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the delights Of driving her own electric,
and ever since then it has been her con-
| slant source of delight as we'll as her
usual means OF locOmotion.
| The daughters of Postmaster General
| Meyer are also quite as we'll known for
their enthusiasm about the electric. 1t
must be very bad weather indeed that
would keep them in from their drive for
a whole day.
| Miss Leila Belle Heron is another very
enthusiastic driver. In the few years
| that she has had her electric she has
| already managed to cover several thou
great many more before she is willing to
quit.
Electrics do. not have the same vogue
in foreign countries that they possess in
this. but many Of the fair sex connected
with the various legations have taken
them up with the same vim that has
marked their sisters of America.
The Baroness Won Tuyll the wife of
the secretary of the Netherlands legation,
Is very prominent among these, and she
could hardly be persuaded to do her
calling or shopping in any other way.
A great many people, and those. too,
who are In position to know much more
about affairs: think that the electric is
only car that can be taken out for
short spin through the city streets. OF
course. this is the service for which the
electric was primarily designed, but. as
matter of fact, the electric Is a stanch
and carahle car that would stand a great
deal more than the average owner de-
mdnds of it.
Really the only people who ever do
get all there is out of an electric are the
factory builders. and these are interested
IN trying out the car for the purpose of
seeing what 1t actually can do and to
ind out where 1t may be bettered. A
great many amazing, to the layman,
tales are told by these same builders and
agents as to what their particular cars
Will do under certain conditions
In reading all Of these claims the per-
son who is called upon to believe them
should bear in mind that the electric has
done some very wonderful things in the
paSf-things in the speed lfne-the one
quality that one would naturally suppose
the electric did not possess The particu-
lar incident that Is referred to is the race
in which the first car to make sixty miles
an hour was entered. This car was an
electric. 1t Is only matter of history
and Is not merely a claim Of some manu-
facturer who is interested in selling his
own particular make of car.
Still. when the prospective buyer is
looking for car he Is usually not look
ing for an electric that can make sixty
miles an hour. He. is looking for the
car that can stand up for an ordinary
trip on one charge of the battery.
Batteries have not been perfected up to
that point of excellence which some day
they will possess. as Mr.. Edison and the
other inventors assure US, but they have
reached that stage of development in
which they are capable Of standing a
There are many makers who will claim
more than that for their cars. but they
usually have yet to prove that they will
make this record every day in the year,
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POINTERS FOR CAR USER.

Ordinary chewing gum is a handy ma
terial for repairing a small leak in a
radiator.
Occasionally go over the valves: 1t
makes a wonderful difference to the even
running of an engine.
A little practice at running a car back
ward often proves of great value-espe-
cially If something goes wrong on hill.
When about to initiate tire always give
few strokes of the pump before attach
ing it to the valve, in order to blow out
any grit.
Carbureters in which adjustment is pro-
vided for the amount Of gasoline supplied
to the jet very often require readjustment
when different grade Of gasoline Is used.
Sometimes the front tire will wear alb
normally and the blame may be put upon
the tire manufacturer, while 1t Is really
due to the wheels running out OF parallel.
A handful of -four in cold water injected
into honeycomb radiator is said to be
an excellent yet simple, temporary method
of repairing a small leak. The radiator
should be cold when the flour is injected.
Bolts are very often spoiled in driving
them out from the parts in which they are
located. A stick of hard wood or vulcan
ICED fiber used between the hammer and
the bolt end will prevent damage OF this
kind.
For the protection of tires and rims
from the effects of moisture, 1T is usual
practice to keep the latter we'll painted or
to give them a coat Of shellac from time
to time. Neglect Of this precaution is de-
clared by the tiremakers, and by most
users generally. to be fatal. to satisfactory
results.
II gas lamps light up quickly with
yellowish flame 1t indicates leak When
the system is in proper condition the light
should start up slowly with kissing
noise and a clear white flame. To keep
lamps in the best possible condition they
should be covered in rainy and muddy
weather by well fitting waterproof COW
eys. :.
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no danger of even the most expensive car

