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The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1903-01-14

supplied by the creed of scientific
philosophy-Determinism.
True religion is unseliishness,
and were each to tear the scales
of selfishness from his eyes, he
would perceive at once the incon-
grunity between conduct and
faith. We must be living, beat
ing, sympathizing hearts, and not
mere clnder puppets decked out
with few ribbons and Jewels.
None is more consistent than your
unseltish person. His is the
heart that in tin words Of Shakes
pere. shines bright and never
changes but keeps it scourse truly.
"Remember," said the Rev.
+ W. Farrar, THAT if the OPP
pOrtunitv for great deeds should
never come, the opportunity for
good deeds is renewed for you day
by day. The thing for us to long
for is the goodness, not the
glory" Any New Year resolu-
tions that fail To make for un-
! selfish conduct, are lacking in an
all important particu ar. Each
day in the coming year, that Is
numbered with eternity without
recording an unseliish deed, is II
day lost. Each such witnesses
what Dante Gabriel Rossetti calls
II mul dered self. The selfish
amusements. miscalled social, the
laughing at the gilded butterfly
must give way to the fostering of
love in the home.
The selfish indulgence called
business, must he curtailed for
considerations of brotherhood.
The selfishness of secular educa-
ton must he superseded by the
real bread and wine of life-genu-
inc religion and fellowship.
*.~
+ The lost days of my life until to
day,
What were they, could ! see them
on the street
Lie as they fell? would they be
ears of wheat
Sown once for food but trodden
into clay?
Or golden coins squandered and
still to pay?
Or drops of blood dabbling the
guilty feet?
Or such split water as in dreams
must cheat
The undying throats of hell,
athirst Away?
| do not see them here; but after
death
God knows l know the faces !
shall see,
Each one murdered self, with
low, last breath,
Il am thyself,-what hast thou
done to me?'
And land I-thvself, " do! each
one saith.)
"And thou myself to all eterni'
tyr c. J, f.
The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1903-01-14
WILL USE ITS OWN TRACK.
X. c., VI. & o. Ry. viii not run From
Wichita into Kansas City Over
Missouri Pacific Tracks.

Kansas City, January G-The
Kansas City. Mexico & Orient rail
road will not reach Kansas City
from Wichita. Kan, over the
Missouri Pacific. hut on its own
track. President Stilwell stated
today. Thirty miles of this gap
is now ready for the steel. By
April /, according to Mr.. Still
well, 800 miles of the railroad
will be in operation. 100 miles IN
from Port Stllwell, 1876 miles
south Of Wichita and more than a
100 miles from chihuahua.
The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1903-01-14

R. +. Tankersley, the Knicker-
booker stockfarmer, was in the
city last week, and was an inter-
ested spectator at the Business
Mems club meeting.
The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1903-01-14

Deputy 7. f. West "gets busy"
in great shape these days receiv-
ing state and county taxes in the
office of sheriff and Tax Collector
j. b. Allen. Last Thursday he
had about two hours "knittin"
lind out. but the tax payers came
in 80 often that it took him all
day. Pink is the correct man
in the proper position and both
his chief and the public appre-
ciate it.
We regret to hear that Capt.
G. l.. Broome. with his estlmable
family, is contemplating move
to San Angelo in the near future.
San Angelo is certainly to he con-
gratul lated on one thing. Right
now it is getting some of the very
best citizens from number of
the surrounding countries.
among whom we nigh mention
Judge G.. fl Garland and Sheriff
J. +. Howe, Of Paint Rock. and
G. l.. Broome, of Ozona .-Ozona
Kicker.
p b. Mutt, who has been visit
ing mt the home of his daughter.
Mrs. Robert Bannerman, left,
Thursday. for Beevillo, where he
has relatives, and with whom he
expects to spend about year.
Mr.. Mutt is one of our pioneers
and many of his old time friends
will Join The Press in wishing
HIM II pleasant visit and will look
for and welcome his return.
The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1903-01-14

Mr. and Mrs. Theo. Schu lie. of
Luna. n. NJ, are visiting Mr..
and Mrs. J. J. Nussbaumer.
The Imperial press., 1903-08-22
The Dust Mulch Illustrated

When Secretary of Agriculture James Wilson was in Salt Lake City he told of an incident in his personal experience
 that perfectly illustrates the value of dust mulch ill conserving soil moisture.
 Mir. Wilson said "We have invited the young women of the normal school in Washington to come twice each week to the greenhouses at the Department of Agriculture to study plant life and soil physics. During one of these visits I happened to drop into the greenhouse and was at once besieged to explain what the young women of the class called a mystery Two flower pots of equal size had been filled with soil and weighed a few days before this visit. The pots had weighed precisely the same at the start, but now one was two ounces heav- fer than the other. The young women could not explain the discrepancy, and appealed to me to enlighten them. Upon examination l found the surface soil in one of the pots packed and cracked open, while in the other pot there was layer of dust covering the surface. The lesson was not lost upon the young women and they learned then and there that two ounces more of water had escaped from the pot that had not the dust surface than from the one that had it."
 The value of the dust mulch is becOm- ing annually more apparent to cultivat- ors in the arid region, and the know ledge that is being acquired enables the farmer to make the utmost out of his supply of irrigation water-Intermount ain Farmer.
The Imperial press., 1903-08-22
THE GRAND CANYON
Where ImperiaI's Soil Was Ground
 From Living Rock

Imperial's soil is the waste material from the Grand Canyon of the Colorado river which, carried by the swift water of the river, was deposited at the point where the water of the Gulf of Califor- mia checked the flow. This created a great dam, which grew up across the gulf, eventually leaving that portion which became desert cut off from the remaining portion of the gulf, while into this region there was poured the water of the river, making the great sedimentary deposit which constitutes the soil of the valley.
 Roger Pocock writes of the Grand Canyon for Pearson's Magazine as fol- lows:
 "Once, crossing little tributary of the Colorado, found that every drop splashed on my clothes hardened to a lump of mud, and that where the water was but foot deep my horse was nearly washed away by its force.
 "That fact told me the secret of the Grand Canyon. Like the Nile, this Colorodo flows through desert, but the river of Egypt meanders softly and muddily over low plains, spreading, when it is full, into harmless lakes :; whereas this headlong sluice of running sand, launched at the naked rocks, has the cutting powers of huge steel saw. The country has risen perhaps an inch in a year; but the torrent, instead of spreading out over the land, has sawed through the lifting rocks. The country has risen to height of eight thousand feet, while still the Colorado flows at the ancient level, only two thousand feet above the sea. That is the reason of this profound abyss for six hundred miles through the very foundations of the world.'
The Imperial press., 1903-08-22

A petition has been forwarded to County superintendent of Schools Bald win by the people residing in the south western part of the Imperial school dis trict asking that they be transferred to the Silsbee district, averring that where as they are six and seven miles from Im- perial they are only two and three miles from the Silsbee school.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-06-14
Middle-Aged Love Stories
BY JOSEPHINE DAsKAN.

Frenchman long exiled for a spinster of New Englnad. The rest of the tales are along the same general lines, that is the characters are either at or beyond middle age, they are very much in love. and they go through many of the complications and misunderstanding of lovers at least twenty years younger. Indeed, Miss Dss- kam has this advantage, she can apply the old situations and complications to a new field.
 The stories. with the exception of few which scarcely rise above what Andrew Lang calls the dead level of magazine writing, are notable. and strike a note of seriousness which the author of "The Madness of Phillip" would hardly be ex- pected to show. They are a departure from the work by which most readers know her.
 Miss Daskam's position as a writer of short stories seems assured, for time at least. She has passed successfully through the stage of child literature, which has weakened so much budding tall ent, and has come out upon broader stage where grown-up feelings are act ed. The present collection of stories is a notable advance on her earlier work (Scribner's Sons, s1.25 New York. N. Y)
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-06-14
Life of Railway Engines.

Iron Age
 An English lecturer recently stated the average life of an English express loco motive to be twenty-five years, of a To- cal passenger engine twtney-ive years, Of freight engine twenty years. The total mileage of an express passen- ger engine was placed at from 100000 to 100000 miles; and for each of the other classes of engines a mileage of 50O,O00 to S0O,00O was given. In the United States the average life of an express Io- comotive was given as eighteen years, of local passenger engi1e' nineteen years Of freight engine sixteen years and of a switch engie twenty-two years Whereas the mileage of an English ex- press locomotive was only at the outside 1,00oOO0 miles in twenty-five years. or 4O.- 900 per year, in the United States 1t is often as high as 100000 miles. or 1lO.Oot miles per year.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-06-14

there were members of the House.
 The different stock laws for the diff ferent stock law districts Of Alabama vary. In the House the members diff fered on every feature or the stock law, on the method of holding the stock law election ,on the defining of the district and on the question of whether the fence should be built by the insiders" or out siders.
 The Thomas bill was amended at every step of it's progress until MT. Thomas de- clared he hardly recognized his own bill. The Legislature passed the bill one uay and on the following day It turned around and undid it's work.
 The Recess Committee is giving the subject much thought and the new bill will be started by way of the Senate.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-06-14
Advertiser Bureau,

Mobile, June lS. The export and import business of the port of Mobile continues most satisfacto- ", from a business standpoint and in comparison with the same period for last year, shows marked increase. If the present figures are averaged up to dur ing the remainder of this and the next month the Port Collector will have cause for congra tulating himself upon the showing he will make. The exports and imports for the week ended at noon today wers as follows:
 British steamship Queenmore to Belfast, 42,95s cubic feet hewn pine timber, 1o4,ll5 superficial feet sawn pine timber, 20,54S superficial feet sawn pine deals.
 American steamship Colorado to New York; 1900 cross ties; 10000 feet lumber; 150 bales cotton; 90 packages merchandise. Norwegian steamship Fort Gaines to Bocus del Toro; 11,00o feet lumber; l5O barrels flour: 100 packages merchandise. Norwegian steamship Utstein to Blue fields, $s,N7 general merchandise.
 American bark John R. Stanhope to Ha- vana, 26e 300 feet lumber.
 British steamship John Bright to Lon- don, lOe 600 cubic feet sawn timber: SSscO cubic feet hewn pine timber; 5000 feet deals; Io6,000 feet gum lumber.
 Norwegian steamship Bodo to Bocas del Toro, 15 barrels flour and general mer- chandise. amount not given.
 Norwegian steamship Garibaldi to Queensboro, 25.2l4 cubic feet hewn oak timber; 91,6ss cubic feet hewn pine tim Der; l4.e62 cubic feet sawn pine timber, 1925 superficial feet deals.
 Norwegian steamship Agnes to Blue fields, $5OS general merchandise.
 Spanish steamship Alicia, for Liverpool lola faa& haV oak timber. 100S9 cubic feet hewn poplar, 3020 cubic feet hewn pine, 3024 cubic feet hewn ash. 6,36O cubic feet ash logs.
 Imports:
 Norwesian steamship Banan from Belize. 1o,0O0 punches bananas.
 Italian steamship Guisappe Corraja from Havana, 14.5s4 packages pineapples; l2 packages vegetables; 7e bales tobacco. Norwegian steamship Alm from Pro- gresso. 3s04 bales sisal grass.
 Swedish steamship Klspania from Port Limon, lS000 punches bananas.
 Norwegian steamship Managua, from La Ceiha, 5,000 punches bananas.
 Norwegian steamship Bodo from Bocas del TOro. -2.e00 punches bananas.
 Norwegian steamship Utstein. from Bluehelds. 2o000 punches bananas.
 Norwegian steamship Fort Gaines. from Bocas, 1s.000 punches bananas.
  erto Cortez. 10000 punches bananas. Norwegian steamship Mount Vernon from Bocas. 25.0o0 punches bananas. Norwegian steamship Agnes, iron Bluehelds. 1:.50O punches bananas.
 Vessels up. in ballast
 Swedish bark Gamen. from Cape Town South Africa
 American brig John H. Brandon, from Mantanzas. Cuba.
 Norwegian steamship Hydra, from Ha vana. Cuba.
 British steamship Kassala, from Queenstown.
 American schooner NJ. A. Achorn. from Havana. Cuba.
 Vessels cleared. in ballast:
 Norwegian steamship Spero, for Puerto Cortez.
 Norwegian steamship Jamaica. for Port Limon.
 Norwegian steamship hlspania, for Bo- cas del Toro.
 Norwegian steamship Managua. for La Ceiba.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-06-14
The NewC of Mobile.

Norwegian steamship Iberia, for Puerto Cortez.
 Norwegian steamship Duncan. for Port Limon-
 Coastwise vessels entered:
 American schooner Ella l.. Davenport, from Philadelphia. with cargo.
 Italian steamship Givan Maria D'Ali, from New York, in ballast.
 Coastwise vessels cleared:
 Norwegian steamship Hydra. for Gal weston, in ballast.
 Building permits for the week were is- sued out of the City Engineers office as follows:
 Thomas Fl. Benton, owner, Ledyard Scott, contractor, one-story frame, South Canal. 2nd West of St. Emanuel, $65O.
 Mrs. Louisa Smith, owner, c. A. Smith, contractor. one-story frame, Tex as. between Broad and Marine. $250.
 Mrs. Decker owner, J. H. Osborne. contractor two-story addition, George, south of Church, $l.OOO.
 R. E. Kenny, owner, days work, one story frame, corner Tennessee and Ham ilton. $500.
 Mrs. Heusten, owner. Wink and Bond contractors. repairs and addition south east Selma and Hamilton, $l6o. Cailie Williams, owner, days work shed. 45l St. EPanuel. $5. Herman and Hynde, owners. Dennis and Son, contractors, repairs, northwest St. Louis and Hamilton, $13. c. C. Shreiner. owner. days work, re- pairs, Joachim and St. Michael. $1o. Herman and Hynde, owners. Dennis and Son. contractors. one-story frame. North Scott and Adams $250. St. Johns Church, owner. E. E. Ward, contractor. two-story frame, Dearborn and Monroe, s 900. J. B. Davis, owner. days work, 325 feet wood curbing, southwest Government and Chatham. s65.
 Marriage licenses were issued out of the Probate Court for the week to white persons, as follows: Thomas J. Conway and Sadie Goldstuker, William Andrews and Maybelle Cole, Willie Miller and Sophia Webb, John B. Ptomey and Lottie Kohl, Henry Fl. Lawrence and Viola F. Johnson, Walter Bernard Miller and Olivia Marie Anderson, Robert C. Bryan and Bess Coulter. Cap. K. Risher and Lillian Burrege, William F. Pfeiffer and Hattie May Green, VIII Chapman and Margie Freeialid, Bert Van Aew and Ad- die Nave Wilson. William J. Foley and Margurite Gomez. MT and Mrs. Adolph Danne and fami- ly have gone 10 Point Clear and occupied | thel: hummer home. This morning the remains of Mrs. Vir- 1 ginia Ann Rolston were brought to the l city from Coden and inferred in Magno- lia cemetery this evening. Mrs. Rolston was 1S years of age and for sixty-years l had resided in this county. a greater part 1 of the time in the city. She was a noble 1 Christian woman. beloved by a large l circle of friends and her death, which occurred last evening at the home of her
 son at Coden, came as a shock to all who | knew her.
 | The Dixie Pleasure Club. composed of well known young men of this city, is making elaborate preparations for a moonlight excursion to Towards nex' | month.
 The City Cour; grand jury adjourned this afternoon after being in sessior since June 1. It examined 33S witnesse. and returned 6S indictments. Attention was called in the report to many appea
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-06-14

With fine optimism Miss Daskam has brought cheer to those who have reached and passed the age when it is commonly supposed that love has ceased to tempt. The title will not tempt the young girls who are supposed to form so large part of the American reading public. In the first place, they will think the thing is impossible; in the second place. the idea of such a thing is in itself dull and prosy.
 The title is at least novel. Thousands Of love stories have been written of the loves of the very young, and the loves of the very aged have either beAn pictured in pathetic sketches, or they have been burlesqued in dialect stories or in Irish comedies. The middle aged have been neglected. In the literary sense there might never have been such a thing.
 There are seven stories in Miss Das- kam's last collection. Tn the Valley of the Shadow" "A Philanthropist," "A Re- version of Type "A Hope Deferred" The Counting of Lady Jane." Julia the Apostate" and Mrs. Duds Sister,"
 On the whole. the author has handled her subject well. "A Hope Deferred" is especially charming, being the story of a
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-06-14
MEETING IN MOBILE.
Delegates From All Over State Will
 Gather.

Delegates From All ONSE SIo'O
 Gather.
 The eyes of the business men or the State are now on Mobile. where on Thursday and Friday of this week. the annual mee ting of the Alabama Cornmef- cial and Industrial Association Will as semble. and delegates will be present ftou every commercial body in Ala hama.
 This will be the eighth annua! meet ing and 1t has been five years since the last meeting In Mobile. Last year inc Association met in Gadsden, the year pre- vious in Montgomery and the year be fore that in Ne~ Decatur.
 Hon. Charles F. Mclean. Mayo of Mobile, and Max Hamherger. Jr. ProFi- dent Of the Mobile Commercial Club, will welcome the delegates in baAalf of the city of Mobile. An interesting pro- gram has been arranged. which includes addresses by ex-GoveT1or Northen of Georgia. NJ. V. Richards of Wash ng- ton. J. w. White of Portsmouth, Va. and distinguished Alabam!ans az well, all upon subjects of deep interest to the business communities of the State.
 The delegates from Birmingham a-e: r. L. Clark w. N. Malone. T. T. Hill man. E. R. Conner, w. J. Gilmore, B.. M Starks, J. V. Alien. l.. Sevier. H. k; Miller, F.. A. Ge Y unldhs la. W JSiIhS' H. H Maybarry, G. F. Browder R. II. Pearson. J. A Rcuntree and J. E. Gib- son.
 The delegates from Florence are. W. NJ. Camper and NJ. J. billiard
 New Decatur will be represented by Henry B. Scott. John C. Eyster, II. K. Adams, Samuel Blackwell. II. B. Beard, R. II. Adams and E. C, Payne.
 The n7mes of delegates appointed f'on Huntsville. Gadsden. Anniston. Seima, Attalo. Troy, t-n,on Springs. Wetump- ka and other c;ti-s have not vet been announced. A ra:c Of enc and o1e-thi~d fare for the round trip to Noble has been secured from all points in tho State.
 Delegates from the Montgomery Ass9- ciation have rot hcen announced.
 GROVES CHRONIC CHILL CURE cures the chills that other chtll ton!c ont cure. No Cure. No Pay. J0 ceEtS
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The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-06-14
BISHOP ALLEN HERE.
Catholic Prelate Enroute to Mary D. 1aY5

Catholic Prelate Enroute to Mary
 land.
 Right Rev. Edward P Allen, Bishop of the Diocese of Mobile, spent last night In Montgomery.
 Bishop Allen is en route to Emmetts- burg, Md, where he will ordain a large class in the priesthood from the College of Mount St. Mary. Two of the priests will be assigned to labor in the Diocese of Mobile.
 Bishop Allen reached the city at 6 o'clock last evening from Mobile He was met at the union railway station by Rev. Father Savage, Rev. Father O Brien and number of prominent local Cath olics. He was escorted to St. Margaret s Hospital where he spent the night. The Bishop will leave this morning for Emmettsburg
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-06-14

was arranged, the girls supplying the supper. the men the drinkables and deco rations. while one man generously do- mated stringed orchestra and another his handsome and carefully cherished col lection of Japanese lanterns. The result fairly turned the sedate Country Clubs head. being by far the prettiest and most enjoyable function ever given there. The view on approaching the club was lovely. Lanterns hung everywhere, festoonilry the broad verandas and dangling like gorgeous mammoth fireflies from the branches of the oaks surrounding the club. Even the moon caught the spirit of the occasion and rose above the bay just in time to join in the fun and lend it's greetings dancing merrily across the waters.
 And to add the final touch to the fairy scene, the soft tones of the orchestra floated out on sweet subdued melodies. while occasionally the more spirited notes Of a two-step would tempt a stray couple in from the moonlight to dance on tho wide piazza. The material part of the evening, supper. was all that could be desired-combining substa ntials and deli cacies and toasts were drunk to the fair guest of honor. who graciousiy replied that she was perfectly willing to remain over n few days longer if any one felt like giving her another party. Those who enjoyed this memorable evening were MT. and Mrs. George Fearn. Jr., Misses Moore. Hodgson. Maudc and Kate Mid dleton. Mollie and Kate Irwin, Hattie Wheeler. Virginia Thomas. Meta Huger, and Messrs. Murray Wheeler, C. E. liar rison. F.. C. Rice, R. Plaggio. Van Heym- gen. J. A. Walters. W. M. Marshall, H. F. Upton, w. r. Tiobets. Henry Goldth- waite, Hatcher Hammond Gayfer, Strach- an Barret.
 Mir and Mrs. John Gaillard Hamilton arrived in the city Friday and are at home to their friends at 497 ',Eurch Street. Mrs. Hamilton has already many warin friends to welcome her having. as Miss Clarkson, visited her sister. Mrs. E. W. Faith. and charmed the commu- nifty by her sweetness and beauty.
 MT. and Mrs. F. r. Curtis last night celebrated the twenty-fifth anniversary of their marriage with a most delightful re- ceptfon. large circle of friends came to offer their congratulations and many handsome presents showed substantial recognition of the happy day. Delicious refreshments were served. Another society event will be the we'd ding on Wednesday, June IT, of Miss Corinne RandIe. daughter of Mir. and Mrs G. H. Randle, to Mir. Joseph Mich ael The wedding will be a quiet one an6 will he celebrated at the 'bride's home at o'clock in the presence of a few friends.
 Invitations have been issued to the marriage of Miss Mabel Faith to Mr. George G. White, Jr., Wednesday. June 24, at o'clock in the Government Street Methodist Church.
 Miss Willie Olliphant and her sister Mrs. Mosely of Cuba. left Friday for a visit to Wilmington, N. C.
 Mrs. F. NJ. Billing and sons of Mont gomery are visiting Mrs. Henry F. Wyly on St. Joseph Street.
 Mrs. l.. H. Horn entertained the Prac- tical circle of the Pivot Whist Club last evening.
 Miss Sophia Wittichen of Birmingham | Is the guest of Miss Virginia Dunlap.
 Watermelons on ice at Strckey's. ,Phone 3G4.