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Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1910-02-26

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Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1910-02-26
Die @rohibitioniiten in Bonn

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permeigert 5lt baben. sic perlangen
einen @eridtsbefebl olrh oen er
gealpungen lperben ioa, Die Certifi.
fate ausau1tellen.
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1910-02-26

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lleberi6memnlltng babe feline i6lirn-
men Splgen fir ben @eiultobeits5u-
itano Der 8epobner gebaht. Die
Sterberate errei6e 3ur 3eit nift elm.
nal Die normale Sobe.
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1910-02-26
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9lpporoten, Die 8ur Gorfiibrlln9 Be.
tpeglt1er 8il6er benubt tpnroen.
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1910-02-26
Bebrandt feline Stride.

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illus, g. g., botte eine 9uetlbmun-
oe am 8ein. @r probierte Dicle Mit.
tel, aber fie balfen rti6t. Yudlen's
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gei6ts lit 10 gut fir @eIdpiire,
@ronopunoelt, S6nitttpunoen, Siih.
neraugen Sdmorrboioen uliu. 25c
bei ollen 9ruegiIten.
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1910-02-26

- 8ute @etrdnfe tn1o famoier
2und itets IN 8nrsftaller's Salooa
unb 9eitaarant, 8inita Strabe, neben
ber SaIIe Der Sermonnsi0hne.
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SYNOPSIS.

Archibald Terhune. a popular and In
dolent young bachelor Of London. re-
ceives news that he has been made heir
TO the estate of his Aunt Georgiana. with
an income of $4,000 a year, on condition
that he becomes engaged to be married
within ten days. Failing to do so the
legacy will go to a third cousin In Amer
.ca. The story opens at Castle Wyckon,
where Lord Vincent and his wife, friends
of Terhune, are discussing plans to find
him a wife within the prescribed time. 1t
seems that Lady Vincent is one OF seven
persons named Agatha, all close girlhood
chums. She decides to invite two Of them
to the castle and have Archie there as
one of the guests. Agatha Sixth strikes
Archie as a ~handpainted beauty. Agatha
First is a breezy American girl. Lady
Vincent tells her husband that Agatha
Sixth already cares for Archie. He gains
from Agatha Sixth the admission that
she cares for him, but will require a
months time fully to make up her mind.
Agatha First, neglected by Terhune, re-
ceives attentions from Leslie Freer. -Four
days Of the precious time have passed
when Terhune Is called to London on
business. Agatha First. on the plea of
sickness. excuses herself from a motor
trip planned by the Vincents. Later they
see Agatha First picking flowers with a
strange man. The Vincents discuss
Agatha's seeming dupllcity. The follow
ing day the party visits the ruins OF an
old convent. Terhune continues his at
t~entions to Agatha Sixth.
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Too Ardent a Lover,

Georgotto Fontano, an e~mbroiderer
who lives in the Rue Sevres in Paris,
has found herself condemned to a
months Imprisonment for what seems
to her q harmless act.
She was going home from a concert
q few evenings ago when she decided
she would like to see her fance. AS
he happens to be a fireman whose
station is In her own neighborhood 1t
occurred to her it would be very easy
to summon him to her side by break
Ing the glass Of the fire alarm and
sounding a call.
She did so anr In a few moments
fire engines came from several direc-
lions, all laden with iremen, OF course,
but alas! her fance was not among
them, and more than that all the fire.
men were angry, and before she knew
what had happened she was taken to
a magistrate, who proceeded to make
the course of true love run unsmoothly
by sending her to prison for a month
In spite of her tears and protests that
she thought it would be a simple way
of bringing her lance to her side.
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Ereneh Official Etlauet.

The wives of the new French minis
tiers share in the honors conferred on
their husbands, the degree Of defer
ence due to them being infinitely es-
tablished by the aprotocole." When
the wife Of a minister enters a room.
If any deputies or senator's wives are
present, they are supposed to rise
and remain standing until she Is seat
ed. Other ministers wives may rest
in their chairs, but should the prime
minister's wife arise they also must
stand to attention. And even Nine,
BRAND (f there were such a peraon),
would have to show similar Difference
to the wife Of the president OF tho
chamber. With her. according to the
protocole, "e'est la representation ma
tionale qui entire, le suffrage uniyer-
sci la France."-London Chronicle.
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My wife and I left alone, she broke
at once into lamentation. Her plans
we're all going astray, she declared.
Matchmaking was perfectly horrid
and she would never, no, never, I'M
dertake it again. AS for Archibald,
she gave him up. She couldn't under
stand it, at all. Why couldn't he
make up his mind which girl he
wanted and stick tc 1t? A man who
only had ten days in which to choose
a wife had no business to go on as
he did. Why, she'd never get him
married, and he'd lose his fortune!
But that wasn't the most important
point to be considered by any means.
What bothered her most was that
poor Agatha Lawrence had fallen in
love with the marplot, and so far as
she could see-and this in spite Of her
best efforts-the poor girl was des-
tined to lose him after all! o, 1t
was really too bad. Terhune was
too, too trying! I must really speak
to him and find out what he meant
by playing fast and loose like that! l
give you my word I've seldom heard
her go on 20 about anything. She
really felt distressed by the unaccount.
able and rather mysterious color our
matrimonial project had assumed, and
was much concerned for Agatha
Sixth's happiness. The other Agatha
We did not seem to be as interested
in somehow. as she had neither a hus,
band OF a fortune at stake with which
to enlist our special s%ympathies.
after all, Wilfred," she said, heav.
ing a deep sigh, "the purse of true
love never did run smooth"
Nor yet the curse Of true match
making!" I answered and we strolled
down the side Of the little hill where
the picnic had been to go and look
for wild flowers ourselves.
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Vivid at Least.

DR.. Hiram c. Cortlandt, the we'll
known theologtan of Des Moines, said
In a recent address:
Thomas A. Edison tells US that he
thinks the soul Is not immortal but,
after all, what does this great Eizard
know about souls? His forte IL cleo
tricity and machinery, and when he
talks of souls he reminds me irresist-
IDLY of the young lady who visited the
Baldwin locomotive works and then
told how a locomotive Is made.
"'You pour she said, a lot Of sand
into a lot Of boxes, and you throw old
stove lids and things into a furnace,
and they you empty the molten stream
into a hole in the sand, and everybody
yells and swears. Then you pour It
out and let 1t cool and pound 1t, and
then you put it in a thing hat bores
holes in 1t. Then you screWit to-
gether, and paint It, and put steam In
it, and 1t goes splendidly; and they
take it to d drafting room and make
a bluep rnt Of It But n thing I for
got-they have to make a boiler. One
man gets inside and one gets outside,
and they pound frightfully; and then
they tie 1t to the other thing, and you
ought to see 1t go!'"
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hospital and at the risk of death be cut.
Plain common sense shows the better way
is to stop food that evidently has not been
digested.
Then, when food Is required, use an easily
digested food. Grape-Nuts or any other II
you NOV 1t to be predigested (partly digested
before taking).
We brought to Court analytical chemists
from New York, Chicago and Mishawaka, lnd'
who swore to the analysis OF Grape-Nuts ana
that part of the starchy part OF the wheat and
barley had been transformed into sugar. the
kind Of sugar produced In the human body by
digestdng' starch (the large part Of food).
Some Of the State chemists brought on by
the weekly" said Grape-Nuts could not be
called a "predigested' food because not all OF
it was digested outside the body.
The other hemist said any food which had
been partly or half digested outside the body
was commonly known as "predigested."
Splitting hairs about the meaning Of a word.
It Is sufficient that If only one-half Of the
food is "predigested," it is easier on weakened
stomach and bowels than food in which no
part Is predigested.
To show the facts We introduce DR.. Thos.
Darlington, former chief Of the N. Y. Board
of Health, DR.. Ralph W. Webster, chief Of the
Chicago Laboratories, and DR.. B. Sachs, N. Y.
If we were a little severe In our denuncia-
ton Of a writer, self-confessed ignorant about
appendicitis and its cause, 1t Ia possible tho
public will excuse us, in view Of the fact that
our head, Mr.. C. W.. Post, has made a lifetime
study Of food, food digestion and effects, and
the conclusions are Endorsed by many of the
best medical authorities Of the day.
Is it possible that we are at fault for
suggesting, as a Father and Mother might, to.
one of the family who announced a pain in the
side: stop using the food, greasy meats,
~gravies, mtnce pie, cheese. too much starchy
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Planting Wedding Oaks.