no danger Of even the most expensive car
being mishandled.
On the second floor there are accommo-
dations for the chauffeurs who may be
waiting for a call from the owners of
their cars. These rooms have all that
could be desired in the way Of lockers
and other accommodations There are all
of the trade journals and other publica-
tons which would be interesting to the
men. and they are made comfortable in
every way.
Something in the way Of a novelty has
been established by Mr.. Hysan in the fact
that every owner of a car employing a
chauffeur must give orders as to whether
the chauffeur may take the car out at
telephone call from the owner
Many Of the cars which have been in
storage all summer are now being taken
out and put in condition for the winter s
use, and conditions are very favorable for
a prosperous season at the new Belmont
garage.
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there is no doubt that. in Wash
: fngton at least the electric
rpnabout remains the popular car for the
fair sex Perhaps this is on account of
tits city being the only one of its kind
in the country. where the streets are so
adapted to the electric by both natural
and artificial conditions.
Then. too. there is no dirt and fuss
about an electric that would cause 1t to
be the least bit disagreeable to the most
fastidious lady. She can feel perfectly
sure that when she goes out on a shop
ping tour or for an afternoon call she
will arrive there in as spotless condition
as when she left. And when she leaves
there is none OF the awful cranking Or
other unpleasant conditions that surround
a gasoline car.
OF course, there is nothing derogatoFy to
the gas car in this statement. for it has a
field OF its own. but 1t is true that wom-
an can use an electric under all condt-
lions without going into a lot Of technical
details which, perhaps, she has no desire
to know nor the time to understand. I,
is. convenient, 1t is clean. and, most i'm
portant it Is ready for use at all times
She can jump into her little runabout and
make couple of calls while her chauffeur
is getting the larger car in condition to
make more extended trip.
A great many of the prominent matrons
and maids Of the city are already known
for their electrics. Any one Of a score
whose names are nearly household words
can be seen almost any morning IN the
week with their silent runabouts In the
parks Or at the stores.
Mrs. Nicholas Longworth is the most
prominent Of all of these, and every
morning while Congress is in session she
can be seen driving Mr.. Longworth to
in fho c1n mol h,.{1I live
and in the afternoon she as regularly
comes to drive him home. It was while
she was still debutante In the White
House that she first was initiated into
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COMING EVENTS.
Dates Of Interest in Automobile
World,

w O1lo.
October 17-Hartford (Conn.) Automobile
Clubs hill climb, Avon mountain.
October 24-Vanderbilt cup race, under
the auspices of A. A. A. over Long Island
parkway. Long Island. N. Y.
November L Springfield, Mass, hill
climb of Springfield Automobile Club on
Wilbraham HILL
November 25-A. c. A. light car race at
Savannah. Ga.
November 26-Savannah, Ga, races, un-
der auspices of A.sC. A.
December 31-January IA. M. c. M. A.
annual automobile show at Grand Central
Palace, New York city.
1909
January 16-23-Annual automobile show
In Madison Square Garden, under auspices
Of Association of Licensed Automobile
Manufacturers. East 42d street, New
York city.
February 6-l3-Chicago national auto
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WASHINGTON Women
w Seem to Have Appro-
priated the Electric as
Their Own Particular Car
It Possesses ALI the Refine
ments That Are Lacking in
the Gasoline Kind-Promi-
nent Members Of the Fair Sex
Who Are Using Them-Won-'
derful Records Made by Elec-
trics-A Single Charge Which
Drove a Car for 142 Kues-
Good Trip Made From Wash
ington to Baltimore.
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! II THOUGH there are many women
IN who are beginning to learn to
- run their gasoline cars. still
q there is no doubt that, in Wash
, 1908-04-29
MOTOR SHOW AT OLYMPIA.

Last Friday, with little or no formality,
other than that involved in a visit Gin State"
the Lord Mayor opened the commercial Mo-
tor Vehicle and other MotorBoats Exhibition
at Olympia, and was the principal guest
later at an inaugural luncheon.
The Lord Mayor, in proposing "The Soci-
ety's Exhibition" said it seemed but q week
or two since the advent of motors in any
shape or form. He remembered we'll the
first exhibition of all kinda of motor-cars, and
was reminded by the present exhibition Of
the enormous strides which had been made
since that time. He hoped that future i'm
provements in the commercial section would
include the construction Of the quiet motor
omnibus. If they could only succeed in
making motor omnlbuses quiet, less offensive
and a little cheaper, they would have effect
ed an enormous improvement. That those
omnibuses had come to stay there could be
no doubt. He believed that they would
outlive the tramcar, and that he time would
come when it would be unnecessary to make
the roads into tram tracks. He had noticed
with pleasure the large number of uses to
which the motor could be adapted. Taxi
cabs had conferred a great boon on the peo-
pie but those vehicles would be still more
useful if inventors could only devise some
kind OF mechanism which would ensure the
correct registration of fares. As for the or
binary commercial vehicles, the Corporation
of London had used them for some time
past. The only thing against them was that
they were expensive to work. That and
other difficulties would, he was sure, be over
CONF as time advanced. He Joined with
motorists in the hope that Government
would not seek to check and paralyse the
industry by taxation.-Ibid.
, 1908-04-29

