Wise County Messenger. (Decatur, Tex.), Vol. 17, No. 775, Ed. 1 Friday, February 14, 1896 Page: 2 of 10
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wonder why their 1
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closer and put themselves into a listen-
ing attitude.
or not, it is not for us to say, but a man
will soon pass our line and then we will
thing in 13 after all.
who was braving danger alone for the
“It was but the work of a few minutes
Pretty young daughter and from the
Choice
We were a light-hearted set.
happy as could be in our mission, and
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NO WASTE OF WATER.
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ance sheets were showing an alarming
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and practice of railroad management
was temporarily condensed to one pos-
thus’ visits with respectful considera-
tion, but they weren't blind and they
in the United States last year, which
makes it look as if there were some-
galloped along under the bright, star-
lit skies.
The aristocratic dog cemetery at the
north end of Hyde Park. London, has
been closed, as it is completely filled
with tenants.
connoisance would be most valuable.
“It was a cold, clear night, one of the
kind that puts spirit into 2 man and
cure Liver Ills; easy tc
take, easy to operate. 250
why they get tired so easily;
sleep naturally ; why the y hav
sions in adjacent territory upon which
their covetous fingers have been itch-
ing to close.
wasn’t long till she was as much in love
with Xanthus as he was with her.
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danger, give him protection.’
"The colonel turned to his writing.
that his visits to the Venable house
would bring him into trouble, but youth
—and especially youth that is in love—
is headstrong, so he went on his way
just as we expected he would.
"Finally, one day, when things had
an ugly scar Xan-
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fellow wants to go and sec his girl.’
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there don’t seem to be much use for a
ing away in the direction of the Ven-
able household where we knew our re-
flash out and put his assailants to flight. HonH‛, Pilic
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A Woman Diver.
There is a professional woman diver
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few will choose a
bicycle other than the Columbia
why they c.
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The statement of the Railway Age
that during the present year railway
building reached a lower point than in
cent draw, "that is look of mock sternness on his kindly
face. He addressed us as follows: Gen-
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The New York Morning Jour-
nal recently offered ten leading
makes of bicycles as prizes in a
guessing contest,giving the win-
ners free choice of any one of
the ten machines. The result was
ALL of the ten winners selected
we laughed, chatted and joked as we
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Nothing to Wear.
"Prepare to die!” hissed the heavy
villain. “Goodness! Not in this rowdy
rig, I hope,” replied the heroine, with
opportunity to go up to the big house, makes him feel like bounding over the
as we called it. And it wasn’t long until ground.
the little Venable girl—Venable was
her father’s name, David Venable—it
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There were 13,013 business failures | mnarchingihad been rather continuous
and arduous. Xanthus then was a lieu-
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more observing and less passionate.
might learn much from young women. 1 —
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other day two little girls, children of been going on in this way for some
Alfred Miller, went into the store, and time, Dick asked the colonel for leave
extensive crops already many of the kept them out of the confederate ranks,
companies are discussing future exten-
♦'st time that Xanthus saw her it was
all over with him. He fell desperately
in love and availed himself of every
our young lieutenant
Sr.
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CONGRESS, BUTTON,
and LACE, mnde in all
kinds of the brat selected
leather by skilled work-
men. We
make and
sell mom
$3 Shoes
than any
other
the world.
story-telling abilities, drew their chairs gone to the Venable house to carry off
closer and put themselves into a listen- ! the daughter of that household as a
During all the warlike talk of the
is liable to encounter great
fered to raise his army. His Washing-
ton campaign must have satiated his
thirst for gore.
"Miss Lilian skates splendidly,
doesn't she?” “Well, she ought to: her
father's in the liquor business.”
penses. With increasing earnings and
aches, indigestion and
Nervous Dyspepsia. The explanation 1e
simple. It is found in that impure blood feed-
ing the nerves on refuse instead at the ele-
ments of strength and vigor. Opiate and nerve
compounds simply deaden and do not cure
Hood's Sarsaparilla feeds the neryes pure
rich blood ; gives natural sleep, perfect diges
tion, is the true remedy tor all nervous trou lues.
