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Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1904-06-01

The Best Results in starchlne
can be obtained only by using Defiance
Starch, besides getting OF. more for same
money-no cooking required.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1904-06-01

r'Afan wants but little here below"
But watch him throw a 1T
H. summing up his little, he
Don't get lot Of ~
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1904-06-01

He started a trust
hut II blew up and bust
And the man who had started it,
He UP and cussed-~
And that was the end Of the trust bust
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1904-06-01

Mrs. Windows Soothing Syrup.
For children teething softeub the gums reduces in
namaaton, ellayspain cureh wind collie CSC bottle
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1904-06-01

In the plague districts OF South AT
RIGA the government pays six cents fol-
every dead rate delivered to it.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1904-06-01

OUR uuARA a large bottle 81
Botanic Blood Ram( D. R.B JAS directed on label,
and when the right quantity q taken cure y
certain, euro and lasting. II not cured your money
will pfompily be refunded without argument.
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When Answering Advertisements
Kindly Mention This Paper.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1904-06-01

Botanic BLOOD Balm tB.B.B.1 is
Pleasant and safe to take. Thoroughly tested for 80
years. Composed Of Pure Botanic Ingredients.
Strengthens Weak Kidneys and Stomachs. cures
Dyspepsia. 9 Sold by ali Druggists. 81. Per Large
BotNe.wlth complete direction for home cure. sample
Sent Free BY writing Blood Balm Co., Atlanta, Ga.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1904-06-01

W. N. U. HoUsToN-No. '2s. 1904
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the word Niagara means thundeF
water
The Glenwood post., 1904-06-25
Improve the Canals.

A movement has been started in
several centers in Europe to improve
the canals, which have been neglected
through the influence of the railroads,
just as they have in many American
states.
There are in France 5000 miles of
canals. Belgium has 1922 miles OF
canals and other waterways. In Hol-
land the canals are put to more gen.
eral use than they are in other coun-
tries.
In England there are 1907 miles of
canals, and 1t has been pointed out
that the railway companies own 1876
miles of these canals. The railroad
companies keep the canal rates so
high that there is no competition be-
tween the canals and the railroads.
There are few canals In any country
that are not fifty years behind the
times.
The Glenwood post., 1904-06-25

in silence, while Sexberga found his
wounds and dressed them. 1t was
the older woman who spoke first.
The fate of this maiden lies heavy
on your mind, beloved" she said ten
derly; "and l would have you know
that my heart also is sorrowful. For
all that she is the fruit of darkness.
1t was permitted by the Lord that
Randalin, Frode's daughter, should be
born with light in her soul 1t was
in my prayers that we might be en-
abled to feed that light as it were a
sacred lamp, to the end that in Gods
good time the spreading glory of its
brightness might deliver her from the
shadows forever"
In the chapel four feeble old voices
raised a chant that trembled and
shook like a quivering heart-string.
Tremulously sweet it drifted out over
the garden and blended with the aroma
in the air. The wounded man smiled
through his pain.
The chant ceased the wavering
treble dying away in note of haunt
ing sweetness. The man moaned and
'iutShSu dt Ills WOuuu, anu tne DOWeQ
figure by his side reused herself to
tend him. Then grating of rusty
hinges made her turn her head.
Under the crumbling arch, relieved
against the green of the lane beyond,
stood the figure of slender boy
wrapped in mantle of scarlet that
bore a strangely familiar look.
Sister Wynfreda rose and took a
step forward, staring at him in bewild-
erment.
"Fridtjof?" she questioned.
AT the sound of her voice, the boy
turned and hastened toward her. Then
great cry burst from Sister Wyn-
freda, for the face under the black
locks was the face of Randalin.
She made a convincing boy, this
daughter of the Vikings. Though she
was sixteen. her graceful body had re-
tanned most of the lines and slender
curves of childhood; and she was long
OF limb and broad of shoulder. A life
out-ofdoors had given to her skin a
tone OF warm brown, which, in land
that expected women to be lily-fair,
was like a mask added to her dis
guise. The blackness of her hair was
equally unconnected with Northern
dreams Of beautiful maidens Some
fair-tressed ancestor back in the past
must have qualified his blood from
the veins OF an Irish captive: in no
The Glenwood post., 1904-06-25
How Success Succeeds.

Col Wes was once at Carlsbad with
the treasurer of Cincinnati brewery.
There is system of "Kur tax" in
Carlsbad. You pay from S. to $40 If
you stay over a week, the fund going
to defray music and improvement ex-
penses. 1t is plain robbery, but can't
be avoided. The tax is graded ac-
cording to your wealth or income, and
the willy 'Bohemians generally know
who's who. They came to Weis and
asked his occupation.
I'm in the express business"
"Vat's dat?"
ooh. we deliver packages, you
know"
So they put Weis down as a wagon
driver and assessed him the very
lowest, although he draws $4,000 a
year. The brewery employe gave his
occupation and was hit for the high
est tax, although his salary was but
5000 year-Philadelphia Ledger.
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happened. See! He is shaking off
his swoon. After he has swallowed
some of your wine, he will be able to
speak and tell us
1t was muscle-breaking work for
womens backs, for though he tried in
stinctively to obey their directions,
the man was scarcely conscious; his
arms were like lead yoies upon his
supporters shoulders. Just within the
gate their strength gave out, and they
were forced to put him down among
the spicy herbs. There. as one was
pulling off her threadbare cloak to
make him pillow, and the other was
starting after her cordial, he opened
his eyes.
MASTER" he muttered. Master? :?
Have they gomez"
In an instant Sister Wynfreda was
on her knees beside him. ''Is it the
the castle?"
Slowly the mans clouded eyes
cleared. THE Sisters" he muir
INJURED. Il had the intention-to get
to you-but l fell" His words died
away in whisper, and his eyelids
dropped. Sister Sexberga turned again
to seek her restorative. Sister Wyn-
freda leaned over and shook him.
ANSWER me, first. Where is your
master? And young Fridtjof? And
your mistress?"
He shrank from her touch with a
gasp of pain. Dead" he muttered.
"Dead-at the gate-Frode and the
boy-the raven-starvers cut them
down like saplings."
"And Randalin?"
II heard her scream as the English
man seized her-Leofwinesson had
her round the waist-they knocked
! me on the head, then-I-I-" Again
his voice died away.
Sister Wynfreda made no attempt to
recall him. Mechanically she held his
head so that her companion might
pour the liquid down his throat. That
done, she brought water and band
ages, and stood by, absent-eyed and
The Glenwood post., 1904-06-25

than her companion, and her face
was a wrinkled parchment whereon
| Time had written some terrible les
| sons.
She said gently, I'VE are one with
| the dead, beloved sister. Those who
| lie under the chancel lay no safer than
we, last night, though the Pagans'
passing tread shook the ground we lay
on, and their songs broke our slum-
| bers."
The shadows deepened in the eyes
of Sister Wynfreda as she turned them
back toward the lane. for her patience
| was not yet ripe to perfect mellow
ness.
THE peace of the grave can never
be mine while my heart Is open to the
sorrows of Others" she answered with
sadness. SISTER Sexberga, that was
an English band which passed last
night. l am in utmost fear for the
Danes of Avalcomb."
"'They that. take tSe sword shall
perish with the sword,'" the old nun
quoted, little sternly. "An English
man was despoiled of his lands
/ when Erode the Dane took Avalcomb.
If now Frode's turn has come"
Her companion made gesture of
entreaty. "It is not for Erode that I
am timorous, dear sister, nor for the
boy, Fridtjof; it is for Randalin, his
daughter"
| Sister SeXberga was some time ST.
lent When at last she spoke, it was
but to repeat slowly. "Randalin, his
daughter. God pity her!"
Sister Wynfreda was no longer lis
tening. She had Quilted her hold
upon the gate and taken step for
ward, straining her eyes. Out of a
tall mass OF golden bloom at the far
ther end Of the lane, an arm clad in
brown homespuu had tossed itself for
one delirious instant. Trailing her
robes over the dsisied grass. the nun
came upon wounded man lying face
| downward in the tangle.
When the united strength OF the
four arms had turned the limp weight
upon its back, cry of establishment
rose from each throat.
'The woodward of Avalcomb!"
"The hand of the Lord hath fallen!"
After moment the younger woman
said in a trembling voice. "The whis-
per in my heart spoke truly. Dearest
sister. put your arm under here, and
we will get him to his feet and bring
him in. and he will tell us what has
The Glenwood post., 1904-06-25
CHAPTER |.
The Fall of the House Of Erode.

