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lowed him, Bernard went into q store in
Fcrty-second street near Sixth avenue
and bought a revolver and box Of cart
ridges. Sodin followed him to the Van
derbilt Hotel.
Bernard was at the desk, talking to the
clerk about hiring a room, when Soldin
called in Policeman Mehrer and had him
arrested, Mehrer took his prisoner to the
East Fifty-frst street station, wh90 he
was locked up on a charge Of carrying con-
cealed weapons.
The sun., 1903-11-24
Sends the Usual Turkey 10 the President

WESTERLY, r. l., Nov. 2S.-Horace Vose
sent President Roosevelts Thanksgiving
turkey to Washington to-day. Mr.. Vose
has been sending Rhode Island turkeys to
Presidents for many years, and he always
picks out weeks in advance the bird destined
for the White House table. The turkey
sent to-day was not as large as some sent
on former occasions.
The sun., 1903-11-24
o4O STOLEN STOVES.
Twcnty.one Of Them Turn Up In Hard.
ware Store In This city.

Twcnty.one Of Them Turn Up In Hard.
ware Store In This city.
Nader Bros. Co, of e24 South Second
street. Philadelphia, sent 24o stoves valued
at a, 800 to the station OF the Philadelphia
and Reading Railroad in that city on Oct.
10. The stoves were for r.. shipment to various
that they had not been delivered The
firm notified the Philadelphia police that
Ignati,is Miller one of their wagon drivers,
had disappeared Detectives traced the
stoves to this city and yesterday afternoon
Detective Lohmyer OF the Eldridge street
station found twenty-one Of them in the
hardware store of Morris Messman at 81
Norfolk street.
Mcssman was arrested charged with
receiving stolen property and in the Essex
Market police court was held in 81 600
bail for examination.
The sun., 1903-11-24
Divorce for superintendent OF Schools
GREGORY.

Chancellor Magic Of New Jersey has
signed decree Of divorce in favor Of James
c. Gregory, State Superintendent OF Schools
Of Massac chusetts, from Lillian l.. Gregory
Of Newark ce-Chancellor Pitney. who
advised the decree. dismissed Mrs. Greg
ory's cross bill in which she char ged ey-
treme cruelty
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NO SUICIDE ALLOWED.
Fellow Clerk Follows Bernard 10 Gunsnop
and Hotel,

Laurence L. Bernard, q young man en-
ployed in an architects Office at East
Forty-second street. lost his job esterday
afternoon. One of his fellow employees.
Simon Soldin, heard him say that he was
going to kill himself.
When Bernard left the Office So ldin fol-
The sun., 1903-11-24
PUBLICATIONS,
Harpers Book News
THE DAMSEL
AND
THE SAGE

Elinor Glyn has a faculty which
few women possess: she can talk
for long time and never grow
tiresome. In "The Reflections Of
Ambrosine" she sounded again the
keynote of popular approval which
she struck in "The Visits of Eliza
BETH" The present volume makes
the same appeal to the reader. 1t
contains a great number Of "good
things" on life, love and tho ways Of
men and women. Its humor Is
daring and original-and perpetually
enjoyable. 1t is a book that wakes
one up. ..'
The sun., 1903-11-24
THE GERMAN
STRUGGLE
FOR LIBERTY

The ever-increasing closeness Of
relation between this country and
Germany makes it incumbent upon
well-informed men and women to
have at least speaking acquaintance
with the remarkable history of the
great German nation. Poultney Big
CLOVIS entertaining work, the third
volume of which has just been pub
lished, will be found an admirable
reading-history. 1t is authoritative
authentic as to fact, and scholarly
in its Interpretation. 1t makes de-
lightful reading, since Mr.. Bigelow
brings to his historical faculties the
style of a romancist. This is the his
tory par-erceltence of Germany.
HARPER & BROTHERS
Publishers. New York.
TIRED Of current fiction, Buy Ithe!good osd
time great novels OF PRATT. lal 9th sv.
The sun., 1903-11-24

Private Car OF +. II. n. Green Burned.
DALLAS, Tex,. Nov. IS, The private car
Lone Star, owned by f. H. r. Green, the
son of Mrs Hetty Green Of New York,
was burned last night at Terrell Tex. The
loss is estimated at $25,U00. MIR. Green's
pr vate papers were saved.
The sun., 1903-11-24
THE
ULTIMATE
MOMENT

To be successful a novel must bs
a love story. To be ideal, it must
be this and something else. W. 3.
Lighton's recent novel fills the latter
conditions. It is love story Of un-
failing interest. 1t depicts life on q
Nebraskan farm and the political life
of Omaha in a way that no other
novelist has even attempted. It rings,
true, and you feel the sincerity Of
the people and the scenes depicted.
"The best Omaha story that has
yet been written" says the Omaha
World Herald.
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MAnag gers -
several large
" b o 10 sale
houses have
a tr oduced
Mr.. O o d rs
books and
personal crit
icism Of Eng.
llsh service 70
all tn Q lr
clerks who
writo lettsrA
from tn Q
merest ste-
nogrspher TO
the most ex.
pc rio n o Q d
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dent. II pays
Credit Men.
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point for you.
YAu ArO mot
The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1903-08-05
BIOLOGICAL SHARPS.
The Intelligent Answers Of sumo
Would BE Animal Keepers.

One aspirant to the position Of
keeper of menagerie, asked to de-
scribe his course of action should
he see visitor burn an animal with
lighted cigar, replied courteously,
but ambiguously, Il would show
hsn the greatest possible attention,
at the same time avoid as mitch a.
possible entering into unnecessary
conversation with any one" Asked
what should be done if tiger re-
fused for two days to take his food,
the same candidate revealed a dou-
BILE standard of manners. Use
harsh, violent, coarse and insolent
language at him." he said, (which
has a tendency of making him
feed"
TO the pertinent and not too aca-
demic question, "What kind of food
is given to birds of prey in captiyi-
tyr" a cautious applicant replied,
"The latter" To the more abstruse
question, "What marked difference
is there between animals exhibited
at circus and those exhibited at 4
city menagerie?" this comprehcn-
sive reply was given: "The city tells
the names of the animals by sign
To the question, "What common
form of physic is employed in cir
Gus or menagerie?" came the star
Ting response, "AIen only" Occa-
sionally candidate is gifted with a
style of more or less elaboration
which leads to the use of striking
expressions. One gentleman seek,
ing to become fish inspector re.
ported of certain scallops presented
for his verdict: "They look good
but, not seeing their savory juice
am compelled to unanswcr theil
value. "A. NJ. Jones in McClure's.
The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1903-08-05
A Handy Question.

Joseph Chamberlain was deliver
ing a political speech in Birming-
ham, England. The hall was so
packed that not another human be-
ing could have crowded in. The
enthusiasm was tremendous, but
suddenly scowling man arose in
the middle of the crowd.
"What did Mr.. Gladstone say in
1922" he howled.
"Shamew "Put him QUIT" yelled
the crowd.
Three sturdy men hurled the in
terrupter few yards, and others
helped hustle him to the street.
As he was picking himself up and
brushing off the dust he grinncd
pleasantly at a man who had follow
ed him drom the hall and who ask
ed, "What did Mr.. Gladstone say in
1872"
81 don't know" he replied, "and
I don't care. l had a terrible tooth,
ache, and l couldn't butt my way
through that crowd, and the only
thing to do was to get thrown out
The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1903-08-05
Cost Of Clothes In Russia.

Barring the inhabitants of the
earth who wear practically no
clothes at all, the costume of the
average Russian costs the least Ten
rubles, or about $3.50, will clothe a
male citizen of the cars realm,
while the woman's costume will cost
less than So. The mans costume is
coarse cotton trousers tucked into
boots of half dressed leather, a cot
ton shirt and sheepslin coat. A
coarse camlct caftan bound around
with a sash completes the dress.
The women wear a sarafan, or long
petticoat, which is held up by straps
running over the shoulders, a che
mise with sleeves to the elbow, II
kerchief over the head and a pair of
shoes. Stockings are sometimes
worn, but more frequently the legs
and feet are bound with strips Of
cotton or linen cloth. For outdoor
wear a quilted jacket or long cloak
is added. The simplicity and cheap
ness of dress are not due to any lack
of vanity, but to the poor circum-
stances under which the majority of
the Russians live.
The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1903-08-05
History Of a Phrase.

The phrase 'robbing Peter to
pay Paul" is supposed to have orig
mated in an incident which occur
red in London during the sixteenth
century. About the year 1910 the
Abbey of st. Peter in Westminster
was elevated to the dignity of a
cathedral, but ten years later was
again joined to the diocese of Lon
don and its property appropriated to
pay the expenses of some necessary
repairs to the Cathedral of st. Paul.
1t was evident that to do honor to
st. Paul the estate Of Peter had to
suffer, and hence the expression
which has become proyerbial.
Don't you think this country has
a great future before it?"
"Young man." answered the
statesman who affects a ponderous
manner of expression, 81 have given
the subject deep thought, and I
have come to the conclusion, after
unbiased consideration from every
possible point of view, that this
country's supply of future is prac-
tically ineXhaustible."
The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1903-08-05
MISTAKES OF AUTHORS.
Errors That Have crept Into Well
Known Books.

