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Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1908-02-27
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HOUSTON STRUCTURAL STEEL co. Houston Texas
BUY HOME IN BEE COUNTY,
We have plated 1000 of Black Mesquite lands in
10 and 20 tracts and Offering same for sale on
ents OF $1,000 cash. and $1,000 month twenyfour
months No interest taxes We give Immediate nos
session. 90 ~ pO'
5000 acres of adjoining lands being armed by actual set
uers-nes colony in Southwest All lands within three miles
towns railroad stations general stores schools churre
postoce and local and long distance telephone service
Ii become totally disabled through illness or accident
die during the life of contract of purchase we deed the
lands SO contracted free to your beneficiary
Our illustrated descriptive pamphlet of these lands cor
tanning actual photographs of the property fac-simile let
ters from the actual settlers just off the WRITE FOR
~ Bee County leads in development and possibilities
orange trees will be set out this year by California and
Florida orange growers ~
Our acreage very limited All will be sold within so
days Ten or 20 all need You afford to miss
this opportunity
O. w. HAIL g. co,
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1908-02-27

WASHINGToN.-The navy depart
ment has decided to send two subma-
rines to the Pacific coast. They will
be loaded aboard a naval collier at
New York and be taken around South
America to San Francisco within the
next few months. The submarines
selected for the purpose are the Por-
poise and the Shark. The collier
which will transport them to the
Pacific will probably be the Caesar,
which will leave New York about
March 1.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1908-02-27
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Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1908-02-27
FOR SELE

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Five good jacks worth the Write for description and
prices Also Bronze turkeys from 45 pound gobber few
young gobbers at So, hens 49, pairs $3.50 booking
orders for turkey $3.50 setting of 2 eggs Send
me your orders; you will be pleased
o. P. LAWSON McGregor, Texas.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1908-02-27

ST. LOUIs.-Construction ., A.,
~ h LOUIS and Oklahoma railroad is
q; " 10 at once resumed The railroad
10 ~ ~ , oe Soo miles long, and decrease
S cue Instance between st. Louis and
H i"o Oklahoma, Texas and Mex-
ico more than 100 miles. ~
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1908-02-27

DEIHUIT.-Steamboa passenger
rates to the upper lakes will be ad-
vanced at the opening of the coming
season. Fare from Detroit and Lake
Erie ports will be emasured soc each
way. Rates to Duluth will be ad-
vanced 10 per cent. This year meals
ana oerths will be charged separately
from transportation fare on nearly
all the lines.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-09-27

Messenger" with a speed of 10 knots.
1t is mere SHE'LL and yet day after day
it drives its why around the shifting ice
blocks and through the thin skim of ice
on theYukon river on al, 200-mile journey,
and has never failed in the end to de
liver the letter" as per agreement.
But the photograph of the mail boat
Hegg, which takes the mail to the iso-
lated point Of Fort Seward, at Halnes,
Alaska. shows the most venturesome of
all the water mailcarriers of Uncle Sam.
The craft in the photo is shown loaded
down with ice, which has accumulated
aboard the vessel on one of her daring
trips through the Arctic waters.
The little vessel carries practically
nothing but the invaluable mail pack.
ages. She is swift and light, and her
daring crew drive her through Ice Aims
and around huge blocks of ice that would
deter any but the most hardy Of Arctic
mariners. Fort Seward lies just back of
the Hegg, in the photograph, and this is
probably the most northerly postofflce
with regular deliveries Of mail In the
whole world.
But while the water buffaloes Of the
Filipino, the donkeys of the Porto Rican
Los Angeles herald., 1908-09-27

