The Bastrop Advertiser (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. 49, No. 9, Ed. 1 Saturday, March 1, 1902 Page: 5 of 8
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President Roosevelt received fivo
Ute Indians the other day. They
Ituil come to Wu liin^ton on busi-
ness connected with the disposition
of mineral interest* in their lands.
Only one of 11>«• redskin* could speak
Kn^lish, and the president tried in
vain to "jolly" them. Everything
he suid to them, through Martin
Van, who acted as an interpreter,
fell llat. The Indian* simply jji'/.cd
at the chi.'f executive with stolid
faces and gave absolutely no indica-
tion of interest. Finally in despera-
tion the president suid to the inter
preter:
"Tell them that I had fifty In
diaiiH in my regimcr.t during t*
war with Spain and that a.-« lighter.*
they were crackerjueks."
The faces of the members of the
delegation brightened up at this,
arid they nodded nil carn< t assent.
They left the executive ollice with
their faces wrinkled with smiles.
Agent Mynton, who had the Indians
in charge, said they had not smiled
from the time they armed in Wash-
ington until Mr. KooM-selt paid the
compliment to their rice as lighters.
—Chicago News.
Hire Your Pur .
"There will be snow soon," said a
bounder, "and when it comes I'll
hire a sleigh and a sit of furs and
take my best girl out, dazzling her.
You didn't know, 1 guess, that you
can hire furs, did you? Well, you
can and crackerjacks, too—big seal-
akiu caps with ear tabs, fur gloves
up to your armpits, fur collars up to
your forehead. There are half a
dozen pawnbrokers in this town that
will tit vim out with a'l those things
for an afternoon, and the price is
only a bone. You put them on, and
as you spin along the park drive you
nay to your girl: '1 got these gloves
in Manitoba, a gift from my friend,
the mayor of Dog (iulcli. 1 speared
myself the seal my cap is made from,
and Senator Piteoe gave me the col-
lar 1'iteoc of Wyoming. Perhaps
you know him.' The girl looks at
you. You resemble an Eskimo. She
counts the cost of the furs and de
cides it is a young millionaire she's
up against. After that she's yours."
—Philadelphia Record.
"JOLLY."
OR THli LOVt I
OF A CHILD!
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+ T5y II. I. CLEVELAND. ^
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A Queen on a Ladder.
According to a story which has
drifted across tne Atlantic ocean,
the czarina of Russia can climb a
ladder with all the grace and di'-
iiitv «■ ,ii wI:i'•'. I;e sits her thro
It is related that during her recent
>i.-ii t" Kiel she went shopping with
her si ter. A crowd gathered out
side of a .-tore to get a look at the
cmpr< s, and to escape them she
decided In e eape from tilt? fear.
Some alterations were being made in
the building, and the only means of
ogres* was I climbing down a lad
dcr which the workmen had placed
again t win low. Ha:her than f,*n c
tlie ortlcil awaiting ln r in front -if
the place the empress of all the
Hu ssias climbed down the ladder
anil i i aped through an adjoining
garden.
8ome Nani s.
A T. uiIler-<'ouch sounds thr
"ou"..f In- la-t syllable as the "on"
is sounded in the word "root.' der-
onie K. Jerome accents the lirst
Fvllabli of his last in me. lie pro
nounce it to rhvine with "tear'em."
In the name of Ifobi rt Louis Sie
venson the Louis i pronounced a-
thoilgh it were pellcd "Lewis." Si,
Walter lb ant'.- I t name has its
first syllable accented and rhyme
wit!: "| '• isant." The poet T i<-11.it
llovev's name has it- lirst svllabb
sounded hi as to rhyme with 'Move.
The nan.e of Andrew ('arnc:rie i
| c< led mi the second syllable, l!
( |o.r ! lie t>rOTII>1111 < I d ll tllOU:'h !'.
ere .< ILiI "Car-nay-gie."—l'hila
telphii. lb i >rd.
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w idow
under
Tho Law of Kissing.
deci-ion of a Midlaiul coiin
in a kissing case was that
and a widower have a ri^ht
tin con-titution to ki-s on.
another, and if the pi.liiu: does;, .
like it the public en ii move on."
which lev r c s | he respDIi 1 lliadc i.
the late * -nerablc lawyer and d-. -
con Millard of Adrian, who duici^
a Li iii' t rial was askt J b\ i he
jlldj.e il
ki- in ;,
kled .1- I
with a l
fd. "If I
mil t be
Tribune.
he knew of any law again t
The deacon's eyes twin-
he rose, clean d his throat
I detonation and re-pntid-
is any such law, it
very modern." — I >etioit
4 Lingular Case.
Several years ago Freeman H.
Smith of Mathias, Me, was hit in
the eye by coming in contact with
a pump bundle, and the si^ht was
destroyed. About three weeks ago
lie whs hooked in his well eye by a
heifer, an 1 lie was taken to the hos-
pital at Ibingor and had the t ye re-
moved. In the removal of this eye
the eye which he lost the sight of so
many yea-s ago, but whi h had nev-
er been removed, was restored to
sight, and happily he went home
from tin hospital with better eye-
sight than he had had for ears.
I have mentioned before that
"Gentleman" Ed of Blue I Mick lov-
ed or cared for no woman. King
of all the gamblers that infested the
territory, immaculate in dress and
speech, a Chesterfield even when
circutu-taie cs demanded that he
should kdi, he turned his eyes nei-
ther to the right nor left for a wom-
an's mile. The few that entered
J51 lie I hick in its best days received
no more attention from him than
did Mrs. Carter when "Gentleman"
Ed freed her from her husband un-
der circumstances which the code of
the frontier justified. Yet, with the
exception of his profession, this
mail was all that a woman eouid
have desired. He neither swore nor
drank, lie was scrupulous in his
financial alfairs. lie was familial*
with the Greek and Latin, well vers-
ed in the English clas-ics, an ex-
quisite performer on the guitar or
mi' , a born horseman and as brave
a man as ever rode the range.
A child, though, could move the
heart of "Gentleman" Ed where wo-
men and men failed. There were
few children in I'.lue Duck and few-
er on the ranges that surrounded
the settlement. Hut they all knew
the gambler king, and they loved
him with all the intensity that the
child piits into its first passion. He
was tiie "gentleman gallant" that
never failed them in any joy or
woe. Many a blistering winter morn-
ing I have looked out of the peep
hole in the frosted windows of the
shack 1 worked in and watched
"Gentleman" Ed plowing through
the drifts to the sclioolliuu.se, a child
on each shoulder, one on his hack
and others clinging to the tails of
ii is long fur coat. They weio Miout-
in", he laughing, and the spectacle
was one for the gods of the blizzard
themselves to enoy*. They could not
conquer this man.
After X. K. Hubbard established
his private bank in Hlue Duck there
came to the town a man who rep-
resented his financial interests. He
brought with him his wife and lit-
tle daughter, a child of eight years.
Tho mother stayed close by the
home, for there was no "society" in
Blue I>uck, the father Ii* rail■ livid
in the baiii\, and the cine! r up .
where she plen«ed arid b i">me an
especial favorite of "<Jentlcnian"
Ed. lie sought no reeogi ition from
the father or mother, lie was too
proud, too well aware of hi- station,
to >:iv*e them a single opportunity to
make him feel his moral unworthi-
ness. They lived to theim-clvc-, con-
demning Ins character, ashamed of
Hlue I>uck and its habits, anxious
only to profit by its financial neces-
sities, win their gain and depart.
The child knew little if niivthiiiL'
of the line distinctions drawn. It
tool; to "Ii. Mileiiiali" Ld because he
was intensely lruinan, because he
knew its child In art and, stooping
down, placed himself on its babv
level. To him all its sorrows could
be told, all its triumphs recounted.
The parents did all within their
power to quietly* break up tho inti-
macy, but without absolutely shut-
ting up the child they could not
prevent it, and Hlue Duck was with
"Gentleman" Ed on the proposi-
tion. Eventually they accepted the
situation, and the child saw her
knight whenever she cho e. Once
when she was ill and kept to her
home (no physician in the commu-
nity) the • ambler rode lift V Miles to
Sliali .w Bottoms, drag: id the om
physician there out of his bed,
mounted him and brought him back
to Hlue 1 luck and the child. The
parents made no sign as to this, but
Hlue Duck in its wicked heart re-
joiced ovor t he deed.
The winter that Henry* Ward
Boecher Hod Wolf and his Indian
brothers dug tunnels and passage-
ways in the streets of Hlue Duck
willy nilly* Wi s especially severe on
the children. Owing to the bliz-
nnls the school was frequently clos-
ed, the youngsters could not play
outdoors and home life palled.
Their moments of freedom only
came when the sun shone, the wind
was low and they could romp over
the iuinicn drifts. Then and then
only did "Gentleman" Ed have op-
portunity to see the banker's little
girl ami receive the rich afiVction
of lnr heart. She would bog him to
come to her home, but he knew
what welcome would await him
there, and ho nhvavs put lior off.
One day when she came out with
her playmates and rushed through
the two streets of tho town looking
for him he was engaged in a mighty
interesting game of faro—from
Hlue Duck's point of view. The
stakes were high, for tho men of
Shallow* Hottoms, Flat Crook, Grass-
\illc and Sunset had come over
avowedly to capture all the assets of
Blue Duck I'd heard the shouts of
tho children in the street, finished
his deal, thr^w i1 vn the cards an 1
a moment later u.i- at roiup with
llictn. Some man from I lat Creek
made a sneering comment on this,
but the ominous silence with which
Blue I >iii k received the remark chill-
ed him, and he shortly withdrew
from the game. A child and a
child's love prevailed in I'due Duck,
whatever its morals were. Ed fin-
ished his sport with the children
• ml returned to the game and vic-
tory. What the Flat Creek gentle-
man had said was repeated to him.
"You have five minutes to start
for homo," sai 1 Ed, looking at liini
whore he stood by the stove. Men
who were standing about him quiet-
ly drew oIT. Flat Creek under tood
und departed, and the oi'emler nev-
er returned to the town, lie valued
Ins own life too highly to face Blue
Duck's guardian again.
One bitter cold afternoon, with a
dazzling sun in the sky, frost spar-
kles blinding the eyes and while on
the earth from Hudson bay to tho
Cheyenne, there came a cry down
the main street of Hlue Duck:
"Child lost!"
Tho wail, more than crv, was
from the lips of a mother, the wife
of the banker, and the child lost was
tho little girl to whom "Gentleman"
Ed had given his heart. She had
boon sent out to play at noon, and,
learning that Ed had gone to Flat
Creek on business, she bad parted
from hor companions and started
over the prairie wastes to meet him
coming home. Tho other children
bad not given the warning until an
hour or two later.
Fifty men went out on the Flat
Creek trail in fifteen minutes, but
with all their riding and searching
they found no trace of the child.
Tho snow was drifting just enough
to hide babv footprints, and the
cold was intense. When "Gentle-
man" Ed arrived and they told him,
lie gave out a cry like that of the
cougar when struck to tho heart.
Now the fill in r and mother wore at
Ids feet hogging him to find their
enmi out in the wasu^, pleading
j*ml beseeching. He gave them no
reminder of the past. Ho put them
aside, called for his horse and two
hounds, singularly named Prince
and Pauper. Ho took* up the trail
just where the little one had left her
playmates, ai d lie rode out into the
night alone save for the dogs.
"He'll not come back without
her," said Blue Duck and waited un-
til dawn and then, failing of hear-
in-: fr< mi him, spr- :d il ■•■It out like
u ^ ;*i'«!i fan on tin Fi t < rick trail
and took up I ho search it - elf.
To and fro in the wind and the
cold rode the men of Hlue Duck
and far inio the morning. Away
south i f the trail they hoard the
long wail of a troubled hound, and
they rode toward tho cry like sav-
a ;i s. They came to an old wallow
which tho snow had not quite fill- d
n| . and down in its depths was tho
body of a dead horse, and between
its legs am! pre->i d close to its belly
was the still form of a man, and on
top of this man were two crouching
hounds, calling one after the other
that their master wis riding with
death and help must come—must
come speedily.
The hounds leaped from th ir
perch, and the si archers dragged
"Gentleman" Ed from the lior.-e,
and there, buri d d< ep in the snow,
warm and cozy, half awake and half
iisleep, was ihi> child, safe but for
fa. e fro-nng. What a shout went
up, and lew the men sped back to
Blue Duik with Ed, in whom there
was no si. n of lit. ! What work was
done that afternoon and night no
one but those tln re will iver know,
1 ut by evening the gambler opened
his eyes, and we knew that he was
safe, Mi ii fell on each other and
eric I, while tl. • hanki r sobbed with
his head on Ed's hrea-t, and the
mother stood by and blessed him.
The child was home asleep, but lat-
er she was to sin i i||,i praisi - of ln r
hi t'o and tlie hounds.
When Ed started oti his search,
the hounds revealed at on e that tho
child had wandered from the trail.
They took him .straight to the wal-
low into which she had plunged
ii I a l
when
w a
freezing to
death. Hi- h"i e hi k his h g in a
fall, and Ed went down with him
with a twisted ankle, but he killed
the animal, opened il hide, tucked
the child in, laid himself ovi r lnr
and waited for death, certain,
t bough, I hat Blue I >\ek w ould < ■ >mo
and find tho ohi'd alive, for whoso
love he was willing to die.--Chica-
go Hccord-llcrald.
Is brought about between you and us, by the
great satisfaction that comes of buying from
us your supplies of . . .
Staple and Fancy Groceries,
And it's a good habit to form—the coming
here when in search of the Freshest and
Purest Groceries in the City.
THE GREATEST MONTH
In the Greatest Year of our business career
has begun. It is a perfect blaze of
Gent's Furnishings,
unequeled in this section. We feel proud
of our friends who have given us their gen-
erous patronage and influence and take
pleasure in extending to them our most sin-
cere thanks.
Nothing succeeds like success-a success
made possible by the use of every up-to-date
method and strict attention to details has
crowned our efforts. Your patronage cor-
dially solicited.
Perkins Brothers,
Phone 50, 3 rings.
Bastrop, Texas.
Main Street.
PROFKSS/O \ AL CARPS
! atvxers.
h. d oho a in.
w k. maynaki)
QR'tAIN 9 MAYNAKI).
Attorneys-iit
H«-tr i|i TeXa*.
Will praeUco Iii a!', till- higher aid In-
ferior t'oiiru.
j r kowi.kk
J I' HlVVI.KK, JK
FOWLKU & IOWLKR
Attorney s-at-Lazv,
W ill (irailu e In all the llliitiiT utid Inferior
CiiurlK.
UlfU'u—Over KlrM NmIoiihI Hank
QUOWN, LANK ^ liAltWDOl),...
, . AND . '.
PACK MILKY.
Lawyers.
Hiotlrop unit Smlthvillo
I'rwtlco In nil ('(limn. Sihit mi'l Kr'lrral
J At K JBNKINS
Attorney at-Law.
BASTROP .... TKXAK.
I'riictlei' In all the Court*
Only completo net ol Aliatrn 't Book* lu the
county
Notary In ofTler
UlO'lt'K.—Uvur lat Nullinial Bnnk
}, W I on I S. J. R. Ji'N r B
Junks & .kinks,
Attorneys-at La
HA8TROP, .... TK.XAS
om ii'R—•UpHialra In Krliwrd BulUllnn
I The,.
s JVliss p. Chambers & Co.,
Have Received a Complete Line of
Millinery, Tailor Made Suits,
Dress Cxoods, Notions, Etc.
C. C. llUtllS.Ml 111
Attorney-at-Law.
BAHTK01', .... TF.XA8.
Will iirru'tln© In all thu IIIkIut ami Inferior
Courts in tin Still.-
Almtriu ta of title futnU'ii"! I nan* ui'Kotiv
*1 auii Collii'lioiiM promptly &tti'it<lr<l to
OM I .ami Clnliuii in v. NiU'al" l in nil I'ltrta of
the Statu
A Boot and Shoe Museum.
One (section of the /rreut historical
collection at UrcsileTi i; literally a
rniixcum of boots anil kIioi -, l>ein„',
it is believed, unerjunled in the
world as a repositon f"r the foot-
wear of celebrities. Among the
things of interest shown are a pair
"f shoes worn by Martin Luther sit
the I Met of Worms and the toilet
(dippers of the pnat Maria There-
*a. In a sealed ease are shown the
boots worn by Napoleon at the bat-
tin of lire den and the jack boots of
IV ter the Great.
J. H. I'RICK
County Judge and
Attorney-at-J .aw.
Ban trap. Tpim
Will practice In all th* 1*1kl er court■
Physicians and Surgeons.
H. V. LUCK K I T, M. I)
Physician (ir* Surgeon.
I'hnnv 'it. Ba«tro|>, Ti tan.
0FK1CK—At W.J. Mlk-ya limit Store.
JOI GILBKKI ■ • • •
J'hif.siiian ami Sun/eon.
Bastrop, Tela*.
Orru:*— W. J. Mllojr'i Oruir Store
KiuinKNCB—I). II Bell *. I'lioue 11
Tailor-Made Suits a Specialty.
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BEN MARTIN
Loented tit KIIKAKI) Ol.D S I AND,
is prepared to ilo all kinds of ItlHekHinitli*
lnt; in the tnot st>le, eurefully and with
dispatch.
A WOOD SHOP is connected with my establishment where
all kinds of ( arriiu'e and Wayon work is done tinder strict ^uar-
antee. Special \tteiitiofi jjiven to Horse Mioeing.
fi Vour I'atronage Hespectsully Solicited.
| Ben Martin.
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H. B. COMBS, M. D
Physician and Surgeon.
BASTROP, - TKXA8
Orrir«—C. Krhard .% Son'* Urn* Store.
Ul«llilf.. K—Ka l Ha«trop.—1'liuuv M.
pricnd-in-f"leed Society, t
OF BASTROP COUNTS. \
T. W. CAIN, Prksipknt. B.C.CLARK, Atss't 8fc'Y 5
\V. A. McCOKI), VicK-Pres. T. A. HASl.MH, Tkkarurkr
This S' eiety b is but one purpose -to place in the hands of the bene-
fieiariesof its de>'eased members, immediately after death, a sum of
money which will tide them ovor tho hardest time. This sum will tx>
one ilnllar for each member in ^on l standinc u > to five hundreds dollars
but in no ease will more than five hundred il^.lars he paid. The mem-
bership feo is two dollars and the advance assessment for the benefi-
ciary fund, one dollar. So that it costs to become a member.
Reputable white persons, male and female between the atfes of IS and
,r 0 years, are eligible to membership, but applicants must be in appar-
ent jjood health. Persons desiring to become members can apply to II.
C. Clark, Assistant Secretary, or any authorized agent,
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