The Fall of the House of Erode.
AS the blackness of the midsummer
night paled, the broken towers and
wrecked walls of the monastery loom
ed up dim and stark in the gray light.
Through breach in the moss-grown
wall, the first sunbeam stole in and
pointed a bright finger across the
cloiser garth at the charred spot in
the center, where missals and parch-
ment rolls had made roaring fire to
warm the invaders blood-stained
hands.
AS the lark rose through the bright
ening air to greet the coming day, q
woman in the tunic and cowl of nun
opened what was left of the wicket
gate in the one unbattered wall. She
struck note in perfect harmony with
her surroundings, as she stood under
the crumbling arch, peering out into
the Towering lane.
Like the struggling hedges that
were half buried under a net of wild
roses, red and white, the path was
half effaced by grass; but beyond,
her eye could follow the straight line
of the great Roman road over marsh
and meadow and hilltop.
Between the dark walls of oak and
beech, it cleaned as white as the
Milky Way. The nun was able to
trace its course up the slope of the
last hill. Just beyond the crest, a
pail Of smoke was spread over burn
ing village. Shivering the nun turned
her face back to the desolate peace
Of the ruins.
Nov is it clear to all men why a
bloody cloud was hung over the land
in the year that Ethelred came to the
throne" she said. 81 feel as the
blessed dead might feel should they
be forced to leave the shelter of their
graves and look out upon the world. 4"
Rising from it's knees beside a bed
Of herbs, a second figure in faded
robes approached tf gate. Sister
Sexberga was very old, much older
The Glenwood post., 1904-06-25
Double Vision.

See here" exclaimed Benedick's
friend, you'll have to give up your
old ideas Of seeing life. You're not
single any more"
"Zhats all right" gurgled Benedick.
Il don't shee shingle. either: shes
double"
The Glenwood post., 1904-06-25

No ehromos or cheap premiums. but
4 better quality and one-third more
pf Defiance Starch for the same price
Of other starches.
Friendship is one of the things that
cannot be preserved in alcohol.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1904-07-16
THE WAR ON FEVER GERMS
Agencies Of Science Are Ever at Vari.
ance Upon the Sanitary
Question.

The discovery that most of the
ills with which mankind is af1ict-
ed are germ diseases naturally
tends to draw the agencies and
resources of science into a united
warfare upon bacteria of every de-
scriptiOn. With the doctor of
medicine and student of sanitary
science it is a continuous expert
ment with prophylactics and anti.
septics, new and old. The ques-
ton is, says the Chicago Record
Herald, what will kill the germ
without killing the person ahlict-
ed with it?
Because of the dangerous char
acter of the disease caused by it,
the typhus germ has come in for
a larger share Of the attention Of
scientists than any other disease
germ, with the possible exception
'Of the diphtheria bacillus. AS the
germ is usually found in water
and is taken into the body in this
medium, scientific students have
sought some method of treating
the water in such a way as to de-
strOy the germs without render
in it deleterious or unfit to
drink. Lemon juice and grape
juice have been recommended, and
while it is claimed that they have
been found to be eficacious they
are not regarded by The medical
profession as sure preventives of
typhoid.
The Bordeaux mixture has been
used for years in spraying fruit
trees. The discovery that il can
be utilized in exterminating ty.
phoid and other fever germs will
be of wide interest to scientific
men, and it is certain to lead to
much experimentation in this d.
rection.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1904-07-16
Got Something New.

No since the early sos, when the
word Electric" leaped into fame
with the arc light, the telephone,
and the trolley car, has a newly
discovered term been so popular
as radium and its derivatives. All.
ready we have radio cigars, radite
soap, radiumite tooth paste, and
so on, just as there used to be cleo
trio soap, electric polish, electric
tooth powder, electric cleaning
material, and even electric silk.
The properties of the mysterious
radium, of course, no more
enter into the articles which bear
that name, or names allied to it,
than soap or silk polish or powder
was electrified. Yet the new term,
applied even to old and we'll
known known articles, appeals to
many people who don't bother to
think what it may or may not
mcan.--Science.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1904-07-16
NO LIME IN HIS o
Prosperous Contractor Was Insulted
When Shoe Clerk Produced
the Chalk.

There is a rich contractor liv.
Ing out in Germantown about
whom many amusing stories are
told For years, says the Phila.
delphia Record, he has purchased
his shoes at the one place, a little
shop on Main street, and thither
he repaired the other day, and was
waited on bya new clerk, who
didn't know him. The new clerk.
sizing the customer up as a labor.
ing man, tried on a pair of cheap
brogans, which suited the con
tractor, except that he thought
them a trife hard to pull on.
"pll fix that all right" said The
clerk, and he busted a little pow.
der in each shoe. Much to his sur.
prise the customer grew livid with
rage.
"What dye name by insultin.
me that way| he demanded.
Just then the proprietor came il
and inquired as to the trouble.
THE young dude is afther put.
tin chloride O. lime in me shoespi
exclaimed the irate contractor.
"'1is an insult~
The proprietor explained that
the supposed chloride of lime was
merely a harmless powder to
make the shoe go on with greater
comfort, and the old man was sat
listed.
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SUBSTITUTE OPERATORS.
Girl stenographers Fix Up a Plot to
Enhance Their Value TO
Employers.

Vacation is the theme of gen
eral interest at present in the res
taurants where stenographers
most do congregate.' The fol
lowing conversation was heard
the other day, reports the New
York Times, at a Broad street
quick lunch:
Said one fair FOUNDER of the
type to her vis-a-vis;
I'm looking for a substitute
who is absolutely worthless; do
you know of a photographer with
out a single %redeeming quality"
Lots; but Why"
Because" replied the first
speaker, "if they get some one
who is very rapid and Industrious
while I'm away it will get them
into bad habits. | shall have to
keep up with her pace when l get
back, don't you see"
well" said the other. "Ithink
| know one who will suit you. She
can't take more than 30 words a
minute without getting ratified.
She's fierce"
"Send her up tomorrow, then,
and tell her to ask for SIS a week"
"Why, she never got more than
IS a week in her life" exclaimed
the other girl.
maybe not, but it won't do for
my people to know that they can
get their work done for Sc a week.
And, by the way, Mr.. Blank says
he doesn't care how slow she is so
long as she's accurate. SO tell her
to take him down in lOnghand if
she gets ratified. He is so slow
anyway you can draw a picture on
every page while he's debating"
And before they parted they
had hitched up a conspiracy by
means of which the "ferce" six
dollar-a-week stenOgrapher was
to draw SIS a week for taking Mr..
Blanks dictation in longhand.
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FOOLED THE CUSTOMS MEN
Sharp smuggler Played a shrewd
Trick on the Watchful
oheials.

One of the custOm-house officials
wasrecently in a reminiscen mood
and entertained a few friends with
some of his experiences with Snug,
gIers, The exploits related chiefly
TO bringing diamonds into the
country, says the New York Sun.
He said:
Ina all my long experience l have
never come across a device that
equaled in ingenuity and effective.
ness the scheme employed by a
certain gentleman who succeeded
on various occasions in bringing
over S2,0O0,000 worth of precious
stones into the United States with
out paying one cent of duty upon
them.
This fellow was connected with
a number of large diamond con.
Germs both in this country and
abroad and went about his trade
with a GOODNESS and confidence
that surely nobody would be sus-
picious of.
Upon reaching New York OF
one of the ocean steamers he
passed through a rigid examina.
ton by the customs officers, who
were aware of his interest in the
diamond business. Their efforts
to find concealed jewels revealed
nothing and the man was not de.
tanned.
Nor did anybody think of sus.
pecting him when he sailed on the
next outgoing trip of the same YES.
sci that had brought him to New
York. To secure his complete com
fort on the trip over he secured his
old stateroOm.
Several of the mans business
friends passed approval upon thu
little room in which he bade then
farewell. When the ships ropes
were lOOsened the friends waved d
happy gOod-by from the dock tC
their departing brother.
while the ocean traveller was
smoking perfectos in some uncer
tain latitude and more uncertain
longitude the New Workers wer,
busily engaged in disposing of .
line assortment of diamonds tina
had been transferred to theil
keeping from an improvised safe
ty vault in the little staterOom
Even the ships captain or the gen
tleman whose duties were con
cerped with sweeping stateroon
floors, arranging the beds anc
busting the paneled walls nevel
suspected that the passenger ha(
cleverly lOosened a panel in the
wall of the room and had succeed
ed in concealing the Struggled
goods behind it.
"He was so confident of the de
ception that he did not have tn,
slightest fear in leaving the jewel,
in their hiding place during tn,
two weeks in which the vessel re
manned at her New York dock.
The man performed these ma
neuvers as many as five times be
fore the treachery of one of hi,
confidants finally brought him int
the hands of the law. 1t may bc
interesting to know, though, tina.
the man is still very wealthy il
spite of a term in prison. His trip,
to Europe, however, have becom,
less frequent"
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1904-07-16
Chicago & Alton
Excursion Rates

: Worlds Fair. St. Louis,
Mo-, Agril 30 to December
l, 1904. 1915 for round
trip Dates of sale April Is
to November 20, Limit 90
days from date of sale.
$40, 40 for round trip. Dates
of sale April IS to November
IS, limit to December 18th.
For full particulars apply to
S. A, vermillion, Agt.
Higginsville, Mo.
'"The Only Way
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1904-06-09
Venire.
Last Of Grand Jurors for the June Term,
1904, Of the District Court for Bos-
a;pr Parish In

List Of Grand Jurors for the June Term,
1904, Of the District Court for Bos-
sier Parish, La.
DE it remembered, that on this, the
ID Oath day of May, A. D. 1904, we,
the undersigned jury commissioners,
whose names appear hereunto affixed,
met at the Clerks office, in the town of
Benton, La, and proceeded to select
from the general venire box (Which was
previously prepared by us) in accordance
with the provisions of Act 1876. of the
General Assembly of Louisiana, ap-
proved July 13, 1893, twenty persons,
possessing all the qualifications under
said act, taken from different portions
Of the parish, to serve as Grand Jurors
for the term Of six months from the date
Of empaneling at the June, 1904, term of
District Court, beginning on the fourth
Monday, the 9th day of June, 1904, and
until a succeeding Grand Jury shall
have been selected. Also, on the same
day and date mentioned and at the same
place, we proceeded to draw from the
general venire box the names of thirty
persons, OF lawful age and residence, to
serve as Petit Jurors during the second
week OF the aforesaid court, said jurors
TO be summoned to appear on Tuesday,
the 9th day of July, 1904, said date being
the second day Of the second week of
said term.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1904-06-09
ARTICLE v.

The shares of stock of this corpora
ton shall not be issued except for their
face value in money, labor or property,
and shall be transferable only on the
books of the company.
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as they may prescribe, or such subscrip-
tions may be enforced by suit.

tions may be enforced by suit.
ARTICLE X.
That this corporation may consolidate
and confederate and associate with any
company incorporated under the laws of
the State of Louisiana, and having a
road which connects or may connect with
the line of this company by contact, not
inconsistent with the law or terms of
this charter.
ARTICLE XII.
This corporation shall commence work
on said road at once, and shall complete
the same as soon as practicable.
ARTICLE XII.
Whenever this corporation is dissolv-
ed by limitation or from any other cause,
its affairs shall be liquidated by three
commissioners from the stockholders,
appointed for that purpose at meeting
of the same convened by the call of the
President.
Done and signed and passed before
said notary on the day and date first
Bois and T. H. Reeves, competent wit
nesses OF lawful age and residence.
J. F. WISE.
d. M. CLOWNEY.
JNo. l.. SCALES,
(by H. H. Wheless.)
w. B. SMITH.
F. T. WHTTED,
(by H. H. Wheless.)
Attest: H. H. WHELESs.
J. w. DUBOIS.
T. H. REEVES.
S. H. DowELL, Notary Public.
District Attorneys Office, |
Benton, La, May 9, 1904. !
Having examined the foregoing char.
ter and finding nothing therein contrary
to the laws of Louisiana, approve the
same. T. T. LAND,
Dist Atty Second Judicial Dist, La
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For Sale or Rent.

nN best terms, my plantation, known
~ as the Huckabay place, described
as follows: Wa OF nw14, sec. 8. e1s Of
sec. 8, WIZ of VIZ, sec. 10, neA and nA
Of nw114, sec. 16, sw4 of nwL4, sec. 10,
tip. Is, range II, containing $40 acres;
situated miles from Koran and miles
from Taylortown; or 6 good houses on
the same. Possession given January 1,
1905, when the present lease expires, or
will rent to responsible parties on that
date. Address
MARX BLUEsTEIN, Shreveport, La.
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TGGS for Matching from thoroughbred
II Plymouth Rock Chickens of the
Belmont strain, Belmont, Ca, which
yards are famous for having won more
premiums than any other in the South.
Every chicken is beauty. Price, Soc
per setting of Is eggs. Address
MRS. G.. ID. SANDIDGE. HauQhton. La.