and unofficial way to the President and vari-
Gus leading American statesmen.
The attempted asstssinat1On, it IS said,
was the result of q carefully Matched conspi-
racy, inspired by a manifesto of the Corean
"Righteous Army" calling upon loyal Core
ans to coucencrate themselves to a holy war
and exterminate all Japane-e.
This manifesto reached here on the same
ship which brought Stevens. The proclama-
ton is signed by General E. Vie Lin Yung,
general of the Corean righteous Army"
1. w. Faik, national president of the Core
an Reform Lengue, in commencing to-day
the action Of the ~conspirators said:
Stevens met the fate that comes to all be-
trayers. He came into Coren from Ameri-
ca, which we have always regarded as our
best friend among the nations. He betray-
ell us. He told us that Us that the nation
we most hate must be accepted as our mas
ter, and he told Us two Coreans
most despised in their own land were the
only ones to lead us ns we should 60"
"Who are the two Coreans most hated in
in their own land? Paik was asked.
"Yoe Wan Wong, the Prime Minister,
who also is u Japanese spy, and Song Pung
Chun, the Minister of Agrioulture"he replied.
Stevens was resting easily this morning at
tho ST. Francis Hospital, and it is said he
may recover. The Corean, NJ. w. Chun,
who was shot yesterday morning, will pro-
badly recover. Ibid.
, 1908-04-29
OLD DRURY GONE, Quilted BY FIRE.
London, Wednesday.

LONDON, WcdnesdNy.
Drury Lane Theatre, one Of the most ia
nous in London, was practically destroyed
by fire early this morning. The whole in
terror of the theatre was destroyed and the
outside walls badly damaged. The flames
were first discovered about four o'clock in
the morning bursting from the windows Of
the building. It was then too late to save
the structure, which burned fercely despite
all the efforts OF the fire brigade.
Drury Lane Theatre was first opened in
1868, burned in 1872, and reopened in 1914
with an address by Dryden, who extolled its
advantages in location. The burning of the
third theatre on the site took place Febru-
airy "a, 1909. It was in the famous Drury
Lane that Garrick, Kean, the Kembles and
Mrs. Siddons used to act.-Nem York Her
aid, 25h March.
, 1908-04-29

ness and deaths daily, fifty deaths have
occurred Within five weeks, trains have DIS
continued running between Laguayra and
Caracas, and it is feared that steamers will not
coil, even at Puerto Cabello. The streets are
deserted, living has become costly, and the
houses where deaths occur are burned.
A telegram from Guayaquil states the
Ecutdorean gunboat Bolivar has landed thir-
ty one persons rescued from the Cacique
from Mollendo, bound to San Francisco,
which was burned off Santa Elena point.
Messers Tough and Company, long estab-
ished West Indian traders, have assigned,
the cause being attributed to losses in
jamaica.
President Roosevelt has approved the fol-
lowing itinerary for the fleet. Leave San
Francisco July seventh, arrive Auckland
Angus. ninth, Sydney August twentieth,
Melbourne August twenty ninth, Albany
September eleventh, Philippines October
first aud Yokohama October seventeenth.
there 1t will divide, one squadron returning
to Manila On October thirty first, the
other arriving at Annoy on the twenty ninth
The entire cruise will be AZ, 500 miles, the
longest made by any fleet, with the longest
leg without stops. AT Sydney the contri-
buttons for entertaining the feet, instead Of
being spent in temporary decorations, will
Do utilized for some pernanant structure as
" lasting momorial Of the fleets visit.
New York, April 28th
RIO offended Clear per barrel $40 $50
GIeal, Kindred, per Dalrol 3.65-
New Seasons Pork
Heavy Mess PORK, $148--154
s,,uar Crystals per H.. 4 7-16-f
'"9"'' Muscoyodo S9otest 3 15-16-4
6,olasses Ing. Islds. per gal. no quotation
Liverpool Cotton mjddlin2 Uplnnd. 5 $40
Exchange, Now York 4 London, GOdnys
sight 4.848
Exchange N,vYorh and London, sight .4,874
london. April 28th
Dem. Crystals 18s Sd -l8s 81.
c,. Muscovudo, floating terms, in
"'"' bond, 11s.3d-l1s. Cd
I Germ2n beet SO f. o. b lis. 103 d.
Java Sugar $500 Gibraltar or Channel tor
orders, floating TINS. lbs 81
Demcrara Rum, Is 24d --14.41.
Cocoa, Trinidad, good niddjin6 Red, nominal
pr cwt 76s.
G ton, medium Fine Stat Liverpool Is al
Bank of England Rate of discount 3
Cops0ls Sc GIG
Three per cent. Rentes inPurl $3.50
, 1908-04-29

