The Caldwell News-Chronicle (Caldwell, Tex.), Vol. 18, No. 47, Ed. 1 Friday, April 8, 1898 Page: 10 of 12
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_ ta Um comer.
With Ka ptrdvlaui, drowsy "tick."
Came In * full saoond behind time,
la the race with the needle's "click. **
"Click, tick, click.
Tick, click, tick"—
•uch a queer, merry roce
With the old clock's face,
When srandmothor uaed to kail.
The oat on the ruddy hearthatone
Contentedly purred where ahe lay,
And lastly blinked at the woolly ball
At the end of a half hour'a play;
the old clock In the corner
frowned croaaly at auch a trick,
for a frolicking cat before hla faca
Had made him lose many a "ilek."
• "Tick, click, tick.
Click, tick, click"—
Ouoh a queer, merry race
With tho old dock's face,
When grandmother uaed to knlL.
Falter 8. Atrasaban, In Chicago Newa
BAITED FOR SUCKERS.
The editors of a trade journal pub-
Bahed in a neighboring city were very
modi annoyed by a Chicago publica-
tion whose editora regularly and with
dot giving credit "cribbed from the
sohuuns of the outaide publication.
The Chicago editor dipped with hia
afcaars into the uagas of hia lively ex-
chance, which for convenience nun
to called the Potteville Flywheel, ana
Üpought out from each issue bright
Ofws items and fresh trade notea.
• The editor of the Flywheel"remon-
«tiated with the editor of hia Chicago
Ofchange, which for this narrative
«Nal be called the Dragnet. Sarcastic
ke and pointed charge were
ly ignored, and the editor ofthe
Oaagnet continued to ply the scissors
Itr weekly exercise.
\t length the editor of the Fly-
_jel told hia assistant that patienee
lad ceased to be a virtue. He said,
moreover, that he had decided, to fix
op a "loaded" copy for the special
benefit of his friend, the enemy.
* The "loaded" copy waa prepared.
Secorde of events that happened only
in the imagination of the editor were
■aodwiched between legitimate news
items, and statements were solemnly
oiadc that came as near being ridie-
oioua as the editor dared have them
ood not cause suspicion to enter the
miad of the scissors expert.
Only a few of these "loaded" copiea
veto printed, but the editor of the
flywheel made it his business to seo
; one of them waa addressed to the
t on the regular mailing day.
the editor of the Flywheel went
•bout his work humming a tune while
ft* waited in patience for the next it-
toe of the Dragnet. It came on the
date of publication, and the Flywheel
4fliter after looking it over amiled so
tly all the afternoon that the of-
took advantage of his mood
tor a raise in wages.
The editor of the Flywheel waited
ontil his regular work for the day waa
over. Then he cleared his desk and
with o marked co
before him
the inkwell and proceeded
sevengc.
The article he wrote proved to be
of greater interest to his readers thaa
to the editor oí the Chicago publica-
tion. It was explained in a brief
paragraph that it was customary for
napere to gather their information
from many sources, among which were
their valued exchanges; that on this
particular occasion the editor of the
Dragnet waa on a fishing expedition
and his assistant made use of the scis-
aors with a freer hand than usual, the
mult being that the paper waa caught
by this edit ion that was specially pre-
pared for the purpose.
Tbi#cx|;lsnation caused still broad-
er smiles to play over the face of the
man who hat upon the tripod in the
■Flywheel's office. lie considered the
joke so good that ho wanted othen
lo share it, so he gathered his material
and published it in a neat little il-
lustrated pamphlet for the benefit of
the trade. The title of the story and
aome extracts are as follows:
WILLIAM 80LDAGAIN;
or,
The True Story of an Editor Who
Went Fishing and ( 'aught Some
Fish for Which He Had Not
Baited His Hook.
which bofoa itsfaa wow plentifully
scattered, waa prepared and sent to
tho ofiso of the Dragoot in place of
one number of the regular publica-
tion.
Home of the items were so ridicu-
loua that it was feared the thing had
been overdone, and that the suspicion*
r>f the scissors editor might be aroused.
Rut no food that was offered proved
too strong for him.
There waa some hesitation about
printing the story of William Sold-
again after it was written, but our con-
temporary, which was looking for
stories of the marvelous, eagerly seised
this ono as a choice moisel. The thrill-
ing story of William Soldagain waa as
follows:
"It isa well-known fact that certain
large elevators in the northwest trans-
port grain from one tall building to
another by means of endless belts to
which large baskets are attached. One
of the largeat of these belts is in opera-
tion at the Jumbo elevators. While
the baskets are large and strong, the
men had been cautioned against using
them to get from one building to the
other, last Wednesday morning
tfcaton*
Dragne
boy
kfo;
u uv umreu use uos tuu
rked copy of the Dragnet
dipned his pen deep into
I ana proceeded to take
For a Ion,
annoye
time the Flywheel haa
at the manner in which
tho Dragnet of Chicago haa been clip-
ping news items ana trade informa-
tion from its columns without givisg
proper credit Remonstrances wero
Flywheel,
knxedati
xed a trap for its cor
ago
tired of theae pecula-
_ JH . jntemporarr
with the purpose of catching and
holding up the offender to the view'
of the world. The Dragnet walked
William Soldagain disregarded the in-
structions and stepped into one of the
buckets. He must nave lost his head,
for when half the distance had been
raveled, Soldagain, to the dismay of
his fellow workmen, fell from the
basket to the pavement below. life
waa extinct when hia body waa piekod
up a few minutea later.' Soldagain,
who was a poor man, left a wife and
large family. Mr. Pillabury was ver}*
much affected when he heard of the
sad affair, and gave orders that the
baskets b© st once taken down to
avoid all possibilities of similar acci-
denta in the future."
The Dragnet published this item,
with all of the borrowing details, not
foi*etiing to say it waa "a well-known
fact," although no one ever heard of
the scheme before, and failing to ca tch
the humor in the statement that a pro-
gressive elevator man would discard
a practical labor-saving device be-
cause a man, disobeynig orden had
been killed by moana of it.
A story of remarkable business re-
tí val next caught the attention of tho
editor with a nose for news. It read
as follows:
"The project has been revived to
build a 400-bárrel-a-day mill on the
St. Louis river at Porter. English
capital has been interested and it is
confidently asserted that this splendid
water power will not much longer go
to waste."
Thia cheering news of prosperity
waa picked out by the Dragnci as a
good thing, although the '^splendid
water power" would be hard to locate
on a stream so small it contains hard-
ly water enough to wet its channel.
The "labor-saving roller, with a
kind of shoe on it, siso received se-
rious attention and generous space in
the Dragnet. The editor thought it
was a good thing and must soon be
adopted by all progressive mills,
though he neglected to inform await-
ing public whether it would be most
serviceable in a high or low cut or
whether it should be made of kid or
calf skin to secure the best results.
Tucked off in a corner, not so ob-
scure but the "cribbing" editor dis-
covered them, were a down items un-
der the head "Wisconsin Milling
News." These items related to bona
fide but obscure and one-horse saw-
mills. The editor for whose eye they
were fixed jumped at the conclusion
that each one referred to a flouring
mill of more or less importance. The
compiler of the items was not disap-
pointed to see that he did think that
way. When the editor.of the Dragnet
told his readers that William J. Jones,
of Watseka, was about to double the
output of his mill he did nut dream
that Bill Johnson was simply prepar-
ing to saw out 20 boards a day instead
of ten; nor did he imagine when he
wrote that Cspt. John Walker would
remodel his mill and put in modern
machinery throughout that it would
entail an expenditure of perhaps $3r>.
The closing pages of the pamphlet
were devoted to serious advice to the
editor of the Dragnet, which no doubt
he received in the proper spirit.
lie must have experienood the same
scnaations that come to the manager
of a certain news agency in Chicago a
few yeara ago.
It was pretty well understood that
this newa agency was tapping the
wires and ateo ling the meaaages be-
longing to a largor news aasóciation
which covered the whole United
States. Day after day the newspapers
supplied by the minor agency come
out with telegraphic information
which they could not have obtained
over its own wires, and which, there-
for , they moat have taken from tho
aim of flie lanar •
^P^a «IP naaaa^O
it
newa was
late ooo night
sent over tho wires,
id to loooto it, and it
It to prove that tho
stolon.
a decoy message was
res. It related to a
flying rumor that the president of the
ifnited States had been asaaaainated.
The papera in the association hod been
warned that the decoy waa coming.
They paid oo attention to it. The
other newa agency tapped the wire
and secured the bogus telegram. It
swallowed the bait, hook and all. The
alleged rumor was printed in several
cities, much to the snarae of the newa-
papera that were thus deceived.
The larger association was blamed
for transmitting such a message, even
as a decoy, but it replied that it had to
adopt some method to prove in the
most signal and public manner that
ita telegrama were being stolen.—Chi-
cago Record.
A Bride's OutlL
A marriage which recalls some of
the marriagee in England in the days
when a newly-made husband waa held
by the law responsible for anything
his bride wore on her wedding day
took place ot the end of last raot.th in
o North Carolina high road in Johns-
ton county. The bridegroom and hia
bride were barefooted, lie wore a hat
and a shirt and a pair of trouaere, and
she wore only a calico drees and a
poke bonnet. It is recorded in the
pariah records that one Annie Sell-
wood wm married ot Chiltern All
Sainta in 1714 "wearing only her
shift." But her husband had a legal
reason for wanting her only in that
garment.
Many of the fruits and vegetables
now eaten in England were almost
unknown to our forefathers. Not un-
til Henry VII.'i time were either rasp-
berries, or straw tarries, or cherries
grown in England, and wedc not read
of the turnip, cauliflower and quince
being cultivated before the sixteenth
century, or the carrot before the sev-
•«teenth century.
The wise man never haa a great
bead on hia ahouldero the next morn-
ing.—Chicago Newa.
Ladies' new blouse front ahirt waiats
-hi beautiful line just received at
Cobb'a. 42
The farmer, the mechanic and the
bicycle rider arc liable to unexpected
cuts and hnstaea. DeWitt' witch
Hasel Halve is the best thing to keep
on hand. It heals quickly and is a
well known cure for pile .
T. V. Mt'KKAV.
Do ü?ou
Mear Shoes ?
Moat people do. and when
the average man goes af-
ter a pair ne knows exactly
what he wants, and if he
can ponaibly find it, will
take nothing else.
Now, a lady is different.
She knows just as well
what she wants as the man
but show her a pretty shoe
about one siac too small
and tell her it in a perfect
fit and nine times out of
ten you have made a sale.
©r a t>at ?
If you need either one we
can certainly please you
in both quality and price
in either Oaata' or La-
dies' Shoes, or Meat's
Furaiahlafi Hood a.
T.Kraiiciiar&Son.
~mssBsm
Grove's Ointment
pt areata— til nnhsattby if-
taction* of Uis kln sod wbra
thslast or limbs are tired,
i stiff, aching sod sots, Ore* '
Ointment afford* Iks most
grateful and apaady cora.
OtMtlnsis Hkln Dlaaaaaa, Se-
ams, PI!**. Bursa. Sprslas,
InSsmnatlxn, Snallluge. si>4
anasltarShtslsa sll Irritations of lbs skin,
Traaaara raadlly ylsld lo Its soothing
OarsaS Srtss. taSoooes, snd ths comfort-
ing rolls# It afford* froai
Chapped Skla, Chilblains, rrast-Bltss, sad ss a
skin « 'nis ipwrslly. 1s of nth rslns to srsryoas,
Ihst sll shoakt havs It, SSMs. Ask yea draolal far k.
PARKER'S
ClROKR TORIO
* ias coartriaaOaa of tts best rylafeU
wws, caresWssk Laage, nasals
Rheniastlsai, gervossnsas, WskstaU
R This dslMoas —
medicinas knows.
(amplslnu, lltuiiisstlam tTrmiiriirmf
neae. and all dborders of the towels, -
liver, kidney a. and urlnsry organs..
If yon have loat yoar apatita aad srs law r dril,
ad, or ruffrrlan fmai age, or any Inflnalty. taha
I'arker'a O lager Tnnfelt will atrenffUiea trata aad
body and five you new Ufa aad rteor.
It oxnmencea to art front the first doss, asan
sr*
SS si
Try s bottle to dsn
andgl alase at ail dm_
HIRDKROORRS
The anly ears ears fer Canst TheaafM, qntet
nSfilfS
snss
Druggists. 1
to which Um
dread with which abe looks for-
ward to the hour of woman's
severest trial is appreciated by but
few. All effort should be made
to amooth these rugged places
in life's pathway for her, ere she
presses to her boson her babe.
MOTHER'S FRIEND
allays Nervousness, and so assiats
Nature that the change goee for-
ward in an eaay manner, without
auch violent proteat in the way of
Nausea, Headache, Etc. Gloomy
forebodings yield to cheerful and
hopeful anticipations—she passes
through the ordeal quickly and
without pain—-is left strong and
vigorous and enabled to joyously
perform the high and holy duties
sow devolved upon her. Safety
to life of both is assured by the
use of "Motker'e Frieod, and
the time of recovery shortened.
Mt knew one ladv, the aoUwr of three
children, who suffered greatly In Iba
Mrlh of eaek, who obtained a bottle ot
'Mother's Friend' of me before ber
fourth eonflnsmeat, aad was relieved
quickly and easily, ill agree tbat tbeir
labor was shorter and lees painful,"
Jong G. Poumll, Maaou, Qa.
•I.OOPBBBOTTX.B at all Drafltsm,
or aeatay ampraaa on receipt af price.
8?
_ «c I aval sable MemaUos of
tateraat to «II woman, arfll ha sent m
any adilieaa apon eppUeeuen, by
fc,a«uMrta,e*
em/ten nonces.
Kaptiat Church, Rev. Jeff D. Kay.
paator. Sunday school at 9:30 a. m.
Preaching at 11 a. m.. and H p. m..
every Hunday. Prayer meeting every
Wednesday at a p. m. Young men's
prayer meeting at 7:30 p. m. Tuesday.
Preabyterian Church. Nev. M. C.
Taylor, paator. Kegular servicea on
the first and third Habbath in each
month. Prayer meeting every Wed-
nesday evening. Habhath school every
Sunday morning at 9:4&. J. S. Snook,
superintendent.
Methodist Church. Rev. H. C. Wil-
lis, pastor. Regular services first
second and fourth Sundays at 11a. m.
and 7:00 p. m., and service at Chriee
man every thiftl Sunday at ?:*0 p. m.
Prayer meeting every Wednenriay
night at 7:15 o'clock. Sunday schuui
at 9:30 a. at. W. M. Stone, superin*
tendent.
Wall paper and mure wall paper.
Big new stock just in. Come and see
it. 36-tf Stunk A Hitchcock.
Thousand of sufferers from grippe
have been restored to health by (In*
Minute Cough Cure. It quickly cu.-rs
coughs, cold, bronchitU. pneumonia,
grippe, asthma, and all throat and
lung diseases. T. V. Mt mmav.
Ft Hint
A neat, clean brick nflice-buiid*
ing 10x20 feet, on ground floor,
on tqusre. for rent cheap. Call
on uh. Kiht & Join km.
It is a Rrcat lesp from the old fastt-
ioned d<>ne« of bluc-ntass and nau e~
out physics to the pleatanl little* pills
known as DeWitt' I.ittle tvsrly
Risers. They cure constipation, sick
headache and biliousness.
T. V. Mt HNAV.
"Just tell them that you saw me"
Hunting something to haul;
That I never stop for summer suns,
Kor winter, spring nor full.
Now when you need mt* call me
And I will d« my best,
Then if I fail to please you,
You need not try the re*t.
S. II. Mi'mkav. the Draymnu*
Coffe/t te It Etcuruont.
Kor the following event , reduced
round-trip rates will be announced In
due time:
To Baltimore, Md., for the general
conference of the McthodUt Kpiscopal
church South, May 6.
To Norfolk. Va., for the American
llat ti*t Educational Society, May t>\
To Washington, I). C., for the an-
nual meeting of the National Edu-
cational association, July 7 to 12.
To Nashville, Tenn., for the Inter-
national United Society of Christian
Endeavor, July A to 12.
To Atlanta, Ga., tor ex-Confederate
Veterans reunion, July 21 to 2S.
To Columbia, S. C., for the general
conference of the colored Methodist
Episcopal church, May 3.
For forC
•ss any
ent, or A. A. Glissoii, T. P. A. Fort
urther information please call
on or address any Cotton Belt ticket
IMHHpIBB
Worth, Texas; S. O, Warner, General
Paaaenger agent, Tyler, Tesas.
Thirty-five years make a generation.
That is how long Adolph Fisher, of
Kanesville, Ohio, suffered from piles.
He was cured by using three boxes of
DcWitt's Witch Haael Salve.
T. V. Mi'mn a v.
Have your job work done at home
and get it to suit you. We pleaae
everybody, In quality and prlcea.
Old papera for sale at this office at
30 cents per hundred.
«MHMOm
a. a. «stats.
Tytsr, Tsa.
a. a. ausssa.
Vsse**aMsaamani
ft- SteSt Tea.
tmmm * ae > & i
Easter '08.
21 locare
Experience
80 a Sailor...
If you want Fine Tailor-
ing done in the Latest Style,
you van find it at Reasonable
Price at C aldwell'* up-to-
date Tailor. I^ct uh btiiltl
up our own town first;
other will take care of them-
elve . I have the finest
line of samples in Caldwell.
Call and aee them at
flfoorrie, I;
Cb< Caller.
we-
5c to
£ BIBLES from 2tk to
2 T«ston)«nts
m
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$1.25. S
Large type for old eyes.
We nsvr the New Teata*
I
merit in English. Ger-
man. Bohemian, Spanish
and Chiuc*e.
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S Stone Si Hitchcock,
Depository tnrrksn Slhl« Ssvlnty
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canto sl Drscelsta or l>r mall; asmplsa I0r. by msli.
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wurwipn ftts.
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ssd w« can mrrurr patent In Ir ta time than tho*r
rsttMSc Imni Wa liln(ton.
Sand mmlel, drawing or phnto., wrllti <lr <il,
lion. We adrlaa, II natrnUlilc or not, Ira of
charas. Our lea not due till patant la aerurad
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