Princess August Wilhelm, wife OF
the .kaiser's fourth son, has set herself
the task Of reviving one Of Germany's
oldest customs, that according to which
newly welded couples Immediately af'
ter the marriage ceremony plant a cou'
pie Of oak saplings side by side IN a
park or by the roadside Of their ma
tive town.
The town Of Mulchausen, in Thurin'
gta, is the first to respond to the prin'
cess appeal. A municipal official ap'
pears ut the church door after every
wedding and invites the bride and
bridegroom to drive with him IN a car
riage to a new road neal the town and
there plant oak saplings.
The tree planting idea was started
by a former elector of Brandenburg
with the object Of repairing the raw
ages caused by the 30 years war. The
elector forbade young persons to mar
ry until they had planted a number oil
fruit trees. 80.
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Two Very Old LadjaS,

We have heard a great deal lately
about long-lived people. but 1t Is prob
able that the oldest two people in the
world today are Frau .Dutkievitz and
another old lady named Babavaslika.
The former lives at Posem, in Prus-
sian Poland, and vas born on Febru-
airy 81, 1785. She Is therefore one
hundred and twenty-five years old.
The latter, however. is nine months
her senior, having been born in May,
1884.
She is still a fairly hale old woman,
and for nearly one hundred years
worked in the fields. Her descendants
number close On 100, and these now
make her a joint allowance. She lives
at the village Of Bavelsko, whose
neighborhood she has never quilted
during the whole Of her long life. She
remembers events which happened at
the beginning Of last century much
more clearly than those Of the last
40 years.-Dundee Advertiser.
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An Alaskan Luncheon.

Runners. Of woven Indian basketry,
with white drawnwork doilies at each
of the II covers, were used on an oval
mahogany table. The doilies were
made at Sitka. In the middle Of the
table a mirror held a tall central vase
of frosted glass, surrounded by four
smaller vases, all filled with white
spring blossoms. The edge Of the
mirror was banked with the same
flowers. Four totem poles were placed
on doilies in the angles made b. the
runners.
Place cards were water colors OF
Alaskan scenery. Abalone shells held
sailed nuts, and tiny Indian baskets
held bonbons. The soup spoons we're
of horn, several Of the dishes used
we're made by Alaskan Indians, and
the cakes were served on, baskets.
The menu was as follows: Poisson
a la Boring Sea (halibut chowder),
Yukon climbers (broiled salmon, po-
tatoes %Julienne), snowbirds avec
auroraborealis (roast duck with jelly,
Shungnak river turnips, Tanana
beets, Skagway hash (salad), Fair
banks nuggets (ripe strawberries ar
ranged on individual dishes around a
central mound Of powdered sugar.,
arctic slices ebrick ice cream, Circle
City delights (small cakes), Klondike
nuggets yellow cheese in round balls
on ~crackersl, Nome frewater (cofee).
-Woman's Home Companion.
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tiently, that's Just what you're doing.
/ should think you could see you're
jeopardizing your chances with Agatha
Sixth every time you so much as
glance at Agatha First, and really,
when you consider that you've asked
the girl to marry you and are sup
posed to be awaiting her answer with
all a lovers Impotence, 1t doesn't look
we'll. 1t doesn't really! What do you
want to do it for, anyway" I paused
in my TRADE, but he made no motion
to answer. why, it's plain loony of
you!" I exploded in my irritation.
For a man in your position, it's posi-
lively suicidal to fool the way you're
doing. I shouldn't wonder at all If
Miss Lawrence refused you eventual
ly, and then the game would be up
indeed"
What gamer" said Arch, If you
please, just as If he didn't know what
1 was talking about.
"Why, your aunt's property In Au-
stralia," I beloved in his ear. You
can't inherit it If Agatha Sixth. won't
marry you, can you?"
Cant II" he said simply, as II II
didn't matter at all, and l nearly lost
my patience.
How could you?" I returned. THE
times up in two days; is it likely you
could get anyone else to marry you IN
that length Of timer"
He looked up. II shouldn't care to
marry anyone else," he said. Il hap
pen to care about her." and his e1-
preston was so earnest and sincere
I had to believe him.
"Well then, for heavens sake, make
a little more effort to convince her
that you care!" I advised, but more
gently, and we walked on in silence.
l broke it first, as he didn't seem in
clined to talk. Honest, old man.
said, "T wish you'd tell a fellow what
you're up to! / hate to see you ma
king a mess Of this thing, for no good
reason. If you didn't like Miss Law
renee it would be different. But you're
self-confessed as to that, and it's es-
pecially hard to bear when Dearest
and I have been doing our very best
to help you. Tell me what it's all
about, can't you? Why will you per-
sist in running after Agatha Endicott
Just at this critical stage of the
gamer"
my dear fellow" he replied, I'D
tell you everything in a minute If
there we're anything to tell. But there
isn't, not a blooming blessed thing; I
deny your last statement, however.
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c~onfdentially with Terhune. He and
1 were walking home, as seven was
rather q crowd in the machine and we
wanted the exercise.
What IN thunder do you ear by
it?' I demanded when I had finished
setting his erratic and inconsiderate
conduct before him in its true light
excepting, of course, the details Of
the incident of the automobile in the
wood, and Jul later discovery Of the
checked coat in his closet. All refer
ence to this little episode and the
suspicious Of Dearest and myself in
regard to his connection with 1t, I
had felt obliged to omit. We had de-
cided not to mention the subject to
him as we had after all only circum-
stantial evidence upon which to base
our belief that Terhune had been
Agatha Frst's companion that day.
For, after all, the checked coat we
found In his closet might only have
resembled the one I saw In the car,
and he might easily have owned n
Of the kind without our yer having
seen it. Our friendship with Arch
was too dearly priced by us to risk
falsely accusing him. And then I
couldn't help feeling that after all I
had rather surprised them when / had
come upon them In the woods, and In
seeing what I was not meant to have
seen, had rather played the spy, how
ever inadvertently 1t might have been
done. And I did not relish making
use of information SO obtained. 1t
was better, much fairer to Arch, we
decided, to act simply as If my dis
covery had never been.
Here you've gone and asked US to
help you," I went on, "in the matter
of getting a fortune, not to mention a
wife, and when it's made as plain as
it could we'll be that Agatha Sixth is
the girl for you and you admit fancy
ing her yourself, why, then, what do
you do?" 1 stopped and faced him.
We were crossing Hartsmere common
and the castle was already in sight,
and his eyes fell before my just in
dignation. He didn't seem anxious to
tell me-, so I set to and told him my
self. "Why, you go and spoil 1t all
by flirting with Agatha First, now
don't you!"
Spoil it all?" he asked without
looking up. Eyes," I affirmed impa-
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-12-28
Pretty Good Definition.

We hear some funny things in Fleet
street sometimes, and the following
definition of the height Of aggravation,
by a gentleman in rather shaky boots.
whom We encountered In a wellknown
hostelry the other day, struck US Al
being particularly choice.
"The eight of haggravation. gentle
men," said this pothouse humorist, set
ting his pewter on the counter and
looking round proudly, with the air OF
one about to let of a good thing, the
eight of haggravation-why. trying
to ketch a flea out D yer a with .
pair of boxin' gloves."-London Tit
Bits. s.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-12-28
Difference IN THE RACES
MexIcans In the Main Unjust In
Blaming Americans for Lack
Of PoIlteness.

. All the Mexican correspondents
who have written on the subject OF
why Americans are not better liked
by Mexicans agree that 1t Is largely a
question of a lack of p%oliteness on
the part Of the foreigner here, and IN
some cases an i~ll-eoncealed contempt.
The latter Is inexcusable, and certain
ly must emanate only from inconsid-
crate or poorly educated persons, from
which no nation Is free. Politeness,
however, is largely a matter Of form
and training. It Is undeniable that
the Anglo-Saxon salutations, methods
Of expressing thanks and apprecia-
ton, etc., are simpler and shorter
than the Latin forms. To many who
have all their lives been accustomed
to the briefer Saxon ways, an attempt
of the more elaborate Latin politeness
seems, for them, nothing short Of at
fectation, and they simply cannot do
It. There are exceptions among Amer
leans and Englishmen who readily
adopt the courteous phrases Of the
Mexicans and use them naturally, but
they are the exceptions. And 1t Is
difficult to see how this can readily
be changed. Our Mexican friends
should understand, on the other hand,
that If Anglo-saxons do not, as a rule,
go through as many social formalities
as the usages Of the land prescribe,
they mean no offense thereby. They
are accustomed to taking a good
many things for granted that their
Latin cousins give verbal assurance
Of. Naturally, 1t is the duty OF the
outlander to conform as nearly as he
can to the ways Of his adopted oun
try, but human nature and settled
habits are pretty hard to make over,
particularly unless you catch them
while they're young.-Me1ican Her
aid.
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Bankers and Bank Notes.

Four men, three Of whom were con-
nected with brokerage concerns in the
Wall street district, were discussing
United States paper currency and the
disappearance Of counterfeits. 1--WE
are SO sure nowadays" said one Of
the party, "as to the genuineness Of
bills that little attention is paid to
them in handling. except Is to de-
nomination" To prove his assertion
he took a $40 yellowback from his
pocket, and, holding it up, asked who
could tell whose portrait it bore. No
one knew, and by way of coaching
the broker said it was the first treas
urer of the United States. Again no
one knew the name. why, It's
Michael Hillegas," said the man
proudly. "But in confidence, I'll tell
you, / didn't know 1t five minutes
ago."-New York Tribune.