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Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1905-01-04
ATMOSPHERE AS a PRISM.
Refracts the SUMS Rays and Produces
the Peculiar Green Color.

Refracts the SUMS Rays and Produces
the Peculiar Green Color.
The green ray at sunset is sufficient
ly well known to make unnecessary
any mention of the beauty of the spec
tacle and the ordinary conditions Of
its observation. The ray may be seen
on beautiful evenings on the seashore
and elsewhere, although the Intensity
is variable; in general, it is necessary
that the state of the atmosphere be
such that the horizon may be clearly
distinguished as the solar disk sinks
behind it.
In explanation Of the green ray re-
course has been had to the theory Of
an optical Illusion, due to. the yellow
orange light of the sun, which at the
moment Of the disappearance of the
last small portion Of the sun becomes
affected by the complimentary color,
green-blue.
This has not been saiislacsf
It has been suggested says
fiji la Natuse that the ~
acts 6. mi rncf 4.
4 luminous Fag from the san al tlle
I time of Its disappearance and D am
posing and spreading il out aceoiqine
to the succession of cclors of the spec
trum. The red, orange and yellow rays
are the less deyiated and are confused
with the solar point of which they
have the color, but the eye perceives
clearly the green and blue rays while
the indigo and violet, which are the
most dispersed and the most luminous
cannot be seen.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1905-01-04

Lest you forget, again we say,
Cheatham's Laxative Tablets are
guaranteed to cure colds.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1905-01-04

Some women win believe things in
novels that their husbands couldn't
make stick with affidavits. Galveston
News.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1905-01-04

I love the place and ! ah0Hld Ike p
spend the happiest time q my liss
here
II cannot marry you" the words
dropped harshly from his trembling
lips. The girl sprang from him and
drew herself to her full height proud
~
eAnd you dared to love mel burst
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1905-01-04

FV permanently cured. no fits OF nervousness affcq
hA q rut cay OF Dr. kne's Great Nerve k0ator-
or sond for FREE 92.O0 trial bottle and treAtige.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1905-01-04

True design is not constructed deco,
ration, but decorated construction.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1905-01-04

You never hear any one complain
about defiance Starch" There is nonel
10 equal 1t In quality and quantity 16'
punces, 10 cents. Try 1t pe1tnd save
your money -.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1905-01-04
THREE YEARS AFTER.

Eugene II. Lario, OF ISL Twentieth
avenue. ticket seller in the Union sta
tion, Denver, Col, says: you are at
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1905-01-04

am sure Pisos Cure for Consumption saved
any life three years ago. -BfRs. THos. ROBBINS
Maple Street, Norwich, N. Y. Feb, n 1900
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1905-01-04

Time is money, but 1t never bought
any one a feather boa.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1905-01-04

"a good many men," said Uncle AL
len Sparks, are like one of these
county fair balloons They're regular
swells, but there isn't anything in
them but hot air.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1905-01-04

The best actress gets the most flow
ers-if she buys them
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1905-01-04

When may a man be considered to
be really over head and ears in debt?
When he owes for his wig.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1905-01-04

Defiance Starch IS guaranteed biggest
and best or money refunded. 16
ounces. 10 cents. Try 1t now.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1905-01-04

Most town folks admire their coun
try relatives for visiting purposes only
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1905-01-04

McCAEE's DETECTIVE AGENCY,
Houston, Texas, operates the largest force
OF competent detectives In the South
Give them a call
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1905-01-04

The grotesque knocker on the sane
tuary door of Durham cathedral, which
bears rather distant resemblance
TO a lion, is said to be of the Twelfth
century.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1905-01-04

Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. z.
For sale by all druggists. Price TO
cents per box.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1905-01-04

II q man is hard on his children he
Is usually an easy mark for his grand
children.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1905-06-09

OF the time pulling him until his
tongue run out and his face turned
blue. But dad was game, and don't
you forget it.
Before noon we got on top of a
glazier, which is the ice of frozen
river, that moves all the time, sliding
but hard winter, in summer, to the
experience, and we would have gone
back the same night, only dad slipped
down crevice about 100 feet with the
rope on him, and the two guides
couldn't pull him up, and we had to
send lunch down to him on the rope
and one of the guides had to go back
to the village for help to get dad up.
Well, sir, think dad was nearer dead
than he ever was before, but they sent
down bottle of brandy, and when he
drank some OF it the snow began to
melt and he was warm enough to use
bad language.
He yelled to me that this was the
limit and wanted to know how long
they were going to keep him there,
yelled 60 him that one of the guides
had gone for help to pull him out, and
he said for them to order yoke OF
oxen. told him that probably he
would have to remain there until
spring opened and that I was going
back to America and leave him there
and he better pray. I don't know
whether dad prayed down there in the
bowels of the mountains, but he didn't
pray when help came, and they finally
hauled him up. His breath was gone
but he gave those guides some Ian
guage that would set them to think
ing if they could have understood
him, and finally we started down tht
mountain. They kept the rope on dat
and every little while he would sill
and slide 100 feet or so down thu
mountain on his pants, and the snow
would go up his trousers legs clear tt
his collar, and the exercise made hin
so hot that the steam came out of hi
SlOIhCo, uuu loOhCu llhC d lOIoDuO
tive wrecked in snow bank blowing
off steam
1t became dark and I expected W,
would be FILLED, but before midnigh
} we got to the station and changed on
clothes and paid off the guides an
took train back. Dad said to me- a
we got on the cars: Nov, Hennery,
have done this glazier stunt, just t
show you that a brave man, whateve
his age, is equal to anything they CA
propose in Europe, but by ginger, thi
settles it, and now I want to go wher
things come easier. am now goin
to Turkey and see how the Turks wor
ry along. Are you with me?" "Yo
bet your life" says I. Yours truly,
HENNERV.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1905-06-09
THE FIRST MoToR-cAR.
Idea Of Steam Carnage in 1889 Waa
Regarded as Visionary
and Absurd.

Congress laughed so loud at petition
for patent on the first automobile that
Nathan Read, the inventor Of It, turned
away in disgust, The idea of steam
carriage was as absurd to the public
mind of that time as is perpetual motion
to-day, says Youths Companion. Sensi-
BILE and progressive people asked how
a moving boiler could possibly be fed
with fuel and water as it sped along the
highways, and what on earth would
keep it from exploding.
But Read foresaw the possibilities of
steam-carriages, and made models ac-
cording to his ideas. He declared that
his invention would open the great west
to settlers, and would bring future dis
tant states close to the seat of govern
ment. But these were days Of the sad
die and stage-coach, and the man who
dared to dream that century after
ward, statesman could be whisked
from the Pacific to Washington in q
week, or that an automobile could
circle the globe, would have taken
chances Of being condemned as crazy.
The possibilities of steam locomotion
attracted Reads mind while he was
studying medicine in a small apothe-
cary store in Danvers, Mass In his
little back shop he made models Of
steam-carrages to 9 , ,n not on rails rails, out
on the common highways, ald he also
made models Of steamboats,, one OF
which he succeeded in running on a
river behind his store. In 1889 he took
his models and his plans to New York,
to petition congress for patents, carry
ing with him letter of introduction
from Col. Timothy Pickering, friend
OF Washington and member of Wash
ington's cabinet.
Congress had just finished the great
task of esta aNNltshing the new nation, and
it may have felt the need OF relaxation.
At any rate, it laughed so h'''arlousiy az
Reads petition for patents that l."'a IN
ventor turned away. But he did show
his models to President Washington and
the Academy of Sciences and Arts.
Read was no dreamer or crank" He
} was graduated from Harvard college az
valedictOrian of the class of 1881. He
} prepared for the ministry studied medi-
cine, experimental with steam-power,
invented a Matchmaking machine, and
established an iron foundry which 10
flourishing to-day
Justice came to him in time, for his
district sent him to the congress that
; once laughed at him, and he made haste
: to secure the passage of patent laws to
encourage invention and to protect in
ventors
After leaving congress he became a
judge, and in his later years devoted
himself to agriculture. He invented a
number of farm tools.
He began to write his autobiography
, at the age of S9, but death cut short his
work. He died in 1S49, after having
seen the nation accept his theories that
congress once laughed at. He was a
pioneer with Fulton, Livingstone, John
5 Fitch and Nicholas ]. Roosevelt.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1905-06-09

