Wise County Messenger. (Decatur, Tex.), No. 445, Ed. 1 Friday, October 20, 1893 Page: 6 of 8
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DECOY TAME PIGEONS.
MEXICO
At one time English investments
A black
square.
In
AWED
JANITOR.
The King
Flats
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Au irritating Mair.
A man looks better who
carries himselr
a
varied knowledge of law.
was com-
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in Silver.**
Some Resemblance.
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me twice."
"Her hair ees long.”
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Not a Ciear Kecorc.
stand and Deliver.
you acquainted with
known him for twenty
Wholesale.
take notice?”
and
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want to let it defeat
Argonaut.
well than when two
trying to carry him.
Lawyer Are
the prisoner?
Witness --I've
, । “That’s
I don t that?”
Will he “mix?”
w.,,. I Prodley—I hear that you have been
WII the stray getting married?
The man who worships a golden calf is
burning incense to himself.
man who can laugh the
as he is a winner,” said a
Tooker—Yes.
Prodley—Whom did you marry?
Tooker- Milly Mildmay, her moth-
er. her father and two maiden aunts.
if he does “mi::” and joins the flight
of the decoys, will he “drop” with
them? If he does and alights near
")
pass over the neighborhood. Some
days as many as eight or ten “strays” j
will be captured, and these, sold at
from seventy-five cents and up, make
Mrs. Spinkers Do you think my
daughter will ever make a pianist?
Prof. Speeler Veil, I nod know.
“Has she any of the qualities of a
sood musician?”
sportsman’s elements of uncertainty
now crop up rapidly for the nexseen
or fifteen minutes.
ace?
to
or more friends are
OUR INFLUENCE IN
sentry, of one
BY THE
«f Harlem |
• you? If he did I
might as well move out in the morn-
ing. ”
A Lobster Farm.
There is a lobster farm, or
Dr. A. Hunter. Specialist.
In diseases of the Throat, Lungs and
Heart. ( atarrh and Deafness. 315 Main
streeet, Dallas, Tex. Send for pamphlets.
omes nearer in his flight the ob-
server comes under the influence of
an excitement fairly emulating the
gambler’s, the huntsman’s and the
TRAPPERS WHO LURE THEM
INTO CAGES.
they are thus thrown up and at short I
intervals driven from the roof and
made to fly about These flights gradu-
ally increases in distance and duration
until the birds are well acquainted
with the immediate neighborhood,
some grains of seed or cracked corn
being given them at the end of each
flight
। “Who is he?”
I “The janitor. Sh-h-h, is he look-
ing back at us? I wonder if he heard
Rules Hi*
____.. the janitor don't speak
very fair days work pecuniarily for tenants.
the snarer. W hether it is fair in any to me 1 should fear the
other sense depends greatly on the
point of view
birds that return quickly are shipped
by rail to still more distant points
and there released, some being sent
as far as New Orleans.
Early in the morning the snarer :
begins operations by letting out his
birds, and he is usually assisted by
a number of young “worrits" of
somebody’s life who aid him in many
ways, carrying the baskets of birds ______ ___________
to be released at a distance early in pelled not' long ago t0 list
the season, and, later on, keeping al-
sharp lookout for “strays" and man-
euvering the string of the trap.
the trap. will he follow t em under
it to feed? Even should he get as
far as this on the way to captivity
the boy with the string may make a
b.under and in his nervousness be
too slow or too quick, in which event
the stray sails calmly away—and
then it must be a very clear atmos-
phere that is not rendered bluer by
the shower of strange phrases that
assails the ears of that bungling boy.
W e will give $100 reward for any case of
catarrh t hat cannot be cured with Hall's
Catarrh Cure. Taken internallv.
K. J. CHENEY & CO., Props, Toledo. O.
It is easy to understand why another
man should mind abuse.
, , - --------, : he can
make lots of trouble for them. He
will not have a stingy man in the
place, because he reasons that it
I takes so much from his income. If
he finds a tenant is falling behind in
his gratuities he looks around for
another tenant, and the first Na l
knows he receives a polite note from
SALT-EHEVMAFLFSEESRACKED OPEN
Vun. ”
encouraging. What
:1 • -------n to a case I
that had been appealed from a justice
of the peace. The young practi-
tioner who appeared for the appel-
lant was long and tedious: he brou • f
in all the elementary text-books and
quoted the fundamental propositions
of law. At last, the judge thought
it was time to make an effort tohurry
him up. “< an't we assume,” he said*,
blandly* “that the court knows a
little law itself?” “That's the very
mistake I made in the lower court,”
answered the young man,
Although there is no census of city
birds extant everyone is aware that
next to the sparrows, and probably (
not far behind them in point of num-
bers, come the pigeons, small colonies '
of which may be met with in the : ---
most unexpected situations. lor he is the
many years the roof of the suotreas- heartiest, L . „ a winner, said a
ury in "all street, was patrolled by i dweller in an up-town flat to a New
a arge body of them as vigilantly as . Veul ”—'
ever were the walls of the Boman !
capital by the historical geese whose
cackling saved it from capture by
the Gauls, says the New York Herald.
I urther uptown,however,especially
on the east side, one can hardly
raise the eyes skyward at any time
during a pleasant day without espy- of their hats
ing a flock circling somewhere in presents not only-
rapid and graceful flight. These all the xen- --
According to John Aubery, who
wrote a celebrated work on “the very
queere Indian weede," there was a
time when tobacco was worth its
weight in silver. Among other things
Aubery says: “Sir Walter Raleigh
was the first that brought tobacco
into England, and in our parts__
North Wilts—it came first in fashion
is through Sir Walter Long. They had
silver pipes, but commoners used a
walnut shell. • » • It was then
sold for its weight in silver. I have
heard some of our old yeomen neigh-
Mrs. Hclpem This is lovely! How bors say that when they went to
did you manage to collect so much Chippenham to market they always
money for the cause? culled out their shillings to lay in
Mrs. Sharpone—It was simple the scales against the tobacca Now
enough. I threatened to get up a the customers of it are among the
charity concert and set all the girls greatest that his majesty hath ”
to practicing for it ____________- ’
WORN NICHT AND DAY.
Holds the worst rup"
ture with rase under all
cirumstances. Perfect
Adjustment. Comfort
andCure NewPalented
Improvementa Ulna
traced catalogue and
rules for Ml f-measure
gard for the property of others
The company immediately cram
all sorts of combination- of fingers
into their mouths and set up a shrill >
whistling to attract the attention of
the stray while it is still a long way I
off: the decoy bi rd s are swept into '
the air with the rod and then the
company scatter and make them-...
• • • YCdrS-
I he next step is to put them in a
basket and carry them a quarter of a
mile or so away, from which point
they are tossed into the air to fly-
back to the cage
The length of the basket trip is
then further increased until finally on
a cloudy day they are taken across
the river and released. After this I
last journey the birds are counted
upon to reach home from a <
As soon as a s-ray is sighted in the
air the company is at once all com-
motion. and in the height of expec-
tation that ensues the strictest ob-
server of "meum and tuum" can
hardly fail to find himself aroused to
an interest in the operations quite
foreign to moral rectitude and a e -
if the Baby la Cutting Teeth,
Ee sure and use that old and well-tried remedy. Maa.
Waxstow’s Soorazxc Syaur tor Children Teething
Many very good looking people are de-
fomed on the inside.
,, .. - J at Christmas, but
all the year round. He demands a
percentage on the repairs and does
nothing for nothing.
“Even the tenants are careful to
Admiral de Honey ana the Sentry.
“hen Admiral de Horsey, who ---
some years ago had command of the American Investments Now Greatly I. 1 nere 18 a lobster farm, or pound.
British fleet in the Pacific, was the Exeess of Any other Foreign Nation. as it is called, twelve miles in extent
admiral of the North Atlantic In three years ending with Decem at Southport, Me. This pound is the
squadron, he was one evening dining ber 31, 1892, American investments most successful on the coast, whence
on shore at Port Boyal, Jamaica On- in Mexico amounted to $345, 310, 000. 1,000,000 lobsters are shipped each
returning to his flag-ship alone after During the same time English’ in year. The pound is formed by build-
dinner, his way to the boat led vestments amounted to $213,500, 000 ing a solid dam across a tide-water
across the barrack square. A black At one time English investments in cove. This dam does not quite rise
of the West India Mexico far exceeded those of Ameri- to high water mark, but across the
says the Denver Bepublican. toP is placed a fence of iron rods, per-
may judge by the record of mitting a daily change of water and
. will preventing the lobsters from escap-
ing. In the spring and fall business
is most brisk. When the fishermen
bring the lobsters to the pound the
pigeons, generaly "Antwerps," or
“carriers," are usually in process of
tresing and range in value, ac- _____________ .a
cording to their breeding, from $1 to keep him in good humor, for
$50 apiece. —' ' '
------------------ A Specimen <>f ft.
Rather Personal. Johnny—Papa, what is a “glitter-
Miss Bioomstein—Vy.Mr. Samuels, ing generality?”
anypody 5ould tell dot dey vos en- Johnny’s Pa, who has too many
gaged. It’s shoost as blane a* der uncollectable accounts—It r a glit-
nose on your vace. tering generality, my son, when a
Mr. Samuels, haughtily—I see no debtor of long standing says he will
ogashuns for you to ged bersonal pay up in a few days. — Chicago
about it, Miss Bloomstein.—Judge. Record.
j York Morning Journal man.
“Now, take our janitor,” he con-
tinued; “he gets $100 a month, free
rent and fuel. But that represents
only a portion of his earnings. He
is the king of the apartment house,
and the butcher, the grocer, the coal
man and all the other tradesmen take
Mins LorTIE Clark, River Faus. Pierm
County, Wisconsin, writes:
"It &lves me pleasure to express my faith
inthezvirtu eof Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical
Discovery. Having suffered for three yean
from salt-rheum, and after having beer' un-
successfully treated by a good physician, I
began the use of
the * Discovery.*
The humor was in
my hands. I was
obliged to keep a
F -a a covering on them
' 4 €$ for months at a
« . { V2 time, changing the
A CL' M4Z covering morning
L VI W= and ngt. The
N -er/f, stinging, burning
A. "(5% and itching gensa-
L " “ tion would be so
intense that at
times it seemed as
When“r"sentaz:
. „ Ungers, the flesh
Miss Clark. would crack open
, ... and bleed. It is
After taking six botties of the i Discover’
I was entirely cured. 7
I cannot praise Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical
Discovery enough.’’ Sold by Dealers.
. . . . ----1g him that his
, flat is needed.
“Yes, sir, the janitor is the jolliest
... 1 man alive when all is going well-
several days j " hen the coal bins are full and the
। thrifty tenants’ cellar closet is full of
I vegetables and preserves. Of course
he has the keys to all these closets.
He has been known even to heap coals
upon his good tenants’ bin from the
oin of the tenant who had more coal
but less generosity.
. “This little failing, however, is re-
I garded by the janitor as a white
mark on his record, although he is
too proud to speak of it in summing
up his virtues and the duties of his
position. ”
At this moment an elegantly '
dressed gentleman passed the flat
j dweller and the newspaper man, and
the latter was surprised to see the
former take off his hat, although the
_______ passer-by was not accompanied by a
- distance lady
Promising "hen the stranger had gone out
ehi------ of hearing the man who had been
i talking continued in a whisper:
“That’s he!”
In the spring the young birds are
set in a large cage in some open
place or on top of a roof, and after a '
few days, when they have become ac-
quainted with their surroundings,
the door is opened and they are al-
lowed to walk about outside. After ________p
a while they are taken in the hand in the landlord informin
a peculiar manner and “flied,” that "nt 4----3-3
is, thrown up into the air, when they
make a short circle and alight on
the cage again. For i
Lawyer Have you ever known him
to be a disturber of the public pe
Witness Well er- he used
belong to a fife and drum corps.
The enterprising conductors of this
traffic begin with a few birds, which
they train in the regular wav. and what 1 said to
keep circling about in their imme- mih----
diate vicinity from early morning
until dark, merely for the purpose f
attracting the birds of others that
of fifty miles or more.
