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Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1903-10-07

No home should be without sup
ply of Hunts Lightning Oil AS an
emergency remedy 1t is unparalleled.
Cuts. scalds,- burns. bruises, sprains
are Immediately relieved upon its APP
plication. Price rs and 60 cents.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1903-10-07

The average mortality from typhoid
fever is three times as great in Amer.
lean as in European cities. The cities
of the United States which suffer most
from the disease are Washington, Chi.
cage, Boston, Philadelphia and PROV.
idence, in that order
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1903-10-07

Superior to any other vegetable food
even the cereals--as sources Of pro
TEN, are dried beans and peas, They
rank among the most economical of
all foods and corpare favorably with
most meats in point Of nutrition.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1903-10-07
BIG. STRONG pILL.

BIG, STRONG BILL
srhat'd send It way out there
Where they wasn't any fair.
An win the ball game!
NuIl-y-goe but Bill was fast
Fer with all tn others past.
Bill would dash up big as sin,
An as easy as q pin.
Ketch tn CREASED plgi
Mister man, but BIZ could throw.
Knock the babies every blow;
Git a pocketful OF smokes
Civ EN- free TO All the folks,
At the fairgrounds
But mercy mel one day Bill fell
1rell ke-hum-mi3. What tell?
Jest wee bin Of girl
Set Birs head into n whirl;
An she put BIZ ontl
Tic facet which means Bill lies
Hidden fur firm mortal eyes;
DIED OF un-re-quited love-
Went defeated up ahovel
Look out fer wimmonl
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1903-10-07

Fifty tons is the weight and clever
miles the effective range of cannon
which has just been mounted al
L'Orient. 1t is stated to be the largest
on the French coast.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1903-10-07

When your head feels dull or dizzy
and your complexion sallow, your
liver needs attention. No remedy on
earth excels Simmons Liver Purifier.
Put up in tin boxes. Price 25 cents.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1903-10-07

The barbed wire fence which the
Canadian government has Just built
along the frontier between St. Mary e
Lake and Sweet Grass Hills cost
nearly s25O00. 1t is for the purpose
of preventing cattle from straying,
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1903-10-07

Don't you know that Defiance
Starch besides being absolutely supe-
rior to any other, is put up 1e ounces
in package and sells at same price
as Bounce packages of other kinds?
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1903-10-07

Hundreds Of dealers say the extra
Quantity and superior quality of De-
fiance Starch is fast taking place Of
all other brands. Others say they
cannot sell any other starch.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1903-10-07

Dealers say that as soon as a Gus
toner tries Defiance Starch 1t is i'm.
possible to sell them any other cold
water starch. 1t can be used cold
or boiled.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1903-10-07

Coffee has been cultivated in Yene.
zuela only since 1879, and yet 1t is
now that much talked OF conntry's
chief commercial product.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1903-10-07

The watermelon days are here, TO
some the saddest of the year. But
il you use Cheatham's Laxative Chill
Tablets, you need not have fear.
Price rs cents per box
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1903-10-07

Eazle-Your manager pronounces It
very striking likeness Champion
Pugllist--Not on your tintype. Where's
de chump wot's gittin' de punch?
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1903-10-07

Wlseonsin's most valuable crop is
hay. Last years production was
worth $4,000, 600 The oat crop was
next in value at $26,0OO.0O0
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1903-10-07
A Guaranteed Cure for piles.

Itching. blind, bleeding or protruding Piles
PGstysy Sgssd or money F Tsiuads6
discovery that absolutely cures all kinds of
Piles. Prepared for Piles only. All Drug
Stores, SOC. Sent by mail on receipt Of
price. Address Lock Box Ss2, lie Roy, NY.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1903-10-07

Storekeepers report that the extra
quantity, together with the superior
quality Of Defiance Starch makes it
next to impossible TO sell any other
brand.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1903-10-07

The explosion of flatiron which a
Worcester IN. " girl was using the
other day shows that household work
is not Without its excitement.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1903-10-07

The first steam turbines were built
In 1890, and the total power afforded
by them at the end Of that year was
5000 horse power. The aggregate
power of these motors used today is
over 100000 horse power.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1903-10-07

will have Defiance Starch, not alone
because they get one-third more for
the same money. but also because Of
superior quality.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1903-10-07

There are others. but for quick 40
ton, Hunts Lightning OH has no
peer when It comes to relieving and
curing all forms of aches and pains.
It stands alone. Price 25 and 90 cents.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1903-10-07

The brains OF tho Japanese, both
male and female, average greater
weight than those Of the English.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1903-10-07

A steel-like grass from the volcanic
slopes OF Oran, Algeria, is so elastic
that 1t can be used instead of springs
in the manufacturing Of furniture.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1903-10-07

Lincoln Stefrens call Philadelphia
corrupt and contented, but bigger
alarm clocks than Mr.. Steffen's have
tried to make Philadelphia sit up in
bed and failed
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1903-10-07

ut is sorrowful day when the eyes
of youth can gaze openly into the
eyes OF defeat"
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1903-10-07
KVPeS Old EKERYKRYE12E =

The annual payment to pensioners
OF the war with Spain now approx
mates $2,7O0,OOO, and $4,000 applica'
tions are pending.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1903-10-07

Unless man has plenty of money
or a wife who can cook, eating is a
nuisance.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1903-10-07

McCANE's DEFECTIVE AGENCY,
HOuatoB, Texas, for trained and reliable
detective skryloe.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1903-10-07

1t is safer to twist lions tall than
to call a woman's attention to her
irst gray hair
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1903-10-07

We owe to society all that we own
In society.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1903-10-07

lam sure Piso' Cure for Consumption saved
my life three years nso.-Mrs THos. RonnNs,
Marle Street, Norwich N y. Feb 81, 1900
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1903-10-07

In one of the streets of Vienna
workmen have dug up part Of the
stone flooring of Roman house dat,
ing from the third century
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-10-03

The following incident is told of a
popular and well to do bachelor, who
is a patron of a circulating library:
81 am going on a short trip, Miss
Blank" he said to the young lady at
the desk, land want to take couple
of interesting novels, but / can't make
up my mind which two to select.
Couldn't you help me out"
II am afraid my selections might not
prove interesting to you," replied Miss
Blank.
Just pick out two books for me and
I'll guarantee to like Them" he re-
joined CALAMITY.
"Have you read Barrie's or Reade's
novels?' she asked.
mo; get me one of each and I'll be
satisfied" he replied.
She selected two and handed them
to her spouseless acquaintance, who,
after warmly thanking her for the
favor she had done him, turned up the
backs Of the books and read these
titles:
when Mans Single"
at Is Never Too Late to Mend."-
Philadelphia Ledger.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-10-03
The Fox and the Hen.

A Fox, having crept into an clubhouse,
looked up and down for something to
eat and at last spied a Hen sitting
upon a perch so high that he could by
no means come to her. He therefore
had recourse to an old stratagem
Dear cousin he said to her, "how do
you do? 1 heard that you were i'll and
kept at home. 1 could not rest there
fore till had come to see you. Pray,
let me feel your pulse. Indeed, you do
not look we'll at all" He was running
on in this impudent manner when the
Hen answered him from the roost,
Truly, dear Reynard, you are in the
right. 1 was seldom in more danger
than l am now. Pray excuse my COM
ing down. / am sure ] should catch
my death" The Fox, finding himself
foiled, made off and tried his luck else
where.-Esop.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-10-03
TWO SLICK MEN
By DAVID FLEMING
Copyright, 1908, by T. C. Mcclure

Hundreds of people knew Charlie
Davids as clubman having bachelor
rooms and living in fair style. Not
one man, however, could more than
guess the source from whence his in
come was derived He had been a
captain in her majesty's service, but
had been obliged to resign for lack OF
funds to go the pace. There were
hints about a rich aunt at home, a
richer uncle in Australia, some sort of
an investment in the United States,
but no one had any certain informa-
ton.
Davids was a gentleman, and there
was no doubt that he stood well with
most mothers who had marriagea BILE
daughters. The men who limited that
there was anything crooked about the
ex-captain would have been taken to
task at once, and yet there was one
man in London who firmly believed it
and meant to prove it. That man was
McNulty, an old Scotland Yard de-
tective. On a certain occasion while
he was piping off receiver of stolen
goods he got sight Of Charlie Davids
in confidential confab with the man.
He did not know him then, but he at
once set out to learn who he was. In
the course of a few weeks he sat down
and summed up his case as follows:
"Davids is crooked because he has
business with fences His income is
a liberal one, but cannot be traced to
any honest source. At three different
country houses to which he has been
invited there have been robberieS. He
has got on to the fact that 1 am pip
ing him off, l got his valet drunk and
pumped him, and the man was prompt
ly discharged. He will give me long
fight, but l will trap him."
Davids also sat down and reasoned.
''McNulty saw me talking with old
Bones" he unused, land that was rea-
son enough for him to spot me. He
has followed me on the street and
pumped my man. He is evidently sus-
picious. He knows Of the robberies,
and while he cannot connect me with
them he will set traps for me in flu
ture. Look out for McNulty."
From that day on for the next six
months it was McNulty versus Davids
-Davids versus McNulty. The fact that
suspicion rested upon him even in the
mind of one man served to make the
ex-captain holder than before. Four
or five robberies occurred during the
six months that left no doubt in Nc
Nulty's mind as to who was the per-
petrator, and yet he could get no hold
on the man he was shadowing. For
instance, Davids accompanied Lord
Rothsay home in a cab after the the
alter and a dinner. My lord was drow-
sy and couldn't tell who his friend was
next morning. He had been robbed
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-10-03
A siberian Mammoth.

The wonderful antediluvian nam
moth discovered eighteen months ago
in Siberia has at last, after twelve
months OF labor and great expenditure,
been safely secured in the museum of
the Imperial academy in St Peters
burg. 1t was discovered on the left
bank Of the river Beresovka, in a re-
gion that for ages has been the scene
Of great landslips at the melting of
the SHOWS in spring. The discovery
was made by Siberian hunter, who
secured one of the tusks for sale. 1t
was Of almost incredible size. Scien-
lists estimate that the beast, entombed
by a landslip, had been laid up for
quite 200 centuries in the ice, which
has so preserved it that the hair and
hide are still intact.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-10-03

screamed and giggled, and an old lady
clutched in the air.
LET him fallv' cried Miss Sherbrooke
in her heart but her rage died out
slowly in horror. Must she see his
white face on the rails in that rabbit
warren darkness?
Swin's face!
A rush of pity almost choked her. He
was only boy. After all he was only
a boy, and Jerry would smile again
when he saw him fall. She shut her
teeth tighter and waited
He was totally helpless now, and
only his own heavy weight seemed
keeping him upright.
The conductor retreated to the rear
after a few backward glances and
seemed to think there was nothing to
fear. The front seat gradually emptied
save for those two, and still nothing
happened. Was he possibly safe, after
all?
A sudden jerk of the car brought her
heart to her throat. Swin's heavy body
failed to respond as usual, and, with
one sickening plunge, he was over. In
falling his hand struck the rail and
caught it, and he hung out unconscious,
with his feet on the footboard.
The next moment the young man by
Miss Sherbrooke was over the back Of
the front seat and out on the footboard
beside him. And he was not moment
too soon. AS his arm touched the heavy
body the clinched hand slackened and
let go, and it was we'll then that the
arm was strong.
rush and confusion of cries. But Jerry
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-10-03

of a watch, pin, rings and purse, but
he would have knocked McNulty down
had the detective suggested that Da-
vids reaped the benefit of the plumber.
What the detective looked for was
a straight case, and, being backed in it
by the Yard, he was given all neces-
sary assistance. It thus came to his
notice that Charlie Davids was invited
down to Squire Huntington's for two
weeks shooting, and he had list of
all other guests. Among them was
Lady Isabel Gray, who never moved
out of her own house without carry
ing peck or so Of jewelry with her.
When it was suggested to Squire Hunt
ington that some Of the fancy from
London might trouble him during the
party he willingly permitted McNulty
to establish himself in the house as
a footman. A second man from the
Yard was given a temporary berth in
the stables and the new assistant par
lor maid was one of the sharpest fe-
male detectives on the staff. They
were after a slick man.
McNulty was so we'll disguised that
his own wife didn't know him, and
Charlie Davids walked smilingly into
the trap prepared for him. Care was
taken not to arouse the slightest sus-
picion on his part, and it was arranged
without the squire's wife being any
the wiser that his room should be the
one directly above that Of Lady Gray.
He was athletic and nervy, and sheet
dropped from his window would en-
able him to enter hers. Temptation
was to be thrown at his head, so to
speak, while McNulty watched outside
and the assistant parlor maid kept vigil
in the hall. Lady Gray's rubies and
diamonds were worth a fortune, and
as McNulty thought of them he chuc-
killed. to himself:
There isn't a man on top of this
earth who wouldn't make try for
them under the circumstances. l am
as sure to lay hands on Davids as l
am to see the sun rise"
1t didn't turn out so, however. Ev-
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-10-03

not seen her, and after furtive recon-
hotter she began to observe him more
boldly.
More than half the people round her
we're sitting back in unconcealed leth-
argy and careless of everything about
them but the blessed relief of the wind.
Miss Sherbrooke took her cue from
them at once and looked out from the
ambush of her lashes.
He was sitting bareheaded at the out
side of the seat with his masterful side
face toward her and his bright hair
blowing back softly, and when she
looked at his closed eyes she felt
strange thrill Of exultation. Yet she
knew that their owner was not sleep
ing, and she knew, too, that once he
had seen her she could not deceive him
for a moment. He would go home with
her from the car, and she should have
said ''yes" w EN- she got there.
And could any woman regret it?
Surely few men could hold candle to
him. She only knew OF one. When she
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-10-03
His Card.

Mr.. Newrich, the dust contractor,
having made fortune, part Of which
he had invested in house property in
the east of London, wished to rise, like
a phenix, from his ashes into some sort
of society His golden key applied to
the Golfers Of an impecunious aristo-
crat opened the way. His new friend
among other things advised him that
visiting cards were a necessity, and as
a guide to drawing up one ready for
the printer handed him one of his own,
which read:
HAROLD DE WE'RE,
Iona House,
Portsmouth Square, w.
Two days later, as De We're was sit
ting in his dressing gown at breakfast,
a servant brought in on salver WIS.,
ting card bearing the following:
EPHRAIM NEWRICH,
1 own % houses,
London, E.
London Fun.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-10-03

LOOK.
looked ON with sheer. AS he moved
to allow the young man and the con-
ductor to assist Swim back into the car
he said something with a laugh, and
swine But Swim neither saw nor
heard, and his rescuer guided him to
the inner corner.
AS Jerry turned his head after them
he looked into Miss Sherbrooke's eyes.
He turned white to the lips and made
some incoherent attempt to speak, but
her stare was pitiless. Jerry Danberry
knew he was beaten and turned and
stepped quietly from the car. And Miss
Sherbrooke was left with the two men
facing her alone.
To her inexpressible relief, the stran-
ger began speaking at once in cheer
full, everyday tone.
Nov, Swim, old man." he said, ''you
have had a touch of sun. Lean back
there now and keep STILL" And Swim
leaned back obediently and shut his
weary eyes.
Miss Sherbrooke felt two soft hands
come suddenly over her eyes.
You naughty girlv' said Mrs. Presid-
der in her ear 81 could not make you
see me before. l wanted to introduce
Jack to you-my nephew, who comes
with us tomorrow. see he has picked
up an old friend. He played with him
once tn Toronto. The poor fellow seems
quite done up"
And SO Mrs. Prestdder ratified on
with the ready tact that left no need
for reply, and Miss Sherbrooke pulled
herself toge Their. She was grateful to
Jack Presidder and his aunt, but nei-
Their deceived her for a moment. She
went through the rest of tine ride with
very brave face and laughed gayly
when she babe her escort good night,
but to this day the scent of new nay
as it blew from the mountain that night
brings an odd, sick pain to her heart
And it took three long moonlit weeks
at Newport, with all Jack Presidder's
eloquence, backed up by his aunt's tact
and cunning, to wipe out the cruel
stain Of that horrible ride on the Belt
line. But Mrs. Jack Presidder now
wears the lucky penny as a pima pen
ny that was ably recovered from the
Montreal street railway that night
while Miss Sherbrooke lay desolate on
her bed and wept for her broken idols.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-10-03
Five Cents
On the
Belt Line

Copyright, 1902, by Grace Pope

"HE hot wave had struck Mont
real, and Miss Sherbrooke was
too warm to think.
She went out on her high
bedroom balcony and looked into the
night. Her father had gone to New
York, and she was going to Newport
tomorrow.
Mrs Presidder was taking her off her
fathers hands for the season.
But tonight Miss Sherbrooke was
making the decision of her life alone.
Two men were coming to her tomor-
row for Eyes" or no." and to save
her life she could not choose between
them.
It had to be ''no, for one. But which
one? She hated that it should be for
either. She was sure that she loved
them both, though much surer that
they both loved her. Apart from the
question of love there was nothing to
consider Both were clever, both were
rich and both were good looking. Both
presumably were good at least she had
heard nothing to the contrary. She
knew very few women, and men were
so nOncOmmittal.
She was uneasily conscious of some
thing her father always said, "You see
all the good there is in a man and are
as blind as bat to the evil"
Was she really blind? Surely it did
not matter. Her father knew them both
and liked them.
She looked out at the waving tree
tops. 1t was blowing somewhere in the
open. The wind that saved Montreal
every night was saving it now. she
should be out. That was it. But where
and how?
The long, low cry of Belt line car
came swelling up through the night,
She gave one startled look in the direc-
ton of the sound and hesitated, but in
that hesitation her mind was made up
She looked at her watch in the. electric
light. 1t was ten minutes to IL.
The horses were out of the question
at that hour, and the servants were all
asleep. She had never been out alone
in a car at night in her life, and she
did not like to go now. But she was
not afraid and could break the con-
venances on occasion with impunity
And she resolved to do it now.
Ten minutes later, in the most unob-
trusive of dresses, she stepped off the
pavement at Park avenue and walked
out to meet a down car. There was
one empty place on the second seat
from the front at the inside, and she
got into it with praiseworthy nimble-
ness. Then she settled herself back in
the corner with a sigh of satisfaction
and waited for the breeze. She knew
at once almost by instinct that the
man sitting next her was mice" but
in a moment she knew something else
that sent her heart to her throat and
kept it there, beating thickly.
Was this fate, or what? One of those
other two men was sitting on the seat
before her When Miss Sherbrooke had
collected her wits she knew that he had