all the cows wear tea bells, and II
sounds like chimes in the distance. IT.
is beautiful in Switzerland, but the
cheese is something awful. A piece OF
native Swiss cheese would break up e
family.
At night we arrived at station
where we hired guides and clothes, anc
things, and the next morning we start
ed. Dad wanted me to stay at the sta
ton couple of days, while he was
gone, and play with the goats, but I
told him If there were any places IL
the mountains or GLACIERS any more
dangerous than Paris or Monte Carlo,
wanted to visit them, SO he let me go.
Well. we were rugged up for discover
ing the north pole, and had alpen-
stocks to push ourselves up with, and
the guides had ropes to pull us uE
when we got to places where we
couldn't climb. | could get along all
right, but they had dad on rope mos
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1905-06-09
HAVE MOTOR FIRE ENGINES
Several Cities in England Are Using
Steam-Propelled Machines
in Departments.

Steam-propeAed fire engines are now
in use in several cities of England, in
Guiding London, Liverpool and Ports
mouth. According to United States
Consul Hamm at Hull, London now
claims to have the largest and most
powerful motor fire engine yet built.
1t is of 50-horsepower and capable Of
throwing 500 gallons of water minute
to height of $50 feet. 1t is propelled
by a steam water-tube boiler situated
between the rear wheels. 1t Is heated
by petroleum boiler of new design, in
which the fuel is sprayed into the fur
mace. This gives very hot fire, which
can be regulated with nicely. In front
of the boiler is the engine, with pair
of inverted cylinders driving two direct
and double-acting pumps. The pumps
can be disconnected from the engines in
a few seconds, and by throwing into
gear pinion wheel the motor drives a
countershaft, from which the power Ia
transmitted by chains to the wheels.
Thus the same motor takes the vehicle
w LnO ulC, dhu Oh 1lllFdl pumps luo
water The engine carries enough
petroleum for 40-mile journey, and
as fresh supply of fuel can always be
obtained at the scene of a fire the ma
chine can keep going for week if neces-
sary. The engine is steered by hand
wheel. 1t is fitted with single solid rub
Der tires and "non-skids," as the risk
of side slip on the roads of the metrop-
oils must be taken into account.
This motor fire engine" says Consul
Hamm, will be put into service at once.
1t is not claimed that it will save time
in the turn out, although only min
ute is necessary to get up steam enough
for running. A small gas jet is kept
burning under the boiler while 1t Ia
standing in the station so as to main
tain the water fairly hot, and this will
give sufficient steam to start the
petroleum burner at full power, and O
good pressure in the boiler quickly fol-
lows. For country districts where jour-
neys to fires are often long, the motor
fire engine must effect great saving in
time. To small places which cannot af-
ford to keep horses always ready for
their engine, in view of the rarity Of
fires, the motor engine, which costs lit
tie when it is not running, will be q
boon"
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1905-06-09
PLANTS TAKE WINTER REST
Many Species Hibernate Much the
Same as Do Animals That
Burrow.

