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Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1903-10-07
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ne HAVE A PRIVATE SANAToRlUM FOR
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ming of treatment LEAVING OFF THE
OPIATES AFTER THE FIRST DOSE.
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Mr.. T. M, Brown, of DeQueen, Ark,
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DIR. w. M. Tunstall, of Lovingston, Va,
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Mrs Virginia Townsend, of Shreveport,
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Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1903-10-07
The Crir11ir1ality
Of GareIessness

"What is the cause OF criminal care
lessness? ?" Two years ago man ask
ed me the above question He had
been having trouble and have been
thinking about the subject ever since
1t may be due to ignorance. Some
claim that people are not as good
nor as bad as they appear to be--if we
knew more we would be better. But
we viii know more if we are any
good and have our goal in the right
place. The idea that experience is a
dear school. but fools will learn in no
other, might be revised to read; 1T
Is a wise man who learns by expert
ence; fools never learn" Though a
man is not to be blamed for being
born ignorant, he can be blamed for
remaining ignorant, and continued or
repeated carelessness may be called
criminal.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1903-10-07
LEST you FoRcETI
FoR SALE ~ All DRUGGISTS.

Hot weather is no more dangerous
% fat people than to lean.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1903-10-07

". N. U. HoUsToN-No. -. 1908
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1903-10-07
STRAIGHT no THE SPOT

Aching backs arc cased. Hip, back,
and loin pains overcome Swelling Of
the limbs, rheumatism, and dropsy signs
vanish
They correct urine with brick dust
sediment, high colored, excessive, pain
in passing, dribbling. frequency Doan's
Kidney Pills dissolve and remove calculi
and gravel Relieve heart palpita-
ton, sleeplcasness, headache, nervous
ness.
TELL CRY, Inn. - l received the free
trial of Doan's Kidney Pills. They arc
splendid 1 had an awful pain in my
back ON taking the pills the pain left
me right away and | feel like new
man. Stephen Schaefor.
Mrs. ADDE ANDREWS, r. Il. D. No. /.
BRoDuEAD, Wis, writes l received
the free trial of Doan's Kidney pills with
much benefit My little nephew was
suffering terribly with kidney trouble
from scarlet fever. Two doctors failed
to help him ind no finally went into
spasms His father gave him Doan's
Kidney Pills and from the second dose
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1903-10-07

the pain was less He began to g1in
and is to-day well boy, his life saved by
Doans Kidney Pills.
IlUDDLEs Mills, Ky.--I received the
free trial of pills They did mo great
good had bladder trouble, compelling
me to get up often during night. Now
sleep well no pain in neck Of bladder;
pain In back is gone, also headache
JNo. l.. HILL.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1903-10-07
The Usefulness
Of SeIf-ContrOA

What is dangerous for one person
may be perfectly safe for another
Very, very few inherit so much money,
muscle or mind that they can squan-
der all their life, never acquire and
die rich AS one mans food may be
another mans poison so one mans
pleasure may be another mans pain
self-control is a quality desirable in
all phases of life, IN social, professions
al and commercial fields 1t means
money and victory.
There are some people whose per
sonality seems to throw me off the
track, and no matter what they say or
do initiates. For some time | have
been trying, when see such u person
to study out how can be useful to
that person, and when | meet him
make an extra exertion to be agree
able and sensible. Sometimes unset
fish work pays The other evening on
the train the above kind of person
sat few seats from me. No doubt
scowled, as felt It, and though
we know and saw each other, neither
of us spoke. | resisted my tempta
ton 70 remain where ! was ana TOOK
a seat py ms SIDE J introduced mysell
as though l mad been forgotten ana
we had very pleasant chat after we
got started so forgot myself that
left the train with him before reach
ing my station. but subsequent events
moved II wastto my advantage to get
on atqta
from 80 ~ OF COMMUNICATIONS
Whloh l nave received on the suplect
oil seltcontFol the following are some
extracts
Thinking Of consequences Is one
way oil gaining or maintaining sell
control
FIRST OF an, Christian prlnolplei
second, strong VIII power-the God
given power TO hold sun, no matter
how hot the furnace third, fear OF los
ing ones nold on ones sell
me source OF sen-control hes IN
an earnest purpose to show strong
manhood and womanhood.
Selt'controi is the result OF expert
ence; mistakes tortiiy one in the tu'
ture against the same acts, and help
to decide kindred actions Education
tends to give one a command over SELF,
partly by the Wider range OF view
acquired and partly by the knowledge
OF experience OF others. Some per
sons can not profit by the experience
OF others put must pass through the
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1903-10-07
w. L. DOUGLAS
$50 & So SHOES EES sS4
You can save from SO to SIS yearly by
wearing W. 1. Douglas $40 or So ahoas.

They equal Those
that have been cost
ing you from $500
20 $500. The i'm
Ineuse sale OF w. l.,
Douglas shoes proves
their superiority over
oil other makes.
Sold by rotail shoe
dealers everywhere.
Look for name and
price on bottom.
That Douglas uses Cor
ona Colt proves there Is
value In Douglas shoes.
Corona Is the highest
grade Pat.Leather made.
Post Colof- EUslsia utef
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1903-10-07

When me qcedk acquire strength
they became leaders OF the naturally
strong, because they knoiO hoiC, l0hen
tchere. tChich and 1vhg.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1903-10-07

Capt. A. O. Courtney, an aged Mis-
souri, pioneer, who died at Liberty,
named his own pallbearers, selected
the songs for his funeral and then had
q rehearsal to show Just how no want
ed his obseQules 70 take place.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-08-06
WORLDS WAX SUPPLY.
II Is Not Obtained from Bees Alone,
as Most of Us Have Always
Been Taught.

Bees are by no means the only pro-
ducers of animal wax, although prob
ably 80 persons out of 100 would say
so if asked.
The very biggest animal in the world
is one of the most important wax pro-
ducers, and a fine wax it is tits sperm
aceti, and it is obtained from the head
of the sperm whale.
When sperm whale has been killed
and is brought alongside, the first
thing that the whalemen do after the
chains are passed around the fukes to
hold the big creature alongside of the
whaling ship, is to cut the head from
the body
This head alone often weighs several
tons, and it is no light job to raise it
from the water Immense tackles are
used, and as the whalers, who stand
on the whale and on stagings rugged
over it, cut through the vertebrae with
their keen cutting-out' spades other
men on the deck of the ship heave and
haul on the tackle until the mighty
head is clear of the body.
Often head like that will be so big
that while part of it is still in the
water the tip of the mouth will be
high in the air, as high as the spars Of
the whaleship
Then the whalers begin to cut into
the head until they open what is known
by them as the cease" This contains
the spermaceti. 1t is beautiful, clear.
whitish fluid, and it is dipped out with
buckets and put into special casks. 1t
is stored away in the hold in a separate
place from the whale oil. and it brings
a good price at all times, for the de-
mand for spermaceti is unceasing
The Chinese obtain a great deal Of
extremely fine wax from a small in
sect called pela. 1t lives on trees. and
the Chinese cultivate the pela just as
other races breed the honey bee The
pela. however, produces nothing ex-
cept wax
This insect produces small masses
of pure white wax. and it is used by
the Chinese and japanese for making
candles to be burned in Buddhist tenn
pies. The wax is used also for me-
dicinal purposes.
Another wax insect lives in certain
districts Of India. 1t is not propagated.
as the Chinese pela is. but it produces
a very valuable wax. which will be
made an article of considerable COM
mercial Importance some day.-St
Louis Globe-Democrat.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-08-06

surroundings and made herself at
home in one corner of the shop. 1t was
cold, clustering afternoon. and the
workman who had charge of closing
the shop didn't have the heart to put
the cat out into the storm when he
went home. Since then "Tabby" has
lived at fire headquarters, and is con-
sidered an attache of the department.
''Tabby" has no long pedigree, and
has never won blue ribbons in cat
shows, but for intelligence tiremen are
willing to wager their months pay that
there is no cat-show feline who de-
serves higher marks. She knows every
man attached to headquarters, and al
most every superior officer in the de-
partment. Ike firemen and horses, she
has learned to count the alarm bells
which ring in the station, and is said
by tiremen to know the boxes o which
tower wagon No. responds. Lieut..
Porter has charge, and she looks upon
him as her master. She will obey
commands from him, but has been
known to ignore firemen in his squad.
The Oliver street blaze was the great
est that "Tabby" ever witnessed, and
the distance was the longest she ever
no means the first fire she had been
to. Firemen tell stories of the cat
following the tower for blocks a year
ago, not daring to mount the drivers
seat for fear of being driven back to
the station, and having remained I'M
der the tower until the fire was out.
During the past few months she has
been to number of fires and ridden
beside the dryer.
The other evening the excitement
was so intense in fire circles that
"Tabby" almost lost her head. 1t was
the night when seven bell alarms were
sounded inside of two hours and fire
men were kept on the jump. The con-
slant ringing of bells caused "Tabby'
to run back and forth in the station
and cry to go out.
When the bell came for the tower
company to start, "Tabby' made a leap
to the drivers seat She was there be-
fore the horses had left their stalls.
The driver knew that a big fire was in
progress. and that there was some dis
lance to travel. His first thought was
to tell "Tabby" that she couldn't go.
He pushed her off the seat with a
command to remain behind. But Tab
by was not to be left behind. She
seemed to realize that something out
of the ordinary was going on and want
ed to be at the scene
Just as the tower was leaving the
house "Tabby" once more leaped to the
drivers seat. This tine she remained.
because the driver had his hands full
taking care of the horses. She rode to
the fire with her forepaws on the driv-
er's knee and her head between his
arms. While the tower was in use she
remained on the seat, Notwithstanding
the fact that the tower was located
close to the burning building, where
the smoke was the densest and where
sparks were falling frequently. Tab
by got back to the station unframed.
She appeared to nave enjoyed herself
so much that in the future she will not
be molested when she expresses de-
sire to accompany the tower to fire.
boston Globe,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-08-06
Egyptian God Identifed.

The Egyptians had a crowded pan,
theon, as is well known. In it many
animals had a place, and, likewise,
many of its gods in human shape were
provided with animal heads: Horus
had the head of hawk; Sebak that of
a crocodile, Bast that of cat, and so
forth. Among them all was one god
who has been a thorn in the side of
archaeologists. This was Set, the
brother and the murderer of Osiris.
In spite of his reprehensible action Set
was deified, and tradition declares that
he was expelled from Egypt and be-
came king of the deserts His statues
show him in human form with the head
of an animal unknown to science. The
discovery of the okapi by Sir Harry
Johnston in Uganda has led a German
archaeologist to identify the head Of
the Egyptian god with that of that
zebra-iike animal, and then to solve the
long-standing enigma! Truly the sci
ences are related when geological dis
covery lends helping hand to archaic
ology! The okapi never inhabited
Egypt, though it was, no doubt, known
to the Egyptians; it was the king of the
neighboring deserts.-N. Y. Sun.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-08-06
A Predatory Fib
Copyright, 1908, by Daily Story Pub. Coz
SARA ELIZABETH BURNHAM

THE Louisville & Nashville express,
consisting Of a locomotive, one
passenger coach and an empty fatcar,
which was being pushed ahead to test
the roadbed, had stopped on the sub
merged track, waiting for fatboat to
transfer its three passengers to an
other train in waiting somewhere
across the apparently interminabl BILE
waste of waters caused by the annual
overflow of the Tennessee river.
The only woman on this train was
Mrs. Thomas Abercombie, a pretty
bride of three months standing, who
had been married at her home in
northern Wisconsin during illness and
was now on her way to Thomasville,
Ga, to join the newly acquired hus-
band, who had preceded her by a few
weeks
There existed an understanding be-
tween the two that in order to reduce
10 its minimum the danger of her be
ing slung over the shoulder and car
ried off to the cave of some visionary
primal male she would avoid making
the acquaintance of any man whatso-
ever during the entire length of her
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-08-06

route. Up to the time her hat fell out
of the window into the water and was
promptly fished in again by the crook
on the end of the handsome umbrella
of very personable man, Mrs. Aber-
crombie hal most religiously observed
her compast.
Let me see," she cogitated (after
rendering thanks for the graceful
service in a freezing manner and OBJ
serving that her behavior had irritat-
ed the Personable MANI, 1.-THE time has
come for me to give this matter grave
consideration. The flatboat will soon
be here and how can l. lady born and
bred, refuse the assistance of either or
both of my fellow passengers. What
have l to fear from friendly inter
course with these strangers, one of
whom is ridic1lously inoffensive in APP
pearance-from the point of view
given me by poor Tom, that is-and
the other is d cultivated gentleman
evidently an aristOcratic Englishman, a."
she added. taking note of the hand
some Gladstone bag, high silk hat and
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-08-06
VAGABOND BOB.

Gan incident of the Kansas City flood)
Bob was a vagabond. If you had seen
The limp of his legs and the hay OF his fur,
His gaunt yellow body, disgracefully lean,
You had vowed he was only vagabond
cur.
The torrent swept down on a world IN
aware;
And women and children and men were
his prey;
And Death was his brother. who walked
everywhere,
And the faces of mortals were white with
dismay.
A babe in a cradle was rocked to and fro,
Tossed hither and thither mid fotsam
and wreck
With only grim Death and the angels to
A mariner wee on pltiful deck
With only grim Death and the angels?
On a mound over yonder a vagabond cur
Heard the wall of the babe, like the sum-
mons of woe.
Aad the spirit OF heroes in him was astir
Now. vagabond Bob now, outcast-what
now?
The chasm is wide by the mad current
torn,
And rescue's a bark with Death at the
PROV
Still over the waters that waiting is borne.
think that he sh!vered one moment in
dread;
I think that he doubted ere outward he
sprung
See now in the current the vagabond head,
The debris, the hotsam, the wreckage
among.
He reached her! He saved her! No mortal
had known
How long was the struggle, how cruelty
hard;
But the rescuers found them, the two waits
alone,
And the babe was asleep. and Bob was on
guard.
ALFRED ], Warehouse. in n Y Times.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-08-06
To Make a Square Kite.

One of the easiest to make. perhaps
is the square kite. The frame is con.
posed of split bamboo, and should be
covered with tightly stretched Scotch
cambria. Although called Square
yet it is not exactly so, it being about
one-half longer than it is broad. The
frame should be bent backward, both
at the top and bottom. This is tc
make the kite bulge outward, a posi-
ton which should be maintained by
means of Irvine stretched from the
corners, both above and below. Tht
breastband should be attached in the
usual manner, and the completed kite
should have two tails instead of one
one at each lower corner.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-08-06
TRICK WITH MATCHES.
1t Seems n Rather Difficult PrOpo-
sitiOn. But 1t, Is in Reality,
Very Easy One.

Lay a match on the table, and so ar
range IA other matches on it that you
can lift the whole system by holding
one end of the first match. That
seems rather a difficult proposition,
doesn't it? So your friends at party
willssay when you offer to do it, but
let ~ show you how easy it is and then
you can show them.
Having laid down the first match,
place the IA astride of it, with the
phosphorus ends in the air and the
other end resting on the table. These
ends should point alternately right
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-08-06

and left and the matches must be
close to each other, side by side.
Now if you lift the first match the
others will fall off, of course, and
scatter on the table; therefore you
will not try it. But lay an extra match
along the top of the IA, where they
cross the first one, and you can pro-
coed confidently with your experiment.
For when you lift the first match the
IA will be held in place by the one you
have placed on top of them, and thus
the system will be made firm.-Brook-
lyn Eagle.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-08-06
DAYS AND NIGHTS.

If days were only twice as long,
'Twould be a splendid thing!
Cause, don't you know, fore you're quite
dressed
The breakfast bell will ring;
And then it's time to go to school,
And then run home at noon.
And back to school; and four O'Clock
Most always comes too soon;
And then you just begin to play,
And then it's time for tea;
And then, in such a little while,
Your bedtime comes, you see.
If nights were only twice as long,
'Twould be a splendid thing!
Cause, don't you know, when you're tucked
W
Sometimes your motherll sing;
And first you lie and watch the stars,
Or maybe there's a moon,
And then you get all nice and warm,
And sleepy pretty soon;
And then, perhaps, you shut your eyes,
And then your motherll say:
'Have l a little boy who means
To lie in bed all day?'
Boston Budget.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-08-06
Tabby Winds a Clock.

Did you ever hear of cat that winds
a clock? There is one in North Dakota.
Her name is Tabby, and she never has
to be told when to wind the clock. She
just sits near it as the time draws near.
and when the hands are at the right
place she climbs up and attends to the
matter. OF course, she doesn't have a
key. 1t isn't that kind of a clock.
There are weights, and Tabby draws
the weights down that have gone up
during "a hours. That keeps the clock
going for ~ hours again.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-08-06
8: HONORABLE wILFRED PERCY.

country whose tongue they speak. Pub
lie documents and notices are printed
in both French and German.
in the Swiss congress or national
parliament the members make their
speeches either in French or German.
for nearly all the members understand
both languages. The orders of the
president are translated by an official
interpreter and furnished to the news
papers in both languages. Probably
st would puzzle even Macaulay's
learned schOolboy to name the presi-
dent of the Swiss republic. He is NJ.
Adolf Deucher. name that will be
strange to many even of those who are
familiar with the names and titles of
every other European ruler.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-08-06

Mrs. Anderson, a prominent
society woman of Jacksonville,
Fla, daughter of Recorder of
Deeds, West, says:
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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-08-06
TABBY, THE FIREMAN.
Boston Cat Which Attends Fires and
Enjoys the Excitement
Much as Boy.

"Tabby" is the name of a pet cat
which rode to the scene of fire on
Oliver street beside the driver of tower
wagon No. 2 the other night. Some
thing like six or seven years ago Tab
by strolled into the repair shop on
Bristol street, near fire headquarters,
looked around, appeared TO like the
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-08-06
NO LANGUAGE OF THEIR OWN.
swiss Are tie Only People Who Can
not Boast Tongue That liz
Distinctive.

Among the peoples of the world the
Swiss are alone in having no language
they can call their own. says the Chica-
60 Chronicle. According to a recent
visitor to the little country, about
three-fourths of the people of Switzer-
land speak German, while the remain
der divide four other languages among
them, mainly French and Italian, the
languages varying as a. rule according
70 the proximity Of the people to each
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-08-06
Her View of 1t.

Seedsman-You know, ma'am, you don't
have to plant your potatoes whole; you
can cut them up in small pieces.
! Mrs. Newmarket-Yes, / know; that
might do very well if we always wanted
to raise potatoes for Lyonnaise or for
MASKING; but we should probably desire
to have potatoes served whole, now and
,then.-Boston Transcript
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-08-06
Dog stopped a Runaway.

A butcher named Matthews was de-
livering meat at house at Administer,
England, when the horse attached to
his cart bolted. The butchers dog at
once went in pursuit, jumped and
caught hold Of the reins near the
horses mouth and stopped the runa-
way.