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and all summer complaints, take
Lowry's Signal Tonic
FOR MALARIA
MCTTO:
Keep your head cool
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HONEY
SIGNAL.
VOL, 6.
Honey Grove, Texas, Friday August, 21 1896,
NO. 23
LOANS.
THE TURNIP CARVER
MARTHY'S CONCLUSION.
PASSED THE JOB ALONG.
RETIRED
BURGLAR.
52 Dosgs, One Dollar.
This marvelous remedy is introduced into the
system without spoon or hypodermic, the op-
tic nerve acting as a siphon to distribute the
healing balm to all parts of the body.
Antipsoric, Antipyretic and Antiseptic.
Directions: A dose every Friday.
KITE FLYING
Dangerous Methods of Issuing Valueless
Checks by Men In Straits.
"Are Pittsburg business men of-
ten detected in the practice of kiting
oliecks?" was the question asked of
a number of leading bankers tho
other day, in response to which
some interesting information was
obtainod. Tho allegations made in a
rooont sensational trial about how
the practice of obtaining money
without paying interest could bo
carriod to a sort of sciontifio perfec-
tion made the subject appear one of
How He Fashions Hoses antl Lilies and
Carnations Out of Vegetables.
In many of the down town restau-
rants, chophouses and grillrooms
one will notioe that tho uncooked
meats that are displayed are fre-
quently lavishly adorned. A dish of
ruddy steaks or a roast of beef will
be decked out with parsley, lettuce
and other herbs, and here and there
will bo seen objects that resemble
roses, daisies and lilies. These latter
are made of turnips, carrots and
beets, and the manufacture of them
considerable importance, as indeed ; has grown to something akin to art
thoso of tho bankers who would talk | in tho restaurant supply world. It
is by no means an easy thing to
about it admit that it is. Bank cash-
iers and directors are of necessity
tho most discreet people in the
world, and consequently those who
would oonsent to givo any informa-
tion on the subject stipulated that west side there is such a man, and
thoir names should not be used. he takes as much pride in his work
It would appoar, however, from as any artist in his painting. It is
carve a turnip into a white rose or a
beet into a "Jack," and the man
who can do it is sure of a fairly good
weekly income. Far over on the
faots obtained, that there is nothing
to prevent a business man or firm
with good oredit from always hav-
ing an amount outstanding in checks
much greater than their bank ac-
count if they are sufficiently skill-
ful and unscrupulous. Honest men
will not draw against nothing, it is
generally maintained, though there
are said to be frequently oases where
the bankers send for their customers
and reprimand them for some irreg-
ularity or request them to move
their accounts to some other bank.
The greatest oare is necessary to
protect banks against the acoeptanco
of worthless ohecks, and such losses
are frequently occurring. A banker,
who has also a variety of other in-
terests, in disoussing the matter,
said:
"Kiting is drawing checks on
banks where you have no money
and then sending the bank drawn on
a check on a third bank to meet the
first when it arrives. Skillful and | The pinks
well posted men can form a chain
by which thoy can get the use of
money for months in this manner,
and, though it is not often resorted
tie wood he
kitchen fire.
ter
little or no trouble to him to make
$8 or $10 a week. The outlay for the
business is small, as only four or
five different knives are used and
turnips, carrots and the like cost
very little.
"But business is not always very
brisk," said tho turnip carver one
day last week. "It all depends upon ;
tho humoi of tho restaurant keeper. ' n3UC lme
Some days he may want enough
roses to stock a hothouse, and then
again he won't take any. I don't
get very high prices, of course, so I
have to depend largely on tho
amount I sell. Anyhow, I make
enough to keep me going. It takes
mo about five minutes to make a
rose out of a turnip, and it looks very
natural."
The turnip man held at arm s
length one he was just finishing. It
really was an admirable counterfeit
of a rose.
"I get 10 cents a dozen for these.
I make from carrots sell
for about tho same. I can get five
flowers out of a good carrot, and al-
ways four, because I never buy any
but tho best ones. I use apples a
to by any but the dishonost, thero good deal for the daisies, putting
are cases where big firms have float- the hearts in from carrots. They al-
ed large sums a long while and so make good marigolds and camel-
eventually took all their paper with-; lias."
out having been suspectod. Then the turnip carver showed
"The simplest form of kiting is I how tho flowers wero made. He
where a man gives a cheok on a took a huge raw turnip and began
bank where he has not the money hacking away at it with a knife
to meet it and goes to tho bank next j curved like a saber. The peelings
day and deposits the amount. In the
ordinary oourso of business the
cheok will not reach the bank for 25
hours, and if the cash is thero to
cover it when it arrives it is to
be presumed his intentions were
honest, so that tho transaction is
not proporly to bo oalled kiting at
all. If, however, by some mischance,
ho is unable to make the deposit, ho
is liable to prosecution for false pre-
tense, even if he had supposed that
be would make tho deposit, tho
thing whioh a man does being al-
ways the best presumptive evidence
of his intentions.
