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VOLUME 13.
ABILENE TAYLOR COUNTY TEXAS FRIDAY SEPT. 10 1897.
NUMBER 31
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THE i FIRST NATIONAL
Capital $100000.00.
Otto W. Steffens
President.
Depository of County Funds.
Directors J. H. Parramore C. W. Merchant E. S. Kean J. 31.
Radford OttoAV. Steffens Brooke Smith X. W. Gorsuch.
J. O. LOWDON Pres.
The Abilene
W. J. THOMPSON
J. W. EVANS
-) DEALER IN (-
Staple and Fancy Groceries
NEXT DOOE TO P. O.
Will Stith & Co
Has' some of the choicest tracts of land in the
Abilene Country for sale at a "bargain
and 'on easy terms.
xV"f j are Interested in getting good groceries for the least money.
CALL AND SEE US.
WE
are interested in making as
o we shall
DIVIDE PROFITS WITH YOU.
Wristen
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I He Pulled His
Mitchell has always heen the
and verify
Yours
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Be Burned.
The School Book Law which goes into effect next year will make worthless
almost all of the School Books in the state can only be used for iuel. rt e are
buying all we can use all that will be used in the schools in and around Abilene
this year. They are worth more now than later and thev will be worth nothing
next year. If you have any to sell bring Ihemat the earliest moment to
BASS BROS. Abilene Tex.
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nothing as to the books that will be
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BANK OF ABILENE.
Surplus $18000.00.
E. S. Kf.ak
Cashier.
GEO. S. BEBRY:Cashier.
National Bank.
Assistant Cashier.
Old Reliable Texas
j Land Agency.
many sales as possible and in order to
& Anderson
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Freight
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With a Mitchell Wagon and was
pleased just as every freighter is !j
who is using one. The Mitchell jj
is undoubtedly the ' -Monarch of 5j
the Road." "As good as the j
Mitchell" is tjie highest compli-
mentthat can "he paid another T
make of Wagons. While the I
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Standard of Excellence yet we jj
candidly believe that the factory p
is now turning out the best j
Wagons they have ever made. )
fIf interested write us or call !
our statements.
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ABILENE TEXAS. ' j
adopted.
nmi: tory
C'OLUMX.
COUNTY OFFICERS
D G Hill
A. S Uttnluicki.
' M. C. UmibLlli
II U.Cook .. ..
J. P. Daniel.
J. W. Christopher
P.. I Lowe ... .
! Elbert Itoberta
I.M. A. Hart . . -
eoumTutonv
Dibtrirt ami County ciert:
...i .-.... w.-i'
Sheriu.
County Treasurer.
county Asswsor.
County Sunevor.
nimalanil Hi.le Inepec'tor.
A. It. .Moon W. W. Wheeler. A. Xesbett
ruoiic eiiriier.
and j.en r .loned . Cutinty Commlioiiera
CITY OFFICERS.
A r Itoberteon . . ilavor.
.1.. I. Clinton .Marshal "
I. . Haniitoii secretary.
- -. .. City Attomev.
Geo S. I-rry . . .Treasurer.
I -I. I. Ilnck C.P.Warren. W.E.HukIioi. .1.11
Ooman It W Ellis. I) L MnMleton F C.
UlRby Roberta aud W. G Swaiison. Ahlernjen
CHURCH DIRECTORY.
First Presbyterian Rev. E S. Lowrance I
lmstor. Services even- Sumlav m rl-i.n
l o'clock a. m. and at night I'ravcr meeting '
every nednesilay night. Sunday School eery
duuuuj i w g ciuck a. in a conuai inula
tion is'pTtendetl to all these serices.
Uomc
thou with us and we will do thee good."
t irnt icaptist hunilay School ji : :;o a in
vices at II a. in. and S:. "Op. m nrayer meeting.
uZ'
eiery Uednetiday night K. T Hanks i.astor.