Hood’s
Sarsaparilla
Isthe One True Blood Purifier. All druggists. $1
tions already occupied by their trunk
or branch lines. In 1894 railroad bal-
Andrew Mathes, a Cincinnati team- !
«er, lost his temper because his sweet-
heart refused to kiss him and climbed
out on the fire escape to frighten her.
He threatened to jump off, and while
he was speaking fell. He kissed tne
ground thirty feet below, and got a
smack that badly jarred but did not
hurt him. His sweetheart kissed him
then and made him well.
| bride. Now, whether his action is right
regular decrease, and the whole theory hated.him in .his blue, uniform 38 the
• devil hates holy water. They were big,
brawny fellows, who wore only stay-at-
homes because their principles would
not let them enter the union army, and
their own and their father's interests
watched the affair constantly and won- Stetson, ‘that an escort of half a dozen
dered how it would turn out. The little men has to be sent out every time a
girl had a couple of brothers, who for
the sake of policy treated Dick Xan- i
eye, all this is neither here nor there,
and is of no consequence to you. My
purpose in assembling you together is
tulate of the times, reduction of ex-
None genuine unless name and
price is stamped on the bottom.
.Ask.vour dealer for ss,
24,83.30, 83-20, S2.25 Shes;
8Z.ao.ez and »1.75 for boys.
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when the rich waters flow over the)
the fine gold clusters in rich deposits
over the zinc. for which it has an affin-
ity. The gold deposits itself in the form
of fine dust on the plates of zinc.
The Florida girl for whom two young
men killed each other is reported as
“unmoved.” Young men, if they were
an apprehensive glance toward
4ise Gounty glesseuger. THECOLONELS STORY.
reconnoitering party to-night; here's 1
one place where the course of true love
seems to run smooth,' when the clatter 1
of horses’ hoofs broke upon our ears.
"We quickened our pace to the edge
of a clump of poplars that commanded
a view of the road. Even before we saw
his flying horse and his face gleaming
in the moonlight we knew instinctively
that it was Dick Xanthus and that he
was in trouble.
"We saw that his horse was carrying
double and we smiled even as we halted
and drew our sabers, for the noise of
pursuers sounded close upon the clatter
“Those who were on the inside
STANDARD OF THE WORLD
Unequalled, Unapproached.
Beautiful Art Catalogue of Columbia and Hart-
ford Bicycles is free if you call upon any Colum
bia agent; by mail from us .or two 2-cent
stamps.
POPE MANUFACTURING CO.
Factories and General Offices, Hartford, Conn.
Branch Stores ana Agencies in almost every
city and town. If Columbias are not properly
represented in your vicinity let us know. P *
dangers in accomplishing his end. But.’ of his horse's hoofs. But thought we he
said the colonel, with a twinkle la. his
The Emperor William didn’t mean
to bring on a war. He congratulated
President Krueger simply on the de-
lightful climate of South Africa.
A Brunswick, Mo., inventor is now
manufacturing a patent pie-lifter. Any ।
contrivance that will facilitate the
movement of our great American lux-
ury must certainly become famous.
"A quarter of an hour after Lieut.
I Dick Xanthus had cantered away from
"On they came, pursuer and pursued.
The lientenant was very near us, and
we could see him looking down into the
face of the little Venable girl, when, to
our surprise, what should he do but
whirl suddenly and go charging back
straight into the faces of his pursuers.
"It was all done in a moment. We
saw his saber flash upward; and we
heard a woman scream: 'Don’t kill my
brother,’ and saw the saber lowered;
then there was a flash of another steel
and Xanthus dropped from his horse,
just as we dashed up and surrounded
the two Venable boys.
