, freut gud, beut' gibbs
Ddfsn fleifd. ba f0nnt Sbr lpieber
etnmal RannibaIen fpielen!"
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1902-08-16
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3Der ba lttbt gBein, Weib NIB @elata,
Der bIeibt 0anb. iur. iein qebelans.

,,0orp > Tprmalin", (Gitmer &
almeno), bdlt, rpenrt es Wprqens
dlS 8abn< unb Munb : @aiier oes
braubt piro, 8dbne unb Munb
mdbreut 6es gan5en Tages rein.
g. s.. Shmiot, 6ouftpn, Teras,
Ngent.
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1902-08-16
aa1etnbarer amtnerIpruar.

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tinen 2iebesbrieffteller 10 iebr nDtbis,
liebe Roia24-8 + a n5reili9E
m ir lieben uns la ni9tl"
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1902-08-16

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Rein, bitfe Mdb6en!-Denfe Dir,
@uitab, mir baben bod ffon 10 lanse
metn 2ufttifen bermiBt; fpeiBt Oh,
no ea par2-unfere RD9in bat es ols
l1nterlage fir ibre mOberne Griiur &c,
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1902-08-16
@egenhe.reta.

SIT bic bier auseaosene Mtttne
unbefholten21-nNein Trau Mdtbtn,
es 1T f9on i'm portsen Rrdna4en abe,
ffe aefpro9en tpprben."
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1902-08-16
@ered1tes GrItnumen.

M onn: rNlte, ieBt seb'n mir
gum .Sdlpatorp IS r a u: vM9
netn, fpare Dein @elb gu ettpas 8efes
rem aufl1-M q n: .Sa GIBBS
oenn no mas 8eferes dfs ben Sal<
bator?"
The broad ax., 1902-08-30
APPENDICITIS IS NOT NEW.
Ths Disorder Has B1iStsd for AGA
Bat the DOOtOFs Dtd Net
Know Il.

"Why IL il, asked . man q . ply
stefan, "that so many people are suf-
fering these days with appendicitis
and have TO be operated upon, when
there ives formerly nothing Of the kind
in exiStenee?" according 20 the Chi
cago Chronicle.
my young friend" the doctor an
swered, this disease has been in the
world ever since Adam was-perhaps
that story Of his loSing rib may have
arisen because he was operated upon
for appendicitis. When your grand
father was q boy his neighbors had it
all around him, and so they did when
you were . boy. But they called IL
Inflammation Of the bowels, stomach
ache, acute indigestion, liver trouble
or something Of that sort. The pa
tenth got well or he died, but no one
ever opened him when living to see
what the matter Was. Perhaps Il is
as wen that they did net, for much Of
the surgery Of those days was more
dangerous than any disease"
The broad ax., 1902-08-30
CYCLES OF SUN SPOTS.
Fresh Interest LSat % the subject
~ Recent BAFthauakss And
VOlenhLe IFuptiOhA. 4

Since 1851, when the existence Of .
sun spot cycle Of about 11H years was
discovered, many attempts have been
made TO discover q relation between
the sun spots and the atmOsphsric
changes in our earth. Violent storms,
foods, periods Of drought and Of fam
inc, cold years, warm years, and many
such variations Of weather have all
been supposed to owe their origin to
the sun spots. But the relation which
Sir Norman LOckyer appears TO have
discovered between sun spot cycles and
the tremendous uPheavals of the earth
which we term earthquakes and vol
canoes, lends q fresh interest to this
fascinating study, says Golden Penny.
The matter certainly deserves very
full investigation. incidentally, the
general character Of the weather in
the spring Of the year seems to favor
the existence Of q IS years cycle Of
weather. That Is, three times one cycle
Of sun spots. The year 1867 was Just
after the sun spot minimum, and 1902
is also Just after the minimum. It was
a cold spring in 1867. and a bitterly
cold month of Nay. The summer was
very wet, and il was followed BY a
stormy winter, with little frost, and q
very warm spring and summer in 1865.
The broad ax., 1902-08-30
GATHERING OPIUM.
OuItivatoEs 90 Perth IN Jhs HvsAIAs
vita LAasss aaa IN the BaEly
E0Ealag with Pots.

ItiE1 sort Of garden cultivation, the
poppy plant being grown in little
squares or beds Interested BY tiny
water channels for irrigation wherever
this IL possible. The growth Of the
plants il carefully tended, and ~
length the time comes when they
burst out into flower, and the fields
look like a sheet Of silver a. the white
petals of the flowers gistsn In the
morning dew.
These beautiful petals are the hrst
produce Of the crop. for the women
and children Of the cultiVatOrs' fami-
lies come forth and pick them on one
by one and carefully dry them, 50 that
they may serve afterwarG as the COW
ering of the manufactured cakes Of
opium. Then the peoples, with their
bare capsule heads, remain standing
in the open field until it is considered
that they are ripe for lAneing. The
cultiVatOrs then come forth in the
evening, and, with an implement not
unlike the knives Of q coupling instru-
ment, they searify the capsule on its
sides with deep incisionE, so that the
juice may exude. In the early morn
ing the eultivators respPeaT with a
scraping knife and their sarthenware
pots, and they serape on the sKudsd
juice and collect IL In their pots. And
this Il crude opium
The broad ax., 1902-08-30
THE YOUNGEST PEERESs.
Lsay Betty BlIgh, Baroness % Clis-
tea, Thrse Years OaG. Has
COronatioa Roba.

The youngest peeress Of Great
Britain who has the right 70 attend
the coronation of King Edward IL
Lady Betty" Bligh, now Baroness
Clifton, daughter Of the late seventh
earl Of Darnley and Jemima, countess
of Darnley. Although the baby coun-
tess can be barely three years old,
having been born in 1900, the same
year in which her father died, she is
having a coronation robe made for
her on the lines of those Of the other
peeresses, and, owing to her extreme
youth, she will without doubt be an
object of much interest and attrae-
tion IN the coronation show at West
minister. The father of Lady Betty"
was the sixteenth Baron Clifton and
seventh earl Of Darnley. He married
Miss Jemima Lakewood, daughter of
the late Francis J. L. BlaclCwoOd,
niece Of the present baronet of the
name, and q relative of the duke of
Manchester. The tiny countess
comes Of a distinguished lineage.
She is seventeenth in succession from
the first Baron Clifton. In the his
tory Of the family the right Of sue
cessiOn has fallen &C the women Of
the house about as many times as to
the men
The broad ax., 1902-08-30
sAxONY's ECcEETRIc KING.
Intssesttag Stories Are Tola - the
PooaltAE Habits 81 the BoEnsF
RglsF.

The newspapers have lately been
full Of incident Of the life Of the de-
ceased king Of SaxOny, but they are
mostly connected with his public mil
itary career. OF his private life little
Is told except that in its extreme Eim-
plicity it resembled closely that Of
Emperor william l.
II is reported that King Albert had
a rooted objection 70 exchanging his
old elotheG for new ones, and IL was
only with great difficulty that his
groom Of the chamber could persuade
him to have a new coat tried on. One
day when he had Just undergone the
torment Of having clothes tried on,
the king happened 70 pass through the
famous hall Of the knights, in the
Dresden palace. Looking up at the fig
urea Of the mail-clad knights, he said,
with a deep sigh: what 4 good time
the old knights had in their iron
armor; they were troubled with no
ereaseS."
A retired captain Of the saxony
army, whom everybody knew as being
under his wife's thumb, applied for
permission TO wear his old uniform
on special occasions. The king wrote
on the margin Of the application: II
am quite willing, II his Wihs PER
mits Il"
The broad ax., 1902-08-30
SAILORS IN BOSTON.
Pleasures and Pastlmes Of
the Hub.

Who sails boats around Bostonl
Why, eVeryonei says ". J. Hendsr-
son, in Atlantis. From the Adams
Boys" the Emartsst yacht racers Of
the east down to the Marblehesd
street boy, everyone takes pride in
his slCili in getting the best work out
Of some sort Of a sailing boat. Those
who do not sail talk about it, and on
. summer day in the drOWsy at
mosphere Of q Boston club, or in the
shadow Of some tail pile in Washing
ton street, you shall hear more rae
ing seaman's lore than anywhere else
in this country except on the eruiS-
ing ground Of the Rocking Chair
Aest at the LArehmont Yacht club.
BostOn's claim TO be the hub Of the
universe may be disputed perhaps
when you consider the steel industry
or the unimportant matter Of freight
tonnage; but Whsn you come to talk
about sailing, you must admit that
Boston u the greatest yachting port
in this country. Even the little chill
dren there know the history Of the
Americas cup, and the public school
boy can san dory with . leg-of-mut-
ton sail for driving power and an oar
for steering gear.
The broad ax., 1902-08-30
BELGIANs HONOR NAY DAY.
Ths subjsSts Of King LsoDold CoIo-
bEsts the Arrival Of the Meath
81. E1owe1a maoh Year.

The month of May is the most
highly hOnored of the whole year by
the Belgians. Il is known az the Tir-
gins month and consecrated to the
Virgin Mary. In the province of
Liege young maidens have a quaint
way Of predicting their love affairs
this month. A group Of girls arrange
to meet at sunrise and start 20 walk
through the fields until they come
to q hedge, quite unobserved from
the highway, where they generally
choose q honeysnckle bush beneath
the protecting branches Of which 70
perform their mystic operations.
Each maiden selects three blades
Of dew-laden grass, the tops of which
she cuts to equal lengths, and 70
each of which she attaches colored
sill1en thread Black represents 3
bachelor, rad an unknown lover and
green the secret desires Of the maid
ems heart Ten days afterward they
return TO the same spot where they
left 1he blades growing, and that
blade Of the three chosen which has
surpassed the others In height re-
Feals the lover the maiden Il destined
10 have.
The broad ax., 1902-08-30
a FATRY ~ d EHDUsERY.


-
Few people have ahy nctioa of-the
stupendous operations going on Is
sault Ste. Marie, the little Canadian
VILLAGE on the Ehores Of Lake Supe-
nor, where en- Industrial center Of
enormous magnitude h now being
created By the energies Of ons man.
'sHarnessing lake Superior" = the
title OF an article in PearBOn'1. which
rivos this remarkable story; Five
years ago the sleepy little Canadian
town OF Sault Ste. Marie numbered
1850 inhabitants. Past its doors the
surplus waters Of Lake Superior,
mightiest Of inland oceans. emptiod
into Lake Huron. Untold millions OF
horse power energy lay latent In
their idly flowing eddies, but only
the sloW-turning wheels Of few old
-four mills stood 90 mark tHsiF COM
mercial usefulness, while but an oc-
casionAl steamer or q paddle pro-
PEELED canoe disturbed the tranquil
surface. Almost as IN . night .
metamorphosis has taken place.
Where once was = scattered group
Of village dwellings, great stone
buildings, with towers and shafts
and connecting passagewayH, now
stand and at their base deep-dug
canals wind In and ont, spanned BY
bridges Of massive stons. Nine thou
sand Workmen now earn their liV-
ings in the shops q Sault Ste. Marie.
beside the site where i've years ego
the total population was but q quar-
ter Of that number. Il a . truly
wonderful story, this story Of the
growth Of the little frontier town
into a great Industrial centre; and
its story IL the history Of the career
Of one mAn-Francis h CerguS."
The broad ax., 1902-08-30
MUST HAVE TEE SWORD.
Completeness - a Haval
suFFeadoR.

Naval red tape i - stringent e.
that existing in the army, and some
times the enforcement Of the regula-
tionS leads 70 ludicrouB results. Some
years ago, when the late Admiral Skier
rett was . captain, an officer who had
been charged with an offenEe and or
dered under arrest presented himself
TO be arrested. Tn regulations pro-
vide that on such occasion the Officer
shall be in full dress and wear a sword.
The ofieer wore his uniform, but had
no sword.
Il can't arrest you" said Capt. Skier
rett, looking for the missing sword,
unless you come prepared TO submit
your sword to me-"
The Officer explained that he had
not received his sword from home,
although it had been expressed to him.
We'll. you'll have to get one. " was
the reply.
So the ofieer slCirmished about in
the navy yard for someone who had a
sword to lend. Finding one. the Of
fender returned TO Capt. skerrett and
was promptly and regularly put under
arrest according to regulations.
The broad ax., 1902-08-30
DOCS REFUSE 10 sTARVE.
Ths clever Little Joks o. = German
Professor WThO Wa Called to
CoIumbia UaiVsrsity.

Some little time ago Prof. Hirtll,
who was called from Munich. Ger
many, 70 Columbia university as Chi
nese lecturer. lived in the same house
with q rabid Vivisectionist. then prae-
ticing on half q dozen large dogs.
Hirth's colleague was trying TO ind
out how long the dogs could stand
being left without food before they
would fan upon and deEour each
other. The dogs were fed on wind
for two weeks, yet looked round and
happy. The ViViseetionist couldn't
understand It. says the Washington
Post.
The kennel being closed on al
aidea, Il seemed impossible for any
one TO feed the dogs on the ally.
stin, the fact remained that they re-
fused TO starve, even after q months
apparent fasting. Then the viyisec-
zionist watched. and discovered that
late At night Prof. Hirth had lowered
large chunks Of horse meat into the
kennel from above. Hirth had Al
lowed each dog ak pounds Of horse
steak and bone q dag.
The broad ax., 1902-08-30

s'of al the SOLDIER the king las
decorated within the last three ysars
Of the war for bravery in the face
Of the enemy none deserves the
Cross for valor more than him8elf,
WHO grimly and silently faced dis
ease ana death, unarmed and without
comrade,S sayu Richard Harding
Dayis, IN Golfers Weekly.
sFor now that the whole dramatic.
pitiful story g out. England learns
now that Il IL too lsto-of the days
Of craving pain when her king
forced himself 20 smile and bow a.
court, 70 watch . horse race, 70 re-
view . regiment, 20 drive through
London with an assured and cheerful
cOuntenance. Il q not pleasant 20
think Of the torture Of those days.
OF the mental anxiety 90 vel as the
bodily torment, when the king kept
on his feet against the protests Of
his physicians, when his endurance
was tested by hours Of uneeaslng
pain-psin 30 great that Il q not de-
cent 20 disclose Il. Nor h Il pleas
ant to remember that last drive
through the park 20 Buokirgham pal
ace, when the people for some reason
failed 70 cheer him heartily, while
all the time he sat erect, pale and
with Get teeth, holding himself up
right only by his VIII and that they
might be gratihed."
The broad ax., 1902-08-30
HOW 10 KEEP YOUNG.


The problem Of how to keep young
or how 70 keep from looking old, has
engaged the thoughts Of both men and
women ever since the world began.
Women especially have shown a deep
interest in the Vexatious matter, for
their influence with men has always
depended much on physical freshness
and beauty. Numerous writer's have
contributed their views as TO defyinQ
the riddle Of the ravages Of time. The
latest well-knoWn writer 70 discuss on
the familiar theme is Max O'Rell
without giving a recipe for the preser-
alton Of beauty. n. Blouet, drops many
useful hints as to the causes which lead
10 the unnaturaIly early disappearanee
Of youth in some people. Bad temper
and a lack Of humor are. in his opinion,
she two greatest enemies Of youth ana
beauty. Max O'Ren thinks that with
the aid o. q sense Of humor AMI good
temper & woman can be young and
bsautiful until 50. After 50 he can oBsr
no advice on the subject.
The broad ax., 1902-08-30
INITIALS on THEIR LOAvRs.
Montreal Hits On a aOoa way q
BriAEing shOrt-Wsisht BalE-
srs 60 Flms.

The city Of Montreal lately passed
law 70 improve its bread supply.
An Montreal loaVes hereafter must
be stamped with q number indicating
their weight and with the initials Of
the baker, reports the New York
Sun.
A $40 hne and two months impris-
onment are the alternative penalties
provided for each violation, and al
bread not fulfilling requirements is
to be seized. Besides this it Is pro-
vided also under heavy penalties that
all rooms for the manufacture Of
food products shall be 1t least eight
feet high and hoorod with eement,
tiles or wood properly saturated
with Inseed on.
The walls and ceilings must BE-
Whitewashed q least once b SIX
months, and no animals. szcspt eats,
shall Be allowed In any rooms used
for the manufacture o. storage q
bread OF pastry.
The broad ax., 1902-08-30
CANALS N THR NORTHWEST.
ne Great Dsvsispasns So lnsEsass
90 Frans Durihg the Last
FsW TsaRA.

ne ART Ioclu ~ s. Msrys falls
were opened in 1855. ih which year
the registered tonnage was tO6,2so.
The haIf-mflliOn mark was reached in
1888, and the Loo, 900 mark was passed
in ls7s. In 1881. exactly o0incident
with the opening Of q new and much
larger lock, the northwest began 70
grow By leaps and bounds, and the ton
mage Of the canal rose from 2,OOo.ooo
tons in 1854 70 e.oO0. 900 IN 1890 and 20
1900, 900 in 1895 During the past i've
years, two more enormous locks have
been In operation. one Of them on the
Canadian side Of the river, and in this
short time the tonnage Of the canal
has leaped up TO nearly 2s.sOo, 900 tons.
This colossal tonnage is simply q mani
festation Of the development which
has taken place in the northwest. along
with which has come the building Of
thousands Of miles Of railroad, inelUd-
ing two lines from the head Of Lake
Superior 70 the Pacific coast, says the
Engineering Magazine. II by some cat
aelysm Of nature the great lakes
should be dried up, the enormous traf-
ie now carried on their waters would
be divided among the railroads - IL
would simply cease 70 exist The whole
GALAXY of cities from Buffalo 70 Chi
eago and Duluth would be over
Whelmed in hopeless. iFretrisVabls ruin
and the railroads could in no wise e.
cape the general dissstsr.
The broad ax., 1902-08-30
GOOD FOR JEWELERS..
Ping-PoAE Il sald % Bs HaFa 90
WatShss aad ths RsDairsE
Wm PrOat.

"Ping-pong II q fine game" said .
jeWeler. who does q lot Of repairing,
to a Sun man. mo outdoor or in
door sport has ever given Us 30 much
TO do. Il Il surprising how many
persons have broken their watches
since the game became q fad. says
the New York Sun
"You see, people play the game
without removing their coats or
waistcoats. In the excitement they
forget about their watches, and the
first thing q man knows his time
piece bounds out Of his pocket.
Sometimes IL strikes the table, but
wherever il does fall the watch Il
damaged.
That il not all. A player may tie
his watch 20 his pocket, but Stin It
gets out Of gear. The constant jump
ing around and the swinging Of the
arms disturbs the works 80 the watch
has 20 be brought 20 uB 20 Be regu-
lated
II have had as many women's
watches a. men's 20 repair. The
women are even more careless than
the men. Their watches dangle from
their shirt waists, and a. q result
the watch jumps around like q Wsaths
ercOck in q gale of wind.
Surprising as It may seem. my in
come from repairing watches has al
most tripled since the craze Of ping
pong began"
The broad ax., 1902-08-30
MECHANICAL Stocking.
Labor savtaS MashIasFy Tahaag the
PIass % Many Hen In ShODs
anA F0aRdPieh