TH LITTLE over IS months ago King
BHR ston, Jamaica, was a city of brick
u and mortar, an ugly, dingy city,
characterized by its Spanish style Of ar
chitecture, in strange contrast to the
well laid out streets and the distinctly
English manner of the town. The build
ings not being uniform in architecture
presented an ungraceful appearance. Two
storied houses alternated with one-story
structures. and the general aspect of the
town was far from pleasing to the eye
Then came the earthquake at $3.50
O'Clock on the afternoon of the 14th of
January. There was only low grumbling
Of the earth TO warn the citizens as the
ripping earth caused to tumble In con.
fusion the ancient brick and mortar
buildings which, as they fell, killed 1000
people and did damage to property to the
extent OF many millions Of dollars. But
like so many of the seeming catastro-
phies of this world, what seemed n great
misfortune was IN reality n blessing In
disguise. That was n little over IS months
ago, and today the old order of things
has changed making way for the new.
The old order, dating back from the end
of the eighteenth century, was brick and
mortar; the new is steel-frame buildings
reinforced with concrete. for Kingston
and it's Inhabitants have learnt their
costly lesson and are pro6ting thereby.
While the property loss was Undoubtedly
heavy and spelt ruin TO many merchants,
yet this loss would not have mattered
30 much II 1t had not been accompanied
by the terrible loss Of life. 1t is admit
ted that Jamaica is underpopulated;, for
this fertile island has only about 1s0
persons to the square mile. So when ruin
Los Angeles herald., 1908-09-27

the work of devastation begun by the
earthquake than the officials of the Nova
Scotia Bank had drawn up plans for the
erection of a magnificent structure, to
cost nearly one hundred and twenty thou
sand dollars.
This work Is progressing rapidly and
will be completed within a month or SO.
The building will be on the Spanish Col
onnade style aud will be the best bank
building in the West Indies.
With the example of the bank and Of
other places before them. the cry went
up for steel and concrete, and 30 great
has been the demand that delays are
being experienced In getting the iron
work down. In order TO aid In the re-
construction work the government waiveu
the import duty on cement, and placed
1t on the free list. The demand for this
was enormous and shipload after shipload
was brought down. Brick was discarded
and now Is not being used even In the
erection of the meanest house.
When the earthquake passed over not
church In Kingston was left standing.
There was something strange, something
peculiar In the fact that Of these edifces
not one survived the thirty seconds Of
earthshaking. A story is told of an Ang-
lican parson and a Roman Catholic priest
the church of which denomination was
completely demolished. Said the parson,
"Your church has suffered most" YES"
replied the priest God has been good
to us. He has spared US the trouble and
expense Of pulling it down"
The first church to be restored was the
Wesleyan Church, Coke. Others are
being gradually completed. The Roman
Catholics have planned a mammoth ca
thedral, which will cost $4,000; work
on the ediace has been commenced and Is
being pushed forward as rapidly as pos
sfble.
Another most important building opera
ton is that connected with the new rail-
way workshops, which will cover nearly
three acres of land in the western portion
of the city. The site has been cleared
and the entire steel structure will be Inn
ported from the United States.
Notwithstanding the fact that the re-
building of Kingston is being accom-
plished mainly by British money, yet the
trade has turned towards the United
States. The fact that a British colony
should use Britain's free gift and loan in
order to import American materials might
Los Angeles herald., 1908-09-27

and the ice-clad mail boat Hegg are pic
turesque, it is to the dog sledge teams
that dare the icy trails of Alaska. laden
with sacks marked U. s. NJ, that the
palm for daring must be awarded. One
of these trails-that from the postof1ce
at Barrow to Kotzebue by way of Point
Hope-is so dangerous that only two
trips year by land are arranged for by
the postoffice authorities, and only $50
pounds of mail matter of all classes can
be delivered by the postof1ce authorities.
DRIVEN INSANE BY HARDsHIPs.
It was only last January that George
Blain, a halfbreed, used to the icy trail
and wise IN native tricks to maintain
life and follow the right road during the
Arctic winter nights, lost his way be-
tween Kotzebue and Council, two little
Alaskan snow-bound villages. For three
days he wandered blindly with his half
maddened dogs dragging the little sledge
on which the mail sacks were piled.
Finally, at Kotzebue Sound, he lost his
way in a tremendous snowstorm and his
bands and feet became frostbitten. When
he staggered into Council. George Blain.
United States letter-carrier, was violently
Los Angeles herald., 1908-09-27
King Edwards Sister An
Author.

In the British royal family the Kings
youngest sister, Princess Henry OF Bat
tenburg, is the only real literary MEM
Der, and she is also quite talented COM
poser. Her Royal Highness has recently
completed a history of the Isle Of Wight,
of which she Ia captain and governor.
and It Is to be published and sold for
the benefit of the island.
Princess Henry's first published book
was translation OF a German fairy
tnle and her first musical composition
was song written TO lyric by Lord
Beaconsned, which was published in.
girls paper.
Her most ambitious EFFORT, however, Is
her book on the mysteries Of life and
death, published In Germany under the
title of '@rrost i'm Teide," by b. Won
B. Although printed In English for pri-
vata circulation, It has never been pub
lished In England or America.
It was written during the first year of
the grief after the death of her husband.
and contains passages which reveal very
hfe character and quite exceptional pow
ers of thought and expression.
The Princess literary gifts are inher-
tied by her daughter. the Queen of Spain.
who wrote a short play in French for
the members of the court at San Sebas-
tian. Queen Victoria Eugenie has a con-
siderable knowledge of dramatic tech
nique, acquired in private theatricals at
Carlsbrooke Castle, In whlcn she used 10
take a prominent parr every year before
she was married to the King of Spain.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-09-27
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insane, but he stifl guarded the precious
sacks of letters. He had been four days
making 12 miles, and he was SO badly
frostbitten that he lost both hands and
nearly lost both feet.
His mind he lost entirely and there is
no hope of his recovery Of his reason,
according to the physician at this outpost
of civilization. Such are the meager de-
tails of this adventure of one of Uncle
Sans letter-carriers In the frozen North.
The dog sledges in an important section
OF the Yukon and Alaskan district form
the only means Of delivering mail from
November until May. But Uncle Sam has
arranged regular postofices, and once
month or once a week. and in a few In
stances at least once a day, the barking
dogs, half wolf In many instances. strong.
powerful and wholly savage, pull on the
little sledges piled high with mail sacks
and the work of keeping Americans In
touch with the world at large goes on
despite death and suffering.
The dogs are usually harnessed tandem
to the number Of half a dozen. The
sledges carry only the mail and the car
rier must foot the whole distance.
On the sledge will be a few rations of
dried meat and the snowshoes of the let
ter-carrier. At stations placed at varying
distances along the nearly obllterated
trail In the deep snow are log houses.
where food and hrewood are stored, and
the letter-carrier usually stops here to
eat. and II his schedule permits, he
sleeps in these snow-bound huts.
But II the task OF carrying mails to
these out-of-the-way places OF the earth
is hazardous and expensive, the Joy Of
the sojourners at distant points In seeing
the familiar mail sacks, with the brand
United States Mail on them, is pitiable
TO behold.
The bills foE this work are very high'
Los Angeles herald., 1908-09-27

sound peculiar; but It must be remem-
bered that the United States Is the nat
ural market for the West Indies. In
month orders are nlled In the United
States; 1t takes three months to get ma
terials from England.
In the first days of reconstruction work
was hampered owing to the uncertain
all their lives to follow a certain line of
work, when suddenly changed to some
thing altogether different, find themselves
at disadvantage, and the employers Of
such labor sometimes give way to sud
den fts of pyrotechn!cal nature. So 1t
was with the Jamaican artisan who had
to face sudden transition from bricks
and mortar to steel and concrete. Owing
to the defective system Of training, for
In Jamaica the apprenticeship system has
fallen into disuse. and there are no In
dustrial or technical scholars, the supply
Of trst-class artisans was, at the best of
times, deficient and unreliable.
At nrst contractors were chary about
employing native labor on the important
Jobs, but this prejudice is now dying
away. Quick to catch onto things and to
grasp ideas, the native workmen have
adapted themselves to the new conditions,
so that the work of erecting steel frame
buildings now comes naturally to them,
restricted rebuilding. On the receipt Of
the news of the fire following the earth
quake the insurance companies repudlated
all liability. 1--WE won't pay" they said.
They are now being made to pay through
the law courts. The policyholders COM
mittee said that the confagration was
caused by FIRE which started before the
earthquake, and two Juries at Vaudeville
and Montego Bay decided that 1t was so.
The Supreme Court of Jamaica sustained
the verdict Of the juries, and Kingston
went wild with delight when the news
came that the hnal court Of appeal, the
judicial committee of the Priyy Council,
had decided in one case In favor of the
policyholders. The other case will come
on for hearing in October.
Notwithstanding all disadvantages, King
ston is being restored quickly and silent
ly. and the day is not far of when all
traces Of the disastrous earthquake OF
January 14th, 1907, will be obllterated,
and the people. from improved conditions,
will live with greater security
Los Angeles herald., 1908-09-27

overlook Kingston serious people looked
not only on the financial loss. but also on
the loss of population.
With the true spirit of determination
the Inhabitants of this. the most i'm
portant town of the most important pos
session of the British domtnions in the
West Indies. have set about rebuilding
the stricken city and TO make It. ms far
as human power Is able, earthquake and
hurricane proof. Following the example
of the people of San Francisco, to whom
a like misfortune had come the year be-
fore, and on whose grit and energy the
whole world had looked in admiration
and applause, Kingstonians have put
their whole soul into the task Of recon-
struction. and have been generously aided
in this work by the British government.
From the latter they have received nearly
FIVE millions Of dollars, partly In the
form of loan, payments of which ex-
tend over a period of 20 years, and
Los Angeles herald., 1908-09-27

partly as a gift. For the administra-
ton and distribution of these funds two
bodies were created. the Kingston Loan
Board and the Assistance Committee.
The latter has been violently attacked In
the English and Jamaica press for pur-
suing a policy of "to him that hath shall
be given, ETC." This committee is de-
cidedly unpopular.
II the citizens of the wrecked city were
determined that 1t should rise Phoenix
like from its ashes, the government was
equally determined that In its regenera-
tion 1t should be beautiful and uniform.
So the building authority was created.
Before the disaster n man could build
anyhow and anywhere. and in some cases
buildings were put up which took In
portion OF the streets. But the govern
ment stepped In, and with paternal IN
terest (which, of course, was resented)
said: Build ali you like. but ! must have
a say as to how and where you shall
Los Angeles herald., 1908-09-27
one WAY or the other.

one way or the other.
They were a week late in learning that
President Mckinley was shot and that
Theodore Roosevelt had become Presl-
dent Of the United States. This letter.
carrier has only 40 miles to cover, but
the overland trails are so bad that 1t
takes him over nine hours to make the
40 miles. The carrier draws a salary of
S1,1O0. but must pay all his own ex-
penses. SO the job is no sinecure.
Another Hawaiian letter-carrier has
the Job Of getting the letters from
Pahaln to the Volcano House. He makes
the trip In about six hours. Last year
he got $1,2es.s6, and doubtless is con-
sidered a rich man by the natives OF the
island.
There are only II mails year at Pago
Pago, Samoa and these come via Homo
lulu to San Francisco, a distance of over
5000 miles. 1t Is details of this sort
which cast an educational light on the
queer places, and the vast distances eov-
cred by Uncle Sans letter-carriers
throughout the world!
IN ICY ALASKA AND THE YUKON
REGION.
The river Yukon Is not much known
TO the casual traveller or to the ordinary
citizen. Yet 1t is one of the great rivers
of this continent, river that-~vles with
the Mississippi and Missouri In volume,
and width, and is of vast length. On
this mighty river for certain periods
of the year the Northern Commercial
Company delivers all the United States
mall from the swift little launch, the
Los Angeles herald., 1908-09-27

~ o the average reader the delivery
OF letter through the United States
mails pictures only the regular and
neatly uniformed letter-carrier in shining
brass buttons who trips politely up the
front steps and hands in letters from all
over the face of the earth. Yet the let
ter-carrier, II the most familiar method
Of receiving one's mail from the care Of
Uncle Sam, is only one of many schemes
employed by the government for disposing
of the millions of letters annually turned
over to the Postoflce Department
throughout the world.
For instance, Uncle Sam, aside from the
city delivery Of letters and the rural free
delivery carriers, has regular contracts
by which letters are delivered by steam
launches, by sail boats and by teams of
half-wild Alaskan dogs. In Porto Rico
Uncle Sam has native letter-carriers who
carry United States mall on donkeys; in
Samoa the relay runners carry the sacks
on their brawny shoulders as they race
for hundreds Of miles through the islands.
NATIVE FILIPINO RELAY RUN
NERs.
In the Philippines native runners thread
the Jungle, carrying letters from home to
soldiers in far-away posts on the very
outskirts Of utter savagery. On the su-
perb military and mail roads constructed
by the United States War Department
crude native carts creak their way for
hundreds Of miles. while IN the primeval
wilderness of the Filipino Jungle strange
native carts. with solid wheels sawn in
a single piece from the round trunk of
some gigantic Filipino tree, keep the
mails moving toward the address, often
penned In some refined drawing.room In
a big American city.
Camels, aside from donkeys and big
eight-horse teams, are used to draw
United States mail. In the Philippine
archipelago the strangest OF all the ami
mails which pull the United States mail
bags are found. They are the native
Filipino water buffaloes. Strange animals
are these, with uncanny humps on their
backs, and long thick horns. They alone
can be used so far In the islands as
beasts Of burden, as the rinderpest still
continues to kill all oxen and similar
animals imported from other countries
The government mas been for years try
ing to nnd some one method of making |
Los Angeles herald., 1908-09-27

Once the possibilities of Kingston's re-
construction and the resultant trade were
realized various American companies be-
stirred themselves to help the work along.
One American company designed and
erected the first steel frame building in
Kingston. Their work was done for the
Jamaica Tobacco Company, branch Of
the American Tobacco Trust. Native arti-
sans knew next TO nothing about steel
framing, so the compdny brought down
Its own workmen. The natives looked on
in wonder at the incredible speed with
which the steelwork was put together and
hlied 1t with concrete. Crowds Of blacks
gathered in the streets and stopped trafhc
as they gazed In amusement at huge
girder. with a man clinging to one end
and being hoisted into position 100 feet
above the street. They had never seen
anything like 1t before.
Hardly had the burning debris cooled
after the con1agration which completed
Los Angeles herald., 1908-09-27

build. So now no building can be erected
that does not come up to a certain
standard, and the plans Of which have
not been submitted to the building au-
thority.
The government, however. did not ham,
per or restrict building operations. To
the contrary, 1t set very good example.
Soon after the quake the determination
was reached on grounds Of public safety
TO remove the excise warehouses with
their contents. comprising from 5000 to
5000 casks Of rum, to the extreme west
Of the city. and the legislature appro-
priated $4,000 for constructing suitable
fire and earthquakeproof stores. with ade-
quate accommodation. Land was quickly
acquired and the work is now well under
way. This was not all. however for the
ruling authorities acquired land In the
center OF the city and announced that
they would erect public buildings on this
land at total cost of 100000.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-09-27

running up sometimes to So and $A per
mail package. But the citizens of these
United States pay no bill so gladly as
that Of furnishing mail communication
betFeen the big centers Of human life
and the most isolated points, no matter
what the cost or the hazard Of maintain
ing the efficiency Of the mail service.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-09-27
QUEER CARRIERS IN HAWAII.

Over in the Hawaii Islands Uncle Sam
has letter carrier who uses a small
gasoline launch just once a week so that
the business men OF Kawaihae, Lalamilo
and Ktholo Bay and Kallua can receive
their mail and hear how things are pro-
crossing In the remainder of these United
States and the rest of the worl1 In gem
eral. These folk will be a week In learn
ing whether a national election has gone
Los Angeles herald., 1908-09-27

American cattle immune to the FINDER
pest, but so far without success. There
fore the water buffalOes continue TO be
all Uncle Sam can depend on to haul his
mail sacks In the wilder sections of the
land Of the Filipino.
The handling OF all mails in the Phil
ippine Islands, curiously enough, has
nothing to do with the Postofice Depart.
ment. 1t comes under the jurisdiction of
the War Department. and incidentally the
practical part Of the managing is done by
the Bureau of Insular Affairs, at the
head of which is Brigadier General Clar-
ence Ransom Edwards, who, by the way,
did some fine, soldierly lighting In the
Philippines and knows personally the. con-
ditions In the islands and the needs of
the population, both native and acquired.
The view shown of the Benguet mail
and military road shows that great high
way as It is vending north from Manila
on It's way into the recesses of the island
and so to Luzon, where 1t strikes of into
small native trails. Only native bearers
can venture to endure the final journey
to deliver mail to jungle points of the
interior.
In such cases the mail carriers not only
convey mail, but also provisions and other
commodities. In many cases these car
riers are the sole method of communi-
eating with the outside world Of civiliza-
tion.
Despite the curious looking animals and
quaint carts the United States mail is
just as sacred in character in the Jungles
OF the Philippines as on Broadway. New
York.
At first the ratives continually attacked
and robbed the mails, but the War De-
partment merely detached a few hard
riding, rapid-shooting American soldiers,
and since then there has been no molest-
ing the United States mail, in even the
widest sections of the islands