Methodist Eiiscoal Church South Sunday
School m.i a m.; services at 11 a. m.and 7 :w
1. in.; jirajer meeting every Wedneeday at 7:.'X
i. in. ; r. n .Motion laior.
Church of the Heavenly Rest Sen ices : Morn-
ingjirajer ilrti'j at 7 o'clin-k;
-clock; Wednesday night
. second nnd third sun-
ion at 7 a in.; morning
ai &:;! u'ckk'K. urat s
days Holv Mnimuinion
seruionatll o'clock; evening sermon at
:u.
sunuaj aciiool at !i.:;o a. in.
Clinstian Church Sundnv School everv Sun-
i lay ul :i..vj a. in : ireuciiiug eiery Sunday at 11
a in. audsp m ; pnijer meeting Wedni-Hl
night at s i in
j German Evangelical W Sehwante. jiastor;
iirraehing evvrj aunday at 11a. in. and j p. in.
j Prajcr meeting Ihursday night Suudaj-echool
j at lo a. ia. W. S Uissner. HUiieriuteiideul
cery Miudax morning and eenmg; Mmdav
' Miiool at !:::) a. m : rafr meeting Wolnea-
i day evening. Rev. .1. A Ward. Pas?or.
Kiaai a a ui i a ii -iii in lan ..-ii r i -
Catholic High. Mn-s and termon on Sundava
at i(i:.iirciiM'k a m suuda t-ehool at !t a in.
Occasional mit-. and Mmwii-ntnl lteuetlictmn
at.S::ai. in .M .1 Kellv Pastor.
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SECRET SOCIETIES.
! btatid convocations the Second Fridav niirht in
.i.iune unaj.ier -o i.:i K. A. M. -Holik its
. each month 111 iheir hall third iloor Port.r and
1 Reexes laiilding. corner Pine and North econd
StriLts. e Graham M. E. II. P.
( C V Ruhert' Secretary.
Abilene Idge. No. .".:i F and A . M. Ili.Idd
its ated ruiiiiiitiuieatious ilrst atunlay night
'in each mouth 111 their hall third lloor Porter
I.V Reexe. building corner Pine and North
1 fcecomi Mreeta .i . I;. Webb v . m .
1 h. Graham Secretary.
I Abilene Eeam.ntll7. 1 o. O F.meet
j ery two necks in Odil Fellowrt Hall on Cheat-
' .""w'uin.H.her. Scribe"" U' "" C" V'
j Abilene Lodge J7 1. 1 O. O. F .Mc.H Tuesday
nislitrtin hall 011 Chestnut .-tree! . All Molting
brethren eorUiallj imited lo att.nd
' I) T llarkrider N. G.
A l i lirimiliir irri'1iirr
Ct ... ... . x
Star or the est Lodge. No J. K. of P. nieetd
hecoiid and lourlh '1 lmr.-da d in each month at
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.ueuufui-1 i.Miruij rreaciiiug i-n-n- aiiiiinTiHlwi; i .... ..i ... .. i
morning ami night: sun.lav hool a't ::; a'. . attending each WCl'euljOUt equal
in ; lraer mei-ting hridaT nigliN. j ..e
G.n.Hn.e.Pa5tor Good Boat.
its Ca&tlr Hall cor north -.'ml ami Pine Mrceif. ..11 ..i.f u-i ) ..11 .!... I.......
Visiting Knighlsconhallv invited to attend ! IUl11- N Ht'll (1 Oil ehel Ileal"
j .. e f . o i'J.iiijiseyt c c. job a bout gwine to heaven.'" in-
1 . .s o .fohiifjon K.ol R. andb. I . f. ...
! KXIGIITSTEMPLAR-AbileneConimanderY'nUUd-l licle Kllle.
o J. iiobl its etated ronclaw in their asylum
1 third lloor Porter t Reeves building eorner
j North Second ami Pine street on second Mon-
jdayniuht in each month siting Sir Knight
. cordially inxitid to attetid
j.I.II Pickens. R. C W Roberts E. C
ii. A. R Travis Post No M U. A. It. meets
over lta'ss' drugstore 011 Friday night 011 or be-
fore the iiri lull moon in each month. Visit-
ing comrades invited to attend.
um Hammer Com.
Thos. lluck Adjt
l'. C. V. Abilene Camp No cm United Coii -
federate Veterans meet at the call of the com-
inander C. W. Leake P. .
.1 W Thomas Adjt
Forester- of A meriea Meet 111 Odd Fellows
Hall ev.rv -econd and fourtli l-ndaj night ul
each month A I . McDonald C It
W. II. Archer. Rtcordinz Secretary.
Eastern Star Chanter No. :;o. holds its Mated
convocation the fecund Tuesdav ot each month .
in their hall third lloor ot Porter A: Reeves build- '
Ing. D W Wriften W. R. '
I.udvvig LanoTVeki Secretary. (
Abilene Rebecca Lodce N'o. Ml I. O. O. F j
iiicelsin Odd Fellows Hall every llrst and third
Fridav evenings in each month
Willis Norwood N". U. i
I W. Chri-tonlier Scribe .
JProfetfaioiial Cards.
DR. E. S. EVARTS
HOMOEOPATHIC
I'll ffcii i : ri ?nl VkiiiMro111
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jtj viun-.um ii-jmciMTiiii i me "iireei oj'jmj-
sitc Sharp's Wagon Yard.
DR. L. W. MOLLIS
JJIit.si'ci'at and tin ry cud.
ABILENE TEXAS.
Office over Harris Pros.' drug store.
Residence Sn Kdringtou iirojterty in southwest
liart of the city
T"K. F. E. IIAYM-S
PHYSICIAN and SURGEON.
COOllice left of Mairway over Wonl A Alexan-
der's drugstore. Will answer calls at night at
room adjoining my oilice. yrly
nu. j.
CECIL LE(JAUE
- Oilice over Harris' Dni Store
JKaf Calls attended at all hours.
! DRS. KLINE & FREEMAN
DENTISTS
South Sido ABILENE TEXAS.
1). G. IIIIL7
ATTOKXEY - AT- LA AY
ABILENE TEXAS.
Office over First National Hank
J. II. PICKENS & CO.
Abstracters of Land Titles
' and Xotary Public.
Office over First National Bank
Abilene - Texas.
TWELVE YEARS AGO.
A Rehash of Local Events.
From News of Sept. 11 1885.
From the Buffalo Gap cones-' agents. k very article produced would probably admit it himself.
pondence of that week we glean . here that is high is produced by The rector was young and unen-
' the following facts: There were ' British capital. Kvery article cumbered speaking matrimonial-
iso many prospectors passing to that is admitted free is produced ly. and for some reason an midl-
and fro that many complaints i by British capital. Any person cumbered rector alwavs has prov-
' were made of valuable dogs bark
imr
themselves to death. The
Methodists LHd been couducting !
-!a camp meeting. Uev. Little of:
I Dallas and Uev. Lantz of Abilene
conducted it. M. M. Clack had
jst returned from New Mexico.
' J lie college teem commenced
0An 7
"Pl' '
i J. S. Harrison a printer iriend.
Came down Irom Joyah.
ii ..1 r ;;. m. ...i...i ...f
v "iiii iiiiu ""J1- -' v; i 1.111IUI v.11 1
to a school in Virginia
Mrs. Frank Kelsey went to Cal-
ifornia on a visit.
Grosscup went east to buv ma-
chincry etc. for the waterworks
Miss Ophelia I'liderwooil left
for her future home in Colorado
City.
2sT. M. Dudley moved here from
Bell county.
1). F. White and will
were
on a
Abi-
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' uu" " lXl" -uiiduu v. it
' visit.
Miss Fannie Bledsoe of
loiii' :mil Miss Lnillii Whili. nf
t.iv.1i '.. ... .. ( oi i
BuflalO Gap Weill to blieriliail to
attend school.
Prof. L. Lee Dye took charge of
; the Bufljilo Gap free school.
...
' 1. I. Mtimiy lllOVed to town.
.Gus Brewer of Bluff creek died
on the previous Tuesday.
Dr. A. K. Church iind Mibs
Belle Bracken were married on
Thursday.
Stephen A. Douglass and .Miss
Stella J. Murray were married on
t N edllCSllaV.
a' -i.. i ii t i- i
( edliesda.V lllgllt the dliet
i attractions
were 31;ij. J'enn'.s
meeting and Barrett's circus and
it is chronicled th:it llu cmu-ils
i ---. -......
An old darkey who runs the
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"i"U"-"U .ll-IUfeb ;i HV JMlgHlllll
1:1.1. f-.. .-.. . v....
river aiVords lllUCll iMltertaillllUMll
. A ...
to )aSSeilgers by lllS quailll IV-
' jj-ivlr '-
v .1
-N t iOllg ago St tanner. WllO had
J (. . Mnt tw f....- uifli -i li.-ivv
!l n Ul IUO lIM " l-N lUl.llif.UN
load of suiinner hoarders said:
. T. . r . . .
' HCle Kllfe S po.SUl your pulley
COlltrivailCe should 'ie Ollt.
where do you eal'latte We'd go.'"
".StaV Hgllt ill lie boat." retliril-
...1 1 1 - .....
( (1 tu lei I. mail.
"Yes. but the boat might be in
.neaven neiore ou
. r
UtC larniCI.
knew ii." said
"How about the ship of Zion.''
asked the farmer.
For a moment the old darky
looked perplexed. Then he ral
lied iiiiu snmcu iMoaiuv 011 11 1 i
persistent face.
"Why anybody'd take ou lor
an ignorant !u.-son if vim t:ilk-
ii;i. .1... . 1 ...1 1 .
"k-C llt ' lie Said: "(lat boat Wil 11 t
made ob wood.it war made oh
faith and it ain got anything to
j do will tie question. HO sail!
'
Kindness Remembered
and
Returned.
".John' she said thoughtfully.!
"to morrow is the birthday of
that little .Jones boy next door."
"What of it.'" he demanded.
"O. nothing much." she replied.
.only I happened to recall that
! Mr. .Jones gave our Willie a drum
on his birthday."
"Well do you think I feel 1111-
I der anv obligations to him for
ithatr he asked irritablv
If you!
do you're mistaken. If I owe him 'New York (Cleveland Democrat'
anything it's a grudge." and Mark Ilanna promised that
"Of eourse." she answered the 'icpuhlicau t a rill' would be
sweetly. "That's why 1 thought ' trained in the interest of British
perhaps you might want to give capital here and in England. Late
the Jones boy a big brass tram- events prove that Hanna is carry -pet."
ing out his word.
'The most resoiireefiil woman How did William ('. Whitney
in the world!" he exclaimed de- happen to act as go-between.' He
lightedly. And the Jones boy ' went to England early in 1S)(; in
got the trumpet. ( the interest ol the Clevelandites.
- The plan was to renominate the
The blossom can not tell what fa I prophet at Chicago. A million
becomes of the odor and no man dollars were secured. Hut the
can tell what becomes of his ex-' Democratic party would not have
amples. that roll away from him. J Cleveland. Whitney was told to
and go beyond his ken on their turn the money over to Hanna.
perilous mission. ; He subsequently secured more.
Mature makes a strong light
against disease but there are
times when it needs assistance to
drive out the enemy. Dr. J. II.
McLean's Stengtheuing Cordial
and Blood Turilier supplies the
needed help and will soon restore
the body to a healthy vigorous
condition. It exercises a stimu-
lating influence over the organs
of digestion and assimilation.
.strengthens the appetite bright-
: ens the eye and imparts the rosy
i bloom of health to the cheek.
Price 50c and 1.00 a bottle. For
sale by Bass Bros.
mam
Send the Xews abroad.
England Favored.
The Republican party has enact-!
e(1 a tarifl tllat is :l curiosity. The
I more we examine it the more
thoroughly we become convinced
that it is a compromise tariff
! framed and suggested by British
- ' can examine and learn the truth
for himself
The republican party
has not only gone into partner-
ship with English on the money
i question but on the tariff ques
tion as well. We repeat that the
Dingley tariff is wholly in the in
teres! of England. We will cite'
one instance that should satisfy thing:' she had asked
any reasonable mind that there is "1 will" he replied promptly
something rotten somewhere. The' knowing her to be a very correct
Republican national platform 'and proper young woman whom
adopted at St. Louis. June 1S00. . he might trusts
has the following plank: j "It lias always been my desire"
We favor restoring the early i she said "that the clergyman
American (Democratic policy) 'who married me should be one
i policy of discriminating duties lor
the upbuilding of our merchant to respect personally as well as
m.iriue and the protection of our for his calling."'
shipping in the foreign carrying -Very laudable and very prop-
trade bo that American ships the er" he replied
product of American labor em- "Too often." she said "that is
ployed in American shipyards not the case."
sailing under the Stars and Stripes'. ' "True" he answered
and manned officered and owned i -The girl knows nothing
by Americans may regain the car-.about the clergyman who marries
rying trade of our foreign com- tier" she suggested. A
nierce.
mat paragraph miuiius ver
well. It caught otes in plenty
but like all the paragraphs in the
Republican platform it was put
there to catch votes nolhiii;
more. The tariff bill has been
passed. There is not a word in
it about protecting the merchant
marine not a syllable and the
Benedict Arnolds who are running
this Republican administration
know the reason why.
British hips are doing the bulk
of our earn in : trade. British
capital helped the electron ot 31c-
Kinley. Therein re British capi-
tal must not be discriminated
againt.
So il is with the entire Dingley
bill. herever British capital is
interested a lavorable discrimina-
tion is made.
Xn wonder that party organs
and those not on the inside are
beginning to shriek with rajre at
the boldness of the fraud. The
latest issue of (he American Kcon-
omiM says:
""N'o more practical object les-
son than the heavy exports of
American wheat can be found to
show .our absolute dependence
; upon British shipping. Congress
'.saw lit lo nedeet the opportunitv
for aiTording protection to the
American merchant marine while
the Dingley tarilV was being
framed so that another half-year
must elapse before any direct
movement can be made tending to
the execution of the plank in the
Kcpubliean national platform
which promised protection to
American shipping. Meantime
we trut that the lo'lowing object
lesson may not be lost upon our
national legislators. During one
iii'le day in the month of Iulv
j last no less than fifteen steamers
were ciiariered. Willi a
carrvintr
capacity ot l..ii:'.(')0 bushels to
transport American grain from
our Atlantic ports to Europe."
The editor of the Economist is
a sincere protectionist and un-
doubtedly believes that the partv
1 will yet come to the aid of our
! merchant marine. He ourht to
I
know better. i'erhaps he does
not yet believe that Kritish mon-
ey lenders contributed S.0()0.)U0
to MeKinlej's campaign fund.
The money was paid to Mark
Hanna by William ('. Whitney of
One hundred and tiftv thousand
' dollars was spent on the Indian-
apolis convention that nominated
Palmer and Buckner Vational
Democrat.
c o-
i As the prickliest leaves are the
driest so the pertest fellows are
generally the most barren.
An- "i tin Wtal. J
H". .i?.r;''s ! u..'"- t it !f in ih !i nf
:ii.ii:in r.nI uciiint: l'it. 'I h- hl-l i
.1- r : ti.e :in ar- "x .-:nu :li- l'r i
!..:! Ititu-r: tak'-ii in titm- will niT. your
Mnni.'th. tootlu- your mr( m.-ikf nr '
1.1-h! rich ..! nil.. I..y...mor.-t!tl
a .-iKoiul courv ol UKtln'inv. lor sale by
ii:i'im:i-. t.r-h-u.v . . t Lf-uii!-
IJ:iS3 ilros.. sole agents. Abilene.
Send the News abroad
How It Happened.
Of course she was a new woman
( or she would never have dared do
it.
We charge everything to the
new woman these "days but this
'was a clear case. The rector
ed a great attraction to an tinen-
cumbered woman of" the same
( church in spite of all the irksome
duties that fall to an unencumber-
- ed rector's wife.
. However that is more or l.ss
- ' immaterial
"Will you
promise me one
whom 1 had known Ion" enough
-That is so." he admitted.
"And when.niv tune
conies."
she continued. '
I want to be sure
that it will be dilVerent. I want
you to promise me that you will
marry me."
Of course lie was Haltered and
he Showed it.
Really' he said "it gratiiies
me extremely to think that I have
your confidence to such an extent
that "
-1 want you to promise" she
said earnestly "that. whatever
the circumstances or the place
when 1 call for you to marry me
you will respond promptly in
fact instantly."
-It is an unusual request" he
answered fairly beaming at the
implied compliment "but of
course it is granted.
I give you
my promise.
"Then marry me now." she said.
He looked around. There was
no one else in the room.
He recalled the pledge.he had
just made and coupled it with the
fact that there was no one else in
the room and that
the reputation of
this girl
had
new
being
a
woman.
And so it happened that that
pastor called in his assistant and
soon thereafter found that he had
made enemies of half the other
girls in the parish. Chicago Post. B
Texas is in It.
Teas has for export this year
i.(juiiU(U) bushels of wheat that she
never had before. That means
I.U(KUHI0 in cash to the farmers
in excess of the ordinary returns
from cotton. Beside Texas has a
corn and oat crop already made
above the average which assures
i'vi'd for her live stock and that
live htoek has greatly increased
in both numbers and values dur-
ing the past year.
The farmers are fixed with their
wheat oats cotton and corn and
the cattlemen are lixed with pre-
vailing good prices. These lix
the merchant and the merchant
fixes the banker so that we are
all lixed for another year.
The adoption of the irrigation
amendment would have made
times lively by development in to come here. Five times our
West Texas the present unfruit- present population would not b
fill section and that would have large for our size and natural re-
i'uriii.shfrt the complement oi a sources and there is no reason
great state's prosperity. But by : wv we should not have it in a
another two years the 'people will ftw years. Men who travel in
be in a better humor and another tIu old states where the soil is
effort will be made for
irrigation.
it is tne logical anil necessary
means of development and its
adoption is bound to come.
Meanwhile the populous sec-
tions of the state are on solid
ground. The last few years of
enforced economy have put many
people out of debt and kept
others from going into debt. Con-
servative methods have been in-
augurated and the way paved for
a period ol prosperity upon the
solid ba.M.s of earnings without
the intoxication of booms.
I'pon no spot on earth is provi
lience simling more beneliciently
and nowhere else s there such I
PPorlimity for money making in
all legitimate lines ot
industrv.-
Galveston Tribune.
Internal Vigilance
I ihe price of perfect health. Watch
rarefiilly the liret symptom- of impure
blood. Cure boil? pimples humors i
anil scrofula by takimjIIoor?Sarapar-.; Lean's Liver and Kidney Balm
ilia. Drive auav the pains ami aches of ' if ;? o rplinhlo rni. -
rheumatism malaria anil stomach tron- i " a reliable remedj for stimu-
j.i.c cto...i- -r...- ...... ...wi .. i latmg the tormd Iivatv mmAT;nn
that tired feelinij by taking the same
great medicine.
HijOD'S IMI.I..S are the best familv
cathartic ami liver tonic. (Jentle re"- .
liable sure.
I .Send the News abroad.
Texas & Pacific Quarterly.
The General Passenger Depart-
ment of the Texas & Pacific Rail-
way Company will issue on the
first of October and regularly
thereafter a publication to be
known as
THE TEXAS & PACIFIC
QUARTERLY.
The object of this publication
will be to keep the superior ad-
vantages of this Line not only be-
fore its patrons but before the
traveling public throughout the
country. Whatever will pertain
to the development of the State
or to the advancement of the in-
terest's of the railroads will be
set prominently before the readers
of the Quarterly. "No trouble
to answer questions" suggests cor-
respondence. Hence short letters
will be in order. Such communi-
cations will be appreciated and
carefully considered. The Abi-
lene Country should favor it all
they can
The press the papers friendly
to this announcement to this
platform this declaration of prin-
ciples and are willing to aid in
such a movement are requested
to give this circular an insertion
or to make mention in their own
way of the purpose of the Compa-
ny. Texas vs. the World.
Bigness is not always indicative
of greatness but this does not ap-
ply to Texas. If we were to state
that the entire population of tho
earth could be comfortably ac-
commodated in the state of Texas
not every wayfaring man would
believe us. Still we do state the
fact and are ready to prove it.
There are in the world approxi-
mately 1188000000 persons.
There are in Texas 205780 square
miles. As each of these contains
040 acres tho acres included in
that state number 170000200 and
we lind that each acre will accom-
modate a fraction more than eight
and one-half persons.
For convenience of calculation
we will estimate nine persons to
an acre. Now what space in
feet would this allow to each per-
soni An acre contains 434G0
square feet therefore each person
in the world's entire population
would have 4A740 square feet of
real estate. The square of 47-10
ps approximately 0: therefore
kvery person in the world if com
pelled to live in Texas could be
given a building lot 70 feet square.
This would be ample for a mod
est home with a bit of lawn in
front a llower or vegetable gar-
den in the rear and sufficient
space on either side to guarantee
reasonable freedom from too in
quisitive citizens. So if every
mau. woman and child shniilM
j stand in Texas at equal distances
from each other they would have
to raise their voices in order to be
heard by their nearest neighbor.
Yet Texas is only one corner of
this great country with less than
one-half of the representation of
the Empire State in Congress and
i population at present 300.000
less than Greater New York. The
Wool Record.
Men and women in Texas do
not go barefooted as they do in
nearly every northern state. They
can wear decent clothing and eat
clean food if they want to. Texas
ought to have thirty-live repres-
entatives in congress and she
will have soon if proper steps
are takeu to induce homeseekers
only two or three inches deep and
that made by fertilizers should
never quit telling about the deep
soil of inexhaustible fertility found
all over the broad state of Texas.
Tell the news. Ex.
Every man has his hobby. He
may not always know it himself
but somewhere in his mental make-
up there is a corner which hides
a secret which he thinks is ex-
clusively his own which would
make the world wiser and better
if he could reveal it in all its
force. But he is mostly so situa-
ted that this must forever remain
his secret and it is often well for
the world that it is so.
You think he has changed he
never was so sour tempered cross
and irritable before. No he is
the same man but his liver is out
of order tie needs Dr. J. H. Mo.
the digestion and removing bile
accumulations! A dim. ti A
t.uutu "QV - Sh( treatment
ylul IUIS "leaicine will make him
once more healthy cheerful and
even tempered. Price 81.00 a
bottle. For sale by Bass Bros.
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Lowry, James A. The Taylor County News. (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 31, Ed. 1 Friday, September 10, 1897, newspaper, September 10, 1897; Abilene, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth330297/m1/1/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Abilene Public Library.