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Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1904-09-07
WEALTHY BUSINESS WOMAN
Pen Picture OF Mrs. Walker. Inherit
of the weiEhtman Millions.

Pen Picture of Mrs. walker. Inherit
or of the weiEhtman Millions.
Mrs. Anne VI. Weightman Walker
who by the terms of the will of her
father. the late William Weightman
of Philadelphia. receives his vast for.
tune of $j0.OO0OOO without condition
ranks as one of the richest women in
| the world. says the New York World.
As surviving partner and sole heir she
will continue the enormous business
| of Powers X Weightman. with the
details of which she is thoroughly IA
miliar.
Like her father, she makes every
minute count. and there is not a de-
tail that escapes her observation.
Questions follow one another in rapid
succession when there is anything she
wants TO know, and the men who have
been trained in the office of the Pow
ers X Weightman factories know that
their answer must be ready as soon as
the question is asked. Mrs. Walker is
at her desk and actually at work when
the time check clock strikes 8. As her
father was carried on the payroll as n
chemist. so is she numbered among
the salaried employees
Hair of a red tinge is worn on the
top of her head. waving over the tenn
pies and caught up behind the ears in
a coil. Her eyes are blue and the ex-
preston OF her face is kindly. Her
nose is not q pronounced feature. but
it is individual in its length from the
bridge Of the eyes to its rounded tip.
with just the faintest suggestion of
tilt. Men and women who have known
her for years and have had business
and social relations with her say that
the occasions when she has shown any
mental perturbation are rare indeed.
Her laugh is a chuckle that invites one
TO smile. II is not the ripping mirth
of the young woman, though the traces
of dimples are observable when the
lips are parted and the eyes twinkle
in merriment. The lips are as red as
those of schoolgirl, though at times
they are drawn out of their rounded
fullness by habit Mrs. Walker has of
CoihIitSSthL Nntlu Nueu sue - tulllh-
ing. The only harsh feature about the
face is the chin. II is almost mascu-
line I'm its squareness and gives an
abrupt termination to the otherwise
oval shape of the full face view. In
n profile the chin is pointed, though II
does not extend beyond the mouth line,
and the lower lip is firmly set
Mrs. Walker is a widow and child
less. She is about fifty years Of
age and lives quiet and method
ical life In her mansion at Philadel-
phia. She has few pleasures or di-
yertisements. Her closest confidant is
her constant companion, Miss Norris,
who Is younger than the heiress Her
home life is simple. She arises early, !
and business engrosses all of her at |
tention throughout the day, her prac- |
tice having been to divide her time |
between her home and the office OF |
Powers * Weightman. She has auto. |
mobiles OF the electric type. She dimes
mt G o'clock each evening and. except /
for Miss Norris. seldom has company
az her dinner table, From the end of
the dinner until s o'clock she reads.
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1904-09-07
"SLEEPY" WOODCHUCK.
The Little Animals Are Far More
Alert Than They Appear.

Il 6pPtaH-
II there is any one of our native ami.
mails that looks slow, clumsy, lazy
and generally unfit to survive in the
struggle for existence IL IL the wood
chuck After he has built, OF rather
excavated, his home-which, TO tell
the truth, he does in rapid and bust
nesslike wayne does nothing but eat
and sleep. Yet any one who sizes him
up as an incompetent is likely to get
fooled, for he is a source OF continual
surprises.
When your garden is not far from
the woods you may be awakened in
the middle OF the night by a series Of
most alarming yells and bowls, oc-
casioned by some hungry woodchuck
that has come for a nocturnal visit to
the cabbage patch and met with
warm reception from your dogs. The
emily unframed, while the dogs are
left to nurse their scratched noses and
fore paws. The woodchuck. IN fact, has
plenty of courage and will always fight
In preference TO running away.
Throughout the summer this little
wood pig spends most OF his time In
the vicinity OF his burrow, coming out
early in the morning TO take his break
fast, returning TO his nest for morn
ing nap, appearing again at noon and
late in the afternoon for his dinner and
supper, only to return again for an
other snooze. Occasionally he makes
a visit TO some neighboring orchard or
garden. BY Oct. 1, when he is fat, he
retires into his subterranean home for
long sleep, until, as we are led to be-
lieve. the proverbial ground hog" day.
County Life In America.
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1904-09-07
PROFESSIONAL EATERS.
Indians Employ Substitutes to Con
sumo Food For Them.

