Wise County Messenger. (Decatur, Tex.), Vol. 17, No. 774, Ed. 1 Friday, February 7, 1896 Page: 1 of 8
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WISE COUNTY
M E S SE (; HN
Whole No 774.
SILVER IS AN ISSUE.
B_AERC_ATNS
1 1
HATCHER.
CHINA
especially true after the rains of mid.
Resolutions of Respect.
ci rv.
districts.
av.
amount of land owned by the people Tung Chow is responsible for the gov.
less, j is Governor Culberson.
Sample copy of either edition
are
Water
community.
appreciation of his services as a mason
of
the day is have a combined population of about
A
is I appearance is similar to that of
empire.
(continued next week.)
Where They Should Go.
LOCATION.
man.
dor. The wall is built on as high
ground as possible and from it can be
occasionally falls even a little lower.
SURROUNDINGS.
larger
I
is.
in extent, while others are mere rocks
I
■■
but fin.
The in.
seats of government,
city, it being the seat
farmer goes out to his little patch
ground to work and back to the
vil.: These all properly form one city and
“FOO.” OR PREFECTURAL
This prefecture has in it ten
Singers to Alto. Ga.
Bakers to Cakes, Pa.
Jewelers to Gem, Ind.
Smokers to Weed. Cal.
The sleepers to Gap, Pa.
The idle to Rust, Minn.
Poets to Parnassus, Pa.
Deadheads to Gratis, O.
Printers to Agate, Col.
Cranks to Peculiar, Mo.
Actors to Star City, Ark.
Perfumers to Aroma, III.
Apiarists to Beeville, Ind.
Small men to Bigger, Ind.
Bankers to Deposit, N. Y.
Widowers to Widows, Ala.
Tramps to Grubtown, Pa.
Brokers to Stockville. Nev.
Hunters to Deer Trail, Col.
Young girls, to Bangs, Va.
Hucksters to Yellville, Ark.
Old maids to Antiquity. O.
Lovers to Spoonville, Mich.
of one of the rulers of the spirit world. I
The size of the shrine and the rank of
And his family has lost a kind and in
dulgent husband and father
of Decatur Lodge No. 447 A. F. &
A. M.
Whereas, the Grand Master of the
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R. D. H. PAYNE,
ENTIST.
SPECIALIST IN
yards, while, at every hundred yards
or so, a sort of square tower juts out so
l ung ('how is a ,
Jaw.
every
re-
GOOD NEWSPAP E RS
AT A VERY LOW PRICE.
wanted to canvass/
Recommendatin
except that in China the term city
applied only to such towns as are
a CHINESE CHY.
ofthetrnA Heaven' “SnineFan" * submission to the will of the Most
. High, we do not the less mourn for
see various evi- .. . . . „ , ,
our brother who has been called from
his labor to rest.
M. W. Shoemaker, this Lodge loses a
brother who was always active and
1 zealous in his work as a mason, ever
I ready to help the needy and distressed
of the fraternity, prompt to advance
GOLD CROWN AND BRIDGE WORK.”
Office over Beville’s Harness shop.
Decatur, Texas.
too much land to build houses out on
The gum brigade to Chewtown, Pa.
New married couples to Bliss, Mich.
Political orators to Stumptown, Pa.
—New York World.
The city itself occupies a low piece
of level ground near the sea. but on
the southeast, south and west are hills
the interest of the Order, devoted to
its welfare and prosperity; one who
■ was wise in counsel and fearless in ac-
the of the walled cities of the
lage when his work for
of government high, built mostly of stone.
or villages. Farmers do not live in erage counties and the population is
isolated farm houses as they do in this ' is about 2.000.000 or nearly as much
an expert in
GOLD CROWN AXDBRIDGE-WCRK
Teeth extracted with little or no pain
He Office over Wise County Bank
n t he left of the stairway.
im9P"2204
P
ie -
2nd. I hat in the death of brother
Scientific American ■
Agency for
He6
he lived for about five years. In fact
a description of one Chinese city is in
many respects a description of all.!-.
northeast is the sea dotted w ith
the farm. I he houses are closely the north is what is called the
of mountains. To the north
the north. The climate is moderated
built together in villages and
i st. That while we bow with hum.
of the village, in little patches
man owning perhaps an acre or
while a man who owns three or
members of this Lodge render it Agents
proper that we should place on record
quired. Address
THE GAZETTE,
Fort Worth, Texas.
been said that the surroundings ot the
city are quite picturesque. This is
There is no longer a chance for tim.
orous politicians and wary “financiers"
to dodge it.