Known Books.
We are all liable to make mis-
takes. For this reason we should
not be too critical in the treatment
of our fellows. Still the critical
part of our nature is so largely de-
veloped that we sometimes forget
to be charitable, especially when the
criticism may cause an error to be
righted.
Some one has been hunting for
errors in the writings of old and
new authors. He has run down
some funny mistakes as result of
his quest too.
In "Ivanhoe" Sir Walter Scott
makes a knight of Richard l. con-
verse with contemporary of Will
liam the Conqueror, who was Rich
ards grandfather.
The new moon appears in the
western sky and sets from the mo-
ment it becomes visible, but in "The
Children of Gideon" Walter Besant
caused new moon to rise in the
east at 2 o'clock in the morning.
Trollope makes one of his char
acters, Andy Scott, come whistling
up the street with a cigar in his
mouth. The man must have had a
wonderful grip in his lips to smoke
while whistling.
In "Don Quixote" Sancho contin.
ues to ride on his donkey after hav.
ing lamented the animals death.
In ''The Reign of Law" by james
Lane Allen, one of the characters
refers to "A book which was not pub
lished for ten years after the time
the reference was said to have beer
made.
Hamlin Garland wrote in 1896
"The Rose of Butchers Coolly,
and one Of the characters in tn,
novel is given about three differen
names.
Jacob Riis tells in "The Making
of an American" that while younI
reporter in giving the particular
of a rivers overflow he described
stone floating on the waste of wa
tiers. But that was not more won
derful than the case Of our friend
Robinson Crusoe, who, after takin,
off his clothes to swim to the wreck
took the precaution to fill his peck
cts full of biscuits. Neither was
more surprising than the discover
by Paris reporter, who found il
the Seine ''the nude corpse of
man with 10 sous in his waistcoa
! pocket. "-Children's Visitor.
The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1903-08-05
ANOTHER GOOD RAIN.
Wednesdays Gully Washer Was
General and VIII Prove of
Great Benefit.

With the exception of a few
scattering showers the Concho
country has had no rain for quite
a while and while the live stock
interests were still flourishing the
crops were beginning to need
moisture and the cowman was
beginning to watch the skies for
signs of rain as well as the man
with the hoe.
About 3 O'Clock Wednesday
afternoon the situation was great
ly improved by a downpour of the
good old gully washer" variety.
Reports indicate that the rain was
general north, and west,
though southeast the precipitation
did not extend very far. East q
good rain fell all the way to
Brentwood, except a small sec.
ton between Crows Nest and
Miles. North and west heavy
downpour for number of miles
The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1903-08-05
ALBoNps SUPERSTITION.
4 Ruse That Failed and a Lively
Tempest In a Hotel.

Tempest In . Hotel.
Signor Arditi in his autobiogra-
ply tells the following story Of the
singer Alboni's superstition re
garding the number thirteen;
"Oncc, on. the occasion of her first
visit to Chicago very small and
insignificant town in those days
we arrived late and just in time to
retire for the night. A great guam
tity of luggage had been sent on by
train in advance, and our business
manager had secured bedroom at
the hotel for Alboni. The propric-
tor had been informed of madame's
painful superstitiousness and had
been implored not to give her room
No. 10. AS it happened, however,
room No. Is was the only empty
and suitable apartment for the
prima donna on that particular oc-
casion, and in order that she should
not become aware of this unlucky
act the hotel manager caused u
piece of paper bearing another num-
Der to be gummed over the painted
number outside her bedroom door.
Gall went smoothly at first. AL
boni was ushered into her room, her
boxes were unpacked by her maid,
and che was served with supper
preparatory TO going to bed. Sud
denly she started up, agitated by
the thought that it would be just as
well to know the number of her
room. She picked up a candle and
peered out into the darkness of the
corridor to reconnoiter. In a far
shorter time than it takes me to
write these lines the house was in q
fearful uproar, bells were ringing
and the hotel people and guests
rushing about in state Of panic
thinking that they were about to BE-
burned alive in their beds.
"Alboni was discovered standing
in front of her door in the attitude
of tragedy queen, with the candle
in one hand and the fatal piece Of
paper bearing the fictitious number
in the other. And, what is more
she was not to be beaten. No per
suasion on earth would induce he
to rest quietly in No. 10. No on,
could resist her pleading eyes ant
piteous face, so finally an elderl,
gentleman was politely but iirml.
asked to give up his room, whic!
had to be thoroughly rcarranged
while he stood about shivering ant
discounted awaiting the signal t.
take possession of the room bearing
the fatal number"
The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1903-08-05
Seaside Geometry.

In the Alleynian, the school mag
azine Of Dulwich, appears a witty
paper on Seaside Geometry" from
which we take the following:
Defnitions.-The landlady of a
boarding house is parailelogram-
that is, an oblong angular figure
which cannot be described, but
which is equal to anything.
All the rooms being taken, sin
gle room is said to be a double room.
Postulates.-A pie may be pro
duced any number of times.
The clothes of a boarding house
bed, though produced ever so far
both ways, will never meet.
Any two meals at boarding
house are together less than one
square meal.
On the same bill and on the same
side of it there shall be two charges
for the same thing.-London tx
press.
The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1903-08-05
Xirtues of Pumlce Stone.

Pumice stone is the best thing in
the world to take the stain off ones
hands. When ink or any other
stain gets on the fingers its removal
is sometimes a matter of many days,
but with bit Of pumice it may be
rubbed off in a moment, and no one
would ever know that it had ever
been there. To be sure, the rub
bling must be pretty hard, and there
is danger, of course, of rubbing of
a little more cuticle than one can
conveniently spare, but if this point
is watched the toilet table has nc
more valuable accessory.
The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1903-08-05
Names In Japan.

The first name is given to the
Japanese baby with great ceremony
when he is a month old. At fifteen
he is considered grown up, assumes
the responsibility of man and
takes a new name. Entering upon
public duties, he takes another
name, which is changed with every
change in life. If his superior Off
Ger has the same name he happens
to have at that time he must change
it again. He must also change it
when he marries, and when he dies
it is changed for the last time ans
inscribed upon his tomb.
The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1903-08-05
The New Cop at a Fire.

There was a fire the other day
uptown, and reporters sprang up
from everywhere and made for the
scene. A green policeman, swelling
visibly with Importance, was trying
to keep back the curious, who would
have hampered the movements of
the fremen. When the newspaper
men pushed their way through the
throng he gruflly ordered them
away.
'But we're reporters" they said.
ave want to get some particulars
about the fire."
"Ah, g'wan; get out of here" he
growled. "You can read all about
it in the papers tomorrow" New
York Press.
The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1903-08-05
GLASS VESSELS DISSOLVE.
They Are Materially Affected by Wa.
ter and Other Liquids.

heT anu ShHGT ,Giputuo'
1t is well known that glass has
now almost completely replaced
metal, horn and leather for the bot
tie or drinking cup, although it is
not so very long ago that the leath-
er bottle and horn drinking cup
were extant. Whether this change
could possibly have introduced any
prejudice to the common health is
an interesting matter for specula-
ton. 1t is not true, though it is COM
monty supposed to be so, that glass
is unattached or completely undis-
solved by water and many other
fluids in household use. On the
contrary, the indelble marks which
often appear on water bottle arise
from the action of the water upon
the glass. Pure distilled water,
showing neither an acid nor an al
kaline reaction, which has been al
lowed to remain in u closed glass
bottle for some time will gradually
develop an alkaline reaction owing
to the base of the mixed silicate of
the glass dissolving in the water.
At the same time deposit of silica
will generally be found at the bot
tom. This obviously shows a dis
ISOLATION of constituents and the
glass yields up its silica and its al
kali to water.
With acid fluids the same action
may be observed, and it is conceiv-
able that with acid wines kept long
in bottles some considerable action
upon the glass may occur. Weak
acid solutions cease to be acid after
being kept in glass bottles for some
time owing to the naturalization OF
the acids by the alkali of the glass,
and at the same time a focculent
and generally iridescent deposit is
found in the bottle consisting OF
silica. This deposit is a constant
source of trouble to druggists
Though the glass dissolving power
Of most fluids in domestic use must
be very small, yet, considering that
these fluids are continually in con.
tact with glass, either in the bottle
or the tumbler, there can be little
doubt that traces of the constitu.
ents of glass are ingested. 1t ha:
even been suggested that the prac'
tically universal use of glass in thi:
way in the place of the old drink
ing vessels OF wood or horn or Of
the glass bottle for the leather oil
skin vessel has contributed a mean,
of rendering the vermiform appen
dix easily liable to an infammatory
process by the irritation set up b,
siliceous particles. This ingeniou,
theory of the increased prevalence
of appendicitis being due to the uni
versal use of glass for drinking YES
sells can hardly be seriously regard
ed when it is considered that silic,
is frequent constituent of "A mum
Der of foods. AS is well known, sill
lea is the support of the wheat stalk
as lime associated with phosphate.
is of the human frame.-Scientilit
American.
The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1903-08-05
a Market In Morocco,

A writer on Morocco thus de-
scribes market day in that country
"Ileld on the open hillside, upon a
great bare space worn brown by
cycles of Tuesday markets, the pre-
vailing color brown and white, hun
dreds of mules, hundreds of Arabs,
the sight was one not to be forgot
ten. We dismounted and followed
Omar into the thick of the fray,
surrounded at once by a staring and
interested crowd. 1t was an ex-
traordinary scene. Streets were
formed by rows upon rows of little
mud cubicles, matched over, inside
which, on a mud shelf, the vender
sat, with his goods spread out for
sale round him. Slippers were be-
ing mended, blacksmith's work was
being done, cottons and stuirs were
selling, sugar, groceries of all sorts,
brand new slippers and new clothes,
vegetables and meat. Meat was the
center of the whirlpool, and round
the carcasses and shapeless joints
the largest crowd was gathered. 1t
hung on upright stakes and branch
es stuck in the ground"
The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1903-08-05

Ladies' lace gloves, the Boo
kind, to close, only, per pair, 20c.
--Jno. d. Robertson, Jr.
The city council held a special
meeting Thursday evening.
w. B. Knight representing the
Elliot Paper Co of Dallas, was
interviewing the publishers FRI
day.
MEMS straw hats, regular price
soc to 81, choice only 25c. -Jno.
D. Robertson, Jr.
Lawson Daley is officiating as
cashier for the Winkler Il Hudson
Co., during the absence of John
Cochran.
Judge G.. II. Garland and fam
ily are now at home in the w. S.
Talbot residence west of the river,
recently purchased.
"A lot of Mothers Friend waists
for boys. the SOC kind, closing
them at 35c or 3 for $1.-Jno. d.
Robertson, Jr.
City Secretary Fred S. Webb,
mother and sister now occupy
one of the Shupert residences in
North San Angelo.
Misses drop-stich hose, the 20c
kind, now. per pair, only lOc.-
Jno. d. Robertson, Jr.
Mrs. Robert Austin and sister,
Miss Gertie Rowland, visited rel
atives at Miles last week.
Prof. f. B. Garner, the mag.
netic healer, is now full-fledged
citizen of San Angelo, having
rented the Dixon House and in
stalled his family, who arrived
from Uvalde County last week.
Ladies' driving gloves, best
glove at the price in this town
per pair $l.-Jno. d. Robertson
Jr.
Cashier r. A. Hall, of the Sar
Angelo National, returned Thurs
day from Pennsylvania and Can
ada. Mrs. Hall stopped over at
Ballinger, where their little sol
Lewis has been i'll few days.
Austin Spencer, the Bargain
Store proprietor and real estate
dealer, Mrs. Spencer and Johnnie
the baby boy, returned from /
pleasant visit to Galveston ant
San Antonio Friday, lie reports
considerable rain that somewhat
interfered with the pleasure o
their visit.
The school board met Tuesda,
and elected Prof. Abbott OF SAL
Angelo to the position of superin
tendent made vacant by the res
ignation of Mr.. Fleming. A mes
sage was received from Prof, Alb
bolt declining to accept the place
--Brownwood Bulletin.
The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1903-08-05
The FIyinu Frou,

The flying frog is found in Bor-
neo. He uses an expansive men,
brane on each of his feet in sailing
from tree TO tree. The webs enable
him to do this in the same way as
the wings Of our modern flying ma
chimes enable their inventors to re-
main for time in the air.
The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1903-08-05
In the Days Work.

Come TO think Of it, life is made
up of but one day at time. Mel
Their tomorrow nor yesterday is
ours. To make the best Of every
day is the secret of happy life. In
making the best of every day bust
ness and pleasure are equally cared
for and perfection is made of the
well doing of triiles. So each morn
ing plan well and each day endeAvor
to live out the plan. The world is
full Of good things and beautiful
things if one sets out to look fol-
them. In this may be found the Sc,
tret of successful and happy life.
The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1903-08-05

81 suppose you are resting now
that the legislature is not in ses-
sion"
'NIy FRIEND" replied Senator Sor-
ghum, "you don't understand this
business at all. The work of maxi
ing preliminary arrangements is the
hard work. When the legislatures
in session all you have to do is to
see that. the goods are delivered"