sumo Food For Them.
One of the most striking customs of
the past that are preserved by the In.
dams of today is found among the
tribes on the Devils Lake reserva-
ton in North Dakota. An official of
the indian service gives the following
account of this peculiar practice:
From time immemorial the Devils
Lake Sioux have adhered to an old
custom in regard to the treatment of
a guest According to their etiquette,
it is the bounden duty of the host TO
supply his guest with all the food he
may desire, and as a rule the appor-
tionment set before the visiting Indian
is much in excess of the capacity of a
single man.
But by the same custom the guest
is obliged to eat all that is placed be-
fore him, else he grossly insults his
entertainer. 1t was found that this
practice would work hardship, but
instead of dispensing with the Gus
tom the Indian method of reasoning
was applied, and what is known as the
professional eater was brought to the
front
while the guest is supposed to eat
all that is placed before him, 1t serves
the same purpose If his neighbor as
sists in devouring the bountiful repast,
the main object being to have the
plate clean when the meal is finished.
ut is not always practicable TO de-
pend upon a neighbor at table to as
.sist in getting away with large din
ner, and in order to insure the final
consumption of the allotted portion
visiting Indians call upon these pro-
fessional eaters, whose duty it is to
sit beside them through a meal and
eat what the guest leaves. The pro
fessional eaters are never looked upon
I'm the light of guests, but more as
travelling companions with particu-
lar duty to perform.
'These eaters receive from 81 to 50
and even So for each meal where they
assist. 1t is stated by the agent Of
the Devils Lake reservation that one
of the professional eaters has been
known to dispose OF seventeen pounds
of beef at a sitting. That they are
capable Of eating an almost fabulous
amount myself can testify''-Hy
gienic Gazette
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1904-09-07
Artificial ENeInshen.

A novelty worth a passing note is
the supply Of artificial cyelashes and
eyebrows. says London cable dis
patch To the New York American.
These artificial eyelashes "are abso-
lutely undetectable, protection for
weak eyes. and are continually recon-
mended by medical men. rs also they
prevent dust entering the eyes while
cycling. motoring. dancing and are
certainly the most genuine and sue.
cesSful article out rs an aid to beauty"
The price. by the way, IS 80 cents per
pair. including fixing fluid Each pair.
It Is said. can be taken of and refixed
at least fifty times.
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1904-09-07
PREMISES FOR oUeLIsTs.
French Establishment Where Differ
ence- May he Settled.

The French are most ingenious
people. but no more extraordinary
means of earning living has ever
been proposed than that by the gentle
man who dreams Of becoming the pro.
prietor OF a 'duellodrome." or an es.
Enlistment where fire eating French
men may find every facility for regu-
lating their affairs Of honor. says a
Paris cable dispatch to the New York
American and Journal.
or recent years one place after an
other has become the fashion for meet
ings OF this klnd-the lie de la Grande
Jatte. the Longchamp race course, the
track at the Pare dies Princes But
these places have none of the cOnven-
fences that this ultra modern philan-
thrOpist proposes to put ut the disposal
of his countrymen. The "duellodrome''
would supply the most up to date and
perfect weapons. firearms and cold
steel. There would be rooms for duels
with pistols and others for meetings
with swords. \ doctor would be at
tached to the establishment and lint
and bandages kept on hand.
The proprietor proposes Of course to
have gallery running round the
fighting rooms for the convenience OF
friends DESTROYS OF acting as specta-
tors OF the prowess of the combat
ants. There are also to be baths and
massage rooms, whence the duelists
can get their muscular system ready
for the demands made on it, or reposs
after the heats of the combat.
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1904-09-07
what the Little Jan Teaches,

The little Jap he pegs away
Night after night. day after day:
He's always going right ahead
That's why so many Slavs are dead.
He doesn't stop to rest or sleep.
But though the roads are rough and steep
And Zoe begirt. stili day by day
The little Jap he pegs away.
The little Jap he doesn't talk
Nor diagram with pen or chalk.
He doesn't tediously explain
How certain forts his men will gain.
Instead he saves his breath and strength
To shout with when he shall at length
Have felled the grlsly giants stalk
The little Jap he doesn't talk.
The little Jap he doesn't brag
or madly masticate the rag.
He doesn't gloat DER fallen Zoe
UntD that foe is lying low.
He doesn't tell the world his plans.
But marshals silently his clans
And scraps with vim that cannot lag
The little Jap he doesn't brag
The little Jap he doesn't wait
And sit around and rail- az fate
Instead he tackles with a vim
Whatevsrs boz the way Of him
IL doesn't soak Ia jngful Juice.
lie knows such things aren't any uss
He's busy early. busy late
The little Jap he doesn't walt
The little Jap thur teaches you
And teaches other people. too
That 'tisu't wise TO jag or brng
or mouth the masticstiyc rag
Or walt or murmur or complain.
But just To work come sun or raia:
Lees thsorizlng more 81 do.
The little jap man teaches you
Baltimore American
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1904-09-07
Novel Automobile Horn.