The question whether the currency
of the country shall consist of gold and
silver, and treasury notes redeemable
in either coin, according to the con-
stitution and traditional Democratic
policy, or whether the bulk of it shall
be the notes issued and controlled by
private banking corporations, will prob-
ably be settled for a quarter of a cen-
tury at the coming election.
The Fort Worth Gazette is for a cur.
rency issued by the government and
controlled by the government, and
large and have considerable com-
merce. They might be called cities
that a copy of the same be sent to the
family of our deceased brother, and
that each newspaper be requested to
publish the same.
Fraternally submitted,
J. A. Wakefield,
Com. J. W. Patterson.
W. T. Simmons.
The Semi-Weekly News (Galveston or Dal-
las) is published Tuesdays and Fridays. Each
issue consists of eight pages. There are special
departments for the farmers, the ladies and
the boys and girls, besides a world of general
news matter, illustrated articles, market re-
ports, etc. You get
104 Papers for Only $1.00.
Sample Copies Free. Address
A. H. BELO & CO., Publishers,
DALLAS or GALVESTON, TEX.
tance of the street. The Chinese con
The approximate location of Tung
(.how is lat. 30 degrees north and long. 1 as to command the length of the wall.
120 degrees east from Greenwich.'
Its latitude is thus seen to
VOL. XVII
both of the "foo," or prefecture, and of ished at the top with brick.
each City, being directly on the sea shore.,
one j eminent of almost as many people as
along the small streams that flow
through the city. In all directions
and distinguishable by their geater
height and peculiar roofs, are seen the
armui=-
8yee8ayeaxa.
E5-V, Design rm T
opyee
FeH’ormatlon and tmee Hak.
oMUNX & Co 861 Brping
Oldest bureau for securingL,
Every natrnt taken ont by — 5
we pu-e b a not co givesidio
Scivutikic
Largest cimeulatton or a
world. Bp.on aidiy l •
man shoula be witb on the
zear: $1,50 81 . ”
FOBLIMKAs, 361 Baght re-
low. fertile plain stretches eastward
between the hills and the sea It w ll
readily be imagined from what has
3rd. That this Lodge tender its
heart-felt sympathy to the family and
relations, and as a token of our ap.
predation of his upright character,
each member will wear the usual
badge of mourning for thirty days.
1 he people of China all live in cities i or counties, about the size of our
ceive that the spirit world is governed
very much, or exactly, like the chi. To the w. Wardens Brethren
nese Empire, with its ponderous sys. |
Perhaps the writer could not give , ...
. ..11. 7 summer set in, for then the plains and
the readers of the Messenger a bet-,, a , .... , ,
ter idea of a Chinese city than by de. terraked hill-sides are covered with a the ruler is governed by the impor-
. . ' - rich coating of green.
scribing l ung Chow, the city in which ..2.1 r
' As stated above, Tung Chow is a
ioo.ooo. The wall of the city is be- or the 1 ord of Heaven. In the
tween three and four miles in circum- cestral Hall we will see various
terence. and in structure and general a 2 , , . , . .
5 dences ot ancestral worship, and in
most the kitchen will be seen the inevitable
kitchen God.
had good views of the city. As i
seen from these heights the city pre-
At each of the cardinal points is a large
be nearly dou legate which is closed every
that of St Louis. Louisville and Wash. | night. Each gate has a large double
ington City. It is situated on a small
promontory at the south of the en-
trance to the Gulf of Petchili. Port
A thur is just across this entrance to
4th. That these resolutions be en- l X
tered upon the minutes of this Lodge, I
tern of lower and higher officials. ’
They also have a very gross idea of
the nature of spirits, and suppose that Tr . ,, •
. . . '1 Universe in his Divine wisdom has
they run the streets at night and that, r
• 5 seen proper to remove from our midst,
it being dark, they’ cannot see the wall . . , wc,
. , . . , our worthy brother, M. W. Shoemaker,
that obstruc ts their way, and as a con- ,> a ..1: vr 12 j
. 7 who departed this life at his residence
sequence, are continually bumping ■ .1 ■ •. . . , r ,
. . Pin this city on the 9th day of January,
c .e. ,, their noses. I his is naturally sup- A n 2 2 , -
four: I he city itself is surrounded by a osed to ■. > r A. D- 1096, and;
acres is considered very wealthy. It high stone wall, but outside each ofeinssdtt 55 ma ignant Whereas, the intimate relations long
will be seen at once that it would take its four gates is a suburb, or “kwan ” i . 85 ne o impose t em to wreak held by our deceased brother with the
, their vengeance on the mortals who
of several hundred inhabitants On'iwi, , u „
live in the vicinity. His excellency.
