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THE EDITORS ON THE WING.
They Visit San Antonio, Rookport,
Corpus Christi and Other
Coast Towns. ,
WHAT THEY SAW AID
BIJOYED TH
IM MM
HOW
iVES.
THEY
M
About seventy member* of the editori-
al association, including ladies, joined the
excursion from Coraicana to San Antonio,
Rock port and Corpua Christi, jnd they
win a jolly crowd. They arrived at San
Antoplo about 10 o'clock Friday night,
undir the guidance ot Col. I. 11. Cope-
land, ot the San Antonio Tribune. They
repaired directly to the Maverick hotel,
where arrangement* had been made for
their accommodation and special rates
secured. Iii the morning the party was
tendered the use of the street car lines,
until 10 a. m., when they were given a
carriage drive over the city by the citl-
aens. They Swere driven through the
military reservation, to San Pedro
Springs and other points ot interest, not
forgetting to visit two of San Antonio's
famous breweries, and pay the customary
respects to Gambrinus. The party get
back to the hotel about u =30, and those
who had never had the good fortune to
visit the city before, were escorted by
Mr. Copeland to the Alamo and escorted
through -that historic edifice. At two
o'clock the excursionists, with many re-
grets that they were unable to tarry
longer, bade the beautiful city good-bye
and boarded a train on the San Antonio
A Aransas railroad for Rockport, on the
bay. It la needless to say that every one
was delighted with what they saw in the
Alamo City, and with the hospitalities
extended to them on such short notice.
But we surmise it was but a foretaste ot
the pleasure* in store for the association
when it meets there in annual session
next spring. San Antonio it one of the
liveliest business points In the state to-
day. The city is expending thousands of
dollar* In 'public Improvements. The
flaeat city hall in the state U nearly com-
pleted^ on Military Plaza, and contract*
have been let tor several mile* of street
paving, and the work Is now in progress.
The handsomest and most costlv military
post in Hit United States is located at
San Antonio, and the government dis-
burses large sums mjonthly in its main-
tenance.
The ride to the dbast was a pleasant
one. It was a bright day, just warm
enough, to bit comfortable, and the
scenery alone the road so different trom
that seen further north as to interest
everyone. As we proceeded down the
river we had a tine view ot two of the old
missions, and on the left we caught sight
of the commodious state asylum build-
ing* now nearly completed. Several
thrifty villages have sprung up along the
road since its completion, the largest be-
ing 9eeville, which U really a handsome
and rapidly growing city. The most of
the country between San Antonio and
the coast is devoted to stock raising,
although the soil has pioved so valuable
ior cultivation that some ot
the ranchmen have divided up their large
landed possessions into small tracks for
farming purposes. Here and there we
saw fields of thrifty corn and cotton.
The crops are tar in advance ot North
Texas. A* we neared the coast we saw
corn in ta**el. ®
The train arrived in Rockport at 7
o'clock Saturday evening, and although
we came unheralded, you might say, we
were received with a brass band and a
number of the. hospitable citizen* who
escorted u* to Aransa* hotel, where we
were assigned rooms. Tired and hungTy
from the long ride, an Invitation to the
eagerly accepted.
Everyone praised the supper. Of course
we had fish. Everyone who goes to the sea-
side expect* to eat fi*h, but we had much
beside*, including all kind* of vegetable*
fre*h from the garden* in the vicinity of
the town. It was the best *upper we had
had since we ieft home. At 8:3o every
body repaired to the Pavilion where Judge
Hathaway delivered an address of wel
come, and was responded to by Colonel
Copeland. The band played Dixie,
which received an enthusiastoc greeting,
the floor was then cleared and many of
the citizens and guests joined in a waltz,
and the dancing was kept up for an hour
or more.
Sunday morning the * visitors and a
committee of citizens boarded the
schooner Mary, accompanied by the
Mexican string band, and sat'-l down
the bay to the famous Aransa* Pkss.
There waa but little wind blowing and
that was contrary, consequently it was
about 3 o'clock when the ship cast, an-
chor at the wharf, but the sail was en-
joyed by ail. A sumptuous lunch,
thoughtfully provided by Col. H. C.
Haskins of the Aransas hotel, was par-
taken ot, and an invitation accepted to
go through the life saving station and in-
spect the various appliances for saving
lite and property. Some time was also
spent by the ladie* and their eccorts in
gathering
the briny
deep, while the more venturesome, who
had no dread of sea-sickness, accented ot
an invltation-of the captain of the little
boat Nellie Sweeney to sail through^the
pas* and over the bar to deep watyf. On
their return they all declared the sensa-
tion pn the rolling billows was delight-
ful, but it was noted, that several ot the
gentlemen, as well as one or two of the
ladies, looked very pale around the lips.
There was a stiff breeze abaft, on the le-
turn to Rockport, and wing and wing the
two ships sped side by side up the bay.
It was an exciting race but the Nellie
Sweeney gained the wharf first amid en-
thusiaatic cheers. ff
The citizen* of Rockport had provided
carriage* during our abse- ? to give the
visitor* a drive over the civ and up the
beach, but it was dark when the party re-
turned and this important rt of the
program had to be abandoned to the
great regret of the editors who were
strolling along the gulf bcich,
•hells and other curiosities of
name we have forgotten, came down to
the wharf and gave the remainder of the
party a deiighttul sail up the bay, which
did much to relieve the monotony of
finding entertainment loafing around the
wharf and fishing up sea weeds. With
the exception of occasionally getting
stuck on the shoals nothing happened to
detract from their anticipated pleasures.
About 12 o'clock the boar returned and
the entire party were me' it the car and
escorted up town to the hotel where they
received a most cordial welcome. Here
it was st^bn learned that the hospitable
ladies of the Harbor-had prepared a
sum- uo® dinnVr tor the visitors, who
were cordially received by Mrs. T. B.
Whet r, Misses Fannie and Ellen De-
Berry, Mrs. John E. Wllley, Mrs. M. S.
Brundage, Miss MallieTucker and Mrs
McMurtry, who acted as caterers. The
repast was in reality a feast, and the
guests forgot all all about the seeming
neglect ot the morning hours, as they
partook of the good things spread before
them. Before leaving the table Hon. D.
C. Kolp of the- Iowa Park Texan, In an
appropriate speech, offered the following
preamble and resolution, which were
unanimously adopted with hearty en-
thusiasm:
Wherejts, Aransas Harbor has become
a haven . >r all that is good and beauti-
ful, as we< as the point at which' is now
rapidly concentering the mighty influ-
ences which v I -here build a great sea-
port and cor aerclal city;
And Wh< eas. 'Th* TVva« Pn «s Vun.
elation knows a good things when it sees
it; therefore be it |
Resolved, That the thanks ot the Texas
Press Association are hereby tenured
the citizens of Aransas Harbor fo. the
elegan^ entertainment provided td-dav,
du£$ 'our sojourn in this beautiful city
by <: sea, where deep water is *n assured
fact.
Vice-President Copeland improved the
occasion fo pay a becoming tribute to
Governor and Mrs. Wheeler, and further
compliment the ladies who had contri-
buted so much to the pleasures ot the
occasion,
Aransas Harbor is a small town yet,
mostly located along one street. On this
street there are probably sixty frame
structures, many of them i two-story
buildings. The ground is l6w and the
sand deep. It is not a prepossing location
for a city, but the citizens are|all enthus-
iastic over the "natural advantages."
thi* Texas coast soil and climate is the
best tor grapes he ever saw. Other par-
ties are planting orange trees. Corn and
cotton are sure and prolific crop*. Land
can be obtained by actual settlers at
from $10 to $40 an acre. Several colo-
nies have been located the past winter
and they are, most of thefSk, devoting
their attention to vegetable and fruit
growing, which promUes to be a most
important and profitable industry.
especially anxious to we more ot thi^ The w#ter ,n |he b#y |g g^now. As
future deep water port and the rich coun-
try contiguous tO it.
After tupper Secretary Connor called
a meeting In the hotel parlor and the
following resolutions were unanimously
adopted:
Resolved, That our sincere thanks be
returned to the enterprising citizens of
Rockport, who so generously tendered us
an excursion'to Aransas Pass; and Judge
Hathaway and his most estimable wife
who so materially added to our comfort
and pleasure during the trip.
Resolved further, That we recognize in
Rockport a great seaport city of the
tuture and recommend it to our friends
as a pleasant place of resort and a profit-
able point tor investment.
Rockport, or Aransas Pass as It is
sometimes called, i* a growing and pros-
perous city of some two thousand inhabi-
tants, and It will be a large town If deep
water Is secured over the Aransas bar, as
Is expected. It i* understood that work
will be commenced on the breakwater
and jettie* early thi* summer and pushed
forward as rapidly as possible. Every
engineer who has examined the bar and
channel declares the work is entirely
practicable,and the company who have it
In band say they have all the money re-
quired. There ate a number of hand-
some business houses in Rockport, a
magnificent brick bank building has iust
been iompleted, and the Aransas hotel is
one ot the finest of its class along the
coast. Monday morning at 7 o'clock the
excursionists took the train tor the new
town ot Aransas. Harbor, about twenty
miles down the coast. On arrival our
coach was sidetracked and the party
ntil i o'clock, upon Invitation
of representatives ot Aransas Harbor
City and Improvement Co. On arrival
they were met by A. W. DeBerrv, B. H
Wilson, manager of the Aransas Harbor
City and Improvement company, and
one or two others who tendered them the
freedom of the city. These' gentlemen
soon returned to town and left the edi-
torial party at the depot, to employ the
time at their disposal as best they could.
Most of them went down to the pavilion
on the beach, but they found it locked
up. The ladies strolled along the shore
vainly searching for sea shells. Steuart
stole a small sailboat, which he found un-
locked, and inveigling the Gazkttekr
representative on board with the assur
ance that he j was an' experienced sailor,
put boldly out- to sea. Dale, of the
Sprtngtowo News Dealer,'started, but his
heart tailed htm when Steuart ordered
him to raise the sail, and amid protects
that he couldn't swim, he was put ashore
Captain Steuart did splendidly going
out, but he couldn't turn round, and
there is no knowing what would have be;
come of us it the water had not been
•hallow* enough to allow the mate to
get on to the bow and tack the boat with
the aid of a pole. Later, a young man
who owns a beautiful sail boat, who*e
far out as we sailed it was not over two
feet deep. The citizens of Aransas Har-
bor do not claim deep wate^, however,
but they propose to get all the advan-
tages ot deep water by building a double
track railroad over to Aransas Pass, and
thus reap all the advantages and more by
heading off other aspiring towns along
the coast. For all We know the scheme
is practicable, and if it is carried out as
we are assured it will be, Aransas Harbor
has a good showing of becorr ing a large
and flourishing town notwitt standing its
shallow water front and copious supply
ot sand. Evidently many people think
so, tor the real estate agents are doing a
land office business. Col. \yheeler say*
the double track railroad from Aransas
Harbor to deep water will be completed
within ninety days and that the engineers
Sn charge of the work at the Pass guaran-
tees deep water within one year. We
would have placed more confidence in
these statements had we seen work pro-
gressing either on the railroad or on the
channel. The company is, however, a
strong one, financially, and evidently,
mean to accomplish all they promise.
But the next important thing to deep
water for a'l this coast country, and we
don't know but it Is the thing of greatest
importance, is the fertile land that skirts
the coast for miles Inland. Most of the
land in the vicinity of Rockport and
Aransas Harbor is what is called sub-
irrigated. 1 That is, fresh water rises with-
in from five to twelve feet of the surface,
so that rain is really not needed.- The
best kind of drinking Water is obtained
at Aransas Harbor trom wells only twelve
feet in depth. The soil is remarkably
well adapted to all kinds of vegetables
and fruits common to the temperate and
semi-tropical zones. Within the past
sixty days, as we learned trom one ot the
real estate men, sixty thousand acres of
land near the Harbor have been sold in
small tracts to parties who will improve
it. They are mostlv grape and fruit
growers,-truck farmers, etc. It must be
recollecled -that until Very recently all
this*country has been a stock range, and
little was known ot its farming qualities, j
What is now being done is a revelation,!
and there is no doubt that this -country
has a "wonderful future. For two years !
there has not been a frost, and the mild j
climate, rich soil and early seasons will i
give "the farmer an advantage in the
-market with his products over- any other ;
section of the state, or of the* United j
States. One gentleman near Rockport is ;
experimenting with 120 different varieties ;
of grapes, and his experience is that the ;
coast country will rival California in this
industry in a tew years. Morhey and
Thompson have 300 acres in melons and
260 acres in other fcrOps. Mr. Thompson
has' had fifteen years' experience as a
grape grower In California, and he says
notes. /
During the few minutes thftt the train
stopped at Be^ville, on< the way to the
coast, an enterprising photographer per-
suaded the party to get out and pose tqr
their pictures. They ranged themselves
along side ot a box car with the portly
Cope wood in the foreground. Just as
the artist pulled the trigger the conductor
cried "all aboard," and we were soon
speeding merrily away towards the gulf.
The good people of Rockport wanted
to settle the hotel bills of the editorial
party, but the editors would not listen to
it. They arranged for a special rate with
Mr. Hoakins, the proprietor of the Aran-
sa*, and the citizens showed them tuch
marked attention and made their atay so
enjoyable that they felt the people had
done enough for their entertainment
without this extra expense. This is a
precedent which the association can imi-
tate with- credit to themselves on tuture
excursions.
A few in the party refused to join the
excursion Sunday morning to Aransas
Pass, owing to religious scruples. One
pious lady took a more philosophical
view ot the matter. She said she didn't
think It was exactly right to go sailing on
Sunday, but she didn't know as she
would ever have another opportunity to
see the Pass,, and so (he took tfie chances
imd went along. She appear^ to enjoy
the trip equal to the more worldly—and
didn't get drowned.
It was secretly understood that in case
of a storm, Copeland, the lngersoll ot the
party, was to be thrown overboard to the
sharks as a propitiatory sacrifice. But
the day was delightful and the bay
smooth, and before we got back the San
Antonio agnostic was the most popular
man on the boat.
Sunday night those whose consciences
found fault with them for having such a
delightful time on the Lord's day, went
to the pavilion after supper to listen to a
sermon by Col E. H. Ropes, the boomer
of Corpus Christi and Ropes' Pass, arid
thus evened up matters.
L. H. Fitzhugh, one of Denison's
pioneers, is engaged in the real estate
business at Rockport, and was among the
first to welcome us on our arrival. He
looks as young as he did eighteen years
ago, and is an enthusiastic believer in the
glorious future of the already thriving
city of Rockport.
We had the pleasure of meeting Mr.
E. J. Mackey at Aranlsas Harbor, who is
rustling for the real estate firm of Mc-
Neelan Si Reiman. Our Denison readers
will recollect Mr. Mackey as M., K. Si T.
yard clerk in this city. He went to the
coast last tall.
Joe Cottraux joined our party at San
Antonio and accompanied us. to Rock-
l>Ort* wher* hp Ut«* until nuucr.
ed in the real estate business. He sold
his residence property in that town a few
weeks ago at a handsome figure and then
pulled in his sign. He contemplates en-
gaging in the wholesale confectionery
business in San Antonio. Asa manu-
facturing confectioner it is doubtful if he
has an equal in the state, and he thinks
there is a lucrative field open tor his
business in the Alamo City.
Aransas Harbor is a small town, a vil-
* ge we might say, but it has the finest
equipped printing office in the state.
The Aransas Harbor Herald is one ot the
best. printed and best edited papers in
Texas. The office material is all new
and carefully selected. It is provided
with a steam engine, cylender newspaper
press, job presses, paper cutter, etc., and
a large assortment of job type ot the latest
and most desirable faces.
A good deal ot surprise was expressed
that Mr. S. H McBride, editor of that
enterprising paper, The Aransas Harbor
Herald, was not at the depot to welcome
them to' Aransas Harbor, until it was
learned that he was suffering from an old
wound received during the war which
incapacitated him for walking.
• A tew editors were so fascinated with
San Antonio that they remained behind,
and a number more returned home from
Aransas Harbor. The latter explained
that their business was so pressing and
the need of-brain power on their papers
so exacting itjhat they couldn't possibly
remain a^fayflonger. The truth probably
was their pocket-books were too thin.
Af Denison man, Crow or Cole by
name, opened a beer hall in Rockport the
night on which the editors arrived. The
good news was heralded near and far by
a Mexican string and cornet band, who
discoursed some very good music on the
street in front ot the saloon, until a late
hour. The man was well patronized.
We forgot to mention in the proper
place that when the boat left the wharf at
Rockport Sundav morning for the Pass, a
cargo ot Anheuser's best, in bottles, was
taken on board. Some ot the bottles
were deposited in the briny deep and the
rest mark a camping ground at the upper
end ot Mustang Island.
After leaving Corsicana the excursion-
ists were in charge of John M. Connor,
of the Waco.Day, a man loved by every
member of the association. * There was
no sacrifice too great for him to make for
the comfort of his party, and to his fore-
sight and careful attention was largely-
due the general good feeling jvhich pre-
THE HATIOHAL BASK OF DEHT80H
Now has a department for Savings
Deposits, which is open every day
during banking hours, and also oh
Saturday evenings between seven
and nine o'clock. Sums from one
dollar up can be placed in this de-
partment on' an interest-bearing
basis.
Their nickel savings stamps are on
sale at the following agencies:
T.-tB. Hanna & Sons, drug store,
Main street.
W- J- Hughes' book store, Main
street,
v W. H. Roberts, drug store, Main
street.
W. H. Maddox, -grocery store,
North Houston Ave.
Minnie Mershon, grocery store,
Mirick Ave.
A. L. Douglas, grocery store.
Sugar Bottom.
H. C. Cutler,'grocery store, Bond
street,
E. E. Parish, grocery store, south-
east part of town.
J. A. Euper, confectionery store,
Main street.
Geo. W. McNeelan, M,;nson
street.
,A. R Williams,, grocer, W. Mor-
ton street.
Perry Bros, general store, Coal-
gate, I. T.
D.'N. Garland, druggist, Lehigh,
I. T. I
J. E>. Lankford, druggist, Atoka,
I. T.
D. W. Hopkins, postmaster,
McAlester, I. T.
T. Milwie, druggist, Krebs, I. T.
"Blair's Sermons" in our boy-
hood were voted a bore by the un-
converted and the heathen. Chinee
want none of Blair.—Norton's In-
telligencer.
The spirit of advertising peculiar
to this progressive generation was
well, illustrated by the little girl,
who addressed the Lord in her eve-
ning prayer, as follows: "Lord,
make me pure,—make me abso-
lutely pure, like baking powder."
A paper devoted to the interests
of the Roman Catholic laith, called
the Texas Catholic, has been started
at Dallas. It will be conducted un-
der the auspices of the Rt. Rev.
Bishop Breman, Dallas' first Catho-
lic bishop. The price is $2 a year.
The Burney hotel in Bonham, was
burned last Saturday about 2:30 in
the morning. Very little, except-
ing the furniture on the first floor,
tvas saved. The loss is placed at
$4,000; insurance, $2,000. There
were several narrow escapes, but no
one was injured.
An exchange says: "If a woman
makes a will before marriage the
fact of her marriage makes the will
worthless. This is the common law
f wwila in lorrrA
rnajority of states." This would
seem to negative the position assum-
ed by a lawyer in a discussion on
the civil rights of woman which took
place in Philosophical hall a few
months ago, in which the lawyer
held that the women had equal
rights befote the law with men.
QUO WEES OF FBOIB,
Buy your fruit boxes of Hibbard
Brothers.
Since 1790, according to the U.
S. census, the centre of population
has been moving steadily west fol-
lowing close to the thirty ninth par-
allel. The rate has been as follows:
1790-1S00, 41 miles; 1800-10, 36
miles; 1810-20, =;o miles; 1820-30,
39 miles; 1S30-40, 5s miles; 1840-
50, ^ miles; 1850-60, 81 miles;
1S60-70, 42 mile.; 1870-80, 58
miles, and 1880-90, 48 miles, a total
westward movement of 505 miles.
a s
Even Texas editors who are not,
a rule, very religious, manifest
vailed during the entire journey
Holland, ot the Texas Farm! & Ranch,
savs there is no trouble in distinguishing
a fly from a mosquito at Rockport. The
smallest insect is a fly. There is another
peculiarity aoout thf Rockport mosquito,
he gives no note of ^warning when he ap-
proaches,but he Is Irmed with a bill that
goes to the bone when he attacks. You
might as well make your bed on a hor-
net's nest as try to sleep at Rockport
without the protection of a mosquito-bar.
Best Mechanics
In any trade get good wages and are
never out of employment. Pettit
&.Waltz employ this class of men
only. The best is the cheapest in
! everything, and especially is this so
• with reference to plumbing^ roofing
and all such work. Cheap help is
necessary in a cheap job. Cheap
! jobs are the most expensive , in the
long run. Pettit & Waltz do not
ideal with this class of wojrkmen.
They get the best and give the best.
more reverence than was shown by
the preachers at the recent Presby
terian general conference in Detroit.
According to the Tribune, only
twelve arose during the offering of
the first prayer, halt of that number
when the secbtid prayer was deliv-
ered, and during the third invoca-
tion but three rose to their feet out
of a delegation ot a hundred. The
recent editorial convention at Corsi-
cana was ppeneu with prayer, and
all the editors stood during the in-
fliction,'.including that horrible in-
fidel, J. H. Copeland. of San An-
tonio, whose countenance wore the
expression ot a well-fed Methodist
bishop. But we'll never forgive
him for sitting down on our best
hat.
st C
'iffia
On the 26th day of
in Washington, Pa., William West
was hanged for the murder of the
Crouch family. The rope broke,
and he was picked up by the sheriff
and his assistants and hanged a sec-
ond time. Wrhen the physicians
pronounced him dead the body was
cut down and turned over" to his
relatives. They buried an empty
coffin and placed West in bed, when
a doctor succeeded in resuscitating
him. The nrian was able to be
about inside of a week and is now
working on a farm near Bentleys-
ville, Pa. He declares himself in-
nocent of the crime, and charges
enemies with attempting to swear
his life away. West should be in-
terviewed. Here is an opportunity
to settle the vexed question as to
whether or not death by hanging is
painful. . . '
third
We . have several hundred
bushel fruit boxes for sale.
Hibbnrd Bros.
0HEBBIE8 AND 8TRAWBEBBIE8.
H. G. McConnell is receiving
heavy consignments ot strawberries,
cherries and raspberries from Kan-
sas and North Arkansas. Ladies
"Who intend preserving and" canning
such fruits this season will do well
to call Varly. The season will be
over in; a tew days.
I DREAMT THAT I WA8 GOD.
The following story, published in
the "Twentieth Century" and writ
ten by Will N. Harben, (author of
"Almost Persuaded"—a liberal
theological novel,) has attracted at
tention in all directions. Shortly
afyer its appearance, Edgar Fawcett,
the noted novelist, read it aloud at a
gathering of literateurs in - New
York and pronounced it a work of
genius and .1 poem in prose:.
. My dream was strange, vague,
confused. I dreamt that I was God.
But into my. dream crept a haunting
doubt ihat I was indeed the Creator,
for I was filled with inexpressible,
ever growing wonder at all that I
beheld.
"Surely I cannot be G.ocV I sa'd
to myselt, tor He would marvel over
naught! Then some voice seemed.,
to whisper to me:. "You are in-
deed God, but you are now asleep;
by and by you will awake and all
will be plain."
In my clouded dream I wandered
through all my tnighty universe.
Eons passed by. The worlds I had
created were countless. They were
all brightly shining and inhabited.
And I thought that their brightness
pleased me because it waa part ot
myself.
"Why do they shiner" I asked.
And again the voice whispered:
"Their brightness is the light of
true wisdom. They were once dark
because the people that lived in
them believed that they knew their
Maker,-but now they are shining,
for they have learned that they knew
naught of God—in acknowledging
that they know nothing of infinity
they are "cooling neater to a com-
prehension of it." And I said to
myself: /
, "I am asleep, but this is truth."
Then I thought I wandered
through alfth£ bright worlds 1 had
created, seeking one that was dark
through ignorance. At last I touch-
ed one in the gloom, almost beyond
the light of other orbs. It was like
a cold, revolving, palpable shadow,
round like all the others, but smaller
than most of them, and very dark.
I asked myselt what it was called ;
and the voice which had answered
before, whispered:
"It is called The Earth. It has
been in gloom for ages—depending
for its principal light upon the sun
and the moon."
I wondered and picked it up, feel-
ing it revolve in my palm like an
imprisoned insect in the hand of a
mortal. And I asked myself why it
was so dark and cold while all others
were warmly alive with light, and
the voice I had heard before, which
seem to come from my inner self,
said:
"Its inhabitants believe that they
know God; their ignorance and
superstition have deprived them of
the light of Truth."
I held it close to my eye, and as I
studied the black atom, I felt my
All W'Sila -I
hundreds of sects among its inhabi-
tants who zealously urged that I,
their God, was naught beyond what
their narrow mind6 made me.
They displayed many different
books which they said was my Holy
Law. And the possessors of one
of the books fofight with the owners
of another, and believed that thfey
were doing my will. They caused
blood to flow and tortured one an-
other with fire. Some said 1 had
once made myselt as one ot them,
and had come into their midst, and
had been slain by my enemies.
They said, also, that I had created a
hell of eternal torture and that one
over whom I had no control, but
whom I had made, was the ruler
over it. And they believed that
there was a place of eternal bliss for
those who would read and '- believe
the books. And I saw millions of
dark-souled mortals whd were teach-
ing what they themselves doubted,
because they feared the darkness
about them.
"Surely," I said to myself, "this
can not be true; I am dreaming,"
and I heard the voice whisper:
"It is true ; they are submerged in
the blackness of irreverence and
ignorance; but look closely, for
there is even truth upon the earth."
And when I had held it so close
to my eyes that the light ot all
other worlds was cut off, I saw oh
its surface little particles ot light
li)ce shining stones in a great desert.
And I asked myself what they were,
and I heard the answer:
"They are mortals who call them-
selves Agnostics ; they worship j In-
finity'by believing it is far beyond
their understanding, and their wis-
dom has given them unquenchable
brightness. It will be long but in
time the whole earth will shine, for
the fire of these gems is spreading
The darkness around them will re-
tard if for awhile, but truth cannot
be put down." k
"I will eo far away from them,
I said, "that I may look back and
behold all my universe at a glance
And I thought that when I had
gone far out into starless space, be
yond all that I had created, and
turned to look back, all the innumer-
able orbs of my creation were mass
ed together and seemed one majestic
revolving orb. I went still further
away with my face turned to dark-
ness, and when 1 looked again my
universe was no larger than a single
star. Then I was tilled with
strange fear. I knew not whence it
came.
"Why am I afraid?" I asked,anc
I heard a voice which seemed to
come from the star I had left. It
said:
"Your sleep is deep; look about
you for more light; no one can be
perfect in himself alone."
I turned from my„universe and
looked long and steadily into the
daikness about me. After awhile
beheld another shining star like my
own. In strange fear I groped to
ward it. It grew larger and more
brilliant as I approached, till I saw
that it was a cluster of worlds and
as numerous as those I had called
my own.
While I stood in wonder, one
Who was fashioned like myself came
out of its light and said:
"Who are you?"
And I answered, "I am God."
And I wanted to be fully awake
that I might know if I had spoken
truth.
'♦That cannot be," he said, "for
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I am God, and am the creator of all
things. ' >
But you did not create me," I
said.
He was silent, and~I saw that he
waa troubled. j
No,'' said he presently, "I did
not make you. I thought that I was
God, but I may be wrong. Tell
me what you have created—show
. > *
IDC*
Then I dreamt that I led him
through the gloom away frond his
worlds nearer to mine, and I said,
pointing to them:
"That is my universe; it is aa
large as yours, and I know every
world in it;*' <•- -5.
He did not speakTor a long time,
and I saw him turn longingly toward
bia univciae, which was now almost
invisible.
"Neither of us is God," he said,
and I thought the blackness around
us grew blacker and our stars
brighter. While we stood there in
silent fear, I thought many like us
came saying:
"I am God! I am God!" And they
jointed toward gleaming stars that
we had not noticed before. And I
thought, when they had been shown
the creation ot one another, that
they were all silent and afraid.
After awhile some one among
them cried out:
"No one of us is God. God is
aeyond us all! * *
xiien 1 mojugni wc wsiiUeicJ uu,
a mighty awed and silent multitude,
till we stood so far away from the
stars we had claimed, that they
seemed massed together into a sin-
gle world. And searching space,
now with opening eyes, we found
that it was filled with orbs as great
in magnitude as the one all of our
combined worlds had formed
"Who created it all?" I asked,
and some one said:
"God!"
"Where is He?" I questioned.
"He is at the beginning of all
things;"
'Anjl thete never was a begin-
ning," added another.
"He is at the end ol all," said a
voice.
And from the whole multitude
came the words:
"And there never can be an end."
And as I law them dissolving into
the gloom I cried out:
"What is God?"
And from the whole length and
breadth of endless space came the
echo:
"God!"!
And I thought that I tell upon
my face in the darkness and began
to sink back toward the earth.
When I awoke I found that I had
dropped to sleep over the sermon I
was writing in which I had promised
to tell my congregation what I knew
about God. !
INTERESTING.
-\ To Land Buyers.
A valuable tract of land contain
ing one thousand (1000) acres,
under fence, with other improve-
ments, situated sixteen (16) miles
N. W. from Denton, in Denton
county, in the Hickory Plains neigh-
borhood. No better land in Texas
and no better community. A bar*
gain will be given in this land and if
you want to buy it will pav you to
come and investigate early.
W. F. Burton, Agent,
Slidell Post Office,
2-4t Wise County, Texas.
i Savins Souls in Afrioa.
They tell of a powerful Irishman
out iji Africa who seized the wretch
ed Arab who was paddling him
across a stream, threw him over
boated, and grabbing him by the
back| of the neck as he rose to the
surface of the water hissed in his ear:
"Will you renounce the Prophet
and become a Christian?
"Allah forbid," sputtered the
Arab. _ s
"Down you go, then," said the
Irishman, and he ducked the Arab
under again. In about a minute he
pulled him up and shouted:
"Will you believe in the Chris-
tian's God?"
"No," gasped the Arab faintly
"Drown, then" yelled the Irish
man, and he ducked the unfortunate
Mussulman again.
For the third time he pulled the
man up and asked, "Will you be-
lieve."
The Arab almost dead, was just
able to whisper "Yes."
% "Drown then," yelled the man
"before you lose your sowl by re-
canting!" And he put the wretch
under once more and held him there
till life was extinct.—New York
Tribune, I ;
All over Texas, and especially in
the counties lying west, there is a
pressing demand for hands to chop
out cotton. .
The city authorities of Marshall
have been enjoined from paying for
lighting the streets, on tbe ground
that the tax levied for the purpose ia
illegal.
A tpan was arrested by a fool
policeman in Boston the other day
tor kissing his wife on the street.
Judge Burke declared the airest an
outrage and discharged tbe prisoner.
Women rode horseback just as
men do until a crippled woman who
happened to be a queen made the
side saddle faahionable, becaus* she
couldn't > *dc astride.
Under Attorney Culbertson's
ruling drug stores are not allowed
under the state Sunday law to sell
aaything but drugs and medicines.
Tbe sale of liquors, wines and cigars
are -prohibited. Restaurants can
sell ordinary meals only.
The Charleston has arrived at
Callao, Peru, without getting trace
of the Itata. The Esmeralda was
given .enough coal to last her five
days and ordered to leave Acapulco
by the Mexican authorities. She
sailed on the 26th.
Dr. Tahuage coolly Informed his
fashionable congregation last Sun-
day, that the Almighty commenced
le work of creation early Monday
morning, and finished the big job
Saturday afternoon by making man 1
hat's perverting scripture with a
vengeance. '
A Paris (Texas) jury has just
awarded Robert . Dyer $1000 as
damages against the Western Union
Telegraph Co for making a mistake
in copying a message. Tbe mes-
sr.ge as sent read,"Come at once;
Jim tried to kill himself," as de-
ivered it read—"Come at once,
Jim died; killed himself."
THE SUMMER IO&MAL.
Superintendent Jos. Adamson 1
been appointed by the Stat* i
intendent ot Public Ii
conductor ot the Summer
for this district, which will be
at Sherman. Tbe school will
July 1, and continue until the
An able corps of intructora has
provided, among them Prof. D.
Eagleton of Austin college,
A. J. Nash of Sherman inatil
Prof. E. F. Powell of North '
female college, Superintendent!
mon of Sherman city schools,
W. S. Potter of Whiteaboro
schools and th« conductor,
tendent Joseph Adamson.; Ei
lectures will be given by
man Bailey, Hon. Y ancy
Captain T. J. Brown, Judge
worth and Col. W. H. Ru
Tuition fee, $4. Board can be
at from $ia to $15. The enf
tendent requests all conductors
meet him during the meeting of
Teachers' State Association in
tin for further instruction.
cates which are now valid will
good until October to,
teachers to open school in
ber without any contusion.
MIB8 FBOOTOB'8 IEW 8T0B&
Miss Proctot has moved to
West Main street, Guiteau buildi
where she will be pleased to s<
old and many new customers.
this week kid gloves will be sold
cost. The show window is one
the prettiest in tbe city. Watch :
: or new styles.
Where the Profit Oomes ia.
Foster supplies one
newspapers with his weekly we
>redictions, at $t each
This is where the
comes in.—Sherman Courier.
The postal authorities at Chicago
give notice that no more postal
orders will be delivered to the Fine
Art Portrait Company and the Pa-
cific Portrait Company of Chicago.
A hint to the gullible ought to be
sufficient: -
Judge S.1 J. Breckenridge tell
dead at Detroit Thursday from heart
trouble, while engaged in discussing
the charges of heresy against Dr.
Briggs before the Presbyterian Gen-
eral Assembly. His sudden death
under such peculiar circumstances
recalls the similar death of ex Gov.
Washburn at the meeting of the
board at Springfield Mass., during a
heated discussion over doctrinal
matters.
The San Antonio and Aransas
Pass railway is a well managed
road. The track is smooth and the
coaches first-class. A chair car is
run daily, which adds much to the
comfort of tourists. Mr. R. W
Andrews, the assistant general
passenger conductor, is a most ac-
commodating gentleman who neg-
lects no oppt tunity to make his
road popular w. th the traveling pub-
lic.
FRUIT BOXES.
Hibbard Bros, have a good sup-
ply of third bushel fruit boxes.
J. H. Davis, of the Sulphur
Springs Vindicator, was in the
Cincinnati Convention, which gave
birth to the People's Party, so called,
and terrified the assembly by giving
an Indian war-whoop. He said he
was an ex-Coniederate soldier, but
in this "Methodist Jim's" memory
must be at fault, as the Fannin
County Favorite says he was only
five years old when Gen Lee was
in the wilderness.
The conductors arrived in San
Antonio Sunday morning, but if any
one thinks they spent the day in
devotional exercises he is very much
mistaken. They enjoyed a drive in
carriages over tbe city, were^given a
concert at night by the Alamo
band on Alamo Plaza and a sump-
tuous repast at the Menger hotel.
They left for Rockport and Corpus
Christi Monday morning at one
o' lo ck.
Gas and Water Bervloa
'ut in by Pettit & Walts alwaj
I jive satisfaction. Theae g«
men employ first-lass help, and
work is done undtr guarantee.
The Waxahachie Democrat
nounces that a gentleman in
city has just turnished his plac
business with a new anit ot antic
furniture built on the modern
tern. An antique-modern pattern
something new indeed.
LIST
Date of List, May 80,1891.
POST OFTICS, DENISON' _
OaaraoM COOMTV. Tbxm.
The tallowing latter* hav* M
net laaa than acvea day* and
t laaa than aavaa dan and at* anelataiaa.
an therefore hereby advertieed acoordiag M
They will be h*M two week* tram the date o
liat and, if (till unclaimed, will be aeat b
Dead Letter Office. Partial calling iertfci*
taay aovaaTiaso, firing data of liat.
wif. be charged on each piece at mail
L ALWAYS HAVE TOUR MAC
RKCTED TO YOUR STRUT AND
BER, or P. O. SOX Notify thia office 1
of any change in yo*ir City addreat.
C. T. Dtmann P. *.
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