raising and egg producing districts in Den
mark and Sweden. No one was more COM
petent to undertake such a mission, for Mr.,
Brown had already paid similar visits to
America, Russia, and other European coun-
tries.
His report bristles with interesting state
ments and suggestions. Whereas Denmark
confines her attention almost exclusively to
the production of eggs, Sweden, with her
larger areas and better facilities is inclined
to divide her efforts between the egg and
chicken markets. It will surprise those who
are accustomed to think O. British practices
as antiquated and unsatisfactory to learn
on the authority of this report that, az far as
methods Of production are concerned, there
is not much to be learned. It is in the
marketing of the produce that our rivals
excel US. The cooperative system has been
developed to the point Of perfection in Den
mark, and it is approaching the same stan
dard in Sweden. Cooperation, as conduct
ed in Denmark, does not consist merely in
the collection of eggs at appointed centres
and their despatch on the cheaper terms pro-
durable for large quantities. An important
feature in the system is the preservation of
the spring and summer eggs for the winter
markets. But for the adoption of this ID &C.
tlce the present measure of success the
profit being variOusly estimated at from Is.
64d. to A.. 81. per hen per ann n-could
not be attained. There is a double advan-
tage in a method Of this sort ; the control
which it affords serve to maintain prices in
the seasons when production is plentiful as
we'll as to increase the saleable quantities
when prices are high.
One Of the most important points brought
out by Mr.. Brown is that even in Denmark
the proper and really only place for poultry
keeping in the agricultural economy is as an
ad junct of ordinary farming. There is no
scarcity of theoretical advisers who would
have us believe that poultry keeping is able
to stand as an exclusive and Independent
pursuit. The example of numerous failures
at home, and the fact that in o country like
Denmark probably MT more than l per cent.
and in the United States not more than s.
per cent, Of the total bulk is produced at
special establishments, should dispel mist.k-
en- notions as to the remunerating capabilities
of the business. So fully is this point I'M
d~erstood in Denmark that the great majority
Of Danish farmers do not maintain moro than
80 to so laying hens, not because their hold
ings will not carry more, but for the reason
that this is about the number the farmer and
his family can manage in their spare time, q
clear Indication that the pursuit is incapable
of yielding both wages and profit Times
8 APrI.
, 1908-04-29
COREANS CONSPIRE TO SLAY
JAPAN ESE.
ESPECIAL DESPATCH TO THE HERALD

SAN FRANo1soo, Cal, Tuesday.-The shoot
ing here yesterday of Durham W. Stevens,
Japan's adviser to the Corean Council Of
State, was incidentally for getting possession
of papers which the Coreans of this city
believe to detrimental to the interest Of their
country, according to information obtained
by the police to-day.
At the time Stevens fell with two bullets
in his body, a concerted attempt was made
during the excitement to obtain possession
of Stevens portmanteau. This, however,
was frustrated by the Japanese Consul,
Koike, who had taken possession Of Stevens
belongings.
The papers are supposed by the Coreans
to be a statement from the Corean Council
of Suite to be presented by the Japanese
Ambassador at Washington in an informal
, 1908-04-29
CLUB BET STOPS LONDON TRAFFIC.

The recent removal Of some iron palings
from the middle Of Oxford street has
brought TO light o good joke on the city
Government. The palings were such as
Workmen put around a spot in q street
they are tearing up for one purpose or an
other. The incident started with q bet
made in o West End club many months
ago.
1t seems that in London the control of
the streets is vested in several different
authorities, and that the various depart
ments of the municipal government COM
missions or committees have % right to
tear up Or Obstruct o street without getting
permission from any one source. The bet
made in the club was that any person could
place an obstruction in on important thor
~oughfare without asking permissi "A Of any
one. and hat the obstruction would re-
main for at least three days. It was
promptly accepted.
The next day the betters hired q band
OF laborers to SGT up a fence enclosing o few
square yards right in the centre Of Oxford
street. The policeman on the post looked
on complacently while the work was in
progress, supposing that Il drain, water pipe,
electrical conduit or something of the kind
was to be repaired. The fence was put up,
the workmen departed and the club Nom
bers watched.
Meanwhile bus and cab drivers were ours
ing this new impeachment to traffic with hat
extensive flow Of profanity of which only %
London cabman is capable.
Not only did the obstruction stay there
three days, but actually q little more than
seven months, before the policeman began to
wonder why some work was not being done
in the enclosure. He made a few inquiries,
and the fence was whisked away in q hurry.
This recalls another incident not long ago,
when o bet was made that traffic on the
Strand could be held up for an hour without
reason. Two young men appeared at the
Strand and Wellington street, one of the
busiest corners, armed with q tape measure
and q notebook. They began measuring
from place to place with great care aud jot-
ting down profuse notes. A policeman held
up a commanding arm and traffic stopped.
Congestion of vehicles reached for blocks in
both directions.
When he practical jokers won their bet
they quietly went away, and the Infatuated
drivers were allowed to uhtangle their vehi-
cles and proceed, all of which proves that too
many official cooks spoil the governmental
soup of system. Strange as it may seem,
the policemen were not tipped, and there was
no oil put on the wheels of privilege.-I6id.
, 1908-04-29
POULTRY KEEPING IN DENMARK
AND SWEDEN.

In the autumn of last year Mr.. Edward
Brown, secretary of the National Poultry
Organization Society, made an official totr
OF inspection AMI inquiry OF the chief poultry
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Dryer Valley.
delayed from last week. ]

Dear Mr.. Editor: will write few
lines to the dear old Gazette, although
news is scarce in this neighborhood. d
We have been visited by good rain
since my last writing which is a benefit to
the cotton crops and also grass and Fall
gardens.
will be glad when we have cool wealth
er once more, and most Of all when school
opens up, which hope will not be long.
Ida and Mrs. l.. Turk were visiting in
Yoakum last week.
Geo and Lewis Turk were in Sinner
Saturday on business.
John Holly was visiting his brother,
Tom Holly of Dryer, Saturday.
We understand that L. Klohs has rent
ed the Rudolph Dreyer place purchased
by Dr. Gus Schulze of Sinner.
Geo. and Lewis Turk and r. G. Dreyer
are in Gonzales today attending court.
was sorry could not attend the sew
ing party given by Misses Fannie and Al
vina Herchek last Sunday.
Miss Rosa Herchek returned to her
home last Sunday, after a pleasant visit
to her sister, Mrs. l.. Turk
Mrs. Emil Gerdes has been quite sick
but is somewhat improved now Also
Mrs. Bart Burkett is quite sick, hope for
her speedy recovery.
Roy Crawford was visiting in our midst
yesterday. He leaves for North Texas
next Friday prospecting. We will be
sorry to loose Mr.. Crawford as he expects
to locate there 90.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Hirsch of Dryer
were visiting the family Of j. Hillen Sun
day. " Wi
Geo. Turk had the misfortune of falling
from ladder while working on his new
residence last week and inflicted very
painful wound butts able to be at work
again.
Well will close with best wishes to
the Gazette. Magnolia.
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Will Byrn, who has been with the
Herald for several years, left Monday
night for Perry, Kansas, where he ex-
poets to 60 into the newspaper bust
ness with his brother Billy left be.
hind him a Most OF friends who regret
his departure, but hope that success
and prosperitysyill follow him to his
new field of labor. Here's to you, old
man. Halletsville Herald, "
Will Byrn was for IS months fore
man of the GAZETTE Office andi we
never had a better man, we wish him
success in his new field, II