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franchises of,
purchase the works or
railroad
or in any way control, any
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Tom Cox, tax assessor of Limestone
That Taggart divorce case merely illustrates that if a per-
gentlemen said their counties were in
BE PLAIN, BUT NOT PROFANE.
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of the constitution.
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corporations should be prevented from
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Well, she must be doin- all her flirting down there. There
is no attempt being made to plump down here.
The habit of swearing is a vulgar and useless one. No
gentleman over thinks of swearing in the presence of ladies,
and why should anyone find use for it in any place is hard
forfeit its
lat ion of
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Central railroad at once to
of Cherokee county, were here > ester-
day to deliver their rolls to the comp-
mock.—Puck.
"I. hasn’t bn in politics very long,
that all others shall enjoy all the rights
find privileges enjoyed by themselves
He also quoted briefly from his testi-
mentality it was the weakest body of
farmers I ever saw assembled in Tox«
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The Austin Rapid Transit railway is quite busy nowadays
spending money that is to be spent over again by the la-
boring men, and yet some men are disposed to say that
corporations don’t do a town any good.
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Convince a man against his will and
you’ll have to convince him over again
tomorrow.
Good intentions may do for paving
material, but the streets get just as
dirty.
STATE PURCHASING AGENT AN-
DERSON MAKES SUPPLEMENT.
AL AWARDS FOR PUBLIC INSTI-
TIONS.
Rome men lose their health while ac-
quiring wealth, then lose their wealth
trying to acquire health.
There are traces of greatness in all
men, but the majority manage to kick
over the traces.
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business of a private nature in some
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ing to hold all the cattle they can be-
fore they will sell at the present low
market prices. The cattlemen are right
and should hold out to’the end.—San
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Don’t snub a man because he is rich.
He may be as poor as you are some
day.
Fort Worth has abolished tho build-
ing permit tax and Houston will follow
suit. Dallas should have set the pace.—
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Bell county has redeemed 12000 4 per
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If a water and light commissioner is forced to resign be-
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Colonel John L. Wortham, ‘financial
agent of the state penitentiaries, was
in the state house yesterday and had
a brief interview with the governor in
regard to the penal institutions of the
state.
Singin" ’bout de roses,
Bingin' bout de frost;
Hingin’ 'bout de happy home,
An' bout de ship data lost-
Honey, shet de cabin do’
An' rest on daddy’s knee.
An’ lemme tell you what dat wind
is singin' ’bout to me.
— Washington Star.
RAGTIME PHILOSOPHY.
It is easier to foat a rumor than it
is to sink the truth.
Instead of trying To kill two birds
with one stone, use a shotgun.
No man need hope to reach heaven
by walking over his neighbors.
It’s useless to call the cat when you
spill the milk of human kindness.
It was learned yesterday upon au-
thority which can not be questioned
that the railroad commission will today
issue Instructions to the attorney sen”
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Special Correspondence.
•Washington, Aug. 24.—Friends of
Governor Cummins of Iowa are dis
cussing several speeches recently made
by him which have led to considerable
announce that had cotton gone
22eg‘gi}
News of the State House
General and personal gossip op the various departments
After witnessing the average mil-
itary drama It is easy to believe that
war is what Snerman said it was.
Yes, the world may owe you a liv-
ing, but you will starve to death if you
sit and wait for it to come around
and settle.—Chicago News.
A MOM ENT* OF FOLLY.
Governor banham is in receipt of a
letter from a Texas woman, mother
triplets, asking a donation to each of
160 acres of land. She should have
lent her request to Teddy, but perhaps
she knew Teddy had no Texaxs land
at his disposal.—Clarendon Chronicle.
The Farmers’ union faded to pro-
vide Farmer Bill Shaw with a seat at
the official table, and Farmer Bill went
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TATESMAN
L. J. Storey, chairman of the railroad
commission, went down to Lockhart
yesterday to attend to som private
business.
Four bales of cotton, weighing seventy-five pounds
hplece and grown in Cuba, have just been
HE AUSTIN STATESMAN, FRIDAY, AUGUST 25, 1905.
be molt affected by any change in the
the order that will be
count of the fact that they had not
been officially signed and the plans and
campaign of the commission can not
be completely unfolded, but It is to be
presumed if the suit to be filed by the
attorney general to forfeit the charter
of the Central is successful then simi-
lar suits will be filed on the same
grounds to forfeit the charters of the
Texas and New Orleans and Houston,
East and West Texas roads.
The times demand a good business
man for governor of Texas next year.
There is hardly room for a demagogue
in the executive mansion. If the can-
didates who are before the people will
take this tip, they will be better off for
having done so.—Sherman Register.
Judge Ed H. Binks of Giddings was
named by the governor yesterday to
net as special judge in the case of W.
H. Waters of St. Louis against the
city of Austin, the city council and
mayor and other officers, to recover
a certain amount of interest due on
bonds of the city held by him and now
past due.
present policy of the government to-
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Captain John C. Greer of Marlin,
sheriff of Falls county, came down to
Austin yesterday to attend to business1
in the comptroller’s department.
the “common people," making a refer-
epecutation os to whether he has atan- ence to the tarir situation and eivocA!
doned his advocacy of government reir Ing a general primary law for the te:
motion of railroad rates and returned i His defnition of the "common DeOPl
to his first Jove-tarin revision. The I was. In brief, those who nre willing
"No, but how did you know?"
"I was walking with him today just
as a police patrol wagon dashed up be-
hind us, and ho didn’t start guiltily or
look nervous at all."—Philadelphia
Ledger.
AMONG TEXAS EDITORS.
Make Texas a better state by advo-
cating the best men for office and by
Insisting that the affairs of Texas shall
be carried on with as much system and
regularity as the affairs of private in-
dividuals. firms or corporations.—Sher-
man Register.
which from the very nature of the $57,715.
situation made these two roads com- Grayson County—Values for 1905,
when you come to think of it, there is not a single word
used in swearing that conveys a definite thought. It may
of his office, then. In very truth, are the melancholy days
• at hand. ...
M. Witte would make a superb poker player. With noth-
• ing in his hand he is playing the greatest game ever heard
of, and there is an indication that he may get a division of
the pot at least.
Austin should work In harmony and work together for a
rebuilding of the Austin dam. It counts not what views
they entertain upon other subjects, upon that subject they
0 should be as a unit.
speeches were delivered in mold suc-
cession, the first in a debate with Hon.
Daniel Davenport of Bridgeport, Conn.,
at Clarinda, la., and the second, two
days later, before the reciprocity con-
vention at Chicago. Because of the
bingin' sof an’ low:
Singin" 'bout de sweet hobs
What do daisies used to
Hingin’ 'bout de sunshine.
Hingin' ’bom de rain.
Bingin' 'bout e winter day
Dal gwinter come again.
Tax Rolls.
The tax rolls of the following coun-
ties for 1905 were received by the
comptroller yesterday. Comparing the
assessed values of the present with
the previous year the following figures
are obtained:
Stonewall County—Values for 1905,
$1,829,605; for 1904, 11,707,937; Increase,
>121.668.
Battery Equipment.
The adjutant general’s department
was busy yesterday shipping a lot of
equipment to Dallas to be used by the
First battery of the artillery corps,
which goes into a camp of instruc-
tion about September 1. The ship-
ment consisted of two breech-loading
rifle guns, a number of tents, cooking
stoves and other things necessary in
camp life.
This battery has made great prepara-
tions for this encampment, which will
include <111118, inspections, maneuvers
and artillery practice. It is now ex-
pected the camp will continue for a
week or ten days. ___
Cofquitt at Home.
Railroad Commissioner O. B. Colquitt
returned yesterday from Whitney.
Where he said he addressed a great
convention of people at a public meet-
ing Wednesday. There are doubtless
gome people in that portion of the
country." Mr. Colquitt remarked, "who
are supporting some one of the other
candidates for governor, but I did net
find them. I did, however, find Scot’ 8
who were supporting me. These Wf re
l from all classes and professions, whe n
| was very gratifying. That portion of
I the country is very prosperous, and
the peoeple, I was glad to Sefe. Ve1Y
hopeful and happy." With this bei
report of his trip Mr. Colquitt plunged
into his correspondence which had ac-
cumulated during his two days’ ab-
sence from his office.
The Statesman is pleased to note that the council has
evidenced a desire to make peace terms with the members
of the water and light commission and to work in harmony
in the future. The fact that one or two members of the
council offered serious objection to this plan fortunately
resulted in no further estrangement of the Interests in
Ion.
The fact that a majority of th® council took steps that
will look to a more perfect understanding between the
Commission and the council is something worthy of com-
mendation. Such a step is not only an important one
but one that should receive the endorsement of every
citizen as well. There is no questioning the fact but that
the council and the commission working in harmony could
do a great deal more for the city and its general interests
than they could working one against the other.
It is to be hoped that the committee created at Monday
night’s session of the council will be able to bring the two
warring factions together and that within a very short
time now we will have the two branches of the city gov-
ernment working in perfect harmony and to the common
end that that which is of Austin shall be for Austin.
John Kaiser, deputy sheriff of Tar-
rant county, was in the state house
yesterday presenting his account to
the comptroller for holding the la:t
term of the district court of that
county.
State Purchasing Agent Anderson
awarded the following subsequent con-
i tracts yesterday for furnishing the
I state institutions with supplies for the
year commencing September 1;
H. A. Pace Grocery company, Corsi-
cana, cream of wheat and shredded
wheat, for Corsicana institutions only.
Terrell Wholesale Grocery company,
apricots, Austin, San Antonio, Corsi-
cana and Abilene Institutions; dried
i peaches, figs, prunes, raisins, cracked
| wheat, corn meal, grits and hominy,
i for Terrell, Corsicana and Abilene in-
stitutions.
Pioneer Flour mills San Antonio,
corn meal, for San Antonio institu-
tions only. ,
John Bremond, Austin, currants,
cream of wheat and hominy flakes,
Austin institutions only.
i J. O. Oppenheimer & Co., San An-
I tonio, evaporated peaches, San An-
filed as follows:
Dallas Wharf and Terminal company
of Dallas: Capital stock, $50,000; pur-
pose, erection and repair of buildings •
and the accumulation and loan of
money for such purposes. Incorpora-
tors: Ben E. Cabell, Nathaniel G. Tur-
ney, Joe Rhodes, Lewis M. Dabney and
Bennett Hill.
Holland Social club of Holland: No
capital stock; purpose, maintenance of !
a library and the promotion of social
intercourse. Incorporators: B. A. Hol-
land, A, E. Washington and B. R. Jack-
son.
Limestone County—Values for 1905.1 c; . .
>7.470.290; tor 1904, $7,461,780; increase, county, and Walter Sloan, tax
$8510. •
Cherokee County—Values for 1905,
$5,280,147; for 1904, $4,614,415; increase,
The attorney general approved bonds
of Medina Independent school district
to the’ amount of $2000. They bear 5
per cent interest, mature in twenty
years and were issued to erect a school
building.
The Atlanta constitution observes that "Autumn seems
to have plumpea nerseir down in the lap of Hummer.” back home and save it out that as to
having the control of a parallel or com-
peting line.”
Section 6 of the same article sets
forth that no railroad company organ-
ized under the laws of this state shall
consolidate by private or judicial sale
or otherwise with any railroad com-
pany organized under the laws of any
other state, or of the United States.