Teaching Carrier* to Fly — Depredation*
of a Greedy Pigeon Hawk whos
Roost Is in the Brooklyn Bridge_
Trieks of the Trapper*.
selves inconspicuous. As the Mr4;
regiments, halted him at the gate cans, 1 - ______ ..opuua
with, “Who goes dar?” Great “was but if we may judge by the recoi
the admiral’s annoyance to find he the three years named the latter w Bl
had neglected to get the password soon, if they have not already done
before leaving the ship. “That's s0’ occupy the leading place,
all right,” he said carelessly, hoping American capital in Mexico has
scruples by been invested very largely in mines 1hshe as they “re called, are hoisted
- and in railroads. During the last to the dam, measured, and those
which are more than 10] inches long,
the length limit, are thrown in. If a
lobster is clever his life in the pound
maybe long and full of joy. If he is
stupid he will be fished out with a
drag seine and packed in a barrel,
with a piece of ice for a pillow, and
sent to Boston.
he said carelessly, hoping
to overcome the man’s L.up ___
indifference; “you know who I am. ” and in railroads. During the last
"Dunno nobody, sar,” replied the three years Americans invested
nigger, pompously; “you can’t go in 883,265,000 and the Englishmen
dar. "Why, I'm Admiral de $27,950,000 in Mexican mines. Dur-
Horsey.’ “Well, you can’t go in. I ing the same time Americans in-
don’t care if you’s Admiral do yested $176,075,000 and Englishmen
Donkey.”—Argonaut $26,250,000 in railroads. English-
—-------------- men have, however, given more at-
A Relative in Need. tention than Americans to coloniza-
Half a century ago, when “sub- tion schemes and to land invest- . . «
jects were bought by the surgeons, ments. 'They have taken the lead Spong"
a poor man, writes James Payn, fell also in mercantile Ventures, their in- A single sponge has been found on
dead in Meet street. Without a mo- vestments in that direction being the coast of Florida with a circumfer-
ment s hesitation, a young fellow 833,990,000 as against $9 550 000 b ence of five feet six inches.
who was passing threw himself on Americans and in material improve v -
his knees beside the corpse, exclaim- ments Americans have invested a Eminentstations make great men more
ing. “My father, my dear father!” A great deal more capital than Eniis.2 aud httle ones lew.
crowd gathered round, their sym- men, the amounts being for the Safety From a Feriodie scourge.
paithy was excited, and money was former $63,150,000 and for the latter Do you want to be insured. dweller in ,
-ubsci ibed to enable the pious youth only $4,812,000. malarious region, against the periodical
to take away his father's body in a The growth of American influence scourage which ihreaten* to assail you in tha
hackney coach. He did so, and took in Mexico has been very rapid since form of chills and fever or some of the formi
it to a surgeon, who gave him a hun- railroad communication between the oramiasmabor d isease’. It goes without say.
dred dollars for it United States and the Ci \t the ing that you do. Then, instead of using quin
___________ , . 55 and the City of Mexico lie or other alkaloid and mineral drugs, which
They Have DIFerent Sreanings. W 8 established, and a traveler merely relieve and are always detrimental
The words brep., 4 “ , through the Southern republic can to general health, seek aid where it is al way,
pantaloonsrds,, trousers and see the results of this in almost an forth coming- from th. thorough preventiv.
pantasoons are now used interchange- the railroad towne L. - 1 al and remedy, Hostetter's Stomach Bitter
ably, but originally the significations intercourse between Theinereased which in regions where malaria fa tar mor
were quite different Pantaloons is hncin H Det « th et wo nations violent and prevalent than it fa on this cent!
were at first nothing but ion- stock Ina a good effect upon public nent.eradicates it completely from the system,
ines wo.n in 101 8 1 1on8 stock- opinion in Mexico concernin the ' dyspepsi, constipation, kidney
ings wot n in Italy as a sort of relig- peovle of the Inia 0 . emng the and nervous complaints, neurafgin and rheu
lous habit by the devotees of s people or the I nited States. Atone mazksmare among the maladies to which the
Pantain li t. evotees of SL time there was a great deal of dis natlonal tonic and corrective is adaptea. Phy
Tantaloon. Breeches originally trust of American, 11 wk dis- sicians everywhere know it, genuine worth,
reached from the waist half wav + .. . Amercans, but although . ---------------
the knee, and finally to the ay t here is some of it left it is gradually If the the average man cannot get near
where they wsnsL. the knee, dying out, - enough to the throne to attract attention,
buckle. Tuwrr afastene Breiot Formerlyrthe typical American in he will throwa rock at it.
.VI. of leg ger, as oMhbinaronent Maxicowassothe, rough frontier
the former two E1 S’ ., ut since the completion of
the railroads better classes of Amer-
icans have gone into the country.
Fhe investments of American capital
have caused intelligent American
business men, and
With an Iron Hand.
I . .The janitor has had to stand a
1 of joking about his position, but
to him. He gets
Ir your Back Aches, or you are all worn
out, good for nothing, it fa general debility.
Brown * Iron Bitter* will cure you, make
you strong, clean** your liver, and give a
good appetite—tones the nerves.
A satisfied young person is most apt to fa
be looking good. W?
The progress of science in medicine ha* mmN a
for human 111, Aada
tnan The . "mlrn1 B..... ham . Pill- t • • •
Ihr -Uelixe-T man in th, 1,1, Eeu
cases sdatobrnktinezfaros
i A “wild hair’ is the most annoy-
ing freak of nature a man can be
afflicted with. It grows in from the pusiness men, and especially mining
eyelid, instead of out, and, constant- engineers and managers, to make
ly brushing against the eyeball.some- their homes in Mexico, and thus the
times causes an irritation that re- people ot that country have had
suits in loss of sight. To pull it out their eyes opened to the true charac-
gives only temporary relief, since in ter of the better class of the Ameri-
a few weeks it comes back, as well can people.
grown and strong as ever. The only n . ----
way to kill it is to destroy the sac tv. . Discard the Suspenders,
from which it springs. This is done . ?.he stout man who wears a tight
by means of an electric needle Delt around his waist to give him an
----------------- appearance of jauntiness, as well as
Chloride of Nitrogen. to do the suspender service, does not
The most unstable compound known know what harm he is doing to him-
to chemistry and therefore the most self: A doctor told me yesterday
explosive substance so far discovered that the wearing of a tight* belt by a
“I should think . , is chloride of nitrogen, which proba- man, especially a stout man, is most
an-wav ” rent nd th youwou ldmove, hly consists of three parts of chloride injurious to health. It stops the
are afraid of Ihe man ”P° ’“ y united with one °f nitrogen. Its circulation and does not permit the
“What o would ,, . terribly explosive character, which digestive organs to operate as they
-nt Wnat ” d 1 d it do? I might has so far prevented its accurate should. When asked why it should
g nt > a worseplace. At some flats ; analysis, is due to the fact that it is be 80 much more injurious for a man
IrTan;tgto,,all the a combination of one of the most to wear anything tight around his
mV.-anitor didn 1 speak i active with one of the most inert waist than it is for a woman, who is
----- .—! worst Ex- I elements in nature. laced up year in and year out the
euse me. he seems to be beckoning ——±------ doctor said; “A man‘and woman
"om. , ... FeltinKWool. can’t be compared in that regard. A
And the slave ran off to see what . We owe the hat to Asia, for it was man uses entirely different muscles
his master wanted. in that country that the art of felting in breathing than a woman. He be-
L.earned by Experience. WOo. was first known, and from the comes accustomed to breathing from
A certain judge in Chicaqo wh imost remote periods the art was car- his abdomen, while a woman breathes
rather prides himself on his vast Ana cied on by the orientals. In India, almost entirely from her chest Meri
• ui 1------‘ hina, Burmah and Siam hats aro had better wear loose belts and pro-
made of straw, of rattan, of bamboo, vide some other substitute for sus- 1
o pih, of the leaf of the Tailport Penders. ’’—Pittsburg Dispatch.
। palm and of a large variety of ------—________
grasses. The Japanese made their Tobacco •■Worth Its Weignt
hats of paper.
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