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The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1903-07-29
ON
ON THE QUEENS THRONE.
The Little Wait Was Chosen For the
Place of Honor.

Little Edith's mother had grant
ed her permission to give a party
to her small girl friends. Among
the invited guests was little girl
named Nellie, who until recently
had spent most of her short life in
"A founding asylum. says the New
York Times. Edith's mother was
somewhat afraid that Nellie might
be snubbcd by the moro fortunate
girls. In one of the games n little
girl selected for the honor sits en-
throncd in the largest chair in the
room, while the rest salute her as
the queen and pay her due defer
encc. Edith's mother happened to
visit the playroom while this game
was in progress. She was much
pleased to see that, instead of being
snubbed, Nellie was occupying the
scat of dignity And she held it
not as if it had been granted as Il
favor, but as if it was hers by right.
81 was glad to see YOU were so
nice TO Nellie today" said Edith's
mother that evening when the little
one was telling the incidents Of the
party just before bedtime.
Edith gave a little sigh. "Ncllic's
a nice girl" she admitted, "but she
does put on such airs. You see, she
is from the asylum and was found
ed. All the rest of us were just
born. And Nellie says it is so COM
mon to be born"
The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1903-07-29
FRANCIS PlzARRO.
The Audaeious, Atrocous and Avsrf
cious conqueror Of Peru.

OF all the romantic and audacious
adventures in the history of Chris
tendon that of Francis pizarro is
the most romantic and most utterly
audacious. He braved fearful per-
lis, endured untold suiferings and
privations, oycrcamc incredible OBJ
staclcS with inflcxiblc constancN of
purpose, stimulated by bis lust for
gold. The achievements of Pizarro
are not more cXcitingly phenomenal
than his crimes were periidious.
There is no record of Il more afro
cious act of pcrldy OF holder eX-
ample of audacious violence than
that of the seizure of the great Inca
Atahuallpa, the holding him for
ransom of gold amounting to over
Sl5,O0O,00O and then the burning
of the monarch at the stake after
this was collected.
With less than 200 men Pizarro.
knowing to what he went, marched
through narrow and high dciilc.
into the interior of II country, faced
tented host Of warriors gathered
round their ruler, invited him to a
conference, seized his person, STAY
ing the mobiles who tried to protect
him and massacring his rctinuc.
The meas conduct was friendly
throughout, yet he was treated with
barbarity and fraud. One more
such act and Pizarro sealed his own
doom. lie was killed in broad day
light in his governors palace at
Lima by the avengers of the death
of his old comradc, Almcgro.
These two, Pi2arro and Almcgro,
began life as deserted foundlings.
Manhood found them knight Grant
adventures in the new world, with
Balboa looking first on the Pacific
and having as a helper in Peru Her
nando dc Soto, discoycrcr of the
Mississippi. With silent partner
they planned the conquest Of Peru.
After two unsuccessful attempts Pr
2arro went 10 Spain, secured audi
cncc and high titles and commits
sions from Charles V. Returning,
he made the most splendid discoy,
cries ever made in the western world
and might have carried out his
many peaceful projects of building
and general Improvement and en-
tcrprisc had his pcriidy stopped
short with the inca.
The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1903-07-29
AFTER THE SNEEZE.
In Nearly Every Language "ood Bless
You" Is In Vogue.

YOU Is In Vogue.
1t is very curious thing thst
all over the world there exists the
same superstition in regard to the
apparently trivial matter of sneez-
ing. In nearly every language UNI
der the sun there is some equivalent
of the God bless you" with which
our oldest inhabitants in the cour-
try still salute the person who
sneezcs. To this salutation in
France is added sometimes the
phrase, "and preserve you from the
fate of Tycho Brahe," who is be-
lievcd to have got rid of a death
of cold" by a single sneeze, which
killed him. In England a regular
formula is uscd--"Oncc for wish.
twice for kiss, three times for o
letter and four times for a disap-
pointmcnt.'
In Italy the salutation is simply
"Fclicitu" or MAY you be fortu-
nate" In India it is customary
when one sneezes to say, May You
live" and the reply runs, Long
life to YOU" Should a Hindoo
chance to snccze while he is going
through his peculiar ablution prac-
tees in the Gauges he will make q
kind of sign over his face, stop in
his ritual and begin all over again.
In ancient times the Romans,
holding the idea that sneezing be-
tween noon and midnight was q
good omen, believed that between
midnight and noon it was most I'M
lucky, and if they should chance to
sneezc while getting up in the morn
ing they would at once get into bed
again.
The Germans say, Good health"
because they maintain, and not
without reason, that sncc2ing is a
warming of approaching catarrh
and also marks the moment when
charm, II wish or IL suggestion may
drive ii away. The Pcrsians 20 fur
! Their in this idea They say what
/ prnrlirAilN amounts TO IhanK
God" because they consider that
the sncczc has actually driven away
some evil spirit that has attempted
to get into mans body to feed
upon his sacred fires.
The people Of the Amazulu go
even further than this into super
stition and arrive at the stage Of
actual devil worship. No doubt
they would style it "angel worship"
but the things to which these so
called angels are supposed to lend
themselves put that high sounding
name quite out of the question.
Their uncivli2ed familiar spirits
are said to give some sign when
they are near and able to hear their
votaries.
The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1903-07-29

Palmistry declares that tn,
strength of ones will is evidenced
by the formation of the thumb, IT,,
will power of its owner being grca.
or little according to the length OF
want of length of its upper joint.
How the thumbs of the Roman holi.
day makers were formed mattcrcG
nothing to the defeated gIadiato,
whose fate hung upon their being
bent forward or backward, a method
of decrceing life or death to which
perhaps we owe the old saying thai
a man at anothcr's mercy is under
his thumb.
The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1903-07-29
Pitcher Plant Guards Orchids.

The Trinidad botanical depart
ment proposes unique plan for the
determination of the destructive
reaches which prey upon orchids.
1t recommends the plentiful use Of
pitcher plants as IA sort of floral
watchdog.
This peculiar flower possesses the
property of capturing and killing
insects which venture into its en-
ticing urn shaped blossoms in search
of the seductive bit of honeydew
which may be found there.
Cockroaches are particularly sus-
ceptible to the Establishments Of
this Delilah of the flower kingdom
and are an easy prey. They FOL
low their noses" when they scent
the delicate fragrance and creep.
into the gayly Haunting pitcher Of
nectar, only to find tragic end.
1t is valley of deadly Upas, for
the victim is at once closed in by
the sucking petals, and his life 10
literally squeezed out of him. Sci
dom indeed does one ever escspS
from the cannibal clutch Of No
pitcher plant.
The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1903-07-29
CHURCH NOTES.
Il

Rev. and Mrs. w. l.. Whitley,
now of San Angelo, are here for a
few days visit to relatives and
friends. They merely greeted
Tempe yesterday and proceeded
to lleidenheimer, to enjoy the
meeting, in II field where Bro.
Whitley himself did a great work
last year.-Temple Tribune.
Rev. r. NJ, Hall, of Ballinger,
will preach at the Presbyterian
Church next Sunday morning ind
evening,
Capt. Horton, of the Salvation
Army, has received notice that
the corps at this place captured
Bird prize III the second class, in
the contest for the sale of the
special July 4th issue of the War
Cry. lie il very proud of their
success, which is quite compli-
mentary of the little band at this
place, who worked zealously in
this matter to secure the prize
that the proceeds could be APP
Piled in liquidating the debt on
their hall. Capt. and Mrs. Hor-
ton wish to express their thanks
to the good people who so kindly
assisted them by purchasing
copies of the paper.
The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1903-07-29
No Chance Of DYING.

Patient-.-'rcll me candidly, doc
tor, do You think I'll pull through
Doctor--Oh, you are bound to
get well. You can't help yourself
The Medical Record shows that ont
of a hundred cases like yours one
RECEIVERS invariably.
CHATS cheerful prospect"
"What more do you want? I've
treated ninety-nine cases, and every
ore Of them died. Why, man alive,
you can't die if you try! There's
no humbug about statistical
The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1903-07-29
OUR FRATERNAL COLUMN
Items of Public Interest from the Lodges
Societies and Unions Of the City.
You'll Be Entertained.

Much interest is being mani
tested in the forthcoming concert
and minstrel to be given at the
opera house on the nights of Aug
ust 9TH and 9th by the Red Men
and Maccabees. The concert will
be given on the night of the 9th
and the fact that the program is
being arranged by Mr.. Geo. Allen,
who will be assisted by some of
the best talent in the city, is
sufficient guarantee that it will
be a high-class entertainment,
The minstrel for the night OF the
9th under the efficient manage
of Mr.. Ed n. Harris, promises to
be most pronounced success.
He is gathering together the best
performers in San Angelo for the
occasion and you will miss a treat
if you do not attend. See an
nouncement elsewhere in this is
sue.
The Woodmen initiated six at
their meeting Friday night and
received six new applications. A
special meeting will be held
Thursday night for work in the
amplified degree and every mem
Der is urged to be present.
As q result of the meeting of
the Knights of Pythias Thursday
night, the order was again re-
versed and the blues are now one
in the lead. Verify, it is "neck
and neck"
The Woodmen of the World at
Water Valley are to have a new
hall of their own, for which
Judge J. o. Hanson was in San
Angelo Thursday to arrange for
the building material.
The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1903-07-29

The creature which Solomon ad.
vised the sluggard to consult in re-
gard to a bit of information con-
corning the art OF "hustling" has a
brain larger in proportion to the
size of its body than any other
known being. Writers on that
branch of entomology declare that
ants are not only endowed with Il
high quality of instinct, but that
they display reasoning ability and
good judgment, as well as powers of
reflection and calculation.
The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1903-07-29
SOCIETY,". =

A very ENJOYABLE dance was
given at the pleasant home of Mr..
and Mrs. J. l.. Millspaugh on
Monday night of last week, in
honor of Misses Beatrice and
Mary Lee Thomson, of Balinger.
SmaIl-Irwin.
Mr.. l.. B. Small and Miss Lou
Irwin were married on last We'd
nesday evening at 8 O'Clock at
the home of Rev. A. l.. Barr.
who spoke the words that united
the lives of this happy couple.
The wedding was very quiet. only
a few relatives and intimate
friends being present, After the
ceremony the bride and groom
and the guests repaired to the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. A. A..
Glover, in north San Angelo,
where delicious refreshments
were served.
Mr.. Small is senior member of
the firm of Small Bros, who re-
Gently entered the grocery bust
ness at this place and by close at
tentlon to business and universal
courtesy to their customers have
built up very satisfactory
trade.
Miss Irwin, with her two sisters
has been conducting a photo
graph gallery in the Express
office block since last fall. They
were former residents of San An.
gelo, removing to the Territory,
and returning again last year.
The Press extends congratula.
tions and best wishes to the
happy couple.
Mr.. and Mrs. Small will for the
present, board with Mr.. and Mrs
A. A. Glover III north Sar
Angelo.
The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1903-07-29
How to Split Paper.

Paper can be split into two or
even three parts, however thin the
sheets. 1t may be convenient to
know how to do this sometimes; as,
for instance, when one wishes to
paste in a scrapbook an article
printed on both sides of the paper.
Get a piece Of plate glass and
place it on a sheet Of paper. Then
let the paper be thoroughly soaked.
With care and a little skill the sheet
can be split by the top surface be-
ing removed.
The best plan, however, is to paste
a piece Of cloth or strong paper to
each side Of the sheet to be split.
When dry, quickly and without hes
itation pull the two pieces asunder,
when one part of the sheet will be
found to have adhered to one and
part to the other. Soften the paste
in water, and the pieces can be east
ly removed from the cloth.
The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1903-07-29
Old Time Soapmalklna.

If you haven't had very good luck
trying to make old time leach lye
soap, let me tell you some of the lit
tie points that have always helped
me. Always be careful to keep the
ashes free from dirt. When putting
them up to leach, if IA shoyelful of
lime is put in the bottom of each
barrel or hopper "a handful of straw
being put in iirsD, the I've will be
stronger. After the ashes are put
up TO leach pour water over them at
intervals for day or two and then
let stand about Il week to soak the
strength from the ashes. As the
I've teaches pour it over the grease
and let it stand four or five days or
even longer will do no harm. If YOU
don't. happen to have anything large
enough TO hold all the I've and
grease, four or five gallons Of the
first lye will be enough to put on the
grease, using part Of this mixture
for each kettle of soap. Soap made
in this way requires little boiling.
When set in the sun and stirred Of
ten, | have seen good soap made
without any boiling.-St. Louis Re-
public.
The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1903-07-29
Bismarck and Names.

Prince Bismarck once said: at
was occasionally one Of my func-
tions to present all sorts of people
TO the king, and it now and then
happened that my head was so full
Of more important matters that the
very name of the person was about
to present lapscd from my memory.
When that was the case, used to
put "A bold face upon it, and, there
being no time to inquire after
names, bluntly presented man ]
did not know as Count Solms. You
see, there are so many Count Solms
that the king could not possibly
know them all by sight. On the
other hand, man whose name
might be Muller or Schultz was not
likely to take it very much amiss if
he were presented as Count Solms,
which, after all, is a good family
name. | got out Of my difficulty in
this manner on more than one occa-
sion, and it never failed"
The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1903-07-29

Good Alfalfa hay at Neeley
Bros.
The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1903-07-29
Soldier Ants.

Among ants there is much the
same division of labor as among
bees and a more complicated series
of individuals, for we find not only
the neuters, which perform all the
working functions of the hive, the
males and the queens, but we have
in some species a special class
known as soldier ants, which have
wonderfully powerful heads and
jaws and perform no other duties
than to defend the formicary and
make war.
The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1903-07-29
Cheerfuiiy Recommended for Rheu'
matism.

o. G. Higbee, Danville, Ills,
writes, Dec. 2, 1901: "About
two years ago / was laid up for
four months with rheumatism.
I tried Billiards. Snow Liniment !;
one bottle cured. / can cheer
fully recommend it to all suffer-
ing from like affection" 25c,
soc, 81. Sold by Central Drug
Store.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-05-21
Moving Overland.

A family consisting of man and wife
and countless children, along with
household goods loaded into two
wagons drawn by dilapidatd looking
horses, passed through Oakland Mon
day afternoon on the road to Hut
louisville, West Va, having left their
former home in Fulton county, Pa,
Tuesday of last week. The distance
covered from the point of starting
uutil they arrived here was abou t
one hundred and forty miles. Hut
louisville is located twenty miles south
of Elkins, w. Va, on the Coal and
Iron Railroad. One of the wagons
resembled a prairie schooner, having
a canvas top with drawn in front and
back in which rode the man, his wife
and their children.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-05-21
VOTES NOT COUNTED.

1t is a serious matter to deprive
citizen of his right to vote. Under
the fair election law put upon the
statute books by the Republicans in
1896, every citizen of the State, who
took the trouble to register, was en-
titled to vote and to have that vote
counted. When election day was
over the result was announced and
everybody was satisfied. The Dem
ocratic managers began to doctor the
law to suit their necessities and for
the purpose of depriving some of the
right of suffrage. Then trouble COM
menced. The trick ballots were re-
sorted to to confuse the inexperienced.
Instead of making it easy for man
to express his views at the ballot box,
this iniquitous law hindered him at
every step. 1t was thought that the
colored voter was alone to suffer, but
in Baltimore, week before last, the
voters of four large precincts voted,
Oub bhOll NOlCb SIlll 1OChCu uD III
the safe in the Supervisors office I'M
counted. Because the Judges did not
settle differences of opinion as to
what ballots should be counted, on
the night of the election, the Dem
ocratic Supervisors decided that they
cannot now be counted. Thus many
citizens ofall parties might just as well
have stayed at home. This same
game may be worked elsewhere, and
next time it may be some of us will
find that because election judges can
not agree, our voters will not be coun-
ted. The law ought to be changed,
but not by the designing men who
have inflicted upon us the present law.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-05-21
Attention, Old Soldiers !

Crook Post No. 80, G. A. R., of Oak.
land, desire that there be a general
turnout of the citizens, public school
children, all the organized bodies OF
the town and the band, and visitors
from the surrounding country are also
cordially invited, to participate with
the Post on Memorial Day, Saturday,
May 3Oth, in decorating the graves OF
the noble dead that have answered
the last roll call and are now resting
in our cemeteries. An old comrade
will deliver an address.
Crook Post will assemble at Stur-
giss' Hall at 1890 a. m. and proceed
to the cemetery where the beautiful
ritual of the order will be carried out
Donations of flowers will be thank
fully received and can be left at Stur
giss' drug store.
By order of the Post.
]. A. HAYDEN, A. G. STURGIss,
Adjutant. - 80 iCommander
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-05-21
BONE FOOD

Soft and crooked bones mean
bad feeding. Call the disease
ricketts, if you want to. The
growing child must eat the
right food for growth. Bones
must have bone food, blood
must have blood food and so
on through the list.
SCOTS Emulsion is the right
treatment for soft bones in
children. Littledoses everyday
give the stiffness and shape
that healthy bones should have.
Bow legs become straighter,
loose joints grow stronger and
frmness comes to the soft
heads.
Wrong food caused the
trouble. Rightfood will cure it.
In thousands of cases SCOTS
Emulsion has proven to be the
right food for soft bones in
childhood.
Send for free sample.
SCOTT g. BOVINE. Chemists,
4oo-4I5 Pearl Street. New York.
SOC and SIoOi all druggists.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-05-21
MEMORIAL DAY.
District No. IL.

OF all the days in the calendar of pa
triotism the Both day of May stands
forth as the most beautiful and i'm
pressive. Hallowed, indeed, are the
memories which it awakens. 1t
speaks of the national gratitude
through the fragrant gifts of natures
first awakening. 1t gives to the silen
warriors who have been gathered to
their long home the tenderest and
sweetest tributes of loving remem-
brance.
The spectacle of nation wendin g
its way to the windowless place of
rest to cover with flowers the graves
of its fallen defenders has no parallel
in point of impressive beauty in the
customs of other lands. 1t is typical
of people in whom the sentiment of a
patriotism is the deepest and most en-
during of all emotions. 1t is emble-
matte of a people whose reverential
regard for the martial heroes who
gave their lives for the republic is an
inspiration to the generations of men.
There are more graves to cover to-
day than eyer before. Since last
Memorial day the brave fellows who
fought with Grant in the Wilderness
or followed Sherman to the sea have
been falling one by one. AT the morn
ing reveille many gallant comrade
will fail to answer Here" Only
few of the immortal band have surviv-
ed the fierce cavalry charge of the
passing years. The wavering line of
blue is making heroic stand, but it
cannot last long. The eye is losing it's
luster and the aim is unsteady. Here
and there whole companies have been
wiped out, and the voices of the grand
old leaders that cheered them ON to
victory are hushed in death. Pretty
soon they will fill. their empty can
teens on the green slopes of Eternal
Morning. Footsore and weary from
their long march they enter the gates
of the Beautiful City.
The man who has no veneration or
affection in his heart for the old sol
der has duty to himself to perform.
He should quicken into life the I'M
pulse of his better nature by covering
with flowers the graves ofsome fallen
defender of the flag. 1t is at the
grave of it's soldier dead that the ma
ton kindles anew the fires on the
altar of patriotism and keeps alive
the spirit that gave Grant the might
lest army of volunteers that ever car
ried a country's flag to victory.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-05-21

THE Comm0ner ought to be pretty
interesting reading if Cleyeland
should be put up for President.
While Mr.. Bryan has grudge against
Hill and despises German, he hates
Cleveland with an intensity of hatred
such as no Democrat has had for an
other member of his party since the
Breckenridge supporters of 1860 re-
joiced at Douglas overthrow in the
Northern States and Lincoln's cleo
ton. A ghost dance in Nebraska
would take place on the night when
the news would come of Cleveland's
defeat at the polls. This fact may
not deter the Cleveland boomers.
They are not saying that he could be
elected. They only insinuate that he
would come as near election as any
man whom the Democrats could
name.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-05-21
SWANTON TO HAVE A BOOM.

New Coal Openings in That Section, New
Grist Mill and Electric Lights.
The village of Swanton, situated
sixteen miles east of Oakland, on the
Seventeen-mile Grade of the Balti-
more and Ohio Railroad, will become
town of some Importance if the coal
mining interests prove to be valuable
and shipping facilities can be arrang
ed with the railroad company.
On the land owned by Mr.. Villa m
j. Sharpless ten-foot vein of coal
was recently discovered which will be
developed as fast as possible. The
opening is but two and half miles
north of Swanton and can be readily
reached by a slightly inclined rail-
road. Besides the ten-foot vein there
are several others of less proportions
but equally as valuable, the terri
tory covered by them being of a some
what larger scope.
In the town itself new grist mill
is to be erected and in connection
with it a dynamo of sufficient capa-
city to light the entire village will be
installed.
There are a number of vide awake,
energetic citizens in Swanton who
have the money to push these things
along which they no doubt will do.