Denton County News (Denton, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 51, Ed. 1 Friday, April 14, 1905 Page: 3 of 8
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TALK OF STARVATION
IN RUSSIA'S CAPITAL.
streets and fears of untoward Incident*
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In hi;,r and white
It kitty meets
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feathers) and a
puppy
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dog, I
you. it's n si^ht!
I ask: "What breed Is mine—
■pussy, sleek ami fat?"
Th and pull my < nils and say:
J* ar just cat.'" .
Flier eyes aren't yellow, and her
J Is lather small,
Know it she ever had a ped-l-gree
rail.
word means her mother, her
andma, too. they say,
e\ all took |»riz< . at a show, were
larked .i special way).
I ■ a ie fur markings, for prizes
■rid all that?
I just as precious If ^li" '• Jusl
fa t!
f Ik dealest kitten, all scamper
id all fur!
of all my pets could make me
laugh at her;
|iii.i . lit- very common, but I know
she's Hood and true.
[she meets id.• when i eomo from
school wiih loving little mew;
when shew' 'round we never see a
naughty mouse or rat,
I 1 b'liove I love her better 'cause she's
just plain cat!
—Selected.
/W Recoloring Flowers.
J One of the popular fads of late
ears is to have flower8 of peculiar
ulors different from those that na-
'ure gives them. A "freak" of this
iidnd is considered a great curiosity
yVind is .valued accordingly. Many
growers of flowers have sought a
method of changing the color of the
lac, the heliotrope, or the red rose,
jr ?nt stalk by treating the roots
with various chemical processes,
sometimes with surprising results.
Boy8 and girls would hardly care to
undertake anything so serious as the
attempts of the florists, but perhaps
they would liko to know how they
may change the colors in a perfectly
simple way.
Pour a little ether into a small
glass and to it. add one-tenth of its
quantity of strong ammonia water.
With this simple and easily made
mixture you may change to a bright
green any flower that is red or violet.
All you have to do is to dip the flow-
er into the mixture and the change
will at onco take place.
Try, for instance, the violet, the
periwinkle, the red geranium, the li-
These will all respond to the treat-
ment, and you will have a novel speci-
men of each, one to excite wonder
among those to whom you show them.
A beautiful variation of the experi-
ment is to dip the violet colored sweet
pea into the mixture, when the upper
petal will become a dark blue and
the lower one green. Try the streaked
carnation and you will see it turn to
brown and green.
Yellow flowers are not changed by
this process, but white ones usually
turn to a yellow or a deep orange
tone.
The actkn of the fluid is almost in-
stantaneous, and you may vary the
Any number may take part In the
"spree," but more than ten might
make it confusing. A leader should
be chosen, whoso duty it is to select
the contestants, to decide all ques-
tions in dispute, if any, keep the rec-
ords of the contestants, and award the
prizes.
Here are suggestions for the
"events" of the spree:
Fill a dish with peanuts, and let
each one guess how many are con-
tained in it,; the one who guesses
nearest wins.
"Pious" Parrots.
Parrots are such close observers and
keen mimics that it would be surpris-
ing if birds in the households of cler-
gymen and ministers did not repeat
special phrases at proper times. In-
deed. it would be as well not to hold
family worship with a speaking parrot
in fhe room. There was no harm In
the bird that sang in good time and
tune, "There Is a Happy Land." Rut
other feats of imitativeness might
easily offend. Parrots, uttering re-
sponses, or bits of the creed, or scraps
of prayer—as several have been
known to do—especially at unseason-
able moments, are apt to vex rather
than amuse, though, of course, the
birds do not mean to be irreverent.
A bishop's parrot used to ejaculate
"Let us pray," sometimes in devout
tones, at other times mockingly, and
the bishop could hardly have liked it.
Swimming Needles.
Swimming needles that will remain
on the water, approach each other and
float, side by side, seem bewitched to
those who know from experience how
quickly a needle will sink to the bot-
tom of a glass of water under ordi-
nary conditions.
There are several ways of making
a needle float, on the surface of the
water. The simplest way is to place
a piece of tissue paper on the water
and lay the needle on if. The paper
soon becomes soaked with water and
sinks to the bottom, while the needle
is left floating on the top. Another
way is to hang the needle in two
slings made of threads, wjiicn must
be carefully drawn away as soon as
the needle floats. Tin? needle can
also be made to float by simply hold-
ing it In the fingers and laying it on
the water, but this requires a very
steady hand.
After two or three needles have been
made to float in a bowl of water, mag-
netize a sewing needle by rubbing it
on a fairly strong magnet, and when
it is floated on the water It will make
an extremely sensitive compass that
will attract the other needles. They
will slowly approach each other until
they float side by side. Do not have
the sewing needle too strongly mag
netized, or the needles may strike to-
gether so heavily as to cause them to
There li Widespread Distress Added to
Mortal Dread.
St Petersburg, April X.—The efforts
of the police to smother the present
agitation has led them oven to Invade
cemeteries lu their search for evidence
, of treason.
It has become the practlco of rtu-
watch, without stepping on a peanut, dents to place on the graves of their
wins. I comrades who were active or who | proarh within a block
Give each contestant ten peanuts, i suffered In the cause of freedom
and at a signal let all begin to shell ! wreaths bound wllh ribbons, on which
!,hcm, removing also the Inner, skin. | po)ltlcul senlinlent.s were Inscribed,
make nocturnal
visits to the cemeteries to search for
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strictest of religious holidays. AD DANGER IN THE 0Y8TER. How the African Eat*.
business Is suspended. T At eating, the native African negro,
The entire population was In the Succulent Bivalve Prolific Producer hav 1 nalways first washed his bands
of Disease.
and rinsed his mouth, sits upoa the
ground, holds the larger pieces be-
tween his teeth while he cuts off a
■bite with his knife, but does not use
both hands to hold food except Id
gnawing bones. With the usual dishes
he lays his right arm over his knw«
The one who finishes lirst, without,. , ..
, , , , , , ,, , , 1 and tbq police now
breaking a kernel, wins. If one breaks .....
Into more thnri (wo natural divisions
, ... ... , i There Is probably no one article of
In view of the activity of the terrorists, fool, (,xcej)t raw nrflk> wMch m
Induced extra precautions. Mounted ; freuontly a cause of disease, and some*
gensdarnu s were slafloned at all tlm< s even fatal Illness, as Is the oys-
brldges. In the streets leading to the »er. The nutritive value of the oyster
barracks of the regiment of Horse 's veT small. It takes fourteen oys-
Guards and on tho boulevard, to keep 1 'ers equal one egg in food value, ^
back the higher element, and ordinary a"d m0le than 250 oysters to equal a reaching l&to moulds the thick
singlo pound of beef In food value ' h 'N
spectators were not allowed to i This Is due to the fact that the oyster m,'S8 lnto Iurnps about the size
consists chiefly of water, the balance a walnut, which h&^throws Into
being mostly liver and germs. The his mouth with a Jerk wlthfriit scatter-
6t. Petersburg, April 8.—The Jap- I °-vs,er llves "P0" ,he °°'"! 8,1(1 B,lme fog any of the food. To take ofti^vege
anew Innistfnr. unon an inriemnitv ! "'e ocean bottom. Typhoid-fever tables or soup he presses a hollow
Insistence upon an indemnity, perms, and other disease- producing or
rather than lndi3postlon to conclude gan'sms are tidbits for the oyster,
lie 1 these treasonable mottoes, which are peace at this time, later information in
promptly confiscated. Hut, being Igno- j dicates, wrecked the recent attempt to j c,
bring the warring powers into negotia-
tions.
Another effort on different lines to
of the nut, another peanut must
shelled in Its place.
I rant, the policemen often make curious
Original Star-Spangled Banner. mistakes. The other day a harmless
The flags of Fort McHenry, whose | )flscrlpilon 0r).ek, 8|mplv expree-
•bread stripes and bright stars in- , . , ..
spired Francis Scott Key to write ; *,ve of wa3 an,i 00 brina Russla and JaDan tonether „ .
"The Star Spangled Manner." still ex- Wednesday, a red ribbon attached to bring Russia and Japan together Is be-
Ists in a fair state of preservation. ; a wreath, although upon the grave of lleved t0 be under Wdy- the movers
It is the possession of Mr. Kben Ap- a well known official, being interpret now l:)e'r,9 French and English fman-
pleton of Yonkers, N. Y., a grandson ed by the police as a revolutionary cial 'nterests' with heavy connections
Cdl. Armistead. the gallant defender Pniblem, was not only cut off, but ere-1in the two =0i;ntri«.
of Fort McHenry. ated so much alarm that a general or
The stripes are 2 feet, wide and tho
stars are 2 leet from point to point.
The entire flag is 30 feet wide and
der was sent out to all venders of
mortuary wreaths prohibiting the sale
PANAMA CANAL WORK.
was originally 41) feet long. In its
present curtailed dimension li. is oaiy
32 feet long.
of ribbon. j Propose to Work in the Open and to
Sitvrles of sufferings on the part of! Finish the Job.
Seven Pieces in Two Cuts.
Draw a big U on cardboard or stiff
paper, and then, with a sharp knife or
scissors, cut it out. l.aying it on the ]
and millions of them are always found
in the oyster's stomach and the mu-
cous, or slimy juice. In which the oys-
j ter is always bathed.
Another paper recently reports the
j death of the Dean of Winchester from
] typhoid fever, as the result of eating
oysters at the mayor's banquet in
| Er.gland. The result of this death,
according to a wholesale oyster dealer
in England, has been the falling off In
j the consumption of oysters to the ex-
tent of 75 per cent; that is. that there
i is only one oyster eaten now where
i four were eaten before these facts '
j became public. Oyster merchants and
persons engaged in the oyster busi-
j ness generally, in England, are com
i plaining that their business is ruined.
Within three or four days after the
death of the Dean of Winchester, the
oyster trade fell off at Emsworth l'rom
the lump and dips with it. Politeness
is shown to the host or housewife after
eating by smacking loudly enough to
be heard.
widows, wives and families of soldiers I Chicago, April 8. -"Direct business
at the front are attracting general at- methods, publicity and absolutely no
tentlon and the public is demanding politics—this is the keynote of tho
Government aid for the sufferers. Do- Policy of the Panama Canal Commls- live thousand to nothing.
oal Charities are no longer able to cope ! :;io» to which President Roosevelt has Several similar epidemics have oc
table, ask who can in two cuts, divide j with the situation, hi many places the I At to appoint me president."
it into seven pieces. That seems a
difficult thing to do, doesn't if? But
It is quite easy. The picture shows
how* you may do it. First, cut across
from 1 to 2, which will divide it into t
three pieces. Then place tne pieces
A .-2
curred in England, and a few in this
muit, , + v, . . ,, , rm „ country, in which fatal cases of ty-
funds raised for this purpose are en-1 ">ls Is the d. cla atlon of Iheo. P. p|,o|(] fevPr w,,re trai,,j d,r(;<.t,y to lbe
tirely exhausted and the provincial pa- i khonts, I iesident Iloosevelt s $ 100,- 0j» oyster.
pers are filled with pathetic accounts S n) in, who arrived in Chicago from The oyster is a scavenger, and ab-
of starving mothers and children beg-1 York on his first visit since his <-o! 'eh unfit for human food. The
ging in the streets. At Nizhni-Novgor- appointment. ji. ■ that it is more digestible than
od, the palace of the governor was be- Mr- Shonts announced the appoint- 100,1 : in highest degree
_f , t,, „ „ , , , merit of tIomix Umvrn if hi a i.ri.-.t-A absurd. In addition to the germs with
selged bv a crowd of hungry women 111 111 01 li.oinas j.ioaii as 11 is private
with babies in their arms asking for ; secretary on the Canal Commission.
1 i eh
side by side, and one cut where you
see the dotted line will give you seven
pieces
How to Pop Corn.
The more slowly corn is popped the
better it is; and, therefore, after the
kernels are placed in the popper, pour
cold water over them. Then if the fire
is very hot. shake the popper for a
time outside the lid, or hold it quite a
distance from the fire. Then gradual
ly draw the popper where the fire i?
hotter, and watch the clock. If a ker-
nel pops under four minutes after the
corn has been placed over the fire
bread. The governor informed the wo- -^r ^rown has been private secretary
men that he would appoint a commis- j ^>£IU1 Morton, with the Atchison, To-
sion to investigate the situation. His 1 nn(l Santa Fe Railroad, for sev-
'.J eral y« ars. Mr. Shouts also reiterated
! that he had decided not to resign his
wh-
in;.:,
it always swarms, the oyster
ins a large amount of uric acid
1 can not. he gotten rid of by boil-
r by ai 01 her means.
reply aroused the ire of the local'
press.
The Viedimosti said: "Always tlie
eternal commission and while it is in-
vestigating the women and children
starve."
Under the new press regulations the
papers are not permitted to publish
anything affecting the emperor or the
imperial family without the consent of
the court sensor. The imperial chan-
cellory has formally requested the Ko-
beko Commission, which is revising
press regulations, to Include this re-
striction and such request the commis-
How to Change the Bloom.
experiment by sprinkling some flow-
ers. instead of dipping them, which
will give a spotted effect.
Somewhat similar results may be
produced by using ammonia only, but
the process is a longer one.
You are all familiar with the aster,
the handsome fall flower that heralds
the coming of the larger chrysanthe-
mum. and know that it has no odor.
To give it one pleasantly aromatic,
pour ammonia into a plate or flat dish
and cover it with an inverted dish con-
taining asters. When you take the
blossoms out you will find that they
have a distinct odor. The fumes of
the ammonia effect the change.
The Game of Conceit.
This play is commenced l y the com-
pany selecting a conductor. The play-
ers then seat themselves in a semi-
circle, and to each is assigned an im-
aginary musical instrument, with in-
structions how to play on it. The con-
ductor next orders them to tune, and
then, making believe to wave a baton,
be hums a lively air, in which all join,
imitating by voice and gesture the
instrument on which they are sup-
posed to play, such as the violin, the
harp, the big drum, the trombone, the
flute, the violoncello, the double bass,
the cymbals, etc. After that he waves
his phantom baton, when all cease
playing, and he calls "solos." All are
now attention, and he makes believe
to play on a particular instrument,
imitating its sound and motion. Here-
upon the player who is supposed to
hold that instrument is bound to in-
stantly join him in the tune and ges-
tures; failing to do so a forfeit is the
result. A forfeit is also incurred when
any instrument comes in at the wrong
L... .
. Texds:" ject of this game is to ma'.ie
.(uoise as possible.
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A Peanut Spree.
Have you ever taken part in a "pea-
nut spree"? If you haven't, there is
some fun in store for you; and if you
have, well, you'll be sure to want to
indulge in it again.
Tbis amusement will almost fill an
evening, or it may be stopped when
you will. Zest is added to the
"events" if prizes be offered to the
successful contestants. The prizes
should be neatly wrapped in tissue
paper, and some appropriate inscrip-
tion should ©e on a card attached to
the package.
Some of the prizes may be of a use-
ful kind, but most of them should be
ridiculous or ludicrous. They are all
to be traced together on a table, or in
a basket, and eaeh winner makes his
own selection just after winning, and
opens the packaee immediately, so
that everybody will see what he gets.
He should lisp read ala*4 the in-
ecr'ntte* m tiki
Inexhaustible Bottle.
Bring forward an empty bottle,
which wash before the company and
drain to show that it is clean and
empty; but after being wetted it
wants wiping. So your confederate
brings a napkin with which you wipe
the bottle, as much after the fashion
of a waiter as you can. but. of course,
not being used to this work, rather
clumsily; in the napkin is concealed
a weak preparation of spirits of wine,
sugar and water in a bladder, and
thus in the face of the aud*ence you
fill the bottle without their knowing
it. The different liquors part of the
illusion is thus managed. The glasses
are arranged on the tray in a definite
manner known to the magician; into
each glass one drop of various flavor-
ing essences is placed, such as es-
sence of noyau, essence of brandy,
essence of port or sherry, lemonade,
peppermint, cloves, pineapple, pears,
etc.; these being filled up with the
spirits of wine, according to what is
called for by the audience, completes
the illusion of the inexhaustible bot-
tle.
The String and Vase Trick.
See who can hold the greatest num-
ber of peanuts in his left hand with-
out the aid of his right in putting
them there.
Fasten a peanut to a thread, and on
the floor place a vase with a mouth
just large enough for a peanut to pass
through. Let each take a turn at
holding the peanut by the thread
about a foot above the vase, and then
draw the popper away from tho heat; | s'°n regards as being equivalent to im-
bnt if it has been over the fire fully j perial order.
four minutes and does not pop. hold .
it down close to gef the strongest
heat possible, shaking it all the timf
to keep the corn l'rom burning, and
about every kernel will pop at once
When there is a long time from the
popping of the first, kernel until all arr
popped, the first will have become
tough from the heat. Wetting the
corn creates a steam when the poppet
is put over the fire. This softens th<
shell of the kernel, and gives it timf 1
to become thoroughly heated, and1
when it does pop, each kernel bursts j
open from the very center, leaving ik
hard centers, as is often tho casf
when corn is heated too quickly. Red :
ears are always best, being sweetest
and tenderest. Save the hands by re I
removing the kernels with a strone
iron spoon or dull knife. Put enough
corn in tho popper just, not to cover1
the bottom, and then thoroughly sat
St. Petersburg, April 8.—The annual
parade of the Horse Guards, always
one of the most spectacular military
ceremonies, as well as one of the so-
cial functions of the year, was chiefly
notable yesterday by the absence of
Emperor Nicholas and the imperial
family. The Horse Guards is the em-
peror's own regiment, and never be-
fore has he failed to attend the an-
nual parade. With the Empress Dowa-
ger, the Empress and the entire court,
the emperor remained at Tsarkoe-
Selo.
The only grand dukes who ventured j Feared Burial While Living.
tmt of their palaces were Nicholas, Sherman: A negro, who U about 20
Boris and Alexander Michaelovitch, , years of age, and claims to live In Kan-
flrstnarut'd representing the em- j nin Count j was found near the Frisco
peror. Even Grand Duke Vladimir, I Flora, Park ln Pecan S(reet Xhur8dajp
in an apparently unconscious
in fact, it was thought he
position as president of the Toledo, St.
Louis and Western Railroad, but will
direct its affairs from whatever point
! he makes his headquarters.
"The people of the United States are
the directors of this Panama Canal,
the most gigantic undertaking they
have ever been interested in., said Mr.
Shouts, "and for the next four years
they have selected President Roose-
velt to vote their stock for them.
Therefore our policy will b to work as
we have worked in building and oper-
ating great rairoad lines."
Chicago Again Under Strike.
Chicago: Chicago is again in the
Hi roes of a battle between capital and
labor unions. As on former occasions
the unions have resorted to the use of
the union teamsters, which promises
to spread to many branches of the
teaming industries of the city. The
present struggle had its beginning in
a strike several months ago of a few
hundred garment workers employed by
Montgomery Ward & Co. The "closed
shop is the Issue, and in order to
bring the firm to the terms of the
union.
SOME THINGS ARE CHEAPER.
HovJ Specialization in Manufacture
Reduces Cost of Production.
When Edison first made the small
Ineandescent electric lamps, consist-
ing of a carbon filament fixed by plati-
num wires in a pearshaped glass bulb
from which the air had been exhaust-
ed, the cost was each; now there
are many million similar lamps of bet-
ter quality made each year and sold
at. less than twenty cents eaeh.
Formerly watches were made by
hand and were costly luxuries; now
they are made by machinery in lots
of a thousand at a time and the cost
A Peculiar Name.
Few people have such a peculiar
name as Miss Nella L. Allen, a popu-
lar school teacher of Saco, Me. Wheth-
er spelled forward or backward, the
nam! ells just the same, and it is a
very ra. happening that sucn a combi*
nation of letters is found. f,
In the Spring.
Lowndes, Mo., April 10th.—Mrs. H.
C. Harty of this place, says: —
"For years I was in very bad health.
Every spring I would get so low that
1 was unable to do ray own work. I
seemed to be worse in the spring than
any other time of the year. I was
very weak and miserable and had
much pain in my back and head. I
saw Dodd's Kidney Pills advertised
last spring and began treatment of
them and they have certainly done me
more good than anything I have ever
used.
"I was all right last spring and felt
better than I have for over ten years.
I am fifty years of age and am strong-
er to-day than I have been for many
years and I give Dodd's Kidney Pills
credit for the wonderful improve-
ment."
The statement of Harty is only
cne of a great many where Dodd's
Kidney Pills have proven themselves
to be the very best spring medicine.
They are unsurpassed as a tonic and
are the only medicine used in thou-
sands of families.
An Aged Student.
William Standifer, a soldier of the
Confederacy and 70 years old, is a pu-
pil of the agricultural and mechanicaJ
college of Starkville, Miss. He never
went to school in his youth, and now
that his ten children have all married
and set up for themselves thinks it is
time for him to get an education.
of a new watch that will keep fairly Someone told him that Cato learned
good time is less than the cost of hav-
ing an expensive watch cleaned.
The same principles apply in all
lines of manufacture, and it has been
found that reduction in cost of produc-
tion, due to specialization in manufac-
ture is naturally followed by increas-
ed demand, for the simple reason that
each successive reduction brings a
new class of consumers or purchas-
ers into the market, and a commodity
which was regarded as a luxury of the
few when the cost was relatively high
becomes a necessity of the many
when the cost is reduced to a suffi-
ciently low level.
Greek at 80, so he decided to enter the
college.
urate with cold water and proceed a? the commander of the military district Initrht
above. Such popcorn Is as light as s was not present, the explanation being ! condition-
feather and white as snow. .. . !< mumon,
Herr Professor's Letters.
A professor in a German school, In
order to teach his pupils letter-writ-
ing, recently conceived the happy idea
of having them compose business let-
ters which were inclosed in envelopes
and correctly addressed to. various
merchants in the town.
In the evening Herr Professor, hav-
carried the varied epistles home
n i j .. account of sickness.
Calendar Months and Days.
The names of the months in thf danger to the imerial family is
present calendar are entirely derived regarded as especially great, as it hap-
u„ ,,f l.i, "Mivugui xie i" ■
was detained at the palace on j was dead. He recovered however and for correction, left them on his table
from Roman sources. About 700 B. C
the Roman calendar consisted of ten
months, as follows: Martlus, named,
after the god Mars; Aprilia, from the
word "to spring up;" Mains, after the
goddess Mais; June, after Juno; Quin 1
tilis. fifth; Sextilis, sixth; September
•pened this is the festival of the Im-
maculate Conception and one of the
Meningitis Among Indians.
Washington: A report from Superin-
tendent Carroll of the Government
made the strange statement that he
could hear every word spoken near
him, but was unable to see or move.
He said he was afraid that he woultf
be buried alive.
and as was his custom, hied himself
to the cafe.
It happened that he had a careful
domestic, who seeing all the letters
properly addressed at once concluded
that her master had forgotten to mail
IWHO OWNS THE RAILROADS?
H T. Newcomb of the District of
Columbia Bar, has compiled statistics
showing that 5.J74.718 depositors in
savings banks of six eastern states
fcre directly interested in the joint
ownership of $442,354,086 of s:eam
railroad securities, that insurance
companies doing business in Massa-
chusetts hold $845,889,038 of steam
railroad stocks and bonds and 74 edu-
cational institutions depend on $47,-
4»58.327 invested in similar securities
for a portion of their income. Other
fiduciary institutions own enough
railroad securities to bring such hold-
ing up to more than a billion and a
half dollars, about one-sixth of the
entire capital invested in railroad
property. These investments repre-
sent the savings of the masses, there
being twenty million holders of life in-
surance policies in the country, as
many more of fire insurance policies,
and an even greater number of de-
positors in banking and trust institu-
tions, where investments are largely
in railroad securities.
There may be no cash register at
the pearly gates, but it is generally
them, and out of the goodness of her believed they've got a deed register
seventh; October eighth; November boarding school on the Moscalero In-
ninth December, tenth. In this earl, dian re6ervatIon N(,w
period, Numa, a King of Rome, ii-
credited with adding two months tc commission of Indian Affairs, in-
the calendar, Januarius, after the god d*ca,tos that an epidemic of meningitis
Janus, at the beginning before Mar ^as reached that point.
tius, and Februarius, after the god Fa Of four patients three are dead and
brus, at the end, after December. In
450 B. C. the decemvirs placed Jan-
uarius and Februarius at the begin
ning of tho year before Martius. Quin
tilis was changed to Julius, in his
honor, in the reign of his successor
Augustus Caesar, Sextilis w as changed
to Augustus, now August, placing the
calendar in its present general form
Sunday, "sun's" day;
moon's" day; Tuesday, Tiw's (Anglo-
Saxon god of war) day; Wednesday
Woden's (Anglo-Saxon) day; Thurs-
day, Thor's (Danish) day; Friday
Freya's (Saxon) day; Saturday, Sat
urn's (Latin) day.
the fourth is not expected to live. The
commission has ordered that the
school be closed.
Killed Beneath His Horse.
Austin: Albert Hooper, aged 30
years, son of Capt. J. A. Hooper of
Monday Austin, was killed Friday at his ranch,
about twenty miles from Marble Falls.
Albert Hooper was a well-known
stockman and according to the infor-
mation received he was trying to rope
a steer, when it pulled his horse down
on him. Hooper was upable to extri-
cate himself and died before assistance
re
brought here for burial.
heart she stamped them and hurried
to the post.
The stupefaction of the village mer-
chants upon opening their mail the
following morning may be imagined,
feeble health for some time from old and the amusing part of the incident
Passing of a Brenham Pioneer.
Brenham: At his home in the south-
ern part of the city Wednesday morn-
ing J. E. Estes died. He has been in
tkere.
/
NO TONGUE CAN TELL
dropping it. The one who succeeds in
dropping the peanut into the vase
wins. If no one succeeds in the first
inniag, let all try again. If more
than one succeeds, they must try
again until there is only ore.
Place a large hatpin upright on the
floor, and let each contestant throw
five peanuts at it, one at a time; the
one who makes a peanut go nearest
the pin. and remain there, wins.
Strew peanuts over the room about
a foot apart, and let each contestant
take a turn at going from one to the
other and back again. The one who
does this in the least time by the
Clear Peanut Candy.
Place over the fire in a granite reached him. The remains
saucepan two cups of granulated su-
gar. one cup of boiling water and a
level teaspoonfu! of cream of tartar.
Let these boil rapidly, without stir-
ring. until it will "snap" when tried
in ice water. Have ready a small I at a^or had selected Miss
square pan. greased, in which you Gladys Bryant Smith to christen the
have spread out evenly two cups of L'nlfed States cruiser St, Louis, to be
shelled and skinned peanuts. When launched at Philadelphia May ti. was
the candy is done, pour it carefully followed by expressions generally from
Brewers Want Beer Recognized.
St. Louis, Mo.: The announcement
age and at the time of his demise was
71 years and C months of age. Mr. Es-
tes came to Texas when it was a Re-
public and settled in Brenham, where
he had been a continuous resident
since that time. He came from Tenn-
essee to this place with his parents.
Four Hundred Men Entombed.
Lahore India: Four hundred and
seventy men of the Gurkha regiments
were buried alive as a result of the
earthquake at the hill station of
Dharmsala. It is impossible to rescue
the entombed men. The greatest dif-
ficulty is being experienced in procur-
ing news from Dharmsala. The tele- j
graph staff ar the station was practi-
cally wiped out and a temporary offce
has been opened thirteen miles from
the town, but facilities are meager.
is that many of the letters which con-
tained lengthy orders for goods were
taken, seriously and the orders prompt-
ly filled.—The Sunday Magazine.
The Baby Sleeps.
Walk about n> still as death.
Whisper low beneath your breath.
Tiptoe softly down thf hall.
Silence now its visril k#»eps—
Hush, the baby sleeps.'
Don't let little brother come.
Making music on his drum,
Or l» t littl.' sister play
On the noisy pi-an-a:
Sounds lik<- thos.- piv« one the creep
When the baby sleeps.
r*hase tho fish hoi
li" you have to th:
At the man who wants t
Choke thf rascal selling
Hold his windpipe till lu
Hush, the baby sleeps.'
ff the block
toot;
ruit.
over the nuts, and when partly cold
mark and cut into bars. Be careful
not to scrape the kettle when pourite
the candy out. Any other nut may 1#
used instead of peanuts, and a ml*
ture will be found a pleading varietf
—Montreal Herald.
Can You Tell Why?
Why do we always talk of putting
on mir coats and vests, when we al-
ways put on first our vest and then
our coat?
Why do we refer to the coverinsrs
of our feet as shoes and stockincs.
wh#m the stockings are first put on?
Why do we invite people to wip#
their feet, when we mean their shoes?
Wiry, in the olden times, did a
father tell his son he would warm his
jacket, when every one knew he
momt his pantaloon®?—Washington
Star.
Clarke Company Loses a Barge of Oil.
Brownsvilh : Advices from Point Isa-
bel state that the wrecking boat Tex-
ts is pulling the wrecked barge Han-
nah off the beach, where she went
r.shore four miles south of the life
saving station. Tho barge was load-
the St. Louis brewers that the cruiser | e(J with 2.200 barrels of oil for the
x
A
\\
He
Wh
Ant
Yes
Wh
se is nil right in its place,
i we'll open up a rase
en the Uiby wakes again—
will make enough for '• u
en he sets his lungs in tune
1 starts crying for the moon
th*
will h
en the r
So m, tipte
Let him ha
When th.- »
Then for m
1 noise to h
Ik 'about;
slumber o'
rept
in
should be christened with beer, in-
stead of the customary champagne.
The brewers declare that beer is typi-
cal of St. Louis, and it should therefore
oe used on the occasion.
Robinson Reappointed.
Dallas: D. A. Robinson, who has
«een postmaster at Dallas sinee July
.6, 1904. has received reappointment
Clarke dredge, all of which is a total
loss. This is the second loss of oil this
company has sustained since the work
of dredging began inside the bar at
Brazos Santiago.
Poser for the Artist.
"Irish bulls will happen." declared
Representative McNary of Massachu-
setts. "I had a friend, an old Irish
contractor, who made a fortune and
wanted his portrait painted. He went
to the artist and the terms were satis-
factory. „
'• Now, have you any gp$3?ial pose
you want?" asked the artist.
"Oi have thot' answered the pros
pective sitter. 'Oi war* mese\.tnain:e*L
s handin' behind a tree.'" . v !
ui
Speed of Electric Waves. j
Electric waves measured by Hertz
—and named after him—were found
How I Suffered with Itching,./ and
Bleeding Eczema Until Cured
by Cuticura.
"So tongue can tell how I suffered
for five years with a terribly painful,
itching, and bleeding eczema, my
body and face being covered with
sores. Never in ray life did I experi-
ence such awful suffering, and I
longed for death, which I felt was
near. I had tried doctors and medi-
cines without success, but my mother
insisted that I try Cuticura. I felt
better after the first bath with Cuti-
cura Soap and one application of Cuti-
cura Ointment, and was soon entirely
well. (Signed) Mrs. A. Etson, Belle*
vue, Mich."
Period of Disillusionment.
Every man has a pretty good opin-
ion of himself till he gets in public
office and reads what a scoundrel he is.
—New York Press.
Live Among the Dead.
Away up in the northermost part of
Northern China is a town composed
entirely of graves. The place is. as a
matter of fact, a deserted burial
ground, and has been taken possession
of by a band of beggars, thieves and
outcasts of all descriptions, who eat
and sleep well in spite of their strange
environments. There are several of
these "towns among the tombs" in
various parts of the Chinese empire,
but the one mentioned is the most ex-
tensive.
1
North Texas Beekeepers.
Blossom: The annual convention of
the North Texas Beekeepers. Associar
>t> the position, the Senate having ad-ltion has adjourned after being in ses-
mourned before reaching any action | sion two days. The officers elected art by the great scientist to be 150 feet
?n the matter of the nomination of Mr. J- M. Hay good, Enloe. president. R. C. from the top of one wave to the top
Robinson, submitted to that body by j Abernathy, Ladonia, vice president;
the president. The new appointment, j W. H. White, Blossom, secretary; E.
like thac first received, reads "to b'1 A. Ribble, Roxton, assistant secretary.
postmaster at Dallas until the expira Blossoip * s selected as the next place
tion of the next session of the Senate of mi and the first Wednesday
of the United States." and ThurscUgr ^ April, 1*<&
of the next. The waves used by Mar
conl in telegraphing across the Atlan-
tic are much longer. They are said to
be 600 feet or more. They travel at
the same speed as light. 184.000 miles
a second. But the light ware meas-
ure* only a few miUionUia of an inch.
Carnegie Ahead of Rockefeller.
According to the best data at hand
Andrew ^arnecie to date a
c:-- ha.- JFglv^n "«•<) to
hi- pot \1 .^ffirophy, the li -ar: s. Of
Jr
$68,517 Scotland $lT.Tlo.75^. oHl-
•\ England *1 "54,500.
16.500, Ireland. $315,000
and Cuba $-52,000. Rockfeller and
Carnegie give more than any othar
two men in the New or Old World.
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