Judge Storey, chairman of the com-
mission. was not in Austin yesterday
nd hence the order to the attorney
general was not signed and access to
it could not be had, but it was learned
that counts against the Central were
substantially as follows:
First—The Houston and Texas Cen-
tral, Texas and New Orleans, and
Houston, East and West Texas rail-
roads were chartered under the laws
of the state of Texas, but controlled
and managed and their stock and
bonds owned and controlled by the
Southern Pacific company, a foreign
corporation chartered under the laws
of the state of Kentucky.
Second—Th® Houston and Texas
Central, Texas and New Orleans, and
Houston, East and West Texas were
not only owned and controlled by a
foreign corporation, but were parallel
and competing lines, the Central being
Tho Cotton Belt general passenger
epartment at Tyler, Texas, has is-
sued quite n unique advertisement in
the form of Beautiful Goli Edge Play-
ing Cards, which can he purchased at . g"h,tagt or +h, dob
the Cotton Belt ticket ofices and on lrounced.Vviunn rat, I
u.stewannwnuee Nvreme
NO NEED OF EXAMINER,
State Bank Inspector May Not Be Ap-
pointed This Year.
A great many times since the pass-
age of the state bank law by the
Twenty-ninth legislature Commissioner
W. J. Clay has been asked whom he
would appoint state bank examiner,
and as often as the question has been
asked, as often has the commissioner
replied: “I do not know. There is no
use for a bank examiner until we have
some banks to inspect."
The bill provides for the payment of
a salary of $2000 to the inspector, but I
goes on to specify that this sum must J
be derived from fees paid by the banks
inspected.
The law became effective on the 14th,
since which time ten days have elapsed
and only about fifteen state banks have
We employ words to convey .ur thoughts, but «'"• nowi all 1 want «» your money ..... ....
Boarder Oh, that s all right, I issued today could hot be seen on ac-
thought, perhaps, you wanted this ham-
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ling after he is elected.
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that it le all over with a good many worthy demo*
ground that if (he Iowa manufaturera
had not been discriminated against by
the railroads the state would be more
prosperous than it is, while Mr. Diy-
enport contended that it la the diserim-
inato}y rates favumb,- ' the Iowa
farmers’ which guuon, Chite6 r'te
in eastern 4 a
tho-
The Beaumont, Sour Take and West-
ern railroad applied to the railroad
commission yesterday for authority to
Issue bonds on its completed line to
the amount of $20,000. This road ex-
tends from Beaumont to Sour Luke and
is a fraction less than twenty miles
long. The amount asked Is at the rate
of $1000 per mile. The commission will
grant the application.
a competitor in Houston with the
Texas and New Orleans for Dallas
business and the Texas and New Or-
leans being a competitor in Dallas with
the Central for New Orleans and East
Texas business.
Third—The Texas and New Orleans
crossed and intersected the Houston,
East and West Texas at Nacogdoches,
troller for the year 1905. Both those
The assurances from the highest possible authority that
Texas can’t possibly escape yellow fever this year seems
to be set at naught by the activity of municipalities to see
to it that it does escape.
The political aspirant for office is a man who knows a
great many more things than he tells. The successful office
as." Maybe they will look after Fart-
er BIl’s wants a little closer the next
time.—Waco Times-Herald.
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tht zoneffce at Mflifi, Texas, as aecond-clau mail
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vabiahed1mh1nco ‘
-aot as and r
EsLin, TexAS-
mony at Washington, stating that
while he was hot "ahti-raliroad" or
anti-corporation," the railroads and
Teacher—Johnny, you may give me a
definition of “hypocrisy.”
Johnny—it’s when a fetier says he
loves his teacher.— ClevelanLeader.
Friend—Are you fond of the early
poets?
Magazine Editor—You bet! They're
all dead.—Chicago Daily News.
“How did you find things in Amer-
ica?” asked the Interviewer of the Eu-
ropean who had come over here to look
around.
“Well," was the answer, "credit is
dilated, stocks diluted, and the presi-
dent is delighted.”—Washington Star.
The Lady—Didn't f give you some
biscuits yesterday?
The Hobo—Yes, lady, but it doesn't
take as long to eat your biscuits as it
does some people’s.—Chicago Journal.
, Jeffreys—How does your brother
take married-life?
Esther—According to directions. His
mother-in-law is living with him.—
Brooklyn Life.
officers. For this kind of grafting the contractors and
those seeking franchises are more to blame than any one
else. Of course, they would not admit this any more than
the officer that he had received his "commission." They
are primarily to blame for it, and could put a stop to it if
they wanted to do so. If they would simply refuse to pay
in all instances it would not be long until grafters would
quit paying more money-to be elected to office than their
salaries.
When we come to think of it, petty grafting.In our
county, city and town governments is not an easy thing
to discover ana eradicate. There is no one to check the
officers up except themselves, and they generally have a
pigeonhole and jack-pot club of their own. No one is In-
terested enough to investigate if he could, and it seldom
comes out except when there is a row in camp.
William D. Williams is a candidate
for railroad; comissioner, and he stands
a good show' for success. He halls
from Tarrant county and knows what
the people are entitled to and he knows
how to get it for them. Williams is all
right.— Tyler Courier.
before the senate committee. Hut ual Investment., or indirectly and < 01:
when the "debate” came off the gover- | lectively through the saving" banks and
nor paid very little attention to the rail-; life insurance companies: U Wa" n r-
load question and devoted Mme. 16 ' ality the "common people' who MoI
largely to a definition and eulogy of
Charters of the following state
banks were approved and filed in the
state department yesterday:
First State Bank of Ravenna: Capi-
al stock, $10,000. Incorporators: J. N,
Hughes, J. F. Anthonv J. M. Adams,
A. F. Christensen, H. R. Anthony, W.
H. Alexander, J. E. Spies and R. M.
Rogers.
Farmers" State bank of Georgetown:
Capital stock, $50,000. Incorporators:
C. C. Cody, W. L. Mann. Henry Lund-
blad, W. L. Price, R. F. Young, A. A. -
Booty and J. B Humble. tonio Institutions only.
ChaHters of other corporations were J. M. Radford Grocery company of
Abilene, evaporated peaches, dried figs,
prunes and cream of wheat, for Abi-
lene Institutions only.
Nelson Davis & Co., Austin, evapo-
rated apples, prunes, oat meal, shred-
ded wheat, barley and tapioca, Austin
institutions only.
This firm also received the contract
for furnishing all the institutions with
rice at 5 5-8 cents per pound.
ward the railroads. Mr. Dvenport re-
ferred in flattering terms to the pres-
ent prosperity of Iowa, which he hell
was almost entirely due to the rall-
roads, without which it and its neigh-
boring states would never havev been
developed. Governor .Cummins took
petltors in violation of the two sections $23,009,181; for 1904, $21,626,015; in-
crease, $1,383,16.
to their shoes. They have succeeded in getting Superin-
Undent Bachman to step down and out. '
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The fact that 'the Philadelphia mint manager ha, re-
cently discharged over six hundred men would Indicate that
he is trying to save as well aft make money.
It Luther Burbank is really looking for the perfect man,
and expects to secure him by grafting, why doesn't he turn
to th* republican party—the real makers of grafting.
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Several papers of the country are trying to ascertain as
to whether or not the vedestrtan has any rights. Tho an
awer is easily forthcoming that he has absolutely none.
That effort of some of the moralists to reform Coney Is-
land is about as impracticable an undertaking ns it would
statements made by Governor Cum-
mins before the senate comittee on In-1 doing the voting.. The common Peo
terslate commerce last spring. It was ple," he declared, must stop and 23
expected that he would discuss the ques vent for the future the rule of the rail-
lion at length before the Clarinda | road managers. To this part of GoV
Chautauqua, espec tally as that wasaitjernor Cummins' speech Judge Daven:
ate.! port replied that an I /uJMlawa’ a*
Bection 5 of article 10 is the particu-
lar portion of the constitution alleged
to be disregarded by the Central. It
reads as follows:
"No railroad or other corporation, or
the lessees, purchasers or managers of
any railroad corporation shall consoli-
date the stock, property or franchises
of such corporation with, or lease or
Recently the word "graft” was defined to be the greatest .
word in the Engitsh language spoken by the American
people. Probably the cause of this broad and inideftnite
dehnition is the fact tha tthe sin of grafting has not only
permeated almost every government position and otfice.
but every branch of private business, not only prostitutug
ofdclal positions, but ruling the captains of industry, the
merchant, the manufacturer, th. contractor, the banker and
the broker and carrying a s44e line of the profrsrional oc-
cupations as the lawyer, the teacher and even the preacher
in its full sense it comprehends all dishonesty and cor-
ruption for private gain and profit in public office and all
dishonorable vtactice in private business. After creeping
into almost every government position trom the lowest to
the highest ornces, it seems to be crysUUsing into a
basic principle of private business, with this part of it
the people should be familiar, as It is practiced more or less
by almost every man engaged in business, but they have
not the sume opportunity when It is practiced by their
public officers. Here It takes an investigation by an expert
and the newspapora..
For several months the papers have been busy exposing
grafts in high offices. Now they are engaged in the same
thing as to county, city and town offices. Home of these
are represented by very snug sums of money. Lately
Mayor weaver of Philadelphia discovered that the street
committee of that city had approved a bill of >120.900 for
street repairing In behalf of a contractor who had not re
paired a single inch of streets. Following this he unearthed
a fraud in the electric light contract with the city whereby
the taxpayers were saved 1118,000 a year on a five year
contract County Auditor Sturm of Buffalo, N. Y„ fqund
by investigation that the county othclals of his county had
charged A people >2500 too much for postage stamps
alone. The state auditor of Indiana ascertained that a
number *f circuit court Judges were In the habit of put-
ting in and swearing to claims for three and five days'
services when they had only worked one day.
This illustrates the way a great many of our county, city
and town governments are carried on. Of course, we do
not say that they in any manner Indicate how our county
and city governments are conducted in Texas, as most of
our county and city otheers are a very different kind of
human being from office holders In other states. In most
states those who hold office seem to think that a part of
the emoluments of office is the private profit they can make
out of it by using the municipal funds for private pur-
poses and getting "a commission” on all contracts let by
them for the municipality. It has almost come to the point
in many plades that contractors figure and expect to pay
"a little commission” to some or all of the county and city
officials. Every person and corporation seeking a fran-
chise expects to pay something on the side for its grant,
no matter how much the people need and want 4t. This
kind of grafting is not as easily discovered as where an
officer charges an unlawful expense to his office. The con-
tractor does not mind it, as he makes the county or city pay
It by adding on enough to the contract price to cover it.
The persons to whom the franchise is granted look upon
it as a matter of business in which they have educated the
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Fayette County—Values for 1905,
$8,372,610; for 1904, $8,390,000; decrease,
$17,370.
Callahan County—Values for 1905,
$1,920,386; for 1904, $1,784,683; increase,
$135,703.
Cameron County—Valu.es for 1905,
$4,916,656; for 1904,. $3,711,874; increase.
$1,204,782.
Stephens County—Values for 1905,
$2,671,219; for 1904, $2,728,964; decrease,
corporation owning or having under its
control a parallel or competing line;
nor shal any officer of such railroad
corporation act as an officer of any
other railroad corporation owning or
ALLEGATIONS ARE THAT STATE
CONSTITUTION IS VIOLATED
AND CHARTER HAS BEEN FOR-
FEITED.
son continues to catch highballs they will in the end be
down and out.
The sultan don't know what he is tackling when he of-
fered his hand in marriage to a member of strenuous
(Teddy's family.
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About th*, time that we get over the yellow fever scare
se will be in a position to shudder about the reported
cases of smallpox.
Talk about Russia and Japan needing peace conference.
(Austin not only needs peace conferences, but needs about a
Bozen old times Moses.
A New York policeman has just bought a $12,000 house
ana paid for it in small bills. That certainly evidences that
his graft was large enough.
Tom Lawson is reported to have just lost a valuable
bull dog. A great many people are mean enough to wish
that it had been hie voice.
Those of the newspaper men who are discussing the
moral tone of our army are apt to bump up against the
proposition that there is none.
: Cheyenne, Wyoming, has forty cases of appendicitis in
the hospital there. There must be more prosperous people
there than any one thought possible.
< Wel, somebody in Austin ought to be satisfied clean down
been chartered. There is therefore <
nothing for an inspector to inspect. ’
since none of the banks or trust com-
palea chartered has opened business.
Mr. Clay will not say, but the proba-
bality now is that the inspector will
not be named until the 1st of January, |
1906.
Of course, if the charters were to
come in more rapidly and the present
number of banks largely increased dur-
ing the next thirty or sixty days, the
appointment would be made earlier,
but from the present rate it is fair to
assume that there will not be enough .
of such institutions before January 1 ]
to compensate an expert bank man to
give it his attention and time.
CHARTERS FILED.
State Bank Papers Filed With State
Department.
be classed aa a semi-degraded exclamation expressing the
vulgar feelings of its user, but it can not be said to empha-
size his thoughts. This point is well made by the Louls-
ville Herald, where it is said:
“Plain speech has no need of profanity to emphasize the
point it wishes to impress on the hearer. Profanity de-
tracts, in fact, from the real force of any statement, oral
or written. We have in mind a sort of counsel going the
rounds, and sometimes hung in printed form in public
places, to the effect that the man who does the right thing
may “look any d—n man in the eye." Many persons re-
gard such advice thus stated as pert and commendable.
We can not. Dreas often makes or mars beauty. So the
expression in which a thought is clothed often makes or
mars the idea, good ns it may be in itself. Put a man of
vulgar speech in a pulpit and the place of worship is
shunned. Put him even on the stump in a political cam-
paign and he fails to reach the best class of voters. Plain
speech is very much in demand. It may be plain, and yet
very neat and winsome. But profanity robs an expression
of the neatness and winsomeness that the good idea it em-
bodies deserves.
"Plainness makes for strength of speech. Profanity for
it3 defacement.”
to explain.
good shape, the people as a rule at-
tending to business rather than mixing
in politics.
",gici.cnyi
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She Tagcarts surely ala get 10,0 that peace commisslon
Imelight,
; It look* pretty much as though Japan held all the aces
In the deck.
1 Wondor II the political atmosphere surrounding Austin’
muntolpal affairs will ever clear.
- secretary Tait has got a college degree over in the Phik
lupines along with his other trophies.
' The gulf stream is reported to be gradually leaving the
English coast Wonder where It is going?
Paus old musle teacher has just died, but the Divine
Patu is still in ripe condition for a farewell tour.
‘ Georgia U getting fearfully stuck up over the fact that
it has a blood relation of M. Witte residing there.
You should always bear in mind the fact that a man 1s
never called upon to regret things that he never said.
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Judging from all this anti-tobacco crusade, it would seem
as though' they were determined to run the smoker off the
cnreh. °
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England is reported to bo getting exceedingly uneasy
nbout her food supply. Are the restauranta getting bum, or
whatt
This hot weather we hale been having seems to have
had some advantages after all. It has toned Tom Lawson
Mown some.
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Archery has once more become a fad. It would seem as
though tho ladles had never stopped tho business of shoot-
ing glances. ’
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