The State Herald (Mexia, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 8, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 25, 1904 Page: 4 of 8
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w«ry Thursdayi by
N. P. HOUX,
Editor and Proprietor.
Entered at the postoffice at Mexla,
Tex., aa second class mail matter
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Mr. Dodge did not succeed in
dodging the Texas Rangero.
Pour insurance companies have
gone up the flue since the Balti-
more fire.
A saloon man named Home
has failed at Bay City. Didn't
sell enough horns, did he?
It is. said that Hogg is for
Bryan for President. Suppose
he is? That won't nominate
him.
The headlines in the big dailies
tell us that ''Russia is still mov-
ing slowly." Not when the Japs
are near.
The governor has honored the
requisition papers issued by Gov.
Odell of New York, and Mr.
Dodge will be taken fcaclc north
to an werifor his sins.
M.
FLOATER.
In the proper aolumn appears
the ^formal" announcement, by
Hon. A.M.Kennedy, of Mart,
of bin candidacy for tfye legisla-
ture. He aspire? to Flotorial
Representative from the district
composed ot McLennan, Falls
and Limestone counties, the
plaoe now Jbeing filled by Hon.
Tom Oonnally ofMprhn. (Who
is not a candidate.) Mr. Ken-
nedy is fairly well acquainted
with the conditions and needs of
McLennan, as well as popular
seniiment here, to enable him to
represent this county and the
district with value and capably
He is not a tvro in legislative
matters. He has represented
Limestone county in past legis-
lative sessions and made his re
cord there—a good one, too.
He pledges his best efforts if
elected and in the canvass he will
open ere long (for he wants to
visit every voting box in the
county) will state his platform
and views plaialy. He has many
friends and acquaintances in this
county.—Waco Tribune.
We fully indorse all the above,
and as Mr. Kennedy is well
enough known in this county not
to require an introduction,we wil'
not attempt to tell you anything
about him. His many friends and
supporters in old Limestone will
be glad of a chance to vote for
him again, although he has ceas-
ed to be a citizen of our county.
General Sakharoff has been j
placed in command of the Russian j
forces in the far east. Gone to '
♦.■hanging commanders,have they? j
We tee their finish.
The Japanese war song is said
to begin thus: "Tenshin joyaku
hakai hashi." That last word is
the one that will be the most
popular with the soldiers.
A cable dispatch informs us
that 600 Russian soldiers were
frozen to death at Lake Baikal.
Those fellows are certainly in the
middle of a bad fix—with the
Japanese fire on one side' and a
blizzard 011 the other.
The policy of the State Topics
in attacking the administration
in general and Gov. Lanham in
particular may result in bringing
Mr. McLemcre some notoriety,
but no one will hardly envy him
hi? position.
The state is again 011 a cash
basis, the last call for registered
warrants having been made. As j
it was the thirteenth call for such |
warrants issued by the treasurer j
we are led to believe that 13 is j
not so unlucky after all.
Some of the Texas papers are
bragging bccause they did not
get took in by the English-
American cotton company fake,
and those that did get took in arp
explaining how it happened. We
have already explained.
A report comes from St.
Petersburg to the effect that
. •
Commissioner General Alexan-
derovsky has officially announced
the abandonment of the proposed
participation of Russia in the big
St. Louis fair. Got all they can
do at present, haven't they?
And now it is predicted by
some that as the thing is start :d
ether nations may become in-
volved in war, and that Uncle
Sam is not exempt at all. Well,
let ic come. Wo
trim for a scrap now than
were six years ago, and you
know what we did then.
And now several nations are
claiming that they had gunners
on the Jap ships that have been
doing up the Russians, It is said
that they were Yankees. The
English swear they were Cock-
neys, while the Germans say they
were Deutschers in disguise.
Well, they were hard hitters all
right.
The Dallas News is not con-
sistent. In one column it says:
"We sympathize with the down
dog, though it be a hound." In
the next column it saj-s: "We
are too busy sympathizing with
Janan toJslied, any more tears for
Colombia." Hadn't you bettor
transfer your sympathy to Kussia?
A report comes from Austin to
the effect that Railroad Com-
missioner Colquitt is receiving
many letters asking him to run
for governor against Gov. Lan-
ham . It further says that he has a
good political record and may
enter the race a little later on.
Granted that he is a good man,
but if he is also a political! he will
see.to it that that "little later on"
means at least two years hence,
for he would only be digging his
own official grave by entering the
race against one of the best
governors Texas has had in
many a year.
are in bettor
we
There is another warm muni-
cipal campaign on down m the
Bayou city and the Post and
Chronicle are spatting over .the
candidates for mayor. If you only
read one of the papers you will
think that side has a cinch. But
just run your eye over the other
; paper and you will think either
both will be elected or that both
'ill get left.
We never read of so many
newspaper men being candidates
for the' legislature as we do now.
We think there must be twenty or
thirty already announced. \Ve
do nor, believe a safer set of men
could be sent before that body.
They are accustomed to criticise
ing all legislation and are well
informed as to the defects in
present laws and of those that
are needed, Self interest will
make them guard the interest of
their constituents. They are
quasi offioials anyway, and their
actions in their regular business
are all the time subject to critic-
ism by the people.—Athens Re-
view.
keeyo.—Weekly Mess
Yes, but bow about t
kies, and the hofferhroffe, a
ekeeweskies, and the sk
that we bump up against
go along?
a Urge number
ot the county candidates over in
Hill county met and dcoided not
to plaoe their announcements in
any of the loottl papers, paying
there were bo many of said
papers that it would cost them too!
much. It is now said that they
have had another meeting and
arranged a ticket containing the
name of each candidate and the
office he seeks and that they will
submit same to the papers to see
what it will coat them to haye
same published. Thus they at
least acknowledge, the value of
the local papers as advertising
mediums. The wise candidate
will plaoe announcement in every
paper in his county or precinct as
soon as he decides to run. The
money thus spent brings him
more and better results than the
same amount spent in any other
one way could possibly do, for it
keeps bis name prominent'" be-
fore all of the voters until the day
of election. Better relent, gentle-
men, and announce before it is
too late.
It isn't straBge that bees shoul
buzz in the bonnetts of many
Texans. Texas leads the world
on bees.—Snap Shots.
And on bonnets too.
Hanna's remains were not cold
before Ohio politicians were
whetting up their knives to fight
for bis place.—Houston Post.
Cold! Why they were at it be-
fore?he died.
Burke Cockran has been nomi-
nated to succeed McCellan as
congressman from New Yoik. In
his speech accepting the nomi-
nation he said: "Ten years ago
we occupied the primacy r.f
nations. Today we are the hood-
lum of the world." It is presum-
ed that the gentleman considers
that his nomination was the
proper thing.
State Topic's attempt to work
up an opposition to the rj elec-
tion of Gov. Lanham, because
that gentleman accepted an ap-
pointment as district judge under
the E J. Davis republican ad-
ministration,-is about tho weak-
est thing yet sprung in modern
or ancient politics. Judge Silas
Harc also accepted a similar ap-
pointment, and his democracy
was never questioned. Tfte fact
is, the acceptance of ti e appoint-
ments by democrats at a time
when there were no republicans
competent to fill the places,
should stand as evidence of
patriotism on the pait of the
gentlemen. But then, (he scheme
will hardly work, for the people
will return Gov. Lanham to the
governor's chair, because they
recognize iu him one of the best
chief executives the state has had
since the war.
It comes from
Ore., that C A.
newspaper office
wrecked about ten
Long Creek,
Coe, whose
was partially
days ago by
dynamite, has received an annoy
mous letter stating that should
he attempt to resume publication
cf his paper, the Ranger, he and
his family would be blown up.
Coe says that he can not run the
risk of having his family killed,
and it is expected he will leave.
Coe has incurred the bitter hatred
of a certain element "in the com-
munity whom he has antagonized
in the columns of his paper, but,
unfortunately, the "element"
alluded to is not named in the
news item.—Dallas News.
It has been truly said that the
path of glory leads but to the
grave. And it is more so in the
newspaper business than any-
thing else. The aggressive
newspaper man generally gets
the worst of the deal whon he
goes to roasting people, for the
ma,n he roasts will liavo it in for
him Jalways, while the man who
is benefitted by the roasting will
usually stand back and let the
poor editor get licked and never
offer to help him out or even ex-
press sympathy for him after it
is done. Better attend to your
own business and let the other
fellow fight his battles otherwise
than through the columns of your
paper.
The Mexia News suggests Joe
Wuju Bailino as a compromise
candidate for President, and do-
clares that he can defeat Roose-
veltski. -Dallas News.
You bet! Any wuju can defeat
any iski.
It would be too bad if Admiral
Smart Alexieff should get his
bead shotoffsky.—Memphis Com-
mercial Appeal.
Michaeloff Connellyiski should
not speak thus of his friend and
countryman.
Many a man has given up a
happy home and a good wife for
bad whisky and a lot of compan-
ions whose company would dis-
grace a turkey buzzard.—K.
Lamitv's Harpoon.
"'Tits true, 'tis pity, and pity
'tis, 'tis true."
Ten Russian torpedo boats
frozen in at Vladivostok! When
.Japan gets ready for them the
will go after them on- skates.—
Houston Post.
She will more likely make it so
hot for them that the ice will melt
so she can sail in after them.
City and town are known by
the papers printed therein.
Watch the plaue, the people and
the papers grow greater or less
together.—Houston Chroniclc.
True as gospel. Then it be-
hooves a town to give its papers
a liberal support and thus be
classed by outsiders as a pro-
gressive place.
Will it oc Parkeroff or Gor-
manoski? Or shall we have to
fall back,on Ivan Williamjbrvan-
ovich?—Snap Shotski.
Well, it won't be llannaoma
and we hope it won't be Roose-
velt iski. In order to settle the
disputesky we suggest that it be
plain Joe Bailey.
Red headed men are said to be
lets subject to baldness than are
men whose hair is another color.
This, however, has no bearing on
the marital risk.—Marshall News.
You will notice, too, rhat the
more bald a man gets the less hi<?
hair falls out. — Houston Post.
Yes, we discovered that several
years ago.
Having paid yo^r poll tax, why
don't you help save the Alamo a
little. Some men, of whomhis-
tory tells, gave their lives to save
the Alamo. Do you think more
of a dollar than those men did of
their lives?—Houston Post.
But those men who gava choir
lives to save the Alamo are all
dead now.
If any one has aught to say
why Houston should not have
the State democratic convention
let them speak now or forever
hold their peace,—Houston Post.
How's your water supply?—
Lockhart Po,st.
There'll be enough pure water
to go round.—Houston Post.
What you mean, man? That
there'll be enough pure water to
go around the delegates, or
enough for the delegates to go
around—pass up as it were?
" Our readers will be brought to
use a goodly number of Japanese
words in reading accounts of the
war and if they will remember
that a is pronounced ah, e is a
and i is e they will come nearer
to pronouncing them as the J.ips
We notice that an
gentleman has ' 'stolen the wife
of a Mormon elder.V Admiration
for the courage of our British
coubin is quite forgotten in the
thought that, mayhap, he has
shown us the true method of de-
stroying the polygamy in Utah
that has so profoundly shocked
us' hitherto.—Dallas News.
Yes, as in the fable of the bull
on the railroad track, we admire
his courage, but dom his judg-.
ment.
Texas range cattie from, both
sides of the quarantine line may
be exhibited at the St. Louis ex-
position. This is as it should be.
The effort to bar out one of the
principal products of the Lone
Star State was not reasonable
nor just and it is entirely fitting
that it should have been defeat-
ed.—Houston Post.
Perhaps some of them were
not so much afraid of the disease
as they were of the superior kind
of cattle they are liable to see in
the lexas exhibit.
Tom Marks, publisher of the
Jacksboro News, announces that,
having installed a power press,
he will sell his hand press for $50,
and that he "Will sell for less if
buyer doesn't show up quick."
Grant, who said that his father
told him to get S100 for the horse
if possible, but, to aceept $75 if
necessary, got to be Fresident of
the United States. Who can tell
where Editor Marks may land in
the whirligig of time?—Dallas
News.
Yes, iince he has graduated
from the Washington hand press
class, he might follow that dis-
tinguished gentleman evea up
higher.
Eating 'Horseflesh in -Paris.
Eating horseflesh by the poor in
Paris is increasing to such an ex-
tent that the abattoirs will have to
be enlarged. The present con-
sumption is 30.000 horses "a year.
The horse meat is somewhat dark-
er and stronger than beef, hut it is
not unpalatable. It has grown in
popularity since the siege. The
flesh of the horse and the ass is
a'hout half the price of beef, but
tl-.e former is becoming dearer.
Used-up horses that have worked
for eight or ten years in the city
are purcharcd for $50, put out to
graze for a few weeks and are then
led to the slaughter house. In
some departments such as the Nord
there is a scarcity of horses for
farm work.
Jill Didn't Tumble Down.
Maryland has produced a Jill
more gifted than that friend of x
childhood days. Mrs. William
Kiddy went up the hill to milk
the cow whose home was in a 1
barn 400 feet above the level of
the valley in which the Kiddy
homestead stands. When her pail
was well filled, the barn, detached
from its foundations by the snow,
slipped gently from its moorings
and slid to the valley. Mrs. Kid-
dy kept her ablance and her pail
of milk, and when the barn finish-
ed its journey she emerged from
it, carrying her milk and leading
the cow. She had 110 bruises to
show for her trip. Thus is the
advance uf modern times over the
old days illustrated anew.
Vindicating the Red Heads. 1 '
Professor Karl l'carson, the
English anthropologist, is trying to
relieve redheaded people from thel\'^
stigma which he says has attached!
to them from the remotest antiq-'
uity. To this end lie is compiling
a sort of census, asking school-
masters, for instance, for the rec-
ords of their redheaded pupils. He
believes that Aristotle drew on his
imagination when he wrote: "He
that has red hair is proud, envious <
and dcccitful."
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Houx, N. P. The State Herald (Mexia, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 8, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 25, 1904, newspaper, February 25, 1904; Mexia, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth290685/m1/4/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Gibbs Memorial Library.