“The girl was on the ground beside
her lover, weeping and trying to
staunch the flow of blood, while her
brothers stood by, mad enough to end '
it all with her; but we took them all
safe into camp. Of course, we couldn’t
do anything with the fellows—they
were only protecting their own. But,
they had to consent to the marriage of
their sister with Xanthus; for, as you
know, he did not die of his wound.
and we knew that we had received our
orders. Not a man who did not under-
stand, and we turned away with smiles
on our faces and a great thrill of sym-
TAKE NO SUBSTITUTE. If yourdealer
cannot supply you, send to fac-
tory, enclosing price and 36 cents
to pay carriage. State kind, style
of toe (cap or plain), size and
width. Dur Custom Dept. will til!
your .order. Send for new Illus-
mnaxaranssandan anelasa. S’ I w.tbocLas;Sfockton,Mass.
strange calling. yoy tobecometawruipnystctans;ooyrupsymau.
41 Write ill. Health Umversity, Chicago-
Lord Salisbury can testify to the
fact that misfortunes never come singly
even to the government of a great na-
tion.
Simple Process of Extracting Gold from
Ore Which Saves Millions.
From the Boston Journal of Com-
merce: It is not generally known, even
in California, that millions of dollars
are annually taken from rude heaps of
base-looking quartz by the flowing of
water over huge piles of broken rocks
that contain the precious metal. The
process of robbing the earth of its gold
has now been reduced to such a fine
point that a gentle flow of water over
the ore gleans it of its golden treasures,
and this works well in cases where the
old chloride and other methods are not
so useful.
The water used by miners in bringing
gold from piles of mineral-bearing
quartz is charged with a simple chem- 1
brought about this result. I have al-
lowed myself to give Lieut. Xanthus
leave to go outside the lines to-night,
and it is my impresison that he has
In an Illinois town last week a the-
atrical company stranded. An actress
saved her wardrobe from the sheriff
by wearing ten costumes. Even then
she was not overdressed.
The Journal ac-
cordingly bought
ten Columbias, •
paying $100 each
for them, without
discount or rebate.
On even terms
The Sultan hopes this European
tangle may continue until he can wipe
out the remainder of the Armenians.
ASK YOUR DEALER FOR
W. L. Douglas
83. SHOE BEWOADTHE
If you pay s4 to 8G for shoes, ex- a A-
amine the W. I— Douglas Shoe, and <9
see what a good shoe you can buy for • ■
OVER IOO STYLES AND WIDTHS,
reply, “ the escort had to go all the
way wK. him and listen to all he said
to his f vet heart.'
“ 'Pt wos’d rather hard on the
fellow,' added Teinbury.
“ ‘Not half so hard as on the lis-
teners,' retorted Bates.
“ 'You're a fraud, Bates; a cynical, tin-
matrimonially inclined fraud, and mar-
ried at that,’ said one of the men.
“‘Married? That’s the reason he
isn’t matrimonially inclined,’ answered
another.
“ 'By George!’ exclaimed Stetson, ’if
you don't change your opinions you
don t deserve another letter from your
wife and I hope she won’t write to you.’
"Bates sobered very suddenly. ‘Well.’
he said, ‘this little love-making has to
go on, I suppose. I remember when I
was making love to my wife.’
" ‘Old Jim Bundy died on Sunday.’
broke out the ciorus of five Irreverent
ical, which has the potency to dissolve
gold and hold it in solution. The spark-
ling liquid, which flows over hundreds
of tons of quartz, trickles through the
mines and seeks its level, laden with
gold, is charged with a deadly poison,
cyanide of potassium, a drug which fer-
rets out the minutest particles of the
yellowish metal and dissolves them and
brings the precious burden to the vats
for conversion into refined gold again.
The cyanide process is as noiseless and
unerring as the laws of gravitation. The
method is based on the fact that even
a very weak solution of cyanide of
potassium dissolves gold or silver,
forming respectively auro-potassic cy-
anide and argento-potassic cyanide. The
solution is separated from the solid ma-
terial and the gold and silver are pre-
cipitated In metallic form. During the
last five years the process has been in-
troduced into almost every gold field in
California and elsewhere, and more
than $20,000,000 has been recovered by
the gentle flow of the waters charged
with the magical chemical.
Precipitation is effected by the use of
fine pieces of zinc, so arranged that
tenant in the 5th infantry, and a braver party; go out and reconnoiter, no matter
or more daring fellow never wore the where or what; don’t do anything rash,
blue. He was the envy of all the young I but should you happen to find any sol-
officers and the idol of the soldiers. He I dier or officer of the United States in
had the manners of a Chesterfield and
the daring of a Robin Hood. And it was
any of the last twenty years, is sus- l
ceptible of very simple explanation.
The greatest era of railroad construc-
tion is over, and in the future most I
railroad growth will be in the gradual
extension of their iron tendrils in sec-__
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clambering up on the counter, each sung on the next night. Old Tom Baker was
a pretty little song. Each claimed a colonel of the regiment then, and he
doll and got it. The merchant has since was a good-hearted old codger. He
changed the form of his advertisement. | winked knowingly as he gave the young
lieutenant leave and warned him not to
get into trouble.
"EK g A Frem f'.S. -I ou nf Jedi i e
5 ag 4 Prof. W. H. Peeke,
5 g » £ who makes a specialty
grd8 585# ‘ t Epileps} ■ has without
2 V H S “KG, doubttreatedandcured
388 39 E “ more cases than any liv-
5 5 5 Ging Physician: his snc-
« r-y p , }cess ts astonishing. We
d dM. Qkh? have heard of cases
203ears standing cured
8« «d hy him.
E ■ He pub-
Cured
bottle of his absolute eure, free to any sufferers
who may «end their P. O. und Express address.
Wo advise any one wishing a cure to addrese.
Prof-W. H. PEEKE, F. D.,4 Cedar St., N.Y.
“A saber-stroke, did you say? No,
that’s the unromantic thing about the
whole affair. A saber-stroke would
have had the right tone about it, but
they had cut our lieutenant with a big
corn-knife!”
tiemen. the discipline of this camp, it
must be confessed, is rather lax. Cou-
tinued sojourn in peaceful territory and
consequent immunity from danger have
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' ; ’be camp a half-dozen of us young fel-
ES,” said the lows were summoned into the colonel’s
colonel, giving his presence. We found him pacing back
weed the 'reminis- j and forth the length of his tent, with a
The old man drew his cigar again
and went on: “We were camped at a in love
small town near Lexington that week;
it was near the end of th- war, and j
w hile we had not been doing much
fighting for a month or more, our
The man in New York who wanted to
be naturalized without knowing the dif-
ference between the Fourth of July and
Decoration Day may have been one of '
those people who get themselves more
or less decorated on the nation's birth- ,
day.’ . .
I A dry goods dealer of Kokomo, Ind.,
/ advertised “dolls for a song.” The
“ ‘It's rather hard
the combination of these two qualities
’bat got him into trouble and brought
him the scar that makes him look so
fierce and military. _ _____
past month General Coxey has not of- “Near where we were camping was ; pathy in our hearts for the comrade
the mansion of a wealthy old Kentucky - — ______
farmer, a supposed unionist, but who sake of ’be girl that he loved.
really was in sympathy with the con- "I • -• —h--._______
federacy. In addition to other very de- to swing into the saddle and go gallop-
sirable commodities he possessed a
to send you out as a reconnoitering
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A St. Louis paper published the
names and pictures of a large number of
bachelors in that city who might pos-
sibly be induced to marry, and espe-
cially called the attention of the leap
year girls to them. Miss Beda Holland,
of Nokomis, 111., has written that she
will take one of them, and requests the
editor to kindly select one for her -one '
who is wealthy preferred. Beda evi-
dently believes in improving oppor-
voices, entirely drowning Bates in- wm
cipient narrative, and we all whipped G A gv ggag Raa
up our horses to keep pace with the 889 €_X ■8 4688
sudden indignant spurt which he took. 1 — "2 “ • “7*
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Halcomb, N. W. Wise County Messenger. (Decatur, Tex.), Vol. 17, No. 775, Ed. 1 Friday, February 14, 1896, newspaper, February 14, 1896; Decatur, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1581168/m1/2/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .