Wise County Messenger. (Decatur, Tex.), No. 410, Ed. 1 Saturday, February 18, 1893 Page: 3 of 10
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if I did." interrupted the clerk.
"How much do you sell for a dose?”
from two to six weeks.
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The extraordinary and growing demand for these Coins, and thede-
the part of the Directors that equal opportunities may be afforded for
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And the Old Man Was Not Around With
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Justice to AIL
the possessors of
World’s Fair
Souvenir oins
“ The Official Souvenir
9f the Great Exposition—
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lessly. . .
"There." said the clerk, pointing to
the smoker, who was the only person
in the store: "he didn’t get any poison
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$4.00 and $3.00 Fine Calf Tand-Seweders.
a 5 $2%0/2md‛s175‛fr Youths and 8oys. •
! B. $3.oo HandSewed. , f , KREs
’ J. $3.s0 ana 2.00 Dongola, 5 LADIES.
. “ $1.75 for Misses.
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turquoises.
The wood industry, besides employ-
ing a large number of joiners engaged
in producing ordinary European fur-
niture. includes also some establish-
ments in Cairo and Alexandria, where
art furniture in the Arabian style is leged purpose to
turned out. This mainly consists in ■ 2 "
wall screens, presses, chan s, fauteuns, phant.
small tables, so-called Koran stands,
mirror and picture frames, pier tables,
etc., generally inlaid with mother-of
pearl, bone or metal. The principal
purchasers of these articles, too. are
foreigners, either settled in or jour-
. . . -----X — Assiout
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He sauntered dejectedly into a drug
store, bought a cigar, lighted it. and
then inquired mysteriously of the
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Then heavent to the telephone, rang
up three figures, said a few cabalistic
words, and returned to the counter.
The sad man was quietly smoking his
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ITEMS AND IDEAS.
The price of parrots in South Ameri-
ca is only ten cents.
Warren, Pa • has a new daily called
the Evening Emort.
Castor oil has not failed to remove
warts to which it is applied once a day
prescription from some physician we
know, answered the clerk.
asaBEwazK,irEBHRiezne
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An sold everywhere. MeTN.
"I’d like to have you tell me, if you
can," observed the exchange editor,
glancing rather slightingly over his
shoulder. -what is the difference be-
tween a $50 diamond and a custard
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are Filled.
The Church of St. Mary Wool noth,
which stands out conspicuously atthe
King William street corner of Lombard
street, London, was closed ten months
ago. and it is clear from the statement
of the rector that the step was not
premature. It has been his unhappy
lot to be often startled in the course of
his services by a loud yet muffled
sound, evidently issuing from the
vaults under the church. As these
••Naw!”
••One is sometimes in soak and
and the other is always soaked when
you get down to hard-pan.
"That isn’t so bad." said the ex-
IT XS A DUTY you owe yourselt change editor, reflectively,, but.i,
1 to get tho host value tot your . You haven t got it yet.
’Wen, what is the difference ’"de-
h L. Dougias.snBtWhic inanded the financial editor, wheeling
Ph repreonpricesdavertasea his chair round and glaring at him.
-------"mn* Th(, difference." said the man of
exchanges, in a cold, hard tone of
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THE MERCHANTS
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MX “emote points. may be afforded the best possible opportunity to
obtain the Coins.
THE FORTUNATE POSSESSORS
of SOUVENIR COINS will be those who are earliest in seizing upon these
vaults are now --------- -
the phenomenon may well have ex-
cited the imaginations
bers of the congregation, Mr Brooke,
however, recognized the noises on 1
too well. They were caused by the
falling of leaden coffins, sometimes
from the height of ten or twelve feet,
in consequence of the mouldering
away of the coffins of oak and elm on
which they had been piled- It would
be well if the evils of this relic of the
barbarous system of intramural inter-
ment had ended here. Unfortunately
the process of "hermetically sealing. cigar
according to Mr Erookeis-.evidense “s“jow much is arsenic a grain?
PaS been anything At that moment a policeman entered
but Shermetical.» Mr. Brooke de- the store hastily. _
dares that for years nearly every
official had died from the effects.
direct or indirect, of the unendurable
His question Alarmed the Drug Clerk
Needlessiy.
persisted the stranger.
"We never sell strychnine without a
$10,000 Was Paid For The First Coin
They are all alike, the issue is limited, and time must enhance their
value. The price is One Dollar each.
HOW TO GET THE COINS:
Go to your nearest merchant or banker, as they are likely to have
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XS hl to ship’the coins and they will be sent free
ofexpenssn Remit byregistered letter,or send express or post-ofice money
order, or bank draft to .
Treasurer World’s Columbian Exposition, Cnicago, 1 .
Harts f at pecul-
ture from' England of the famous ele-
o Brilah Columbla.
don began to cable columns of news
about .1 umbo. The fever spread, J um-
bo’s keeper, Scott, was secured for
S3 000 a year and preparations for the
shipment were drawn out as much as I
possible. A demonstration over his
departure was devised. Scott had a
workmanship inlaid sign which the elephant knew to mean
"lie down.” It was arranged that ln waimng ----
when he was to be taken from th- sees fewer people of foreignaspect Ana
gardens Scott should make this signal style than he sees in New.xork. 5
and the people would believe that .............
Jumbo was unwilling to leave Alice.
The trick worked beautifully. The
streets were crowded with thousands
of people. Jumbo lay down and re-
smell.
Arthur Statham, the counsel rep-
resenting the parish, stated that 1,681 . fro mene along " said the police-
.mjyo poon w con. man: •••"’> my
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year according to Mr. Statham, the
vaults were closed for burials; but these
burials in St. Mary Woolnoth, if
be called, were con-
Upper Egrpt. . ...
Cairo is the chief c nter of the
metal in lustry. Articles of gold and
silver ire manufactured in small
quantities indeed and chiefly for the
peasant population and tourists. I hey
most.y consist of massive silver rings
for Aecorating the arms and ankles,
twi-ced bands, chains and filigree
work of fine gold and silver. There
are several lapidaries in Cairo and
Alexandria chiefly engaged in cutting
__yr 5 Government hood Report.
Royal Baking Powder is superior in purity,
strength, and wholesomeness to any other powder
stnic I have examined.—New York State Analyst.
ica, and the American papers
lines: “Jumbo refuses to leave Alice,
with scorn. "One is Simon pure and enough Jumbo was taken
"le other is pie. man. sure." . . as quietly - a lamb
• No ” rejoined the other. " I hat ----———
wontd OlD LONDON CHURCHES.
made over and the oth is made over he restiential Air. With Which They
other city in the country.
A Hackensack, Pa., woman whe
thought she saw two bears crawling
into her house in the dark was ini
All the while the tensely relieved when it proved to be
------- ... Ame only a couple of burglars with one
had head- ready revolver.
A young notary of Bakhmont, Ru
sia. fell in love with a lady's maid and
arranged to marry her. His parents
opposed the marriage, and the young
couple determined to die together.
• The young man fired a bullet from a
I revolver into his sweetheart’s body and
then turned the weapon on himself.
Both were badly wounded, but neither
fatally, and after spending three
months in the same hospital they came
out recently and were promptly mar-
ried. The story had become known
and an enormous crowd attended the
wedding.
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and a custard pie?"
••One is within the range of a capit-
alist and the other has been taken
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There Are Trl^ln All Trades Nat
Ours.
Mr. J. H. Gaylord, a well known
show agent in America, arrived lately
in Hong Kong with a collection of
wild animals intended for exhibition
at Chicago during the worlds fair.
Mr. Gaylord told a newspaper man at A aup a........ .
Hong Kong these stories about bar police court when asked hisname said:
num and Jumbo: "Which d’y want me jail name er
To create a sensation Barnum gave d’one I uses in sassiety?"
■ $5,000 to raise an action with the a - 1 Female stenographers are to serve
interdict the depar the parliament of Norway and Sweden.
Smallpox is decimating the Indian
a charcoal
“That's worse yet!”
-You needn’t get crusty about it.
•■Why not?" exclaimed the ex-
change man. bristling up.
“Because,” retorted the man of
finance, coming up gamely, “custard
finest food, and when
not obtainable b
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AGENTS WANTE"o‛ ar orde M •ndpi”: w N. U. DALLAS
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! EGYPT'S POTTERY INDUSTRY-
wiat They Produce in Ceramies -nd
Article* de Lupe
Some very interesting particulars
respecting the home industries of
Eevpt are given in a recent report
which the Austrian congul at Cairo
made to his governmev”. says the
Jewelers' Chronicle. The greater
part of the goods manzactured find
a sale principally among tourists and
foreigners visiting Ihe country:
Speaking generally, "he Egyptian
industries of to-day aay be divided
Into three groups: The minor or
-house” industry, agriculture, and
the factory industry. Of the first
group, one of th oldest is the
ceramic industry, hich is carried on
in pottery works rm the river sides in
Cairo, Alexandria and Rosetta. he
chief articles of this class produced
are the porous bottled-shaped vessels
and bulging refrigerators known by
the name ot Alka-aza, as well as
filters known ns Sir, the latter chiefly
made at Keneh. The liner classes of
goods, such as ornamental vases,
lamp an ornamental articles
generally come from Assiout and
pie isn't."
“It is, though, at bottom.
W.L.DOUGLAS S B
. ■ “AHgga FOR • •That’s what I’m doing. What is
$3 SHOE GENTLEMEN. ’ meamer
l —Aseysdoshne ithat, more comfortable.
■ stylish and durable than any other shoe ever ei
sold at the price. Every style. Equals custom- __________
i made shoes costing from $4 to 25- -Anything about their being cuss-
2 The following are of the same high standard 0 ed-hard if they are not good?”
Smoking Tobacco,
cmgosea only of «pure leaf," grown in the famous
SZ Ben, its uniform quality, and rich fragrantsaroma
recommend it to all who desire areally.gqod smoker
No other smoking tobacco has ever beenmadewhich 15
cured and held the popular favor as has Blackwell 5
Bull Durham. It is now, as it has been at all times dur-
ng the last 25 years, the best in the world. Madeonl yb
BLACKWELL’S DURHAM TOBACCO CO..
DURHAM, N. C.________________
" A St. Albans. Vt„ farmer used five
casks of cider in an attempt to put out
a fire in his house. He lost the house
and barn as well as the cider.
Artificial legs and arms were inuse
in Egypt as early as B. C. 700. They
were made by the priests who were
the physicians of that early time.
I In walking about Philadelphia one
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Forster, William. Wise County Messenger. (Decatur, Tex.), No. 410, Ed. 1 Saturday, February 18, 1893, newspaper, February 18, 1893; Decatur, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1581019/m1/3/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .