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Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1903-04-08

The wonderful newly discovered
substance, radium, from which con
from eight to ten inches of solid iron
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1903-04-08

The Persian Order of the Sun Of
Nasr-ed-din Is the cheapest order OF
knighthood in the world. 1t can be
purchased for little over $500
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1903-04-08
nefinnce atarch

should be 10 every household, none 80 good,
besides OF. more for 10 cents than any
other brand of cold water starch
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1903-04-08

Hit am er monty good thing" said
Charcoal Eph, in one of his philo-
sophical hypnoses. "as Horace Gree
ley said, t. take unto yose'f a wife,
but be monty keerful whose wife yo'
takes, Mistah Jackson"
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1903-04-08

The man of many parts seldom parts
his name in the middle.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1903-04-08

me obituary poat says his work e
dead easy.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1903-04-08

Laugh and the world laughs With
you, but not at your own Jokes.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1903-04-08

The oftener Cupid hits the mark
the more Mrs. he makes.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1903-04-08

Ia digging an acre OF ground man
turns 10000 spadefuls of earth, and
the soil moved during the work weighs
$50 tons.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1903-04-08

NICE TRVT 0DC Cherokee Of Sweet and Mullen
UOE Hi LU0 Coughs, Colds Ladrppe % %s%n ~ Ss
Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-02

seemed to be equally good; this was done
from the 18th to the goth of May"
w. L. Dale asked Prof. Lyon at what
time he thought alfalfa should be sown In
this part OF the state. Prof. Lyon replied
II should say In the early part of April.
Unless you have som pretty hard freezes
1t will not be affected to Its detriment. We
made our first sowing at the experiment
station last year March Z; we got
three cuttings last year from 1t. We sowed
bronze grass with success at the kame time.
Ten years ago we thought that alfalfa ought
not to be sown until the hrst Of May, but
since then have concluded that 1t can be
sow to advantage on the FIRST Of April. /
think that more alfalfa Is lost by drying
out than by freezing"
Mr.. Thomas asked II he did not think We
were likelier to have severe winds in April
than In May and whether we ought not in
consequence to SOW the alfalfa in May
rather than in April. Prof. Lyon replied
that he believed the ground could be sue
cessfully seeded to alfalfa by discing the
prairie sod and narrowing 1t in, and in
consequence the danger from blowing would
be largely avoided.
In reply to the inquiry as to how many
pounds should be sown to the acre, Prof
Lyon replied twenty pounds, and added
that last year inquiry had been made from
about 1000 alfalfa growers in different
parts Of the state and the replies showed
that those who had sown twenty pounds
to the acre had gotten the best results
the replies also disclosed the fact that those
who had o It before the 18th of April
had gotten better results than those whC
had Town II after that date.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-02
TRYING A NEW SODA DRINK
Man at the OPENING of
the Season.

about now" said Mr.. Nozzleby, SIS the
time when the dispensers Of soda water arc
thinking up new drinks for summer and
trying them on an u~nsuspecting public TO
see whether they are likely to take or not.
I saw one OF these new drinks announced
yesterday on a paper pasted on a soda
water signboard in front OF a drug store
and asked for one.
"'Are you in good healthf' the man be-
hind the soda counter asked.
why. sure"
MADE your win said the soda man.
Yep
1.-THE soda man reached down under the
counter and brought out a hatchet-not to
tomshawk me with. but to chop on q chunk
OF ice. He explained to me casually that
they hadn't got out all their Ice tools yet.
HE broke up the chunk OF ice he had
chopped on and put the glass under q syrup
spout down at one end Of the fountain and
drew q little syrup into 1t. Then he shifted
the glass along the fountain with halts at
irregular intervals. until finally he had
drawn into It a little Zach OF four kinds OF
syrups. hen he squirted into the glass q
dash OF something from a bottle. put q
shaker on the glass and shook the com
pound vigorously; put the glass under a
soda spout and allied II up with nEG. and
finally stuck a straw in II and set II before
me on the counter; saying Eravely:
"'To be taken with a straw
Il suspected that the reason for this wa
Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-02
W NOT ovERWoRK
One of the Reasons why College Girls
sind Social Butterflies Need
Athletic Stimulus.

College girls sometimes break down,
writes Alice X. Fallows in the Century.
So do society butterflies, and wage work
ers, and hundreds of other girls who have
not the wisdom or experience to establish
a Just relation between their physical in
comes and outgoes. But It IL oVeTworry
much oftener than overwork that sends the
college girl or her non-collegiate sister into
nervous prostration. Just here is the saw
ing grace Of athletics. that sugar-coated
ounce of prevention that prevents the bitter
pound Of cure. In the rush and whirl Of
SOM exercise that uses every muscle and
requires each instant the judgment Of an
alert mind, there 10 no room for the little
blue demon OF worry that eats into the
foundations Of health; the perplexing prob
lem 10 forgotten; the player gains her
poias and takes up the next task with a
freshened brain.
The physical benefits Of judicious athlst-
ios are almost automatic. But they are not
all. In the education Of girls the Incl
dental lessons Of college contests are not
to be despised-the value of patient work
for an uncertain end. the sweetness OF ef-
fort for the class. the grateful WEAKNESS
Of victory. and the pleasure OF q just re-
ward.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-02

hat the earlier purchasers of the drink
could not absorb much of It at once, but
must take It gradually; for this the effect
could be observed In time to make 1t
possible to take the bulk Of It sway from
the drinker and 30 save him from serious
consequences II such a step should prove
necessary. But ] drank It, or most Of It,
and felt no evil effects from II.
What do you think3' said the soda
dispenser more cheerfully.
I have seen worse I said; and so 1
had-once.
"once I knew a soda man who made a
drink he called Mystery He had a soda
fountain that had set in the front Of II a
circular attachment OF the Shape and
dimensions Of small gr;ndsone, but, Of
course, handsomely silver-Vlated like all
the rest Of the fountain fttings. Around
the vertical face were marked the names
of the syrups the fountain contained on
daught. Spinning the silver grindstone
around to bring the lemon mark, for in
stance, over the syrup spout, you made
connection with the lemon syrup tank and
could draw lemon through the spout, and
so on. But IL you lifted the attachment up
a little you could draw through the hzz
spout into the glass a dash OF every one
of the syrups at once. The drink made with
this compound for a foundation the soda
man called Mystery 1 took a Mystery
once.
II said nothing Of that experience to this
dispenser, but rose and pushed back my
glass on the counter
" You'll mention 1t to your friends7' said
the soda man.
If I live,' / said. At which he put
the temahawk back Under the counter and
passed out into the cold world, and, being
still alive, I am now mentioning it,
New York Sun.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-02
FORAGE PLANTS FOR RANCE
Alfalfa and Bronze Grass Best Suited to
s mi-Arid Region.
cATTLEMEN DISCUSS SUBJECT At MEETING
Prof. Lyon of Nebraska Experimeh
station Visits Colonel Torrey's
Rock County RRnch-AddresSes
Farmers on Forage Problem.

Prof. r. L. Lyon of the Nebraska Ex-
pertinent station recently visited the ranch
Of Colonel Jay L. Torrey in Rock county,
Nebraska. The people in that vicinity
wished the professor to discuss the matter
OF forage and one evening he gave the fol-
lowing address, which was followed by q
general discussion:
ut was with great pleasure that l ae-
cepted your kind invitation to visit your
city and meet your people. l wish to ex-
press my appreciation OF the kind reception
you have given me and my regard for
the people have met. / have spent the
day driving over the surrounding country
and l have been struck by the great pos
sibilities which II possesses for the produc-
ton of forage. This region lying at the
very head OF the Elkhorn river, and fur
nishing the beginnings OF that stream In
the form OF innumerable small lakes and
water courses, produces a condition that,
while not peculiar in this respect, is, how
ever. not found in a great many parts OF
western Nebraska and certainly no place
in the eastern part OF the state. These long
stretches Of country with soil saturated
with water varying in depth from a few
inches to twelve or fifteen feet, give prom
Use OF raising successfully a variety OF
forage plants, using the more shallow
rooted ones on land nearest the water and
the deeper rooted ones on land in which
the water is at a greater depth beneath
the surface. The lower lands and especially
the heavier soils now occupied by natural
meadow are already producing much, but
even here and certainly on the higher and
lighter soil 1t is within the range OF pos
sibility that more forage can be produced
To Increase Feed supply.
There are three lines along which
conceive effort may well be directed Il
increase the feed supply. These are at leas
worthy OF careful trial and should be th'
subject Of systematic experimentation. Thel
are;
"F1rst-The use of pasture plants from
Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-02

should not be increased from so to 100 per
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-09-02

There was an extraordinary lack of ac-
quaintance with the topography Of the land
on the part Of the British leaders, while
of course the Beers knew every foot OF the
territory. The most colossal blunder of all
was the original underestimate of the Boer
strength and resources. This was fully
expressed by General Sir Redvers Butler
announcement that he would eat his Christ
mas dinner in Pretoria. The event proved
that the only way it was possible for him
to do this would have been to be captured
and taken to the Boer capital a prisoner
The British public will be less concerned
in this post-mortem disclosure of general
unf1tness and unreadiness on the part Of
both the service and the civilian admins
tration than In the guarantees which the
government may be able to afford that
both branches have been strengthened and
that there is no likelihood of SO complete
collapse when England takes the field
against hrst-class foe.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-09-02
Next Mondays Regatta.

1t Is to be hoped that the people Of Wash
ington will do their part in the matter OF
providing adequately for the expenses Of
the regatta to be rowed on the Potomac
next Monday. The Potomac Boat Club,
under whose auspices the regatta was Sc
cured for these waters, has canvassed the
field thoroughly, but perhaps owing to the
season, with so many members of the busi-
ness community away from the city, the re-
suit is as yet considerably below the mark.
1t is reported that fully $1,000 more is need
ed to meet the cost of the events and to
pay for the trophies. This sum surely
should be forthcoming in view of the extern
sive entertainment which the regatta will
afford free to many thousands, as well
as the fact that the competitions will bring
to Washington several hundred oarsmen
and their friends. This enterprise is as
suredly worthy a generous support from
the public.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-09-02
The Lessons of the Boer War.

1t was thought that the British govern
ment had finished the consideration of the
unpleasant side Of the Boer war. especially
that relating to e military mismanage-
ment which undoubtedly cost the English
heavily In time, money and lives. But this
is not the case. Three great volumes have
just been issued giving the testimony adj
duced before the royal commission which
Investigated the campaign. and In conse-
quence there Is a decided revival OF bitter
feeling. and much anxiety is expressed lest
the whole war controversy may break
forth afresh. Each Of the conspicuous
military leaders has contributed his share
to the discussion. Lord Roberts. Lord
Wolseley. Lord Kitchener. General Butler
and the civilian heads of the war estab-
lshment have given their opinions, and the
whole work teens with counter criticisms
One dispatch says that the publication at
fords clear proof that fhe war was marked
by egregious biunders both at home and
abroad. The world has felt from the out
set of the South. African campaign that
the British military system had virtually
broken down In those costly drst stages
incompetent commanders and subalterns
were put into the field with inadequate
equipment against a compact. well-ofacered,
determined and -provikioned enemy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-09-02

German expedition. Despite the great debt
which his country owed to the United
States for its Intervention to prevent the
seizure of large slice of territory by Eng
land. the dictator president did everything
in his power to annoy Americans and to
render their investments In Venezuela
worthless. But as soon as he felt the pres
sure from London and Berlin he changed
his tune and proclaimed the most ardent
love for the United States.N This was cor
-rectly interpreted here as sign that he
needed help. Assistance was given to him
through diplomatic channels, but not Tor
his own sake. The policy of this govern
ment was strictly based upon desire TO
maintain the Monroe doctrine intact 1t
would have acted the same had any other
South or Central American government
been territorially menaced.
Even while the United States was using
it's good offices last winter in Venezueias
behalf public sentiment here was more tnan
apathetic toward Castro and his people II
was hostile. The Inscriptions course OF
the government at Caracas was regarded as
reprehensible, even while the American
people refused to permit the European
powers to threaten the territory or the
debtor. Castro, in fact, is regarded as the
western hemisphere equivalent OF the sui
tan of Turkey, bad debtor, an untrust-
worthy ruler, and generally to be helo al
ways suuarely to the mark of international
obligations. His present anti-fnreigner pro-
gram will sooner or later bring MIN INTO
further difficulties
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-09-02
Those Wedding Guns.

The Beirut affair may develop into some
thing Of an issue after all. The Turkish
governments words and it's course are not
wholly to be reconciled. 1t insists that the
shooting which led to the report of Mr..
Magelssens assassination was purely acct
dental due to the overflow of the spirits of
wedding party 1t seems to be the play
ful custom of the country for such cele-
brants to fire guns in the air. and no par
ucular pains is taken as to the kind of am
munition used. So when a bullet went
whizzng past the vice consurs head, says
the porte. no harm was meant. Neverthe-
less, the Turkish report is that the govern
ment has arrested the man who fired the
gun. Why? Because he was little more
careless than usual? Or. because vice
consul happened to be near enough to i'm
agine himself the target for the weapon?
So much for the Turkish governments YER
sion and acts.
Minister Leshman at Constantinople
however. reports that five arrests have
been made at Beirut. Was the entire we'd
ding party jagged? Does the porte sud
denly realize that this little matrimonial
custom Of the country is possibly suscep-
tible of leading to international trouble?
Is 1t going to make scapegoats of the jubi-
liant wedding guests? That is hardly fair,
il the firing was really accidental as we'll as
customary. The United States will not press
claims If the fact be proved that the gun
play was merely a bit of effervescence
which the Turkish government ordinarily
permits The American administration may
take occasion to warn Turkey that this
burning of powder at weddings Is likely to
be costly, but it will not insist upon any
man being punished if that is really all
there is to the affair
1t is to be feared that this wedding party
explanation is enthusiastically Turkish,
to be regarded with keen suspicion and
held up for investigation. Consul Ravndal
insists that an attempt was actually made
upon Magelssen's life. His word is worth
accepting for the present. 1t requires no
great stretch OF the imagination to con-
ceiVe that the consul is right, that the vice
consul was attacked and that this attack
was made under cover of one of these Joy
some little wedding party indulgences in
gunpowder. There Is assuredly enough
doubt TO warrant a short stay by the
American squadron at Beirut The truth
has often before been brought to light, even
in Turkey, under the frown of the guns of
warship or two
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-09-02
Admiral Dewey.

Admiral Dewey Is promptly lectured by
the anti-imperialists for his deliverance
about a larger navy. He is talking the
foolishness of sailor. Why should the
country have navy of any size? We had
next to none between the close of the civil
war and 1890, and got along very well.
Who means us any harm todayf Why put
another dollar into fighting ships? What
does it matter how many Great Britain,
France and Germany may have? But
these sailors who know nothing but the sea
and the way to wage war on the water
keep harping on the subject of more ships
They make the anti-imperialists very tired.
Like as not, however, Congress will go on
voting money as Admiral Dewey suggests
His views about the navy are greatly re-
spected outside of anti-imperialist circles.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-09-02
The Presidency and celibacy.


The Detroit Evening News, in the follow
ing paragraph. seems disposed to have
little fun with David B. Hill:
"Mr. Hill in condemning the spectacular
lists is really roasting the people ana the
press of the United States for paying at,
tention to Mr.. Roosevelt and others. II
Mr.. Hill could worm his way into the w nite
House the people would then give breath
less attention to his most sarcastic utter
ances. If he would abandon his race-sui-
cidal tendencies and surround himself with
a family to fill the White House. camera
cranks would mount the back fence or hide
in the bushes and trees to secure snapshots
at the home life of President Hill and his
interesting family Mr.. Hill would need
bodyguards to keep too curious and 1mpor-
tunats intruders at a distance. AS pri-
vate citizen Mr.. Hill is hardly worthy or
casual interest People do not throng the
sidewalk or hang out of the window when
he goes abroad and 1t gives him colicky
cramp to see them do these things for
other men,.
Why charge Mr.. Hill with envy? Why
not ascribe his attack to the fact that he
was hard up for a line? Mr.. Roosevelt Is
not very vulnerable from Mr.. Hills point
of view. He is a sound money man, and
so is Mr.. Hill. They are probably not very
far apart on the tariff question. Mr.. Hill
has never been reckoned free trader. Mr..
Roosevelt is against the trusts, and so Is
Mr.. Hill. Mr.. Roosevelt interfered in the
coal strike in Pennsylvania, and Mr. Hill
in effect proposed government ownership OF
the mines.
Reduced thus to straits, Mr.. Hill invented
the word spectacularist and applied 1t to
Mr. Roosevelt He Is not by nature quiz
or a "sarcast," and so he was a little awk-
ward in playing the role He did the Presi-
dent no harm and himself no good, but he
found a way out Of his difficulty. He said
something which attracted notice, and
that as a rule. is the politicians aim.
The Evening News itself is not so happy
on the subject of Mr. Hills celibacy. Has
1t forgotten the democracy's good luck
with old bachelor candidates for the presi-
dency? There was Mr.. Buchanan, who
never married. There was Mr.. Tilden.
whose friends have always insisted that he
was elected. Whether he would have mar
ried had he been seated as President is
question. He was not insensible to the
charms of female society. Then came Mr..
Cleveland. who was thought to- be a con-
firmed bachelor. He was elected and
seated and shortly afterwards made a
match which aroused the hearty interest
and applause of the whole country.
Indeed. when this record Is considered,
is not Mr.. Hills celibacy something worthy
of his partys consideration at this time?
Would it not be well for it to try for the
presidency once again with an old bachelor?
Mr.. Hill is only sixty. His health is excel
lent, and his habits are of the best. Why
not put him up, with the promise that If
elected he shall follow Mr.. Cleveland's ex-
ample and find him a wife, and place in the
White House a successor to the accom-
plished lady who now presides there?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-09-02
Castro at His Old Tricks.

II Is to be feared that President Castros
recent success in securing the good offices
or the United States to prevent Venezuela
icing squeezed to death by England and
Germany has left him with an exaggerated
notion of his consequence and an INSULT
cient conception of his duty. Recent dis
patches from Venezuela bear witness to
the upgrowth OF violent. almost Chinese,
anti-foreigner sentiment in all parts of the
little republic. Judging from specific In
stances which have been reported, the peo-
pie are taking their cue directly from the
government. Business men who paid taxes
to the revolutionary government in Ciudad
Bolivar during the recent occupation of
that region by the insurgents have been
thrown into prison for refusing to pay a
second time TO the victorious Castro gov
eminent. All foreigners who have dared
10 present claims against the state for.
damages have been bounded and perse-
cuted- The courts have refused to accept
the evidence of foreigners. and have even
arrested some who insisted upon presenting
dispositions In support of claims. When
two OF them tried to escape they were fred
on and one was killed 1t is also asserted
that the Castro government has violated
the mails. selling letters sent to foreigners
from their legations advising them to
hasten to present their claims
OF course these stories may be exagger-
ated. But In the light OF experience II is not
difficult to accept them at nearly their
face value. Castro has repeatedly in the
pas; given evidence Of his utter contempt
for al other nationalities. His attitude to-
ward he United States was especially Of
fens-Ys Tor many months prior to the Anglo