"Where it is the intontion of a
man to obtain largo sums of money
by flying kites, whether to defraud
the last holders of his paper or with
tho idea of getting money to tide
him over difficulties, he will operate
between different cities, and some-
times also with tho aid of a confed-
erate."—Pittsburg Dispatch.
Origin of the Fairy Cinderella.
It has been said, "Not one girl in I
a thousand knows the origin of the
friend of her childhood, Cinderella."
Her roal name was Rhodope, and |
she was a beautiful Egyptian maid-
en, who lived 670 years before the
common era and during the reign
of one of the 12 kings of Egypt. One
day Rhodope ventured to bathe in a I fo/the'm
clear stream near her home, leaving
her shoes, which wore very small,
lying on a bank. An eagle, passing
above, caught sight of the little san-
dals, and, mistaking them
toothsome tidbit, pounced down and
carried one off in his beak. The bird
unwittingly played the part of fairy
godmother, for, flying over Mom-
phis, where tho king was dispensing
justice, it lot the shoe fall directly
at the king's feet. Its size, beauty
and daintiness immediately attract-
snowed upon tho floor as he twirled
the turnip about in his hands. With
infinite care he fashioned the leaves,
now using a fino blade, now a coarp
one, and soon the turnip began\t«.
lose its turnipy appearance. When
it looked as if almost finished, the
worker took a fine knife and thin-
ned theleavo3 until thoy were trans-
lucent. Then thero was no doubt o
tho rose. It seemed that a dash c
perfume would transform it into ;
Marechal Niel. But tho work was
not yot finished. The carver took a
camel's hair penoil, dipped it into a
bottle of yellow mixture and with
it tinged the petals a pale tea rose
color. A roso stalk with leaves was
next attached, and the rose was fin,
ished.
"The liquid is a secret," said the
turnip man, with much pride, "and
a quarter's worth of it will tint sev-
eral thousand roses. Then I have
blue and red liquids, bluestone and
coohineal, that oost less and help
make up the different colors. You
see, I can make pansies by dyeing
the petals with the rod and blue
mixed.
"Beets come in very handy for
the deep rod roses, and they carve
very easily. Sometimes I make tiger
lilies, but they are only ouriosities,
as people won't pay a quarter apiece
They require two whole
She Became Reconciled to Her Own Quiet,
Country Ways.
They had returned from a visit to
the home of a grown up son in the
city. His face brightened as he ap-
proached the front gate, and he
heaved a sigh of relief as he stepped
up to the well and began to pump a
dipper full of water.
"Hev a drink, Marthy,"ho said;
"bev a drink. 'Tain't no Polly Nary
water nor no ginger ale, but 'tain't
the prickle thet quenches thirst. I've
been a-hankerin fur a drink from
this well ever sence we lef' home."
But she took no notice of his invi-
tation and passed into the house.
"Anything wrong?" he asked
when he laid down the wood he
had brought in for the kitchen
"No. Nothin is wrong
"Ye seem sorter sil
usual. Ain't ye glad tev
hum?"
"Yes. I'm glad ter bo back hum.
But I've suthin on my mind."
"Trouble?"
"Not ezackly trouble. But I'm
beginnin ter think thet we ain't
movin along weth tho times. I'm
kinder afraid thet we're gittin ter
bo back numbers."
Thet comes along er spandin so
in the city surroundin's
I s'pose."
"I'm afeared so. Wo don't talk
like them people does. We don'
seem ter hev their way of expressin
ourselves."
He seated himself on the wood box
and thought it over for a few min
utes. Then ho looked up and said
gravely:
"Marthy, ye ain't no slob."
"How daro you use sech language
ter me?" she inquired indignantly.
"Whut I mean is thet ye'ro a Jim
Dandy."
"Whoever said any sech a thing
again my character?" she exclaimed
rising to her feet in her excitement.
"Aw, that's all right. Ye'ro
bute, ye are. Ye'ro a corker. Ye'ro
right in it, see? Hully gee, but"
"Ezekial!" she fairly screeched
"Stop that swearin this minute, er
us ez hez lived man an wife all
these years is a-gointer hev court
perceeding's an our names in the
papers;"
"Don't git riled, Marthy," ho re-
plied soothingly. "Them's only
some o' the things I picked up while
we wus ter town. I didn't think
yo'd like 'em very well, but I didn't
wanter lose no way seein yer recon-
ciled ter hum."
"Air ye sure ye heard that kind o
talk?"
"Didn't hear much else while the
boys wus round."
"Well," she responded gently,
"le's say no more about it an talk
our own talk in content from this
on. I reckon it depen's a good deal
on whut ye'ro useter. Cities hev
their outlandishness jes' the same
ez the country, an I dunno but whut
moro so. "—Detroit Free Press
turnips and a carrot, and it takes
mo two hours to make one. Now
and then I cut out animals. I did
a horse once for which I got $5—that
tor ® | is, a man said he would give me
but I broke one of tho horse's legs
carrying it to him. My youngster
likes me to out out cats and dogs tor
him, so I do it sometimes to please
him. Cats and dogs wouldn't sell at
all alongside of roses and pinks.
Please don't tread on those peel
I
cd thoroy.il oye, „nd tho king dotor. j "Job them'on that' bit"7f ^
mined to know the wearer of so oun-
ning a shoe. Messengers were sent
through all the kingdom in search
of tbe"1'oofc that it would fit. Rho-
dope was finally discovered, the shoe
placed on her foot, and sho was car-
ried in triumph to Memphis, whore
she became tho queen of the King
Psarameticus.—New York Journal.
cloth.
Why? They make the best vegeta-
ble soup you ever tasted. Just drop
a lean bono into a pot with them,
and it's fit for a king. "—New York
Sun.
A Hundred Million Suns.
A peop into tho heavens through
a modern telescope is a peep into
— [ tho very depths of mystery. With
Antiquity of Soap. 1 such an instrument one may gaze
Soap is not a modern invention. It upon 100,000,000 stars, each of them
is twice mentioned in tho Bible, first a burning, blazing sun. From what
in Jeremiah and again in Malachi. | little we know of creation we can-
History tells us that more than 2,000 not but believe that each of those
yoars ago the Gauls manufactured suns is giving light and heat to a
it by oombining beech tree ashes train of planets, just in the same
with goats' fat. j manner that our sun gives light and
A few years ago a soap boiler's life to his little flock of worlds. Be-
shop was discovered in Pompeii, hav-! yond those 100,000,000 suns there
ing been buried beneath the terrible may be hundreds of millions more,
rain of ashes that fell upon that Thus they may continue "system
city 79 A. D. The soap found in the after system and worlds without
shop had not lost all its officacy, al- end." Verily we may say with Rich-
though it had been buried 1,800 ter's dream man, who was taken on
years. At tho time that Pompeii was a voyage by an angel through the
destroyed tho soapmaking business; depths of space, "End there is none;
was carriod on in sevoral of the Ital- neither was thore a beginning. "—St."
ian cities.—Grocer's Review. j Louis Republic.
The English Militia.
The militia is now between 500
and 000 officers below the establish
ment, and tho number of vacancies
tends to increase. Tho chief cause
of this is tho great agricultural de-
pression, which has utterly ruined
the smaller landowners who former-
ly officered the militia and has crip-
pled the great ones. The landed
gentry are living abroad or are
crowding into the oities to earn a
living. Every younger son and most
elder ones are going into business
and find they have no time ,to devote
to soldiering. A man who only gets
a few weeks' holiday can hardly bo
expeoted to spend a month of it at
some dull country town or at some
camp of instruction and give up all
forms of sport. Many regiments
have had a number of vacancies for
many years, and this causes a large
amount of extra work and heavy
extra expense to the officers, or else
the plan of resorting to attached
offioers must bo followed, a method
unsatisfactory to both sides. The
fact remains a serious one—that the
militia is something like 15 per cent
short of its establishment of officers.
Even this does not show the whole
state of the case. The establishment
in the artillery and infantry is only
three subalterns to two companies,
like tho peace establishment of the
regular army, and in the event of
war, if the militia is required for
foreign or even home service, it
would want some 600 subalterns to
make the battalions up to war
strength.—National Review.
How One of His Legs Came to Be Shorter
Xiu.n the Other.
"Perhaps you never noticed that
one of my legs is a little shorter than
the other," said the retired burglar.
"I don't suppose you would, -any
way, unless you happened to meet me
in damp weather, when tho rheuma-
tism made mo limp a little, but it
is, and I got it in one of the toughest
experiences I ever had.
"I had gone into a house in a town
something less than 100 miles away
from the city and had taken about
two steps inside of a room on the
second story when I felt something
give under my foot, and I knew in
a minute I was in a trap. Two small
pieces of timber, like pieces of joist,
that had been rigged to work like a
common steol trap, -sprung up and
came together on my left leg and
broke it, I knew, and held me fast.
"The noise of the springing of the
trap woke up a man who was sleep-
ing in the room. I suppose some-
body had been there to see him be-
fore, and he'd made up his mind to
get the next man, and he'd set this
trap and caught mo. He got out of
bed, turned up the light and came
over to take a look at me. I suppose
he thought that all he'd got to do
now was just to turn me over to the
police. He must have had absolute
confidence in tho trap, 'cause he
came right up close, and it was a
good trap, but I don't see how he
could have forgot that my hands
wero free. I didn't, and when he
got close enough I just smashed him
and knocked him senseless over on
the other side of the room. Then I
tackled those timbers, and, making a
tremendous effort, I managed to
open 'em wide enough to let my leg
out. It was caught near tho end,
and I slid it out sideways.
"Well, it was about as bad as any-
thing I ever struck. I hopped out
of the room and along the hall to
the head of tho stairs and down,
hanging on to the banisters and
partly sliding on 'em and out
through the front door. My pal was
waiting for me there in front, and
he came up to see what was tho
matter. He knew something was
wrong, of course, when he saw me
limping. There was a train that
stopped there about 2 o'clock in the
morning that we were going to
take, though we didn't expect to
take it that way, and he helped me
down to the station. Of course I
might have got my leg fixed in the
town all right and comfortable, but
when I'd got around again I'd have
got I don't know how many years at
the end of it, and that's something
didn't want. I'd rather take the
risk with the leg.
It was a milk train or a freight
train with a passenger car attached
away down ono end. Nobody no-
ticed us in particular, and we got
aboard and came back to the city.
It was in the winter time and still
dark when we got back. I was glad
of that. We got a carriage and went
home, and then I had my leg set.
"It was weeks before I got out at
all, and when I did get around tho
broken leg was a little bit shorter
than the other—though, as I said be-
fore, you mightnever notice it 'cept
in damp weather."—New York Sun.
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THE DANCE OF THE BONNETS.
All up and down the brilliant house,
Through circlo, box. parquet,
Sat row,; and rows of waiting folk,
Men, dames and damsels gay,
All with their bright, expectant looks,
Care freo as if in story books,
Impatient for the play.
At last tho lights turned, sudden, low;
Tho curtain upward went;
Each voico was hushed and garment's stir.
With eyes and ear3 intent
Upon tho sparkling, lovely scene,
With elf a and fays the brooks between,
Each eager face was bent.
But one, aghast, could nothing see
Excopt a monstrous plume,
While throo red roses high a-wave—
From Paris skill abloom—
Before another's straining eyes,
With saucy tilt and savago size,
Did loom, and loom, and loom.
And hard by this another sat,
Meek soul, but now a-rage,
For two wide spreading, fanlike wings
Concealed just half the stage.
Sometimes a player's head or hand
Or fragment of a dancing band
Would fall within his gauge.
One dame, behind a ribbon tower,
Felt honest, true amaze
That thoughtful she of tiniest toque
Must thus be spoiled of gaze.
She knew not that her light aigret
To eyes behind would only let
Things pass as through a haze.
And so tho dance began—to right,
To left, to right again—
The flower, the feather, silken bow,
The wing of bright bird slain.
O weird chas3e, row after row,
The bonnets come, the bonnets go,
Till curtain drops and from the show
Wend weary eyes and brain.
—Charles Dudley Warner.
False Alarm.
There is a physician in Cleveland
who is pretty sure to stutter when
under the stress of excitement.
Some time ago he had occasion to
professionally officiate on an inter-
esting occasion, and his vocal in-
firmity was the cause of a funny
misapprehension.
The husband and prospective fa-
ther, who, by the way, had set his
heart on a son and heir, was nerv-
ously pacing the library when the
doctor entered.
"Well, doctor," cried the hus-
band, forcing a smile, "is it twins?'
"Tr-tr-tr"— began the doctor.
"Triplets! Great Caesar 1"
"Qu-qu-qu"—stammered the doc-
tor.
"Quadruplets! Holy smoke!"
"No, no!" cried the doctor. "Qu-
qu-quite the contrary. Tr-tr-try and
take it ph-philosophically. It's just
a girl."—Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Hairpins and Cows.
It is to be feared that Dr. Adams
of the University of Pennsylvania
will make many enemies. He de-
clares that in his veterinary practice
the wire hairpin is a frequent cause
of disease in oattle, and especially
in pastures near seminaries for
young women. He suggests that and lies directly under the head, and
Test For Ready Boiled Lobsters.
Should ready boiled lobsters be
purchased, test them by gently draw-
ing back the tail, which should re-
bound with a spring. If the tail is
not curled up and will not spring
back when straightened, the lobster
was dead when boiled and should
not be eaten. Choose the smaller
lobsters that are heavy for their
size, as the larger ones are apt to
be coarse and tough. Lobsters weigh-
ing from 1)4 to 3 pounds are the best
in size. All parts of the lobster are
wholesome and may be used except
the stomach, which is a small hard
sack and contains poisonous matter
The Father of the British Navy.
Hawke's claim to tho title which
Keppel gave him rests mainly not
on a single battle nor on tho rhapso-
dies of ephemeral literature, but on
a discovery which was almost as im-
portant as Anson's, though it was
made in the field of tactics rather
than of topography.
The discovery was simply this—
and it sounds almost puerile when
reduced to plain language—that
naval engagements, to be worth
fighting at all, must be decisive
that strict adherence to the recog
nized methods of procedure was
very well at tho commencement of
an action, but was to be thrown to
the winds when anything better
could be done; that, in fact, to use
Hawke's own words in his instruc-
tions to his officers just before Qui-
beron, as regards the enemy, "He
was for the old way of fighting to
make downright work of them
Surely the man deserves something
moro than a qualified oblivion who
could deliver at the crucial moment
such an order as this—a truism per-
haps to our ears nowadays, but
pregnant with influence r.t the time
upon the naval warfare of the future.
How he understood it himself may
be gathered from his retort to the
master of his ship, who remonstrat-
ed with him on tho perils of pursu-
ing the French flagship farther
among the rooks and shoals of Qui-
beron bay: "You have done your
duty, sir, in showing me the danger.
You are now to comply with my or-
der and lay me alongside the Soleil
Royal." How the lesson was taken
to heart and developed by Rodney
and by Nelson is familiar to every
reader of English history.—Macmil-
lan's Magazine.
the lives of many cows might be
saved if the hairpin eould be manu-
factured of a material that would be
soluble in some one of the animals'
stomachs.—New York Tribune.
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While we earnestly hope you
I may not need a Burial case or robe,
j yet as they are sometimes neces-
j sary, wc remind you that we have
a good stock of these and will use
| our best efforts to please you in
the undeitaking line.
Fiquet & Son.
An ostrich will never go straight
to its nest, but always approaches it
with many windings and detours, in
order, if possible, to oonceal the lo-
cality from observation.
a little vein which runs tho entire
length of the tail.—New York World.
I have in stock the celebrated
Timken side spring buggies,
guaranteed for five years, and
agree if after one month's trial the
purchaser is not satisfied with the
riding qualities, to exchange the
springs for others and pay Jreight
both ways. J. B. Barnett.
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Not Unusual.
Gazlow—What is your opinion of
my new novel?
Snickers—I regret that I can't
give you an unprejudiced opinion.
Gazlow—Why not?
Snickers—Because I've read it.—•
Roxbury Gazette.
Hamilton Brown makes the best
shoes that comes to the state, a
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Not a Pleasing Oasis,
Tho wells of Murahd (mura—bit-
ter) are situated in tho heart of the
Nubian desert on the Korosko to
Abu-Hamed line, about 118 miles
from the former and 109 from the
latter place. They form the only
sources of water supply on this
road, the intervening country being
sterile desert, mostly loose sand.
Sir Samuel Baker, who was here
in 1861, describes the place as "a
mournful spot—an extinct crater
surrounded on all sides but one by
precipitous cliffs about 300 feet high.
The bottom is a dead flat and forms
a valley of sand about 250 yards
wide. The heat is very great."
Colonel Stewart, who accompanied
Gordon to Khartum and was sub-
sequently killed at Abu-Hamed,
traveled by this route in 1884, and
adds that the water is so bad that
only camels will drink it. Mr. F. L.
James, a previous traveler, obtained
some sweet water from a source in
the neighboring hills. "It took our
men a whole day to fetch it."
Both General Gordon and Colonel
Stewart expressed the opinion that
the desert in this direction is quite
impassable for any army and is a
complete barrier separating Egypt
from the Sudan.—London News.
J. B. Barnett will save you mon-
ey on buggy harness.
The Story of a "Copying" and the Deserv-
ing Poor Theory.
I remember once, at a time when
I made daily use of the reading room
of the British museum—a magnifi-
cent communistio institution of the
best; type—I was offered £2 to copy
a certain book or manuscript, I for-
get which. Being too lazy to think
of doing tho work myself, I handed
ever the commission to a man whose
respectable poverty would have
moved a heart of stone—an ox-
schoolmaster whose qualifications
were out of date, and who, through
no particular fault of his own, had
drifted into Salvation Army shel-
ters. Ho was a sober, well spoken,
■wellconducted, altogether unobjec-
tionable Tfa^n, really fond of reading
and emineri^y, eligible for a good
turn of the ^cid I did him. Hft first
step in the matter was to obtain
from me an advance of 5 shillings;
his next, to sublet the commission
to another person in similar circum-
stances for £1 15s., and so get it en-
tirely off his mind and return to his
favorite books.
This second, or rather third, party,
however, required an advance from
my acquaintance of Is. 6d. to buy
paper, having obtained which he
handed over the contract to a fourth
party, who was willing to do it for
£1 13s. 6d.
Speculation raged for a day or two
as the job was passed on, and it
reached bottom at last in the hands
of the least competent and least so-
ber female copyist in tho room, who
actually did the work for 5 shillings,
and then turned it into a handsome
investment by making it an excuse
for borrowing endless sixpences
from me from that time to the day
of her death, which each sixpence
probably accelerated to the extent
of fourpence and staved off to the
extent of twopence. She was not a
deserving person. If she had been,
she would have come to no such ex-
tremity. Her claims to compassion
were that she could not be depended
on, could not resist the temptation
to drink, could not bring herself to
do her work carefully and was there-
fore at a miserable disadvantage in
the world—a disadvantage exactly
similar to that suffered by the blind,
the deaf, the maimed, the mad or
any other victim of imperfect or in-
jured faculty.
I learned from her that she had
once been recommended to the offi
cials of the Charity Organization so
ciety, but they, on inquiring into
her case, had refused to help her be-
cause she was "undeserving," by
which they meant that she was in-
capable of helping herself. Here
was surely some confusion of ideas.
She was very angry with the society,
and not unreasonably so, for she
knew that their funds were largely
subscribed by people who regarded
them as ministers of pity to the poor
and downcast. On the other hand,
these people themselves had absurd-
ly limited the application of their
bounty to sober, honest, respeotable
persons—that is to say, to the per
sons least likely to want it and most
apt to be demoralized by it.—Con-
temporary Review.
MAGNETIC
NERVINE
VIGORiMEl
Easily, Quickly, Permanently Restored. KS
Lost Vitality, Nervous Debility, Insomnia, Failing Memory, and ail
Wasting Diseases and all Weaknesses resulting from early or later
excesses. $1 per box, 6 for $5. Mailed lo anyadclress on receipt of price.
The Rust Medicine Co., St. Paul, Minn.
For Sale By Geo. A. Dailey.
Place Your Property in the Hands of
They have some Good Bargains for those who
Want to Buy Homes.
A good farm C miles East of North from Hon.
ey Grove' of 160 acres, 75 acres in cultivation, 11
acres in fine meadow and ihe rest in good past-
ure. Fine orchard, good house of 6 rooms, 1
pool 1 cistern 1 well, good barn, $15.00 per acre,
$1000 cash rest in notes to suit the purchaser.
This is the best bargain in the country.
100 acres black land 3 miles East of Honey
Grove, well improved, terms easy.
208 acres of good land fenced and ?0 acres in
cultivation, for $1500, terms easy. This must
sell, and a man can get a fine bargain.
95 acres, 75 in cultivation, 12 miles north of
Honey Grove, 10 acres in orchard. 20 acres hay
pasture Good residence and tenant house.
Everlasting water. Si,500. Terms easy.
80 acres, 7 miles southeast of Honey Grove, 65
acres in cultivation. Price $1800. Easy terms.
40 acrcs, 4}4 miles southeast of Honey Grove.
$40 per acre. *
240 acre farm 3% miles east of Honey Grove,
Finest in the land, on the Petty road.
115 acre farm, iyt miles east of Honey Grove,
on the Petty road.
300 acres of the Scott & Baldwin's pasture, 5
miles north of Honey Grove.
A lot of one acre and two houses in Northeast
part of town to sell cheap. $1200.
A grist and saw mill and cotton gin located
near Gum Springs or Bois d'Ard Creek. 9 acres
of laud all in good condition. Will trade for
farm or take some stock. $2-500,
230 acres of black prairie meadow in Wise
county to sell cheap or trade for property in
this section.
40 acres good black land farm, all in cultiva-
tion, one house, 3 miles north of Honey ijrove.
Easy terms.
435 acres known as the Stephens farm and
pasture, 5 miles north of Honey Grove, good
bargain.
If you want to buy or sell come to see us, we
will advise you as to the v:ilue of lands and
titles to same.
480 acrcs known as Birdsall pasture, 7 miles
north of Honey Grove, $7 per acre.
140 acres good black land 33£ miles north of
Honey Grove, 100 in cultivation, good improve-
ments. Easy terms.
145 acres black land, 3>£ miles north of Honey
Grove. A bargain.
555 acres of black waxy laud in Hunt County.
435 acrcs in cultivation, 4 good sets of houses,
all fenced, fine level land, at $24.50 per acre.
Within 4 and 5 miles of 3 depots.
Also another tract of 1050 acres near Celeste in
Hunt Countj, $20 per acre.
Also a business house and lot on South Sixth
street 24x42^4 feet, to sell cheap, on easy terms
151 acics of land, 135 in cultivation 3 houses
with good wells of at each, all wire fence, 16
acres in timber a::d pasture. $20 per acre 1-3
cash.
For a Neat-Fitting,
Comfortable
and Stylish
BOOT 0
-GO TO-
W.T.CLARK'S SHOE SHOP
South Sixth Street.
FINE BOOTS | SHOES MADE TO ORDER. PERFECT FIT GUARANTEED,
Better Than Locks.
There's a story of a Marion coun-
ty planter who, just after the war,
had his smokehouse robbed on an
average of once a week. Trap guns
and formidable locks were power-
less to put a stop to the depredations
of the deft thieves. Finally the
planter secured a human skull and
crossbones, which he nailed above
the smokehouse door. He threw
away his locks and took the door
from its hinges, and his hams and
bacon were never touched thereaft-
er.—Florida Times-Union.
There is a third silent party to all
our bargains. The nature and soul
of things takes upon itself the guar-
antee of the fulfillment of every
contract, so that honest service can-
not come to loss.—Emerson.
A porter in Constantinople, with
steady employment, can make 60
cents a day.
Cheap Rates via The bantu Fe.
$31.15 to Cleveland, Ohio aud return account
Encampment Uniform Rank Knights of Py
thias. Dates of ticket sale August 19th and 20th,
good to return, until Sept. 2nd.
$29.90 t<?^ftuisvilie, Ky„ and return; account
National League of American Wheelman; date
of sale August 8th and 9th, good to return until
August 17th.
To Galveston end Houston and return; com-
mencing August 1st, and on each Saturday
thereafter until August 29th, enclusive week
and excursion tickets at five dollars for the
round trip.
. To Houston and return August 23rd to 28th
inclusive five dollars for the round trip; account
of American State Fair, agricultural education-
al and and live stock association good to return
until August Sis*. t
On account of the populist State Convention
the Santa Fe will sell tickets to Galveston and
return at $5 for the round trip. Selling Aug
4th, good to return until August 9th.
Repairing Neatly Done.
YOUR PATRONAGE SOLICITED;.-
UNDERWOOD, Pres. B. 0. WALC0TT, Vice Pres. K A, PIERCE, 2d Vice. Pres.
T. U, COLE, Cashier. J. A. UNDERWOOD. Assi. Cashier.
FIRST NATIONAL
OF HOMEY GROVE, TEX.
Capital Fully
Paid Up,
$125,060.
Undivided
Surplus,
$05,000.
Ad'nal Liability
of Shareholders
$125,000.
RESERVE AGENTS.
The National Park Bank of New York.
The Whitney National Bank of New
Orleans.
Bank, St. Loui8,
St. Louis National
Mo.
American National
City, Mo.
Bank, Kansas
With an ample capital and every
desirable facility for the transaction
of a banking1 business in all of its
branches, we solicit the deposit ac-
counts (large or small) of all classes
who desire unquestionable security
and prompt response to thoir de«
mands.
SHAREHOLDERS,
W. Underwood, Young Burgher, M. A. Galbraith, T. U. Cole, G. W.
Weldon, J. P. Pierce, B. O. Walcott, D. E. Taylor, John A. Pierce, J.
Petty, T. W. Trout, J. B. McKee, Tom Randolph, J. A. Underwood, J.
Gardner, W. A. Dial, U. T. Cole, B. M. Burgher, A. L. Wood, J. A. Kinkead,
F. W. Underwood. Fritz Messerer. Percv Simms White, Susie B. Cole, C. B.
Bryan, E. B. Cole, W. D. Wilkins, J. T. Holt, W. W. Wood.
T.
M.
H.
A Sound Liver Makes a Well Man
Are you bilious, constipated or
troubled with jaundice, sick head-
ache, bad taste in mouth, foul
breath, coated tongue, dyspepsia,
ndigestion, hot dry skin, pain in
back and between the shoulders,
chills and fever, &c.? If you have
any of these symptoms your liver
is out of order and your blood is
being slowly poisoned because
your liver does not act properly.
Herbine will cure any disorder of
the liver, stomach or bowels. It
has no equal as a liver medicine.
Price 75 cents. Free trial bottle
at Geo. A. Dailey's.
Pills do not cure Constipation.
They only aggravate. Karl's
Clover Root Tea gives perfect reg-
ularity to the bowels. For sale
at Geo. Dailey's.
Buy the old reliable Butterick
patters and make no mistake.
Price, Provine & Gray.
Sure Preventive.
"Professor," said the fair leader
of the re form delegation to the re-
ticent neighborhood philosopher
who was supposed to know every-
thing, "we're trying to make this
world better, and have taken the
liberty of seeking your advice.
What is the surest way to prevent
divorces in this country?"
"Don't get married."
And the delegation filed out.—
Detrot Free Press.
Account of the National People's Party and
American Silver Convention to be held at St.
Louis, Mo., July 22nd, tickets will be on sale
July 19th, and 20th, good until July 27th.
Account of the International Convention of
Y. P. S C. E., to be held at Washington, 1). C.
July 7th, to 13tli, round-trip tickets will be on
sale July 3rd, 4th, and 5th., good until July 18th
with privilege of extending until July 31st.
Rate $32.85.
Also round-trip tickets to various othe
places wili be sold at very low rates and if you
are thinkiug of taking a trip it will be well foi
youtocall on me and and get information re-
On Tiae Santa Fe Limited.
Passengers can daily
Leave Galveston at 7:00 p, m.,
" Houston at 6:30 p. m.,
" Dallas at 7:55 a. m.
Arrive at Springfield, Mo. at 11:10 p. m.,
" at St. Louis, Mo. at 7:00 a. m.
12 hours, Galveston to Ft. Worth.
13 " " " Dallas.
SO " " " St. Louis.
Solid vestibule train. Free reclining chair
cars- W. S. Keen an,
General Passenger Agt.
Sj>!)oiss Free to All.
I read in the Christian Standard
that Miss A. M. Fritz, Station A,
St. Louis, Mo., would give an ele-
gant plated hook spoon to any one
sending her 2 cent stamps. I sent
for one and found it so useful that
I showed it to my friends, and
made $13 in two hours, taking or-
ders for the spoon. The hook
spoon is a necessity. It cannot
cslip into the dish or cooking ves-
sel, being held in the place by a
gardiug the rates and routes. The conventions hook Oil the back. The SpOOll is
are so numerous it is impossible to make men- | something housekeepers have need-
tion of all of them in the papers. j e(j ever'since spoons were first in-
j.c.McKinney, Ticket Agent, i vented< Any one can get a sam-
_ Honoy Grove, Texas. , , J ° nam
Texas & Pacific Ry. Co., ; pie spoon by sending ten 2-cent
stamps to Miss Fritz.
Kayser's patent finger tipped
silk gloves; every pair guaranteed
by Pricc, Provine & Gray.
splendid way
around home.
4 S.
This is a
to make money
Very truly,
Jennette S.
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Lowry, J. H. Honey Grove Signal. (Honey Grove, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 23, Ed. 1 Friday, August 21, 1896, newspaper, August 21, 1896; Honey Grove, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth346502/m1/1/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Honey Grove Preservation League.