The small number Of men TO Be seen
in q modern large machine works or
steel mill, as compared with an old
time shop Of similar importance, is q
matter which has been a frequent
occasion for comment, and, this is
doubtless due to the very general use
of labOr-saving machinery, says the
Engineering Magazine. The cost Of
production in industrial establish
mentE is made up Of the costs Of raw
material. wages, tOolage, taxes and in
terest, Of which the largest single item
usually is the wages cost. One way by
which this item may be reduced is by
the installment Of mechanical stOkers.
In the great majority Of steam plants
the coal IL wheeled TO the boiler room
by hand, it il fired by hand, and the
ashes are removed by hand, making.
in plants Of 1000 boiler horsepower
or over, q wages cost Of some eOnEid-
cradle amount.
The mechanical stOker may be de-
fined as . system Of great bars, dump
ing bars, coal feeders and automatic
devices to feed fuel and control its
combustion, and subsequently to drop
the ashes and unburnt coal That il
is not in any sense q new invention
IL to be. learned from the fact that
James Watt took out a patent in 1TsS
for such a device. The mechanical
stoker is Of English origin. though it
has been very thoroughly developed in
the United States to suit the local fuels
and boiler furnace conditions.
The broad ax., 1902-08-30
PIGEONS CARRY DISEASE.
OAio Hsalth AuthOFltisS Suspect the
Birds - Causing . Scarlet
Fever BDiasnts.

An epidemic Of scarlet fever, start
ing in Cincinnati, has spread in the
last few weeks through q number Of
towns In Ohio, and the health au-
thOrities. after taking extraordinary
precautions to eonfne the disease
within the limit Of its first rsvageS,
were puzzled to understand the means
by which Il was carried elsewhere,
states the Chicago Tribune.
They made an investigation and
have now come 20 the conclusion
that mueh Of tl1e eontagion was
spread By tame pigeons and doves
which carried the germs from place
to place.
The evidence on whieh this theory
Il based = that scarlet fever spread
under strict quarantine from . house
on the roof Of which there was .
large pigeon cote. The only live
stock about the house not quaran-
tined vas the pigeons. which few
about The nsighborhood
II they didn't carry the disease
germs tie authorities don't know
how the fevsr vas spresd.
The broad ax., 1902-08-30
TASTE N FUNNY sroRms.
These SyhioA Are HaraISss 60 Sons
UlaaI Are nzsssdiagIy YaI-
- Har 90 Othera.


IL - sometimes hard 20 drew the line
between that which e humorous "a a
story and that which touches danger
OuSly near the domain Of vuIgarity. A
literary dinner given recently brought
this difference IN tastes prominently
into view, says the Chicago Chroniele.
At the right o. the hostess sat q writer
who has record for artistic indeceney.
At her left was q man whose work is
sometimes crude. always clean, Wig
orOus, sincere.
At first al went wen. Then tie
beautiful deeadent vas moved 70 tell
EtOry. He told itwell. Its impropriety
was EubtIy suggested, airily outlined.
Il vas the sort Of q story that makes
one want the windows opened, but that
one does not openly resent.
The hearers accepted Il with vary
ing degrees Of polite appreciation. but
the man Of direct and uneompromiaing
VisvEl sat and stared In growing won
der st the teller. Finally he expressed
his opinion.
II wouldn't ten thai story IN bar
room, hs annOuneod. sleAriy, smphst-
icaIly.
An awful huaA. a mad and general
plunge into innocuous eonFersation.
The sympathy Of the Diners was WITH
the critic. but soeial arasnitfss must be
preserved.
The hostess. Who collects literary
Iona. should not take Il for granted
that the law Of TIE jungle insurss kin-
dred feeling smong thsrQEsl beasts.