The Cleburne Chronicle. (Cleburne, Tex.), Vol. 22, No. 6, Ed. 1 Friday, November 8, 1889 Page: 1 of 4
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William Henry Anticipated Beniamin.
A Beautiinl Picture.
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Grover Cleveland.
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Homely Philosophy.
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About Yourself.
An AmendeG Prayer.
Pity the Poor Pensioner.
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Cotton in Egypt.
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Offi.ce at residence, on Caddo street, two
blocks north of Public Square.
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as second-class mail matter.
Office corner Main Street and WTardville Av-
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CRANE & RAMSEY,
ATTORN E YS -t LA W
Cleburne, ohnson Co., Texas,
Office over First National Bank.
Professional Cards.
W. B. FEATHERSTON,
ATTORNEY-:-AT-:-LAW,
CLEBURNE, TEXAS.
Will practice in all the courts composing
he 18th Judicial District in the Supreme and
Appellate Courts of the State and Federal
Court at Dallas. Special attention given to
Criminal Law.
office South Side Square, with Justice-Peace.
Dr. S. M. COODER
PHYSICIAN and SURGEON,
Office at my residence, on the S.
[ngram Farm, three miles north
west of Grand View. my!8
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own
laws of the land in 'which he lives,
are in
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which he does by subscribing to
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Land & Loan -Agents.
Will Ioan money on improved farms
ranches, and city property. Low
rates, and on terms to suit borrowers.
If you want money quick add at lowest
rates and on your own terms, call on
us.
Correct Abstracts of Titles
FURNISHED on short notice.
PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY.
S37- CL Scurlook,
At $2.00 per annum, in advance.
THE CLEBURNE CHRONICLE."
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Accumulated and presented now to the trade as the results of our careful and always-
on-the-alert purchasers, from the leading commercial and manufacturing cities of the North,
East, South and West.
And in the presentation of our immense collection of seasonable goods, we enjoy
satisfaction of knowing that every department is thronged with a full quota of
£=:5:
pervaded the great Blue Room, in
which sat the President of the
United States, brooding sadly over
the future.. Outside the wind moan-
ed sadly through the trees, and the
dry leaves fell to the ground and
were tossed hither and thither by
each fitful gust.
“De missus wants you,” said a
colored servitor, bursting in upon
the Presidential musings; “dey’s
gwine ter put up dem stove pipes,
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Just from-the jungles of a Cheap Market, proposes to give his friends
the benefit of
by the laws of civilized nations, he
is the rightful find exclusive owner
of the land he tills—is by the con-
stitution of our nature under a
wholesome influence not easily im-
bibed at any other source. He
feels, other things being equal, more
strongly than another the charac-
ter of a man who is the lord of an
inanimate world. Of this great and
wonderful sphere which, fashioned
by the hand of God and upheld by
his power, is rolling through the
heavens, a part is his—his from the
center to the sky. It is the space
on which the generation before him
moved in its rounds of duties, and
he feels himself connected by a
visible link with those who follow
him, and to whom he is to transmit
a home. Perhaps his farm has come
down to him from his fathers.
They have gone to their last home;
but he can trace their footsteps
over the scenes of his daily labors.
The roof which shelters him was
reared by those to whom he owes
his being, borne interesting do-
mestic traditions is connected with
every inclosure'. The favorite fruit
was planted by bis father’s hand.
He sported in boyhood beside the
brook which still winds through the
meadows. Through The field lies
the path to the yillage school of
early days He still hears from his
window the voice of the Sabbath
bell which called his father to the
house of God, and near at hand is
the spot where, when his time shall
come, he shall be laid by his chil-
dren. Teese are the feelings of the
owners of the soil. Words cannot
paint them; they flow out of the
deepest fountains of the heart, they
are the life springs of a fresh,
healthy and generous national char-
acter.—Ex.
All business entrusted to esv care will receive
prompt attention.
A' I'OINDEXTER. S. C. rADELFORD.
P01 DEXTER & PADELFORD,
Attor eys - at - Law,
Cleburne, Texas.
Will practice in State ourts in the 18th judi-
cial district and Federal court at Dallas, Texas.
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The haphazard manner in which
everything is done in Egypt makes
it a difficult matter at any time to
obtain an intelligent idea of the
condition of the cotton crop in that
country, but Mr. Cardwell, the
United States Consul at Cairo, lias
succeeded in gathering sufficient
data upon which to base an exceed-
ingly interesting report to the De-
partment of State.
Cotton is;;^lanted in tEgypt in the
latter part of March and early in
season being .much the
in this section. As its
wholly dependent upon
Office east side public square over
Milam's grocery.
HIRAM C. GARDNER,
ATTORNEY LAW
and Notary Public.
on thee,
W. F i-abp J. w. Flo ore.
BANK OF CLEBURNE,
i_.iv lu ne, Johns >n Co , l ex;s.
U-o'h-r i uis Promptly Made.
E ^iiange Bought am Sold.
DR. A. L. SMITH,
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Office, Masonic Building.
Solicits patronage. All work guaranteed.
Administers Nitrous Oxide Gas in extracting
toeth. if desired.
T. J. .VLaGLEY. M.D.,
-Physician *•<» Surgeon
an anvil,
which be com-
There is a smart little boy of our
acquaintance whose memory is a
good deal like his trouser pocket—
a receptacle for all sorts of odds
and ends, which are retained with
no little pertinacity, but in more or
less picturesque disorder, Things
pop up now and then in an odd
way. The other night this little
boy undertook to say bis prayers
before going to bed. He began all
right—
Now 1 lay me down to sleep,
I pray the Lord my soul to keep;
If I should—
Here he “got stuck” for a mo-
ment; and seemed to be groping
around for the remainder of the
lines. Then, all at once, he steam-
ed ahead':
If I should chance to fa'll below
Demosthenes or Cicero,
I pray the Lord my soul to take.
—Boston Transcript.
Dr, J. D. Felder?
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON,
All calls, left at his residence or at
the Drug Store of Messrs. Foster &
Logan’s will be promptly answered.
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O. T. PLUMMER.
ATORYNEY-t LAW,
Cleburne, Texas.
Office—South «lde of the square, up-staira.
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Castle” a center for all that numer-
ous class of diplomat-worshiping
Washingtonians. The new min-
ister has his wife with him, and as
she is the first high caste Chinese
woman ever to visit this country,
he probably fears to turn her loose
in Washington society.
The last meeting of the cabinet
was very long and stormy The
President submitted a rough draft
of his first message to congress, and
the members of his official family
took turns in jumping on it with an’ dey wants you ter help ’em.
both feet. The thing has of course
been kept very quiet, but such mat-
ters always get out in some way or
other. According to the inform-
ant of your correspondent, Secreta-
ries Blaine and Windom were the
principal “kickers.” Mr. Windom
objected to the financial part of the
message as outlined, and Mr. Blaine
had decided objections to the stand
taken on certain matters within the
province of the state department.
The arguments were long and some-
what heated, and finally when it
was agreed to submit the matter to
a vote of the Cabinet, the President
was defeated, the only vote he re-
ceived being those of Attorney-Gen-
erol Miller, Postmaster-General
Wanamaker and Secretary Noble.
The President then expressed his
willingness to change the disputed
matter, and peace reigned once more.
But for how long?
He will also sell Groceries Cheap Enough.
He carries a Full Line of New and Fresh Goods.
He also handles the Celebrated Boodlong Disc Harrow and Seeder,
seP6 And a Full Line of McCormick Machinery.
The average number of teeth is
32.
The weight, of the
blood is 28 pounds.
The average weight of an adult is.
1-50 pounds and 6 ounces.
1 he brain of man exceeds twice
that of any other animal.
A man breathes about 20 times
minute and 1,200 in an hour.
A man breathes about 18 pints of
air in a minute, or upward of 7 hog-
heads a day.
The average weight of the
of a man, is 3d- pounds ; of
man 2 pounds and 11 ounces.
Five hundred and forty pounds,
or 1 hogshead and I 1-4 pints of
blood pass through the heart i'fl one
; hour.
The average heigh t of an English-
man is 5 feet 9 inches; of a french-
man, 5 feet 4 inches ; of a. Belgian,
5 feet 6 3-4 inches.
he will accept a
dered, we do not know,
we do know, that as
bitterness, writes down the record
of his administration, it will be as
one of the purest and cleanest the
American nation has ever known.—■
Shelbyville Gazette.
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J. M. Hall, Jr.,
NEY : AT : LAW,
Ulebutrne, Tex.,
Wi n actice in all the Courts of the
tale
uA 11 business entrusted to my care
ill r reive prompt and careful atten-
on. Your patronage is respectfully
elicited.
Office oyer 1st National Bank, with
tane & Ramsey.
To Our Subscribers.
We would direct the attention of oi;
subscribers to the date annexed to then
address on this paper. This date signi-
fies the time when their subscription ex
pires. We respectfully request those
whose subscriptions are expiring, or
have expired, to remit at once for the
ensuing year.
George Francis Train continues
to laugh at his jailers and the men |
who put him in prison. The argu- |
ments as to his sanity amused him :
more than anything he had recently
heard.
Chauncey M, Depew says he
meant what he said when he asser-
ted that Grover Cleveland would >e
renominated in 1892. Governor I
Hill he considers practically out of 1
the race.
He was badly beaten,
bruised and bunged up to
ried to his bed, and a physician was
summoned to attend to his wounds.
—Atlanta Constitution.
J. N. ENGLISH. W. J. EWING.
ENGLISH & EWING,
ATTORNEYSATLAW
Office with Scurlock & Rutledge.
North Side of Public Square. ap20
acteristic of the true negro, do not
belong to the negro of the Upper
. , - _ _ . . . Nile. The tyge improves as we
A pleasant ouor o£ fried bacon —-j thc Nii^ <?jle
fine, large men, uncommonly tall
and well filled out. The women
are also tall and strong. The Madis
are, however the beauties and dan-
dies of the whole country. One
will see there really handsome men.
They are not so large as the Baris,
but very symmetrical, and their
features are often positively agree-
able. They take more pains in per-
sonal decorations than most of their
neighbors, dressing their hair very
elaborately, and often painting their
bodies in fantastic patterns.
AH of these people are armed
with spears, and many of them car-
ry bows and arrows as well. Shields
are by no means universal. Such
of the tribes in the immediate vicin-
ity of the Nile as carry no shields
seem to dread the shields of the
Makraka warriors from the West,
who were occasional allies of the
troops of the provinces, quite as
much as they feared their fierce
courage and reputed cannibalism.
In arms, as in dress, there is some
variety in detail. The size, shape
and barbing of spear and arrow
heads vary. The arrows partic-
ularly are often fiendishly contrived
to lacerate terribly, and to be with-
drawn only by free cutting. Pois-
ened spears and arrow’s are used,
but from such information as I
could gather, I concluded that the
danger from them was easily ex-
aggerated. The people^ have not
the knowledge to coneoct poisons
that will at once last on the head of
the weapon and be quickly soluble
in human blood. It is doubtful,
indeed, if they have any poison that
would produce a serious general
effect if introduced into the circu-
lation, although their p^Goned
weapons make ugly sores. In short
they can
any more than white men can
must rely upon their individual
courage
arc
ity of their weapons, which
formidable enough.—Col. II.
Prout in Scribner's Magazine.
That the
most money,
happiest, and comes out
the heap every day in
he who keeps abreas ot the ttmes, and siloat iu vo„r 110 anJ
which he does by subscribing to a - - • ■
“live” newspaper or wide
magazine.
Your wife will say amen
word of this:
Do not jest with your wife upon
a subject in which there is C
of wounding his feelings. Remem-
ber that she treasures every
j you utter, though you never
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Do not speak of some
1 another man’s wife to remind
hood who jammed his thumb with I U 01 a
the big front door, and didn’t swear !
seventy-six long and teirible cuss
words in two seconds, deservec the
best cake in the bakery,
man who makes thc
lives the longest and
on top of 1
the year, is j
man
one of; Throughout the great area in-
in this State. ■ eluded in the equatorial provinces
pension after the there must be varieties in the phys-
The tribes are not, how-
to a cas
They are all finer
: coast negro
America. The
, the face less prog-
nathous, the features more agreea-
limbs more symmetrical,
musclqd well down to the ex-
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Throughout the great area
Will Pay the Highest Market Price for Grain.
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more occasions on
mitt e d m a t r i m 011 y.
That marriage is a failure when
the husband dresses more expen-
sively than his wife, and spends all
bis spare time and money at the
club; also when the wife neglects
her household duties six days out of j
seveh, in order to accompany D-’Y"
“dear old (InaW} iSSaa , .
era or ball masque. I sPea-k 01 some virtue
I'hat the unique sneeimen of man- anOt!";r " ife to remind your
- ■ - 1 -- own of a fault. Do not reproach
I your wife witli personal defects, for
■ if she has sensibility, you inflict a
wound difficult to heal.
Do not treat your wife with inat-
tention in company. Do' not up-
braid her in the presence of a third
I person, nor entertain her with prais-
j mg the beauty and accomplishments
j of other women. Do not seem stem
I re-
markable for sociablity elsewhere.
Remember that your wife has as
much need of recreation as your-
self, and devote a portion at least
of your leisure hours to such socie-
ty and amusements as she may join.
By so doing you will . incflease her
affection and secure her. sni.iles.
Do not, by being to exact in
cuniary matters, make your
feel her independence upon 1
It tends to lessen her dignHy of
character and does not increase INh^ )
esteem of you. If she is a sensible T
woman she should be acquainted '
with your business, and know your
income, that she may regulate her
household expenses accordingly.
Do not withhold this knowledge in
order to cover your own extrava-
gance. Women have a keen per-
ception ; be sure she will discover
your selfishness, and, though no
word is spoken, from that moment
her respect is lessened, and her con-
fidence diminished, pride wounded,
and a thousand, perhaps unjust, sus-
suspicions created. From that mo-
ment is your domestic comfort 011
the wane.
—Time and wed hick wait
man. A Mauch Chunk juryman
was excused that he might and
get married, the lawyers agreeing
to continue their ca?e before eleven
good men and true.
From Out Regular Correspondent.
Washington, D. C., Oct. 28.—
Secretary Noble seems to be able
to get into more trouble than' all
ihe rest of the administration to-
gether. I’be idea seems to be get-
ting into people’s heads that he is
a good deal like the man on the
jury who got mad because the oth-
er eleven obstinate fellows kept
him away from his wife all night.
Another idea that he is making
friends among the working repub-
licans, is to bring about a state of
things will enable Mr. Noble to ap-
preciate the feelings of a man who
receives a kick from the presiden-
tial boot. In plain words, a move-
ment has been started among re-
publicans, to drive Noble out of the
Cabinet, and from certain things,
I am inclined to believe that it will
eventually succeed, but not without
a desperate fight on the part of the
Secretary. Here’s an extract from
a letter received by Mr. Noble from
a New Ifork republican, whe in re
signing the office of Special Exam-
iner of the pension office, used lan-
guage that caused Mr. Noble to re-
l fuse to accept the resignation and
to remove the writer:
“I am free to say, personally you
are a puppet, officially a
and individually a coward and cra-
ven. I simply desire to say that I
will place my letter and all my re-
lations with you before the Presi-
dent. If he sustains you, as I sup-
pose he will, I shall be only con-
firmed in the general conclusion
that he has selected you, and some
others of your caliber, to misrep-
resent the men who made it possi-
ble for Benjamin Harrison to insult
the nation by putting you in a
place whicn neither your services
nor character could justify, and
whicli your whole personality is
proof positive that a violence to
every sense of decency and proprie-
ty, was attended by your selec-
tion.”
Representative Joe Cannon has
virtually thrown up the sponge id
the speakership fight, be announc-
ing his intention of going home
this week to remain until the mid-
dle of November. This action is
surprising, in view of the fact that
Mr. Cannon has been actively en
gaged in canvassing for votes al-
most ever since Congress adjourned.
I have never seen a man except Mr.
Cannon himself, who thought that
Canon had the slightest chance of
ever becoming speaker, and now
this one man has lost hope.
Representative Mills, whose name
became a household word through
its connection with the democratic
tariff bill during the last congress,
has taken quarters here for the sea-
son. He has entirely recovered his
health, which came near breaking
him down from overwork last win-
ter. Mr. Mills will not nave a tar-
iff bill during the fifty-first con-
gress, but he proposes to see that
the republicans do not pass one
with obnoxious features.
All of the immense power wield-
ed by the administration is to be
brought to bear upon congress this
winter for tne purpose ot getting
rid of the surplus. One of the first
schemes to be pushed is that of
government aid for several lines of
steamships which are to run to
South and Central American ports,
and which, in return for a liberal
subsidy,
Blaine’s
the
many a
They say: Tint the man
woman who talks the most thinks
the least.
That the world about us is just
what we make it. No better; no
worse.
That it is far better to ride a dull,
slow horse that will carry you, than
a spirited one that will throw you.
That it is excedingly uncomfort-
able to l>e poor, and that no sane
man in good health has a right to
be in that condition.
That Solomon was a good and
wise man, but gave his goodness
and wisdom a holiday on each and
one of the three hundred or
The heart sends nearly 10 pounds
of blood through the veins ami ar
terios each beat, and makes four
beats while we breathe once.
'The average of the pulse
fancy is 120 per minute; in
1 hood, 80 ; at GO years,
! pulse of females is more
| than that of males.—Boston
| nal of Commerce.
“I’ve had a great many trials in
my time,” said the veteran crim-
inal, sadly.
In London lately fourteen police-
men were put off duty in two days
by kicks, bites, knocks and punches
administered at the bands, feet and
teeth of the unruly citizen.
The electrical machine wh,ich is
to be used 111 Sing Sing prison for
the execution of murderers has been
shipped to Baltimore to be tested
before it is placed in position in the
prison.
Now that death by electricity has
been declared constitutional in
New York, it will be necessary for
the wording of the sentence, which
has been “hanged by the neck until
you are dead,” to be changed to
“Dumped full of lightning until you
are dead.”
About the most rapid
“railroading” a crimina
prison was seen recently in Bakers-
field, Cal., when a burglar who
pleaded guilty whs sentenced to ten
years in San Quentin and left for
prison in less than twenty-four
hours from the time the crime was
committed.
Tne late “Doc” Crawford was
the prince of Gamblers. Not long
ago he went to Australia, but luck
was against him. He had beaten
King Kalakaua, at Honolulu, out of
$6,700, and when he reached Mel-
bourne he was in possession of
about $65,000 Six months ago he
returned to San Francisco penni-
less.
“A Manistee man,” reports the
Detroit (Mich.) Journal, “indulged
in a family row, and in order to
help her mother out, the daughter
bagged him over the head with a
water dipper. Then the gallant
chap had the girl arrested on a
charge of assault and battery. The
Court decided that she didn’t as-
sault and batter him any more than
he needed.”
The Bank of Russia, a St. Pe-
tersburg correspondent says, has
just mane a disagreeable discovery,
viz; that the new bills of twenty-
five roubles, whch were put into cir-
culation only a short time ago, have
already been forged. “Only ex-
perts of the bank are able to dis-
tinguish the forged bills from the
genuine ones, and in a couple of
weeks they have confiscated about
10,000. Several hundred thousand
of other forged bills are supposed
to be in circulation throughout
Russia.
Recently an energetic freebooter
held up the Mayor of Litchfield,
Ill., and relieved him of his valua-
bles. But the Mayor—crafty man
—had foreseen the occurrence and
was merely baiting highwaymen,
and as soon as he had the crime
fastened upon him summoned five
policemen, including the Chief of
Police, who surrounded the robber.
A general melee ensued, in which
the highwayman did up the entire
crowd, together with the Mayor,
and escaped unhurt with the latter’s
valuables, leaving that crafty gen-
tleman wondering who the horse
J. T. Trowbridge, whose stories
for boys have made him famous,
lives in retirement in Boston, seldom
receiving callers. He has' made a
fortune by his pen, but docs not
care for society m his declining
years. He is now over seventy
years old and has a very handsome
face, which tells of a well-spent life.
He declares that work will never
injure a man if he leaves all kinds
of dissipation alone. 1 every
The President found the mem-
bers of his immediate family rap-
idly assembling on the scene of op-
erations, for it was after four, and
the Departments were closed for
the day.
Father-in-law Scott, who had left
his occustomed seat by the kitchen
range to superintend that impor-
tant household event, was favoring
the company with reminissences of
stove-pipe raising in the early his-
tory of Indiana. “In them days
we never put up no pipes till it
gotter be putty nigh onto hog-killin’
time. Now, Benjamin, when do
you kalkerlate to begin killin’ this
fall?”
“I didn’t know I was expected to
do any work when I came to Wash-
ington,” muttered the Brother’s
Daughter’s Husband, who had just
lounged in from his day’s rest at
the Public Crib.
“Why don’t you hire somebody
to do the work?” asked the Son-in-
law’s Cousin, sulkily. “That’s thc
way we do in the Manger Depart-
ment when there’s anything to be
done.”
“How - long do you thifik we’re
going to stay here?” exclaimed the
President. “You seem to forget
that this isn’t a life office, and we
must make hay while the sun shines.
Now just take bold of that stove
pipe, or somebody’ll get a letter
assuring him of my firm belief in
his personal honesty, and then
where will that somebody be?”
This threat had an instant effect,
and the Presidential Relations
sprang forward with an alacrity
such as they had not displayed
since the inauguration.
“Suppose,” said Son-in-law McKee
“that we work in blocks of five—
that is—I mean—we’d better all
take hold at once;” and in order to
cover up his unfortunate slip of the
tongue, he seized the stove and
dragged it by main force across the
floor. Each one of the twelve Re-
ations took a joint of pipe and
mounted a chair, while the Pres-
ident, with the angle in his arms,
mounted the centre table, and pre-
pared to adjust it.
“Now, then, look alive, and le-
member you’re not 111 the Manger
office!’) he shouted to the aspiring
Son-in-law’s Cousin, who was vainly
trying to fit a section of pipe into
the angle in the President’s hands.
“I be a lookin’ alive,” he retoit-
ed, “but the pesky thing won’t go
111. You there, Obadiah! Why in
tarnation don’t ye hold that j’mt
stiddy, so’s folks kin work?”
“Ye don’t none on ye know to
put up a stove pipe,” began .the
Father-in-law; but the President
poured some soot down his back,
and told him to hold his tongue.
“Now, then, all together!” shout-
ed the Brother’s Daughter’s Hus-
band, and the twelve Relations
stood on tip-toe, and fitted one joint
into another till the structure was
almost as complete as an Indiana
Colonization Bureau at election
time; but at-this critical moment
the Sister-in-law entered the room,
raised two dough-encrusted hands
in horror, and exclaimed:
“Benjamin Harrison, be you a
standing on the settm’-rooni table
without takin’ your shoes off? Get
right down this minute!”
Down went the angle on the Son-
in-law’s Cousin’s head. Down went
the rest of the pipe, and the twelve
Relations, in a long, sooty line on
the floor. Away scuttled the
Father-in law to his warm kitchen
nook, and in came Postmaster
Wanamaker and surveyed the sor-
rowful group.
“Why 111 the world” he remark-
ed, “didn’t you buy that patent
stove pipe persuader I tried to sell
you? It’s selling like hot cakes,
and it’ll last a dozen years.”
“Yes,” retorted the President, as
he shook the soot out of his ears
with a vehemence that burst his
paper collar like a campaign prom-
ise, “and who’ll get the benefit of it
for two-thirds of the time? I'm
not fixing this place for a siege.
John, I can tell you that.”—J. L.
Ford in Puck.
The Portlond Oregonian (Repub-
lican) does not hesitate to protest
against the pension abuses. The
intelligent great majority of the
thoughtful members of the G. A.
R.,” it says, “we know do not favor
an indiscriminate service pension.
They favor the Dependent Pension
bill; they urge the multiplication not
only of federal soldiers’ homes,
but of slate soldiers’ homes for
dependent men.” It adds follow-
ing: “To illustrate, we know of
a New England lieutenant colonel
of volunteers who inherited at least
$200,000 and who is worth' to-day
not less than $300,000. This officer
was wounded in the foot in June,
1865, while doing this duty with
his regiment. Bv the time the war
wis ended ho had recovered so
completely that he had been able
ever since to tramp through the
Canadian woods hunting deer, and
be makes every year a trip to N ew 1
Burnswic to make silmon with ally.
He is not only a stalwart man 111.
mind and body, but he is one of j
the wealthiess men i
He applied for a j
Ari'cirs of Pension bill was enacted ical type,
and secured if. In our judgein ct, ew r, strikingly different
since a pension is not a bounty for ual observer r"’
military service a1 all, but a relief people than the West
extended not to ill soldieas, but whom we see
only to disabled for self-support bv head is higher,
wonn-'S inflicted or 3i- -■?>■(■ i- - - I nathous, the fe
in servic , the p> > mi .. to . , and
this w'teran was at least of doubt* ui
wart | of moiai uquuy, ( ' ea sniii,
As time wears on, the name of Gro-
ver Cleveland grows brighter, and
as the present Administration
becomes fully established, that
broad, honest and clean administra-
tion which was guided by his hand
stand out the more prominently by
the contrast. His name awakens
an enthusiasm wherever mentioned,
which no other name can awakens.
To-day, while other men prominent
in the party councils are aspiring
of party leadership, plain Grover
Cleveland, practicing his profession
in the city of New York, is nearer
the great Democratic heart than
any other living American.
Whether he will be the Democratic
nominee in 1892, or wether, indeed,
nomination if ten-
But this
impartisan
Stock amply and well replenished with everything in the Grocery line.
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SB ARGAiJS
Bargains by whicli we wrested from competition’s firm grasp, supremacy in trade circles
and now still successfully resist every terrif&c onslaught from their ranks, to regain lost
laurels. In our persistent efforts to obtain more goods for the same money than had
ever been done before, we recognized that a herculean task had been undertaken, and to
business sagacity linked with a ripened experience and ready cash, we owe the accom-
plishment of same, which our prices will tell more vehemently than words.
Among the numerous recent arrivals, we name a few most prominent:
Dress Goods, all the latest novelties and most attractive styles as wmll as the plainer
textures, with an immense line of trimmings to match. Staple Dry Goods, Flannels,
Waterproof Jeans, Lindseys, Domestics, Sheetings, Calicoes, Shirtings, &c., in vast quan-
tities. Millinery, a full line of the latest shapes in straw and felt, Tips, Feathers, Flow-
* 1 U O 1 1 <■ 1 1 „ T, , .. .I. ■'I X r .
ers, Ribbons, &c. C
<fec., in a multitude of- styles.
Notwithstanding this being rather in advance of cloak season, yet on account of numer
ous sales, we have been.compelled to place our second order this season, for, Flush Wraps.
Clothing, all styles and kinds just opened and now on exhibition. Boots and Shoes
in every conceivable style and shape at popular prices. Hats, Carpets, Rugs, Window
Shades and Curtains, Trunks and other innumerable articles which, limited space forbids
mentioning. We extend to everyone a cordial invitation to visit our store and acquaint
themselves with our pleasing prices and to see our handsome styles.
Yours to please,
NIX, BAIRD & GRESHAM.
April, the
same as
growth is
artificial irrigation, and as the vol-
ume of water down the Nile is less
this year than usual, the yield prom-
ises to be less than last year, though
the acreage is from 5 to 10 per
cent, greater.
There are in Egypt about one and
a quarter million acrys of land
planted 111 cotton anniiallv, and Mr.
Cardwell estimates that the yield
will be about, 400,000 bales, or a
little more than a third of a bale
to the acre.
Bill Bowman, the preacher,
nounced a certain tough from 1
pulpit, and the next day received
challenge to meet Bully Brown i
open combat to settle the
and the stains
wounded honor.
Bro. Bowman was not backward
in the least particular, and having
the choice of weapons he selected
them at once.
Through his second lie notified
Bully Brown that he would meet
him at a specified time and place,
and that a half bushel of Irish po-
tatoes, selected the size of a man’s
fist, should be the weapons. These
were to be picked up one at a time,
and the duelists were to throw them
at each other, at a distance of fiteeen
paces, until the potatoes \yere ex-
hausted or the duelists were satis-
fied.
The selection infuriated Brown.
He considered that it was heaping
insult on indignity, and he fairly
raved over it.
But he was compelled to accept,
as Brother Bowman was firm in his
position.
Of course, such a unique affair at-
tracted a great crowd, and on
day appointed there was an
mense gathering at the place
pointed for the fight.
Bowman was an expert at throw-
ing, and when the principals took
their places and the word was given
Brown threw at Bowman
his might and missed.
Bowman had reserved
and as Brown stooped to pick up
another potato Bowman let drive,
and the missile went straight to
the mark. It raised a knot on Brown
as large as the potato.
Then the fight became hotter.
Brown was wild with anger and his
potatoes were thrown at random.
Bowman was cool and self-possessed
and he made every shot tel'.
For five or ten minutes the battle I
raged, but about the time the sixth
potato raised its lump on Brown’s
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I i
■f
When all is consumed,
ance comes too late.
When fortune smiles
take the advantage.
When many strike on
they strike by measure.
When poverty conies in at the
door love flies out at the window.
When rogues fall out honest men
get their own.
When sorrow is asleep, wake it
not.
When the cat’s away the mice
play.
When the goodman’s from home
the good wife’s table is soon spread.
When the wine’s in wit’s out.
When to Sundays meet—(never).
When you are at Rome, do as
they do at Rome.
When we have gold we
fear, when we have none
danger.
When drink enters, wisdom de-
parts.
Where much smoke is there must
be some fire.
Where the carcass is, there the
ravens will collect together.
Where the king is, there is the
court.
Where the will is ready the feet
are light.
Where there is a will there is
always a way.
Write injuries in dust, but kind-
nesses 111 marble.
While the grass grows the cow
starves.
While there’s life there’s hope.
Who danties love shall beggars
prove.
Who loseth his due getteth no
thanks.
Who perisheth in needless dan-
ger is the devil’s martyr.
volume S3.
Tne following is one the gems
from the inaugural address of
William Henry Harrison: “It was
' the remark of the Roman consul, in
an early period of that celebrate
republic, that a most striking con-
sycophant, trast was observable in the conduct
of candidates for offices of power
and trust, before and after obtain-
ing them they seldom carrying out
in the letter case the pledges and
promises made in the former.
However much the world may
have improved, in many respects,
in the lapse of upward of 2,000 years
since the remark was made by the
virtuous and indignant Roman,
I fear that a strict examination of
the annals of some of the mordern
elective govermeuts* would develop
similar instances of violated con-
fidence.
man who stands upon his
soil—who feels that by the
in return for a
are to realize Secretary
utopian ideas regarding
commerce of those countries.
T his idea of government subsidi.es
to pi lyate individuals or corpora-
tions, has always been antagonized
by the democratic party, and I see
no reason for supposing that the
democratic leaders will allow any
such measure to pass the House.
Swell society circles are all torn
up because the new Chinese min-
ister has announced that he will
take no part in the winter’s enter-
. imnents. This is all the more
H.-appointiug bv cause i,. .
minister made the old “otewurt
Insincerity is often mistaken for
lack of honesty.
The ring of coin
knell of friendship.
They never need fear a fall who
never scale the heights.
Adversity undermines
structure of prosperity.
He who wisely uses his wealth
need not leave it for his tomb-
stone.
The sight of a man’s money is
oftentimes the antidote for thc
odor of a very bad character.
If you would avoid the suspicion
of your neighbors, never carry your
molasses in a demijohn.
Prosperity awaits all men, and
even pursues some, but it is never
found in the haunts of vice.
True genius lurketh under cover,
while arrogance stalks abroad in
the full light of day.
The most wonderful work of God
is man; but brand him slanderer
and God will disown his work.
The wisest fish long escapes thc
most dangerous hooks, and is finally
caught with a bent-up pin.
The ambition of youth looks for-
ward to the triumphs of age, while
stated age turns back a wistful eye
along the rosy path of youth.
Il is w’ell the book of life is open-
ed to ns page by page-. Were all
the hard lines bared at once the
task would be too hard to mas-
ter.
Lumber, Shingles, Doors, Sash, Blinds, Moulding, Lime, Cement, Plaster Paris, Fire Brick,
also Grate and Forge Coal. Our facilities for buying and MANUFACTURING LUMBER
are decidedly better this year than ever before.
We Are Preparing To More Our Yard Just Across I lie Street
from our present stand and will offer strong inducements for your trade.
We desire to give you a POINTER right here and that is, That Until April the 25th., we
will be offering splendid inducements in order to reduce our stock before moving.
marts ZDOZT’T TO OZT TTS,
although their
sores.
not fight with specifics
i, but
obii their
and address, in which they
not deficient, and upon the qual-
weapons, which are
G.
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