Plants sleep much the same as ami
mails. Their sleep is quite real and it's
reality can be shown. Perhaps the
best marked form of slumber in the
vegetable world is that Of the great
winter rest, when so many species re-
tire altogether under the sheltering
soil and lie dormant, side by side with
the slumbering animals. How does
the long winter rest of animals differ,
after all, from the winter rest of the
crocus or the hyacinth, which with
draw all the living material from their
leaves in autumn and bury themselves
inches deep in the soil in the shape of
bulb till February rains or April
suns tempt leaves and flowers out
again?
The whole vast class of Dubious and
tuberous plants-indeed, the lilies, Or
chids, daffodils, narcissi, tulips, squllls,
bluebells and snowdrops-are they not
just alternating creatures, which re-
tire underground in autumn with the
slugs and the queen wasps, to reappear
in spring about the same time with
the return to upper air of the moles,
the tortoises and the fritillary butter
| flies?
Plants protect themselves much the
same as insects. One of the uses of
the movements of the sensitive plant
it to brighten animals. A venture
some, browsing creature coming near
it is afraid to touch a plant which SO
evidently is occupied by spirits. The
squirting cucumber of the Mediter-
ranean alarms goats and cattle by dis
charging its ripe fruits explosively In
their faces the moment the stem is
touched The cucumbers contain q
pungent juice, which discharges Itself
into the eye of its opponent and the
smarting sensation which results is
hard to bear
The dainty grass Of Parnassus il
beautiful but dishonest 1t is a bog
herb, has glossy green leaves and pure
white blossoms and is supposed to bt
the poets flower. Its milk-whitt
flowers are lovely, yet they are de
ceivers. The drops of honey which
bees and insects fancy they see inside
the petals are solid, CLASSY limitations
of honey which fool the bees, which
are lured in this way that they ma.
carry off the pollen to other blossom
and are held fast until they die.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1905-06-09
Plenty of Palaces.

The car of Russia and the emperor
of Germany might, if they please, dis
pute with each other as to which OF
the two owns the greater number of
palaces. Each might sleep in differ.
ent house every night for month and
not exhaust the number of his various
dwelling places. The czar is said tc
own many country seats-which are
kept up in every detail, furnished and
furnished, and crowded with servants
into which he has never set foot
King Edward, Of England, while occu
plying regularly but four, has a dozen
or more homes, which are ready for
him at all times
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1905-06-09
DAD con DOWN ON ms KNEES.

DAD GOl OOWN yin I1lo ANGE'o'
sailed on it, and rowed on it, and
looked down into the clear water
where it is said you can see a corpse
on the bottom of the lake 100 feet
down. We hadn't lost any corpse, ex-
cept the corpse of that old woman we
run over at Nice, but we wanted to get
the worth of our money, so we kept
looking for days, but the search for a
corpse becomes tame after awhile, and
we gave it up. All we saw in the bot
tom of the lake was COW, but no man
can weep properly over the remains
of COW, and dad said they could &c
to the deuce with their corpses, and
we just camped at the hotel till our
money came. Say, that lake they talk
so much about is no better than lakes
all over Wisconsin, and there are nc
black bass or muskellunges in it.
The tourists here are just daffy
about climbing mountains and glaciers
and they talk about it all the
time, and could see dads finish
They told him that no American
that ever visited Switzerland would
be recognized when he gGt home
If he had not climbed the glaciers, sc
dad arranged for a trip up into thu
sky We went 100 miles or so OF
the cars, passing along valleys where
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1905-06-09
Jap Generals in the Field.

Frederick Palmer, the correspondent,
who has been with Gen. Kuroki in the
field, says in his recently published
book: Gen Kuroki spent most of his
time in the shade. Gen. Full, the chief,
went to sleep in the thick of the fight
on the I'd. He had worked most of the
night planning for that day. He could
not make the work of our infantry any
easier or make the fire Of our guns any
more accurate by watching them
When he was wanted he could be
awakened"
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1905-06-09
Awkward Compliment.

The chairman of political meeting
in the north in the course of his speech
said: "Our opponent is one of the
cleverest and most INSCRIPTIONS poll
ticians in this country, but, thank
goodness, gentlemen, our candidate is
we'll able to beat him on his own
ground" The candidate was present.
London Punch
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1905-06-09

llies are more or less upset and un-
nerved by anxiety that would be yelled
from view to the ordinary visitor The
nurse has become for the time being a
member Of the family, and must guard
its secrets, She must not let herself
become embroiled with the servants,
Here is one of her greatest perils, The
people below stairs are often jealous OF
nurse and unwilling to give her the
privileges she requires in the kitchen,
but cooks and chamber maids have
warm hearts as Others have, and a tact
full nurse can find the way to them,
Some employers appear to overlook
the fact that nurse is human, and that
her strength wears out if she is not al
lowed comfortable place in which to
sleep, at prescribed time, comfortable
facilities for bathing, and time for daily
exercise in the open air. The nurse in
order to do her best must gently insist
that she shall have these opportunities,
There may be crises when she will go
for a day or two beyond her strength in
taking care of an extremely sick pa
tient. But in a long campaign, as In
| typhoid fever or the like, she will better
serve her patient and the family if she
take proper care of herself, An i'm
perative necessity for every nurse who
would hold out and mot break down in
her profession, is vacation every veal
Of at least four weeks. Most nurses who
are successful and steadily employed
can afford to give themselves this holi
day. While it lasts they should try t.
forget that there is such thing sMis
ease in the world
If you are thinking of becoming
nurse consult your own family physician
as to the best training school for you
Then send to it by letter for applica
ton blanks. These will furnish yo
with all essential information, as to tn
qualifications demanded by that school
sryou .-,eician will give you a certifi
CdIc VI hodllu1 lIOu ypul pdotOl VI W
principal of your school or some on
else whose word viii be accepted 70,
will require certificate OF character
and thus armed you need not fear to be
gin your studies. Often there is a lon,
waiting list, and the new applicant mus
be patient until the vacancy occurs
and she can be admitted.
Once having put your hand Il
the pillow, do not look back 70,
are enrolling yourself in a nobl
army. No corps of women in mod
ern life are more honored, none more be
loved than those who come to us lik
ministering angels in our hours O
greatest need. They are secure from dis
respectful treatment, and are held il
reverence by the most unworthy as h
the worthiest. The services they rende
entitle them to much more than tn
money which pays for them, often t.
lasting regard and the tribute of CRATE
full recollection.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1905-06-09
All by Herself.

"She says she is going to marry
somebody that's worth while, if she
ever marries anybody. She has refused
half a dozen commonplace young
men in as many weeks"
why, she's a regular lobster can
merry, amt she?"-Chicago Tribune.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1905-06-09
Lesson from Japan.

From the Japanese we are slowly
learning not to bunch miscellaneous
lot of cut flowers in wads for vases, but
to give each flower its natural, charac-
teristic attitude and isolation, and tho
result is far more artistic and beautiful
Garden Magazine.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1905-06-09
AS A TRAINED NURSE
GOOD WORK FOR THE GIRL WHO
rs IN EARNEST.

Rigid Physical and Mental Qualifica-
tions Required of Her-The Sick
Room No Place for the Fastidious-
Two Years Novitiate Necessary
In the Home She Must Be Deaf and
Blind to What Does Not. Concern
Her-She Is Always Secure from
Disrepectful Treatment.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1905-06-09
They Run Over a Peasant with an
Automobile and Climb "Glaziers"
In Switzerland--Dad Falls Over
Precipice, But Is Res
cued by the Guides.
BY HON. GEORGE w. PECK.

Gx- Governor Of Wisconsin, Formerly Pub
! Usher of Peck's SUM- Author Of "Peck's
Bad Boy Etc)
Copyright, 1906 by Joseph B. BoWles)
+, GENEVA, SWITZERLAND. - MY
DEAR OLD MAN: BY ginger, but l
would like to be home now. have
had enough of foreign travel; l don't
see what is the use Of travelling, to see
people of foreign countries, when you
can go to any large city in America,
and find more people belonging to any
foreign country than you can find by
going to that country, and they know
a COMPOUNDED sight more. Take the
Russians in New York, the Norwegians
of Minnesota, the Italians Of Chicago
and the Germans in Milwaukee, and
they can talk English, and you can find
out all about their own countries by
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1905-06-09
Not Very Simple.

Mrs. Hatterson-I didn't see you at
the lecture on 1.-THE Simple Life"
Mrs. Catterson-Why, no; l had no
idea it was going to be such sweh
affair Brooklyn Life.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1905-06-09
Her Shara

so the lawyers got most all the ss-
tate. Did Ethel get anything?"
ooh, yes. Sho got one Of the law
yers. '-Judga