AutOmobiling London has been re-
Gently startled 10y the dulcet tones OF
post horn coming from some unseen
agency ON little Decauville automO.
bile, says a cable dispatch TO the New
York Herald. II is the invention OF
r. Mofrat Ford and Is decidedly the
most interesting novelty Of the season.
The horn. which has four notes. il OPP
Grated 10y pneumatic buttons on the
steering post The power is supplied
by pump attached to the rear wheel
The cost will be about $50
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1904-09-07
Grant and His Boy Admirer.

An intimate friend of President
Grant said TO him one day, General
my little boy has heard that all great
men write poor hands, but he says he
believes you are a great man I'm spite
of the fact that you write your sigma.
ture so plainly that anybody can read
It."
The president took a card from his
pocket. wrote his name on It and hand.
ed it TO him.
Give that TO your boy" he said,
"and tell him It Is the signature of a
man who is not at all great, but that
the fact must be kept a secret between
him-and me."-Boston Christian Regis
ter.
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1904-09-07

Spiders are not insects, as most PEG.
pie think. The spider has eight legs
whereas an insect cannot have more
than six. The nervous system is con.
structed on totally different basis
and SO are the circulation and respira-
ton. The eyes are different the I'm.
sects having many compound eyes and
the spider never having more than
eight and all OF them simple. Then a
spider has no separate head, the head
and the thornX being fused together.
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1904-09-07
THE SINGER AT THE
EXPOSITION.

The name of SINGER stands
for Z" family sewing machine in every
known language. The familiar sign
with its brilliant carmine as is found
in every city in the world, and no prod
uct of American skill is better known,
or has a wider vogue.
The fact that Singer machines
are "made for every stitching pro-
cess" used in manufactures is not so
well known and most visitors to the
Exposition will be greatly interested
in the exhibit to be made by THE
SINGER MANUFACTURING COM
PANY.
There will be two Singer pavil-
ions. one in the Manufactures Building,
from the American factories, and one
in the Varied Industries Building,
from the British factory.
Here one may see the practical
manufacture of Corsets, Muslin I'm
derwear, Shoes, Mems Wear, etc, by
operatives from leading establish
ments in these industries. There will
be machines for stitching the heaviest
rubber and leather betting, for making
a dozen dainty tuciSs at once, for
attaching all kinds of buttons, hooks
and eyclets, for sewing sails, for
stitching kid gloves and furs, in short,
for everything that can, or might
be stitched.
There are eighty, or more dis
tinct types of Singer sewing machines
for manufacturingp urposes. and these
types are adapted to many hundred
varieties for thousand or more spe-
II ..As
tional 10 the great majority of people.
The display of Art NeedleworlS,
for which the Singer Company has
long been noted, will excel anything
previously shown; and the various
types of sewing machines for family
use will include some new designs
recently perfected and about to be
placed on the market.
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1904-09-07
Jap Picture card. of the war.

The picture post card is never fail
ing source of delight TO many thou
sands. though it adds another terror to
travel II the traveller have many col
lectors on his list OF friends. But great
interest will be created even among
those VITO have not yet succumbed to
the mania by the announcement in a
Japanese paper that the authorities OF
the empire intend TO issue pictorial
post cards ''as souvenirs Of the war"
The intimation is added that ''the
cards will be first distributed among
the officers and men at the front, and
the remainder, IL any. will be sold to
the public"
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1904-09-07

Mrs. Flanncry Dooley's been
rale sick Dye think she VIII ray.
cover? Mrs. Finnegnn- She thinks SO
She seq she has youth on her soide
Mrs. Flannery- Faith. Il must be on
the insoide, then. fur Il don't show
Philadelphia Ledger.
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1904-09-07

The average man takes woman as a
partner for life and never lets her
participate I'm the business tchlson
Globe
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1904-09-07

Not until Henry Wills time were
rsspberries. strawberries or cherries
cultivated In England
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1904-09-07

After having completed two years
course of studies at oxford, England
and at Heidelberg. Germany, Adam
*. Stricken, prominent young attor
ney. recently returned to his home In
Cincinnati.
Speaking of the situation with regard
to the Russo-Japanese war, Mr.. Strick.
er said:
Before war was actually declared
there was much excitement In Ger.
many. Politically that nation is with
the Russians, but the people in general
sympathize with the japanese. How
ever. the entire people felt that a
world war was imminent. 1t was
feared that the English nation would
ally itself openly with Japan and there
by precipitate the French nations as
sistance for the Russian, also necessi-
tating Germany's action on behalf of
her powerful neighbor.
Now, however, the German people
feel content that the danger is passed
and that the Japanese will be yictori-
Gus. There are many Russian students
In Germany. and they rejoice openly
over a japanese victory. They have
no feeling or sympathy for the autoc-
racy that governs their country. and
they generally predict that, In the event
OF the japanese defeating the Russians.
there will be revolution In their coun-
try, that riots will occur in ST. Peters
burg and that the present form OF gov
eminent will be overthrown."
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1904-09-07

Ever since General Kuroki began TO
excite worldwide admiration for his
military skill against the Russians in
Manchuria various accounts OF his orr
gin have been going the rounds of the
press. They agreed that his mother
was japanese, but variously stated
that his father was a Frenchman, a
German and Pole A German newspa-
per which accepted the theory of the
japanese generals French origin has
been put right by Yosatia Oshlma. a
nephew Of General Kuroki, who writes
the following letter, says the New
York Tribune:
My uncle Kuroki IS of Polish origin
His father was a Polish nObleman Of
the name Of Kourowsk who fled from
Russia after the revolution of 1881. He
first went TO Paris and afterward 10
Turkey and later Joined the Holland
troops at BOrneO. From there he went
10 Japan and married japanese.
From this union was born General
Kuroki, who IN the family is teasIngly
called the Pole His father upon his
deathbed said 10 him that perhaps
some day he would be able TO take
vengeance upon the Russians for their
cruel treatment Of unhappy Poland.
AS the name Kourowski is difficult
TO pronounce In japanese, my uncle
wrote and pronounced his name Ku.
roki. My uncle is very proud OF his
Polish origin"
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1904-09-07

Judge Byron S. Amber, one of the
federal judges of the Philippine Is
lands, was at the Union depot in Kan
sas City the other night on the way
TO his homesin Salem, o. On the way
to the United States he stopped for
several weeks in Japan Talking Of
Japan, Judge Amber said:
Japan is the happiest nation on
. earth. There is no mourning In the
homes OF the Japanese for those kill
ed in battle On the contrary, they
all seem proud to say some man Of
their family has been killed while
fighting the Russians. They do not
seem to consider the cost In men the
war is making. All they look forward
to is victory"
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1904-09-07
ECHOES FROM The WAR
Remarkable Recoveries of Rus
slams From Bullet Wounds.
JAPANESE PROUD OF THEIR DEAD
Do Not Mourn For Those Killed In
Battle, Says Traveller - Russian
Students In Germany Rejoice over
Japanese Victories, Declares a Gin
cinnati Attorney.

An interesting account is given by
the st. Petersburg correspondent of
the London Telegraph of remarkable
recoveries of Russian soldiers from
wounds made by what they term
japanese toy bullets. These bullets,
SLY Russian surgeons, are, If not per
fectly harmless, at least the next best
thing to that, forming the mildest kind
of missile that has ever yet been fired
from rife. One of the consequences
is that number of wounds which
formerly were mortal are now healed
and forgotten in few days.
up till now a bullet in the head
remarks Russian physician who is
collecting data on the surgical aspect
of the present war, (which pierced
the brain was certain to cause death.
But here we have q case in which
u missile actually went through the
medulla oblongata, yet the man who
received the wound and cracked skull
was smiling and complaining of a
slight headache only on wet days. All
the men in the hospital have tiny
wounds, smaller than threepenny
bit. a mere red stain, nothing more"
A medical investigator, inquiring
from Russian officers as to the char
acter of the Japanese bullet, was told:
Compared with ours the japanese
bullet is tiny, but its velocity is con-
siderably greater. Our magazine rife
takes a bullet of three lines and i'm
parts to it an initial velocity of GO
meters, whereas the japanese rifles
have a 2.5 line bullet, with an initial
velocity of 725 meters. The japanese
bullet only penetrates the tissue, but
does not tear il.
when passing through the abdo
men II inflicts the minimum of dam
age. its chief effect being to expand
the muscles of the peritoneum, which
quickly contract, closing the orifice,
thus saving the injured man from
peritonitis and death"
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It Saved My Hand.

Two years ago last August l
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THOMAS F. M'CAULEY,
Cooperstown, Pa.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-06-25

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AS every Company now
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why not have your property
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Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-06-25
State of Ohio, City of Toledo)

Lucas County.
Frank j. Cheney makes oath
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firm of F. j. Cheney & company,
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[Seal] A. w. GLEASON,
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