tion, an honest and upright
stopped by a wall, a shrine is built in
the wall, and in it is placed the image
rising like spires out of the water A
the "hien," or district it is therefore
a walled city, as all government cities
country. Each village has a
sents a dull appearance, with its long
rows of closely built, one story houses,
mer the thermometer rarely rises thatched with straw for the most part,
higher than 95 degrees in the shade, । but occasionally covered with tiles,
and does not often rise so high as that.: A good many trees grow in the little
In winter it seldom falls to zero, but । courts belonging to the houses and
It is from twenty-five to thirty feet
the wall a little niche in which is
side of the wall next to the city is a
broad embankment of earth and
stones built to within five or six feet of
the top. The top of the wall has em-
brasures at intervals of a few
I will open up in rhe Terrell Building E N ST SIDE SQUARE, DECATUR TEXAS,
about rhe .28th of January with an entire new stock of Dry Goods, Shoes, Hats, Hard-
ware. "uunaware. and Tinware. T'h-se gooda were bought for spot cash and we will
give our customers the Very Lowest Prices for cash . We will sell Strictly for Cash,
anil at one price — nor for Thirtv Davs. It will pay you to come and examine our
plows and cook stoves before you buv. Every dollar saved is that much made.
The “boys” to Midway, S. C.
some of them rising to the proportions ) ,KM’"ES- Sblerphnss oMslc)conn.
and । of which Tung Chow can boast a Politicians to Buncombe, N. C.
, , . , great many. Descending into the Topers to Brandy Station, Va.
lands, some of which are several miles j streets. of which there is every variety, I Physicains to Doctortown. Ga.
straight, crooked, long, short, tolera- Puzzle fiends to Riddleville, Ga.
bly broad, very narrow, clean, (for a | Drummers to Modest Town, \ a.
Chinese city), dirty, we find numerous Prohibitionists to Drytown. Cal.
evidences of superstition unnoticed be. ■ Druggists to Balsam Lake, Wis.
fore. Wherever a street is suddenly I Confidence men to Trickum. Ky.
by the proximity of the sea. In sum.
and having its own seperate wall
the officer, is placed there to pacify or
control them. It we are permitted to , ,
. , I 1 and his merits as a man:
enter oneot the houses, we will see in! 1 c . , .
• iherefore be it resolved,
I against a currency issued by private
interests for private interests and con.
trolled by private interests. It is the
only great newspaper in Texas advo-
cating this cause.
If you are a bimetallist you should
read the Gazette to keep up with your
own side. If you are a monometallist,
you should read it to keep up with the
other side.
Subscription price: Daily Gazette,
six months, $3; three months, $1.50.
Weekly Gazette, one year, 60 cents;
six months, 30 cents. J
Last Sunday morning Mr. J. H
Daugherty, living about 4 miles south,
west of here, in the Prairie Point
neighborhood, lost his dwelling by fire.
It caught fire near 3 o’clock a. m and
only a part of their furniture was
saved; but very few things were saved '
from the upper story and nothing from
the dining room and kitchen. The
fire originated in the kitchen, from a
supposed defective flue__Alvord Lo
cal.
are. In fact the word “ching” is the
name both for “wall" and for “city.”
certain as all Texas. Thus the prefect of
6 P. NASH,
DENTIST
done. Some nt the villages are very •
DECATUR. WISE COUNTY TEXAS FRIDAY. FEBRUARY. 7 1896.
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Halcomb, N. W. Wise County Messenger. (Decatur, Tex.), Vol. 17, No. 774, Ed. 1 Friday, February 7, 1896, newspaper, February 7, 1896; Decatur, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1581167/m1/1/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .