The Wills Point Chronicle. (Wills Point, Tex.), Vol. 10, No. 21, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 26, 1887 Page: 2 of 4
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THE CHRONICLE.
WILLS POINT, TK.XAB.
R. I. YARTI8, - - Editor and Pro’r.
THURfiOAY, WAY 28.
II
Pitll off your badges.
Prohibitum in on the wane just
Whkn the question is discussed
the anti side gains fast.
VanZandt will go five to one
against prohibition is our predic-
tion. _
This is the first political quos
tion that the clergy has taken into
their pulpits and the churches,
mid tried to carry by religious in-
fluences.._ ~
Tub editor is attending the
Press Association at Fort Worth
this week and is enjoying a gen-
eral relaxation from the duties of
arduous calling.
Attobnky Gkkkhal llono has
written a strong and unanswera-
bly letter to a friend against pro-
hibition. We will publish the
letter next week.
A most distastrous hail storm
passed over the country in and
around Forney and Terrell,
Wednesday evening, doing con-
siderable damage to crops, and
enuring cotton to have to be
planted over.
“Attorney General Hooo has
made a speech against prohibi-
tion.” Yes, the Hoggs are against
us—generally.—Ale.
Yes, those with two “gs”’ in
their name are ; but thosi with
one one “g” are on the other side
—generally.
Strong offtarts are being made
to have Chief Justice Willie of
the supreme court appointed1 to
fill the vacancy occasioned by the
death of Justice Woods. It would
be buta fitting tribute to the hand
some democratic majority thats
Texas invariably rolls up for the
national ticket, to appoint, one
her sons to the office of justice of
the U. 8. court.
EDIT ORIAL CORRESPONDENCE.
Fort Worth, Tex., MaV JJ4,'87.
-The Association waH called to
order nt 11 a. nr, by Vice Pm si-
dent Wm. Ferguson, of the San
Antonio limes- Several very in-
teresting addresses were made by
tnayor of the city and other gen-
tlemen on the part of the local
press and the business men of the
city. Fort Worth has opened her
arms and tendered her hospitality
without stint, and is doing all in
her power to make the editors
feel welcome und at home. She
is determined to let the Texas ed-
itors see what a live,enterprising
and hospitable city slio is.
The Gulf,* Colorado and Sami
j£e R’y Co. has tendered the As-
sociation an excursion so Washita
Canyon in the Indian Territory
on Thursday.
We will not get home before
Saturday or Sunday.
D. M. N., O. N. S.
Tile above means the Dallas
Moruiny News, the great news-
paper of the Srfuth, the manage
nient of which has recently shown
its characteristic enterprise by
negotiating for early morning
special mail train service on the
H. & T. C. R’y north of Dallas.
The News will Urns not only
reach its thousands of readers on
the morning of its publication,
but will greet them all over North
Texas early in the day. This will
augment the usefulness ot the
News and also greatly increase
its already large patronage.’ and
give it undisputed sway as the
leading morning paper of Texas.
Many people would regret the
failure of the News to reach them,
as they woutd their breakfast.
The News is a great institution.
Wo nre prouil of it as a great
newspayerin the true sense of
the term. Booms may come and
booms may eo, but the News will
go on forever. The staid old
mother by the sounding sea, and
her buxom, beautiful, brilliant
daughter ot the Northern prairies
are injisoluably connected ;with
the history of Texas henceforth
and tor all future time.
P. S. SaY, Bro Y n-n-t i-s, what
does that big word “contempAati-
ble” in 10th line from bttttertn of
your little essay mean?—Orreen-
ville New Era,
It means that a man who has
not been around a printing office
Inng «»go ugh tn that prin-
ters make mistakes.tTiat the proof
readers overlook*, too, 'hate mnch
to learn in the business. The pa
per that dtfWnot have mistakes
has never visited this office vetV Jl
Read Gov. J. W. Throckmor
ton's letter on the outside.’
an able document, calm, conser-
vative,aud reasoable. Coming as
it does from a man who bas vol
untarially retired from public life,
and who, in feeble health, feels
au abiding interest in the welfare
' of his 8tate, in whose service he
has been so long, and whose in-
terests lie ha3 watched so zeal-
ously, and has never betrayed in
one instance, his letter should
receive a careful and respectful
consideration by both parties. It
‘can be prompted by no motive
s^ve patriotism, and his wise
counsel heretofore, if heeded,
would have saved the country
much trouble.
The following letter from the
Waco Advance, is copied by re-
quest of several loading anti-pro
hibitionists: ___
Kaufman, Tex., May I.—Two-
thirds of the voters of this county
will cast their ballots for the
amendment. A gentlemen of Ibis
place on his return Yrom a two
weeks’ visit to Clarksville, Texas,
“How is the popular pulse beat-
ing in North Texas on the subject
of prohibition?” “Just as it is
here,” said the man interrogated,
“every respectable man, white
and black is for it.” The anti
hung his head thoughtfully for a
moment and said: “Well, I’m
ashamed Jof the crowd I’m-in,
sure enough.” Ignorance, ava-
rice-and appetite—one of these
three things account for each
anti’s’position with the saloons.
Let the discussion proceed. “Trul h
fears nothing but concealment.”
Send me the Advance.
......, J. C. Wingo.
The above is from the Kaufman
Sun. We are sorry to know that
a tnan of Mr. Wingo’s ability
would make such a statement.
To charge the anti prohibitionist
with being governed by iguor
ance, avarace, and appetite isjto
grossly insult a large class of ns
pure, honest and prlriotic men as
live.
TRAIN 'ROBBERY.
Another bold and daring train
tobbery occurred at McNeil, a-
Station on the Missouri Pacific
between Austin and Taylor, last
Thursday. There were about 12
men in the gang, and the amount
ot money secured by them is va-
riouily estimated at from a few
hundred to several thousand dol-
lin. 4 ■ -i_
Fine silk ruohing at Rose’s.
NO POLITICS.
Hon. John H. Finch told a rep
resentative of the Voice last wfeek
that he would take part in all the
coming constitutional prohibition
campaigns. He will go to Texas
and. Tennessee in June; it may be
necessary for him to go to Oregon
in October. He says that in these
■campaigns the Good Templars,
Sons of Temperance and National
Temperance Society will work to
gether. In March he arranged
with Eugene (Map, of Boston,
the leader of the Son of Temper
ance, to co-eperate with the other
organizations. Mr. Olapp and
James H. Roberts, of Boston,
have, with the help of. John N.
Stearns, made it possible to begin
mailing literature early. The
mailing began last Monday. The
object is to try with the assist-
ance of the local leaders, to place
facts and arguments in the hands
of every minister and educator in
the critical Sta.tes.
The above from the Voice, the
organ of I lie prohibition party in
the United States, is a straw to
indicate whether the present can
vass is non political, and whether
the party will die down aftercany
ing the amendment. The man
who 'oves democratic pVinclples
and who vainly imagines that
there is no ill to the party in this
prohibition moveement, is destin-
ed to see the error- of hi* way in
1888.
A properly conducted printing
office is as much a secret as a
Me sonic lodge. The printers are
not under an oalli of secrecy,
RtimVhy VnTnTiD'R fttway" fppl themselves **
secrets as though triple oat lied.
Any employe in a printing office
who willingly disregarded this
rule in relation to printing ofljce
secrets would not only be scorned
by his brethren of the craft, but
would- lose his potition at once
We make this statement because
it sometimes happens' that a com
municatinn appears in a newspa
per under an assumed signature
which excites comment, and va
rious persons try to find out who
is the author. Let all be saved
the trouble of questioning em-
ployes of printing offices. They
are “know-nothings” on such
points rb-these. On Riich waiters
they liavJ eyes and ears, but no
mouth; and if they fail to observe
this rule, let them be put down
as dishonorable members of the
craft. It is the same in job prin-
ting. If anything is to be printed
and kept a secret, let proper no-
tice be given of the desire for se-
crecy, and you might as well,
question the Sphinxes one of the
printers.—Craftsman.
Amerce’* Prld*.
True American men and worn-
eu, by reason of their strong
constitution, beautiful forms,
rich complexions and characteris-
tic energy, are envied by all na-
tions. It is the genersl use of
I)r. Harter’s Iron Tonic.
Wire|olothes line at Alford’s.
~
TO CORRESPONDENTS.
We appreciate (lie favor* of our
correspondents very much, for
a country paper with no county
news is like a daily without tel-
egraphic reports; but nt the8nme
time, we iiope tlioso sending com-
munications in tor publication in
the future will coniine themselves
to llie old and well known custom
of all first class printing office*—
write plainly,and only on one side
of the paper. Printers, as a rule,
can read almost anything, but
when it comes to wrestling with
the hieroglyphics of the ancient
world—well, we hope our corres-
pondents will write on one"side of
their papMLoq/y.
PERIODICALS.
That highly interesting and fas-
cinating juvenile, by D. Lath rep
& On , of. Boston, Pansy, Is a
source of delight to those boys
and girls who have u taste for good
and entertaining reading reading,
It is a gem.
Our Little Men and Women,
OV same publishers, is a “darl-
ing” of the little folks. Its illus-
trations and selections nre highly
interesting and educative in their
character. Any parent will feel
doubly recompensed hy ordering
any of the four justly popular ju-
venile publication gotten up by
this house. It makes us wish we
were young again just to expe-
rience the pleasure afforded by
the bright and attractive pages
of these works.
We received No. 223 of Science,
published by Scieece Oo., 47 .La-
fayette Phiee, New York. It con-
tains a well filled table of con-
tents on very important and.at-
tractive subjects. The character
of the literature in Science is of
the highest order, and is invalua-
ble for this feature outside of the
intrinsic value ot the information
in ti, It is no second rate class
of wirting-
_ .Tlia Texas’School Journal for
May is fully up to its usual stand-
ard for well written and entail) -
ing articles on subjects of a very
prac'ioal character, especially to
the Texas teacher. We wish
every teacher in Van Zandt coun-
ty would take and read the Jour-
nal. Remember Supt. O, II.
Cooper is in charge of the edito-
rial department.
Ballard* Snow Lmlmant.
This liniment is a positive cure
for rheumatism, neuralgia, lame
back, sore chest, olb sores,
wounds, sprainVahd all bruises.
It is the most penetrating lini-
ment in the world. It will restore
contratce'd inusoles to thoirliatu-
ral elasticity; rubbed on the
throat it will cure the worst case
of croup. It is an absolute spe-
cific for corns, bruises, chapped
hands, etc. Ladies will find it
particularly effective for lame
back' Crow & Human, Agents.
We never expect to see the
day when lquoris totally abolish-
ed from this enuutry. In fact
we do not believe any goven-
ment has the right to absolutely
wipe it fronvTbe face of the earth.
But we do expect to see the
time when greater restrictions
will be thrown around the traffic
than at present and when the
public drinking house will be
unknown. The word prohibition,
as generally used and in its literal
sense, is misleading. The doc-
trine of absolute prohibition is
not favored even by the people
who cal' themselves prohibition-
ists. The idea advocated is one of
restriction only—Orenville Ban-
ner.
The proposed amendment will,
if enforced, and laws are passed
in harmony with it, produce total
H'uTy ti. Iiliim btnind tnkaspoffiee Pevclnx<L ’Tile locnTSpfJSn law
just passed by the20tli legislature
also enforces it. If prohibition-
ists don’t favor absolute prohibi-
tion they had better. Change
there tactics tflul down this
amend inent.
GRAND SALINE.
Crops nre looking fine since the
late rains.
We hear some of our neighbors
talking-about laying by their coni
soon.
Mr. John Taylerand Miss Lore-
nn West, were married on Tliurs
day night, the 12th inst., at the
residence of the bride s father,
Mr. Marian West, Rev. U. A.
Grifford officiating.
We understand that Mr: N. S.
Wheeler will canvass the county
in the behalf prohibition. We
are glad'hat Mr. Wheeler i« on
the sidp of prohibition, for we
think the opposite side a great
deal better off without hnn than
it would be with him. We think
if there were a few more like
him and W.G. 8amfonl to canvass
the county for prohibition, the
anti-prohibition side would be a
great deal stronger by the lime
the election comes off. Although
we hear some of our prohibition
heighbhors saying that either one
could tore down any speaker on
the ahti-pmhibition side. We
pity all suoh believers. If pro-
hibition is such a grand thing,
and gntton up for the good of the
people, how is it those gentle-
men who are organizing prohibi-
tion clubs nl.wuy* fry to mtoet and
organise their clubs when there
in no one to represent the other
side, as we understand they are
doing in some portion of the
oouuly? That goes to show that
there is something wrong some-
where.* Jack.
May 21. |
wALTAN DOTS.
As I see nothing in vonr paper
from teis place, I will give you n
few dot* to let you and your many
readers know how wo nro. getting
on in this portion ot the Free State.
Crops are Hue,oats splendid, and
those who (lid not have tn plant
their cotton over arc chopping'it
out.
Health is goo I. No sickness in
this place except whooping cough.
We had a good rain yesterday
which makes the grass grow, but
the farmers _are tip witli their
work. <
I see that the people of West
Texas arc coming to the eastern
portion of the Stale. They say
that it Inis cot rained out. thre in
ten. or eleven months, add that
the people will soon be suffering,
if ^assistance is not given.
John T. McAdams.
May 18.]
STONE POINT ITkMS.
Mr. Editor:
I am sometimes asked what I
think of prohibition and the pres-
ent excitement. Well, I think
hotli sides are opposed to women
and woman’s rights. /
Take the antis, for instance.
They oppose the amendment.
Now the amendment does not
prohibit the importation und drin-
king of whisky. Now if whisky
is good for men, why is not. good
for women? And why not buy it,
take it home and divide it with the
womn, instead of keeping it all
in towns at the saloons, where
women cannot get it?" Have they
not.as much right toashow at the
good tilings r f this world as the
men have?
Now for-the prohibitionist. lie
is opposing woman’s rights, loo.
“Why,” sav some, “we 'are try-
ing lo protect the women from
being the wives of drinking
men.” Ah? yes, mid right here
I have got you. Don’t you know
women will Inarry drunkards—
men wbo are drunkards—of their
own choice, and of their owh free
wrill, and not only their free will,
bait t4eir stubborn will, against
the will of all their friends. I'wlll
irQt sny what proportion choose to
mkrry* such meuf but some have
said six in ten, which, I believe,
would be sixty per cent. This
inay be too large an estimate. I
iiope it is, but it does not matter
whether it is six in ten, four in
ten or two in ten, you know that
many do marry such men, and of
their own choice and free will.
Now if you prohibit, as you sfly
your amendment will do, you
deprive those women of their
rights, for if whisky is good for
men, it is good for women. And
if women choose to marry drink-
ing men, they have a right to do
so, if tlie men nre willing.
I think I have made nut the
case against you both. The jury
will take the case.
Will D. Ferguson.
Tiie Texas Electic Medical As
social ion which met in Dallas a
few days ago-resolved to discon-
tinue the use of opiates and alco-
holic spirits in medical practice,
“except in those cases where the
accumulated experience of acute
sagacious bservers has taught
us that they are especially bene-
ficial and demanded.” Thus is
the liquor ’traffic being brought
a | im» disrepute <on
■ptrw
on.— Gainesville
goes steadily
Register.
The above points to the ex-
treme extent to which fanatics
will carry prohibition. This as-
sociation passed Jhe above reso-
tion in order to curry favor with
the prohiltftionists. In Kansas a
man has to swear that he is actu-
ally sick and needs the liquor as
a medicine before he can get it
It will not be long until he wig
have to swear that his is a case
where ths “accumated experience
of acute sagacious observers has
taught us that alcoholic stimu-
lants are especially benefical and
demanded. One doctor has «l
ready asserted that alcoholic
stimulants are never necessary,
and are absolutely harmful. We
will soon land back in the good
old dnys when liberty was un-
known.
Where did protection, prohibi-
tion and paternalism have their
birth in America? Right in glori
pus New EngUnd, where auch
men as Roger Willems were ban-
ished because of their religious
belief. “Give us control of your
person, conscience and money,”
sAith the Eastern tyrant and fa-
natic. "Give us liberty or give
us death,” responds Southern
chivalry—i/andarao* Timet.
Gloves and mitt for the million,
at Dickard A Go’s.
ANTICS OF AN APe.
Wftae to Cktoh • Stray Mulw; lit
Part*—A QawMra of Owoorahly.
Poe'* tragic tot* of the murderous an-
tic* ot in ape in Pari* has just found a
comical counterpart. Oddly enough, both
drama* were enacted in the aatne locality,
that ia to aay, not tar from the morgue.
A bevy of newly enlisted oonucripta, with
painted picture* on (heir hat*, were
crowing the Point Nettf, arm in arm,
keeping step to the music of the "Marsel-
laise," when suddenly they new a small
but nimble monkey leaping and bound-
ing in front of them, making a zigzag
course, from one aide of the bridge to
the other, frightened at the -water on
either hand, and too beaddled in mind to
think of making a straight and swift es-
cape to tiie end of the bridge, and thence
to lii* home. The young conscript*, for-
getting tlieir country und it* national
song, gave a scream of delight, broke
rank* and nn instant chase after the
lively little beast. The raw recruits, un-
diciplined yet eager for action, performed
prodigies of valor in ruuning against and
knocking one another down, and whisk-
ing off one another's picture covered
hats, but uo one of th* hunter* caught
the monkey. He dodged deftly between
the collective leg* of the whole hattalion,
and was a* brisk tn his
a* the Irishman's flea,
like a traveling gust of wind,
ferred from the bridge to the
‘new departure*''
Soon the melee,
waa trans-
ud joining
quai de la meggisserie. Here the numer-
ous passer* by, on seeing the fun, at once
joined in it, adding to the baffled military
force a fresh civil reserve, The spectacle
was exhilarating. Ths crowd became
dense, and everybody we* soon stupidly
looking flown and around, here anil
there, expecting the monkey to be found
under somebody's feet.
“Poor thing, he will probably be
trampled to death,’’ exclaimed some
humane voices.
But this upprehension was soon put at
rest. A hundred merry throats sud-
denly burst into a ringing cheer. Hod
the monkey been caught? Not He was
farther tlian ever from auch an igno-
minious fate—he liad climbed a tree!
“Look at the little brut*," said a stout
gentleman, who had a legal portfolio
under his arm, “how lie is grinning at
ust showing contempt to the court and
jury.”
Two or three ragamuffins, veritable
gamins, then climbed the monkey's tree,
almost as nimbly a* if they hud been
monkeys tliemseivee. Did they get
their liands upon tlieir Simian brother?
Not at all! He hopped from branch to
branch, and, on being hotly pressed,
made a final and splendid jump—better
than anything done on the trapeze at the
hippodrome—landing himself safely on
the next tree. The gamins were badly
laughed at. Nothing so ill succeeds u*
ili success, as Talleyrand might have ob-
served. But the gamins were not to be
disconcerted by a laugh nor outwitted
by au ape. The young rogues attacked
the next tree, and tiie next, until the
monkey, having no more treek lo leap
into, skipped at last to the only remain-
ing rufugp, \.'Y#U v/as the top of a lamp
post. On tui* low pinnacle of evident
danger his chances of maintaining his
liberty and life might lucre been small,
except for the opportune interference of
a tall poltownan, who said: «
“Stand off, hoys, I will reach up and
take him.down, quietly."
Whereupon the gentle giant out-
stretched his long right arm, and grazed
tl(e willing captive, who showed mani-
fest signs of relief at thus receiving the
protection of the law.
Was the sport now over? Certainly
not. It was.'Jn fact, rebegun.
"Who is the owner of- this animal?
Let him step forth and claim his pro-
perty!” said the.officer, magisterially.
-—sAe monkey'is mine, ” replied a whis-
kered; young man, with unkempt hair
and an uncanny look.
“No; he is mine," replied a tthail boy,
■mailer even than any of the gamins
who had climbed the trees.
“You are a little liar,’' rejoined the
unkempt man.
“You are a big thief,'' retorted the
courageous lad.
In two minutes the popular interest in
tills dispute grew to a fever heat. There
was something in the honest, scared, tear-
ful look of the little boy that excited the
sympathy of the bystanders. A police-
man is, of all men, pre-eminently sus-
picious. The policeman who held the
monkey gave a searching and suspicious
look at the grizzly whiakerando who stood
as claimant.
“Give the nionkey to the little boy,”
cried several voices in the crowd.
“Not without etridenoe,” replied the
officer. “So, now, my little man, can
you prove to me tliat this monkey Is
yours?”
“Yea, I can," cried the boy trium-
phantly; “this is a he monkey, and I
have his wife in my pocket!”
Whereupon, to the astonishment and
lad
fe-
monkey, the animal which the
French call the guenon. Hie evidence
was complete, and, as the French journ-
alists say, “the incident was closed."—
Kansas City Journal.
Ths Salt Crams.
The majority of our readers will re-
member the blue glass craze which raged
so furiously in 1871-2. The manufac-
tories of blue gloss reaped an enormous
harvest, and people who never allowed
the sun to shine upon them before per-
mitted its beams to reach them through
blue glass hung in convenient southern
windows. Thera are some indications
that another craze is coming to take the
it
consumption of sea salt or rock salt from
Turk's Island as a cure for nearly all the
ills of the Indy. The craze has reached
Utica and is traveling this way. So far,
the sea salt eaten in season and out of
season lias been found to cure consump-
tion, dyspepsia and kidnsy difficulty,
headache and general good for nothing-
ness. -Rochester Democrat
A Kcm»rkabl« flovBr.
A remarkable flower which grows 14,-
000 feet algive the sea on Mount Whitney
to described by Rev. Mr. Travers in Tho
New York Times. This to 1,000 feet
above the timber line, among the clouds.
Where all oiher vegetation has utterly
psasnd to exist. It is called Polemonium
oenfertum or Jaoob's ladder.—San Fran-
otooo Chronicle.
■•surstli Case ef ■Bsllw.*
Leaving Lahore day before yesterday
afternoon, a tide of thirty-two miles
brought ua to this place, Amritsar,
which name to a combinatiob ot Sanskrit
1 words, meaning “fountain ot Immortal-
ity.” About halfway from Lahore we
pawed through ths small town of Atari,
th* scene of one of the most memorable
ot “suttee” in ths history of Jndia.
whUe* proceeding
medan
wn«treupt)ii, tu uin wtuMiiBiuumi* iu
delight of the applauding crowd, the 1
drew forth from his pocket a tiny pet I
male, monkey, the animal which t
Itspey headed Sikh chief, Sham Singh.
; against sot
of hto faith,
some Moham
sur-
rounded by overpowering numbers, with
no opportunity tor sscap* or prospect of
settetsnoe. Rather than submit, he
clothed himself in pars white, to denote
a devotion to hto religion onto death, and
placing himself at the head of hto follow-
ers, charged th* seamy with gnat brav-
ery, and waa killed after performing
many feats of personal gallantry. When
the news was brought to hto oo* and only
wife, she hurriedly had hsr funeral pyre
prepared, and, In th* prsasnns ot the an-
ttrs Sikh community, mounted to tom-
poasdly sad dsUb seat tty committed
■‘mitt**"—allowed bstsalf to ham to
4 Although ante** waa frequently re-
sorted to by the Hindoos, yet voluntary
of It war* exceedingly rare.
fttl lows whloto I
IN* HP bar |
earthly life Tor ths ismslUHty c« an Im-
mediate reunion with tier husband does
not sssoi to have been very common in
India, for, as far us I can learn, but very
few of tiie recorded cases of “suttee '
were voluntary one*. Ths cose men-
tioned above is a well authenticated one,
11unigli; and the loving wife |iu*Hed out
of this world believing that lieruct would
entitle her to tiie Hindoo promise of an
immediate reunion in hearea With Iter
husband, to lust as many thousands of
years its lie liad hairs on Ids body;—India
(Jor. Baltimore Sun.
Hrii«mtr,i HUcI Turret*.
Sir Henry Bessemer lias exclaim'd in
The Loiuhm Times a procc-.i by which
steel forts and turrets could be supplied
for British coaling stations with extra-
ordinary dis|>atch, Hiulutu very moderate
irloo. Ills plan iu to cast the required fort
a one piece. There j* a simple grandeur
about this idea which strongly recom-
mends it to the lay mind. Hir lieury bus a
good deal to my in fuvor ot his propo ud.
BupiKNO we wunt a fort witli a curved face
100 feet long. 10 feet high and it feet
tltick. If a mold ntadu of bricks ami
lined with tire clay were made. Sir Henry
states that sixteen hours would suffice for
the casting of the fort in one solid piece
ot steel “weighing 1)00 tons, requiring no
backing or superstructure for its support,
and no expensive fltting together of its
various parts, and liavtng all its ports and
loopholes formed in the required pixiition
by the act of casting.”—Boston Globe.
CulcthlitK Monkeys In Indite.
The natives liave an ingenious way of
catehing monkeys, so simple that it may
witli truth lie said that the monkey
catches himself. A narrow mouthed jar
is filled with corn, and accidentally, of
course, .-left on the ground. The ever
watchful monkeys quickly take note of
this, and no Hooner is the owner of the
jar out of f ight tlian they steal up to in-
spect and discuss their windfall. Having
satisfied tliemseivee that there to no trap,
ono of them thrusts in liis arm and
snatches u handful of coru. Ho then
finds Hint tho mouth ef tho jar is too
narrow to let liiut withdraw his doubled
fist, but ho never thinks of dropping the
corn, aud out rushes tho owner from be-
hind a tree and treacherously slhis a
noose around tiie victim's neck.—India
Cor. London Field.
Four Nror. Tssss Old.
Professional humorists may he inter-
ested in these two jokes: “Mrs. W.,
walking on one of the wltarves of New
York, jocosely asked a sailor why a ship
was called she. ‘Oh,’ said the son of
Neptune, ‘because the rigging costs more
than tiie hull.’ ” “A preacher who kept
a huckster tyliopwu* heard one day to say
to his shopman: ‘John, have you watered
the rum?' ‘.Yes.' ‘Haveyon sundod the
brown sugar?' ‘Yes.’ ‘Have you wetted
the tobacco'?' ‘Ye*.’ ‘Then come in to
prayers.’ " Tho first was published in
tlio “MosKacliusects, Connecticut. Rhode
Island, New Hampshire, and Vermont
Almanac" in 1700 aud the second in
“Benjamin West’s Rhode Island Al-
manac" of 1805.—Chicago Times.
Statistics of Bright's Dlsrusc.
“Died of Bright's disease” has become
a familiar phrase in o'ottuary notice*. It
ha* become so much more common that
the general impression is that the disease
Li more prevalent than in former periods.
The statistics of the New York bureau of
vital statistics seem to verify this im-
pression. In 1871 Bright's disease was
seventh ill order of fatality. In 1885 it
was fifth. In 1871 the total deaths were
26,070; of Bright's disease, 1,030. In
1885 it supplied 2.004 out of a total of
85,583; uases of this Jisease increased in
fourteen years 100 jail- cent., while the
total number of deaths! increased only 83
per cent.—Brooklyn Eagle.
Not to bo Blamed.
Father Taylor one .Sunday afternoon
Was officiating at an infant baptism, and
tho church was filled with a large au-
dience as usual. The baby was restless
during the services, and wlten Father
Taylor took Iter in his arms she cried as
uly infanta can cry. But this didn't in
the least disturb the old minister, for,
raising the child in his arms where all
the people could see her, lie said: “Don’t
blame the child for crying, but thank the
Lord that shwhas such good lungs.”—
Concord (N- H.) Monitor.
among tho Fashionables.
Mr. Swell (who has rented a fashionable
apartment house)—We neend't be
ashamed of this, my dear.
Mrs. Swell—No, indeed; it is perfectly
lovely, and such a fashionable locality!
Mr. Swell—That's the beauty of it.
And now, my dear, if you will send
Perkins out for a loaf of bread and half a
pound of butter we will liave something
to eat.—New York Sun.
fTYSPEPSIA
la a duM«M an wall m dmtrwMUii* compUint It
UttfWoUd. k Undi. br impairing nutrition and dm
t^ly.nouf U» E/Btttiu. tu itreptre Um «•#
THE ONLY HOB
rIRON
TONIC
P® BEST TONIC
Outckly and eorapUtRly CnrcN hyaurpaTii In all
Ut«s tha RPDftita. and aidii tba aaaimUation of food.
Kiev J f Homitku, tha lumorad paator ot Um
FwlBftfuffinadjOnaroii.Baltiawa, Md^Mjrt:
*• Hjkvlnif uaad Brown's Iron liittara for l>>np*'paia
and Indifatttlon I tako grant plnaauru in rtscun-
mat.ding It highly. Alao consider it a Mplandid touia
and tanaurator, aud vary nt mugtbaniua." -
Holl. JoexrH c 8cit. Judge of Circuit Court,
Clinton Oo , lad., aaya: “ I bear moot (tusortul t..*ti
■Bony to tha afflcacy of Brown1* Iron Bitten for
Canuimi him above 'Prado tf ark and omeeed rod liuoa
tbs LTvfsi
'IXfif/.u,
Oloo ond norvoe
force. Knllva
and BU|>|ilioo It rain
A. N. ALFOB D,
—DEALER IN: -
Machinery and Hardware,
Furniture,
Wagons and Wagon Wood whit.
Smooth anfl Barbed Wixc.
Guns, Pistols, Crockery. (Jneonswuro,
Glassware, Earthenware and Wooden ware.
Have in Slock a Complete Assort inci.t of (lie Celebrated
Cliartei oeiI-x
Wills Point, - - Tezas.
mm k nisi
-:4th Street, Wills F’oint, Tex.-
^ -DEALERS IN-
STAPLE AM FANCY
Dry Goods f. Groceries,
Boots,
IDress 'G-codG;
Ready-:-:-Made-:-:-Cfolfiing,
-FARMING IMPLEMENTS,~
Aiul everything needed by Farmers luid the
People Generally.
Competition dofiied in quality of Goods, and
Prices!
- — —«—
beginning of his c
habit of working
Not to bs Disparaged.
No douibt this is a wise remark: "Polish
is not piety, refinement is not religion,
manners are not morals. ” Nevertheless
they are not to be disparaged when they
accompany these excellent possessions.—
Gospel Age.
It Is Worry That'Kills.
I once heard Henry Ward Beecher say
that he had the greatest difficulty at the
career to acquire th*
easily, and he might
have been in his gteiva a quarter of s
century ago had he not overcome his
tendency to worry—the natural coaco-
mitant of a highly nervoos organization.
“I am convinced," mid he, “that no
youth can expect to achieve grout success
unless he learns that lesson. It is worry,
_ TTT51
a young man I worried over the mistakes
I made so mush that 1 saw it was injur-
ing my health and I resolved, to stop my
lying awake nights to fret about my
blunders. I conquered the weakness, and
since that struggle I have attempted to
do my best, whatever the emergency in,
which I was jilaoed, and then dismiss the
matter from my mind, whether the re-
sult was -satisfactory or otherwise. Hit
only good of studying the past is to avoid
the repetition of blunders.” Mr. Beecher
probably felt that a wise tnan may make •
mistake, but only a fool makes the same
mistake twice.—Chicago Journal.
To Step Bass Blooding.
A simple plan of stopping bleeding ot
the nose has lately been advised. Grasp
firmly the nose with the finger and
thumb for ten or fifteen minutes; by thus
completely-stopping the movement of ail
through the nose (which displaces freshly
formed clots), you will favor the clotting
Ot ths blood and will frequently stop
-Medical Journal.
An Bboard Proposition.
Lily (asoreUry of the cooking class)—
Maw, girls, we’ve learned nine cakes,
too kinds of angel food and seven plea.
What next?
Susie (engaged)—Dick’s father says 1
must learn to make bread.
Indignant Chorus—Bread? Absurd 1
What are bakers far?—Pittsburg Bulletin.
asrlnkags ef tko Wires,
boa says that if a continuous telegraph
wire were strung from New York to 8im
Francisco and a rain storm should be in
prryress along the entire route, ths
shrinkage caused i^ the wire by the rain
would amount to 180 miles, and for
■nailer distances the proportion would b*
Ik* rams.—Horn* Journal.
Iha normal weight at the fashionable
or reception dress is from thirty
pounds, while the tailor
varies from ten to
8* forty-niis
■ode dress
Linen spool thwart at Rose’s.
WILLS POINT INSTITUTE,"
Wills Point, Texas.
W, I, Cowles, A- M„ - - - - - - - - Principal
Annual session licyim tlio' lirst Momliiy in G jDtMnG'i. anti ronllnuoi ton
tiiQinliH, with nn Intcitninsion of Out1 nock (hiring I lie ClirwiiritiM 11 olid u v-s. “ .
Term* $2, $3 and $1 por moduli nm| tlno ntontlily. So ileduriinn**, fxcopt in on-
cot of sickness of two weeks (titration. Incidental * cxi'cimom $1 a year, duu when
the pupil enters.
Coulee of study complete. Instruction ivncthnil and thorough. Discipline
mild, out firm. Location the lionithjcat in thcDiutc. )•' r further juMTieuiara cull
on or address, W. I, CoW LKs, Principal,
Wills Point. May 1 atU lNHfl.
thos aoa^A:^; sm
'Galveston, Texas,
The Great Music House Tex.
Having been in business in Galveston for
2f) years, we arc enabled to offer superior in-
ducements to purchasers' of PIANOS and
ORGANS- We bare an immense capital-in
our business, do not charge exorbitant rates
to customers who buy on time. We’re State
agents for the world renowned
WEBER PIANOS
—ANDTHE POPULAR—
EMERSON PIANOS!
which are giving universal satisfaction to
thousands of persons who have bought them.
Having ample capital to run our business,
we are prepared to offer superior induce*
lfients to parties wishing to buy on the in-
stallment plan, and will give customers such
extraordinary terms of payment that no fam-
ily, however limited their means, will be de-
barred from buying from us in fact, giving
customers their own terms to pay for an in-
strument. All parties contemplating pur-
chasing, should write for prices, terms and
catalogues, which will be cheerfully sent.
Every instrument sold by us is fully guar-
anteed for the space* of 7 years. Largest stock
of sheet music in the State. Addre ss,
Thos. Goggan & Brother,
2»-ly GALVESTON, TEXAS
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