The Seymour News (Seymour, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 21, Ed. 1 Friday, April 6, 1900 Page: 6 of 8
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Brandon repairs to her own office,
secures her hat and gloves, and re
enters George's room with "Pin
ready, de$r; and, oh, isn't this per-
fectly splendldPr George stepped
oot the door, but she lingered for
a moifcent, saying: "George, is my
fc^t on straight!"
TJie case, was called, Mrs. Bran*
dbn snowed her husband under
*ith the testimony, and marie a
speech of over an hour, taking her
sfcut with the most complacent
(•mile, fearing to let hor eyes meet
his test she should burst right out
i&to laughter o?er the glorious
success of her cause. George rose
elpwly to make bis rejoinder, feel-
ing that his case wus desperate,
ami yet with full determination to
win if possible.
"Gentiemen of the jury," he
said;, "It is natural for woman to
abuse her own sex, and to admire
what she is pleased to term chiv-
alrous in man. The advocate for
iho defendant is no exception. It
is easy for one woman to become
prejudiced against another. It is
therefore wise for this jury to re-
ceive with many misgivings# the
exaggerated statements and highly
colored generalities of the opposi-
tion whose personal likes atid. dis-
likes have tinctured all her argu-
ments. Imagination, the chief ele-
ment of fiction, is poisou to the
furor's mind. Under its influence
the ends of justice are defeated
told the grossest wrongs are inflict-
ed upon the innocent. .^Marriage
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ife a solemn compact. It should
not be .annulled for ordinary reas-
ons. Butwhen conj ugoT'affiufties
are absolutely wanting,, the bonds
of wedlock become the chains of
the dungeon;. The Giver of all
good has permitted all His creat-
firSis tov be happy under proper
dondifions. Whatever burdens a
man with'misery, is sinful. The3e
people are not happy, notwith-
standing the husband opposes the
divorce. The pair is badly mated.
The whole array of argument and
vituperation hurled at my client
charges her with hypocrisy. They
tell you thaf she poses as a mar-
tyrdom; that while she is beautiful,
her face is only a mask, and that
ber life one unbroken clamor
for money which her husband can-
ot furnish.. In the light of our
fenowledge of the human soul, I
ask you to-view that countenance
.* with-a critical eycj You. have
fceen.selected as jurors not only
•n account of your intelligence,
ftut especially on account of; yeur
intelligence, but especially on ac-
•eunt.of your eminent fitness to
jjUdge human nature, and to pre-
vent fraudulent measures from,
passing as truthful testimony.
Where, gentlemen, do you find
wi that faoe, the traces of decep-
tion and hypocrisy charged by the
opposition?.' The marks of sorrow
are there; but not of.guilt—sorrow
imposed by the failure of the hus-
band to keep his contract with his
wife. The weekly allowance which'
She was to have, has been with
beld.almost ever since the honey-
noon. Will the law require men
fa the ordinary commercial trans-
actions of everyday life to- regard
tbeir obligations, and allow the
bushand to repudiate bis- pledge
to bis wife? That face,.I say, has
been smitten by the hand of grief,
but not by the bond of sin* The
soul writes itself legibly on the
fttce of man. But you find here
■o chirograpby of hatred, malice,
tfr revenge."'
Here Mrs. Brandon begins to
manifest extreme nervousness, and
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she would rather her husband
would not linger so long ou hit
client's loveliness, bat1 he contin-
ued;
"There is arcountenance for you
-l^lpuklaes as that of the lamb
TRY IT
Women suffer-
ing from female
troubles and
weakness, and
from irregular
or painful men-
ses, ought not
to lose hope if
doctors cannot
help them. Phy-
sicians are so
busy with other
diseases that
they do not un-
derstand fully
the peculiar ail-
ments and the
delicate organism of woman. What
the sufferer ought to do is to give
a fair trial to
DFBEUT8
which is the true cure provided
by Nature for all female troubles. It
is the formula of a physician of the
highest standing, who devoted his
whole life to the study of the dis-
tinct ailments peculiar to our moth-
ers, wives and daughters. It is made
of soothing, healing, strengthening
herbs- and vegetables, whish have
been provided by a kindly Nature to
cure irregularity in the menses, Leu-
corrhcea, Palling of the Womb, Nerv-
ousness, Headache and Backache.
In fairness to herself and to Brad«
field's Female Regulator, every
suffering woman ought to give it a
trial. A large $r bottle will do a
wonderful amount of good. Sold by
druggists.
Send for a nlwly illustrated free boofc on tlie subject.
The BradfteJd Regulator Co., Atlanta, Ga.
that sports in the meadows of the
springtime. The cloud y<ou see
there is not the shadow of au evil
spirit, but the gloom of neglected
'love. There is a character for
you to place alongside those of
the martyrs and the saints^ a soul
stainless as the dew On the lily—
and yet crushed under the heel of
forgetful and ungrateful loye."
'Here Mrs. Brandon moves
across and takes a seat beside her
husband, and looks uncomfortably
at the belauded features.
"Gentlemen of the Jury," Georgs
continued; "in the physiognomy of
my client yon haye a pioture of
ideal beauty marred only by traces
of sorrow. How can you believe
that anything but love and gentle-
ness and sweetness, and all the
other virtues, cardinal and secon-
dary, abound, in the heart whose
crimson"—
But he lost? his sentence,, for
Mrs. Brandon jerked his coat tail
rather savagely, and frowned* at
poor Mrs. Seltzer. However; he
was not to be daunted:
"Gentlemen of the Jury, look
into those eyes; trusting, mellow
and deep where the love-light
beams through her humiliation!
AhTgentlemen,.there is something
of heaven's blue in those sadden-
ed orbs! Look upon tbose win.
dows of a beautiful soul shadowed
DO YOU GET UP
WITH A LAME BACK ?
Kidney Trouble Makes You Miserable.
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Almost everybody who reads the news-
papers is sure to know of the wonderful
cures made by Dr.
Kilmer's Swamp-Root,
the great kidney, liver
and bladder remedy:
It Is the great medi-
cal triumph of the nine-
teenth century; dis-
covered after years of
scientific research by
fi 1 Dr. Kilmer, the emi-
nent kidney and blad-
der specialist, and Is
wonderfully successful in promptly curing
lame back, kidney, bladder,.uriti acid trou-
bles and Bright's Disease, which is the worst
form of kidney trouble.
Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root Is not reo-
ommended for everything but If you have kid-
ney, liver or bladder trouble it will be found
just the remedy you need. It has been tested
in so many ways, la hospital work, In private
practice, among the helplesstoo poor to pur-
chase relief and has proved so successful in
every oase that a special arrangement has
been made by which all readers of this paper
who have not already tried it,, may have a
sample bottle sent free by mail, also a book
telling more about Swamp-RoQt and how to
find out if you have kidney or bladder trouble.
When writing mention reading this generous
offer in this paper and
send your address to
Dr. Kilmer & Co., Blng-
hamton, N. Y. The
fifty cent' and Homo oT Swamp-Root,
sizes ore sold. by. oil good druggists.
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by a ruthless hand and closed to1
many of the ravishing scenes which
devoted' love creates for all. In-
spect those portals of. light that
rival the eyes of Helen of Troy-
eyes over which Grecian heroes
might have fought and Grecian
gods grown jealous."—
He was about to begin another
flowery ascent when Mrs, Brandon
pinched him sharply and gritted
her teeth at ber own client. Bfe
only took a deep breath and pro-
ceeded:
"Look at that hand, dimpled as
a child's and shapely as Diana's—
a hand he swore by at the alter,
but into which he refuses to drop
the weekly allowance promised
long ago, thus ostracising her from
the society of the great western
Four Hundred where she easily
moved as queen.''
Mrs. Brandon moved over a lit-
tle closer and took particular pains
to mash his tendereat corn,. but he
was unabashed.
"Gentlemen of the jury, when
she testified, did you not feel the
indescribable charm of her pres-
ence? And were you not thrilled
at the sound of her voice, musical
and dovelike, hinting so sweetly
of the silent music of her life?
And did you not observe her
movements in this place of justice,
graceful as a nymph at the court
of Minerva! Can you believe that
that brow ever clouded in peevish-
ness, or that that voice ever croak-
ed iu anger, or that those eyes
ever scowled in hatred for his
eruel neglect? Tbey have ridleul-
ed her beauty as though it were a
cloak to hide deception with. I
challenge your gentlemen, to find
the slightest semblance of deceit
or treachery there. I challenge
you' to find any of the sin-wrought
features of the money-loving wo-
man there. Look, gentlemen of
the jury,, upon those cheeks, tint-
ed like the rose of the Maytime,
and those lips/ l.ucions and. peach-
like, where even Cupid himself
might !"
At this juncture; Mrs, Brandon
oould endure it no< longer, and she
promptly inserted a pin into the
flowery gentleman's shank;, where-
upon he flinched vsry noticeably,
but -vHth vigor renewed his
speech:.
''Gentlemen of the jury,,I insist
that the contract of> the husband;
with the wife is as Sacred as the
marriage contract itself, and this-j
agreement to pay her fifty dollars
a week was a part of the original
contraot and it was upon this that
the marriage was founded. This^
was held oat as an inducement in
order to secure her consent to the
alliance. Ho has failed to keep
his agreement.; She has waited
for two years in patience and hu-
mility, and even now he dbes- not
propose either to make good the
arrearage or to supply the agreed
amount in the future. We claim
the-right of divorce,.and I leave
the case in your hands.'' *
George sits down, but Mrs.
Brandon immediately drags him
from the courtroom and arms him
like a policeman over to the ot-
fioe.
"I wish I never had seen a law-
book,.or a courtroom, or a lawyer.
I almost said, a man, You're a
gentlomau of quality, • you are!"
she said, when they had entered
George's office. "Sit down and
listen*to me, you vagabond?" she
continued, jerking him down into
a-chair. "A brilliant legal light
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Si
My life.
Extreme cases of dis-
ease test the real value
of a medicine. Many "tonic" awl
"stimulant" preparations, which have
no real medicinal value, seem to brace
up the users- when they are feeling
"played out." Any stimulant will do
this whether bought at the liquor store
or drug store. The true test of a med-
icine is when life itself is staked on its
remedial power. In hundreds of such
cases Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical' Dis-
covery has been the means of .saving life
when even the "family doctor" had
pronounced sentence of death.
"I had been a great sufTsrer for several years;
and my family doctor said I would i*st be a liv-
ing man in two years, but, thank Ood, X am still-
living," writes Mr. George W. Trustow, of I.ips-
cotnb, Augusta Co., Vn. "Dr. Pierce's Golden
Medical Discovery is whnt saved my life. 1 had
heart trouble so bad that I could not lie on ray
left side without n great i\eal of pain. 1 was
nearly past work when I commenced your med-
icine, but I can do about na much work now as
any man. I cannot say too much for the benefit
I have received."
Many diseases, named for the organs
affected, as "heart disease," "lung dis-
ease," "liver complaint," etc., are per-
fectly cured by Dr. Pierce's Golden Med-
ical Discovery, which cures through the
stomach diseases which originate in the
Stomach.
ALWAYS HELPS.
ALMOST ALWAYS HEMS.
you are, indeed!. To defend a hate-
ful woman and absolutely make
Ibve to the horrid thing right theTe
before the court and juryl-'
George tries to cross bis legs.
"Don't you move, you hypocrite!1
Only to thihjp you'd stand up
there and disgrace the family •aad<
break my heart—oo! oo!"
He glanced up at ber.
"George Brandon, bow dare you
look me in the face again? G-o
bock to that seraph wnose life is
as stainless as the dew on- the lily!
Go back to her, and tell her other
sweet?, gir!iehy guileless counten-
ance—the tallow-faced, cadaverous
thing!. * I'll submerge her in car-
bolic acid?" George makes an ef-
fort to speak.
"Don't open your mouth to me,,
you double-tongued Tyrian! You
had your say to that angel before
the court and jury; it's ray time
now! - At the marriage adtar you
sworo to forsake all others and
love only me—ee—eeL"
"Oh,, my dear?" said George
while she sobbed,
"Don't you 'dear' me, you two-
faced villain! After pouring your
honeyed words into the ears of
that wolverine, I don't want to
hear them. You have crushed my
last hope of happiness! O, Lordyl"'
George takes her hand,.but she
jerks it away smartly.
"Loose my hand this instant,
and never touch it againt' Your
touch feels snaky!: Ugh!. Go
back and carass the delicate fin-
gers of that shapely hand accus-
tomed only to deeds of love and
carved like Dianate. Go! And
while I weep, cling to the Wretoh
for whose divorcement you haye
labored so hard. O, I didn't know
it could ever come to this!! O
LordyH''
"Will you let m« explain??' be
asked, during the- temporary lull
in the storm.
"How can you< explain?:' They
say men are skillful in patching up
such things; I gues-3 you are an ar-
tist!. What oan- you- say in de-
fense of conduct that made the
court itaelf blush for shame of
you?"
George <lraw€.her toward' him*
and tries to kiss her.
"Infamous insult!.' Imposter!
To think that your lips shall ever
touch mine again! Go! and kiss
the cheeks that are tinted like the
rose ofithe Maytimel! Press your
mouth mpon hers, luscious and
peach-like, where even Oupid him-
self might——boo!; hoo! O, Lor-
dy!.
The telephone rings. George
starts tip to answer the oallv
"Sit down, you, you knave! Ill
yoa up by phone. ,uShe goes t<y
the phone.
"Hello!*
"It's a woman, a d I'll warrant'
its that old scarecrow! Pretty, in-
deed!- 'What?'"
"Yes, this is the office of Mr^
Brandon, but with a special em-
phasis on the 'Mm.' right now!"
Yep, he is here, what, do yoa want?
Who are you? "Mrs. Seltzer!.'*'
"Well, I'll seltzer yon if you don't
let my husband alone! You are
the ugliest, oneriest old thing I
ever saw? What's that? You
want a settlement? He Hoesn't
owe you anything, does he'? You're-
so happy you want to see him! O,-
Lordy! Happy!" ' She drops the
phone and falls on the sofa. "O,.
Lordy!'1
George goes to the phone.
"Well! Yes! Very Well. I'll
be over right away!"
Mrs. Brandon springs from the
sofa and pleads: "O, George, do-
not leave mef Will you break my
heart! George, stay with rat>! Fin
so unstrung!"
"O, wifey, sit dawn and listed?
Here's all there is in it. Yon have
lost and I have wonj that's allT
Come, now;, be good!'**
•'O, I believe you want to mar-
ry her yoursell!" exclaimed the
poor little woman who was by this1
time almost frantic with excite-
ment.
"Nonsense; little one!" George/
answered; "I don't want to mar-
ry her at all! But I did waul to win-
my suit, for, you see, I gofc th« big-
gest foe of my lif«. Tho fon\:.*an of
that jury is the richrast old Uichoior
in the county. He is iu iov« vm,hthe
woman, you see; and he give? iy\e ten
thousand dollars to seouio that di-
vorce. Tho woman, herseii, pv/s mo
a thousand dollars more, making el-
even thousand in all! How drws that'
sound, you dear little crnzy;"
"O, George, you are th doarest fel-
low in all the world!" And ah* hugs
him passionately, "It was foolish of
me,,but you will forgive me, won't
you, sweetheart? You remember I.
told you I would be the most jealous1
little imp of the nineteenth century
and so I was! But-you did lovcme,''
didn't you>. old chum? And you
never, never did love thai, borvkl old1
thing, did you, dearie! And vou're
going to give me all that money,,
aren't you, George? 0; von're the
darliugest fellow in a wboio king-
dom! We shall build the cutest little
home, and give the swellest, t,w, and;
haye the finest rig, and vour father
will forgive you for spending so much:
mouey in Europe, and 0, j o./ o the
jolliest onliest man iu all t'v' wide,,
wide world!"'
"Well," said George; "(•> /.•< ;,o over
and wind up the busiuosw ,M.d- de--
posit the whole thing in the b^nk/'
"Good!" she exclaimed; "and you-
will let me make the deposit m nay
own name, won't you, duar?''
"0, yes, if you like, It's oo differ-
ence to me!" he answered;
•'I want to, of course, for ;l,'ll! be*
the sweliest thiug.of my Jib ! Come-
iou I" she said, starting, from the oflice>
without her hat. /
"Say, wifey," said George;; "What:
fee did you get for four delVuse?"
.< "I, dear! I forgot, but f think E
told him two dollars and a halfpaya*-
:blo neat fall!-'
a
swer the call mysett. It might
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