The Texas Mesquiter. (Mesquite, Tex.), Vol. 33, No. 48, Ed. 1 Friday, June 4, 1915 Page: 4 of 4
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Children Cry for Fletcher'#
CASTOR IA
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The Kind You llavo Always Bonght, and which has been
In use for over 30 years, has borne the signature of
and has been mado under his per-
* sonal supervision sineo its Infancy.
twrf/vy S-eccc/ute, Allow no vno to deceive you In this.
All Connterfeits, Imitations and ** «Just-n.s-i;ood " are but
Experiments that trifle with and endanger the health of
Infants and Children—Experience against Experiment.
What is CASTORIA
Cnstorta is a harmless snbstitnto for Castor Oil, Pare*
gone, Drops and Soothing Syrups. It is pleasant. It
contains neither Opium, Morphine nor other Narcotic
substance. Its age is its guarantee, it destroys Worms
mid allays Feverishncss. For more than thirty years it
lias been in constant use for the relief of Constipation,
Flatulency, Wind Colic, all Teething Troubles and
Diarrhoea. It regulates the Stomach and itoweisv
assimilates the Food, giving healthy nud natural sleep.
The Children's Panacea—The Mother's Friend.
GENUINE CASTORIA ALWAYS
[Bears the Signature of
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In Use For Over 30 Years
The Kind You Have Always Bought
THI C INTAUR COMPANY, NEW VON K C IT V,
A Visit To The
Thrall Oil Field
Having no desire whatever to
invest in oil, but having a curi-
osity to see an oil Held, the
writer, while in Austin, recently
took occasion to visit the Thrall
oil field, located in Williamson
county, about sixty miles north-
east of Austin.
Prior to the discovery of oil
there about two months ago, the
town of Thrall was a very small
village, consisting perhaps of
half a dozen stores, with a popu-
lation of about two hundred.
Now it has about forty business
establishments and several
thousand population, though its
population is made up largely of
what might be termed tran-
sients. I take it that, in the
course of time, Thrall will boa
good town but that cannot be
said of it now, though they are
doing lots of business of all kinds.
Some provision had to be made
for the hundreds who were com-
ing. They began to erect cheap
frame buildings, but they could
not put them up fast enough, so
most of the buildings in which
the stores and offices are located
are cheap framo structures;
some of them have wooden floors
and frames, canvas walls and
roofs. The hotels, if such they
could be called, are huge tents,
filled with cots, so close together
that those who occupy them
have to crawl in over the foot
from the center aisles. The
work on the wells being drilled
goes on day and night, including
Sundays, and I am told that
these same cots are used in the
day time by those who work at
night, and vice versa, at a dollar
per cot for every twelve hours,
or two dollars per cot per day,
reckoning a day as twenty four
hours. The discovery of oil has
been a big thing for the land
owners. They get an average of
$500 per acre for a ten year lease
with a royalty of one-fourth of
the oil produced where oil is
found. Where no oil is found,
they still have the land and $500
per acre lease money. The pro-
ducing oil wells, of which there
are about a dozen, are all located
Hesquite Promises
Poet for Southwestern
Georgetown, Texas, June 8.—
About the 29th of September,
1914, a Freshman came toGeorge-
town for the purpose of attend-
ing the Southwestern University.
Upon being asked he said that|
his name was R. RoyJobson and j
that he lived at Mesquite, fifteen
miles from Dallas. Jobson en-
tered the University and was j
little seen and less known, his
time being spent with his books |
while other bovs were enjoying!
the Autumn in swimming, hunt- J
ing and fishing on the 8:in Ga- j
briel. Time passed on and soon '
the Winter term opened. A fuw
short poems having appeared in
the college publications that
were signed R. R. .J. Readers
began inquiring as to who this
person could be. The young
poet turned a deaf ear to ail this
but kept on writing his verse.
Finally the editors of the Sou'
wester began to plan the year
book. To encourage art and lit-
erary genius a purse was put up
for the best poem and the best
cartoon, li. R. J. soon hit upon
an idea and after much ponder-
ing and labor he succeeded in
putting it in verse form and
turned it is to the editor. Many
other poems were turned in,
some by proud upper classmen
and ambitious Sophomores. The
Sou'wester was soon compiled
and sent to the engravers. Last
week the book returned and the
judges rendered their decision.
It was found that R. Roy Jobson
received a unanimous vote. The
winning poem was entitled "The
Departing Senior."
Rout. E. Brown,
Editor Publicity Department.
On October 8, 1914,
The Cranford Drug Company, of
Alba, Texas, phoned to The Eucaline
Medicine Company at Dallas, the fol-
lowing:
"Express us One Dozen Adinirine
Tonic Sarsaparitla, and ship us by
freight Five Dozen more." Alba
people have been using Admirine
Tonic Sarsaparilla for ton years
They know that it stops Chills and
Fever promptly, relieves the system
of Malaria and prilics the blood when
it is disordered from Malaria Posion
I'rice $1.00 per bottle. Ask for it.
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"Everybody Liked the Ice Tea"
Every time you have company you pick
out some one particular thing that you noticed
made the hit of the meal with your guests.
You'll be ;:aying this of the ice tea if it's made with
White "wan
Tea
It will do your heart good to see the way the
glasses come back for more. White Swan really
is a different tea from others a tea everybody
likes. The tea for company—the tea for you.
Most All Grocers
sell White Swan Ten—four sizes in air-tight ting—
IQe, 25c. 40c and 75c. Should j our grocer be one of
the very few who don't carry it. send ua 75c for a
pound—sent postpaid.
WAPLES-PLATTER GROCER CO.
( W/>o/*m/o Only)
Deniton, Ft. Worth, Dillni, Amarilfo,
Bowie, Brown wood. Chillicothe, Dut lin,
Gainewille. Greenville. Hamlin. Marshall.
Stamford, Te*.; ami Ada, Okla.
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Whenever You Need a General Tonic
Take Grove's
The Old Standard Grove's Tasteless
chill Tonic is equally valuable as a
General Tonic because it contains the
well known tonic properties of QUININE
and IRON. It acts on the Liver, Drives
out Malaria, Enriches the Blood and
Builds up the Whole System. SO cents.
close together, while as far as
the eye can see in every direc-
tion are tall derricks, most of
them marking the location of
dry holes, with what is known
as a "pumper" well now and
then. None of the wells, except
those in the small area referred
to, are flowing wells. Stock In
the First Thrall Oil Company, of
the par value ol $50 per share, is
quoted at $2,000, or forty dollars
to one. The stock of this com-
pany is higher than the other
companies with producing wells
because it has a larger lease on
which to bore additional wells.
Assuming that of the $50 per
share paid in, half of it went to
pay for the lease, promotion ex-
pense, etc., only $25 per share
went into development. At the
market value of $2,000 per share,
each $25 of actual capital invest-
ed would have to pay 800 per
cent profit for the owner to
realize ten per cent profit on the
market value of his stock. It
will not pay that well, as it costs
something to take care of and
market the oil, so those who get
in on the ground floor and sell
out when the stock reaches the
maximum are, next to the land
owners, the ones who make
money. Shares in some of the
companies with producing wells
is now worth but little above
par, while there is no sale for
stock in companies that have
nothing but leases and dry holes.
A lot of people throughout this
entire section are going to lose
money they can ill afiord to
spare.
Rip Van Winkle by J. Emer-
son Nye, June 7th, New Sheatre.
Hair Turned Red
In One Night
The sensation of the past
week has been the extraordinary
experience of Mack Stewart.)
one of Dublin's popular grocery)
merchants.
Mr. Stewart is 35 years of age. j
and up to Thursday nightof las'
.veek was the possessor of a suit
of jet black hair, with the excep
tion of a slight tinge of gray
about his temples. Today he is
what might be termed a red-
headed man. In a single night
the pigment of black was sup-
plated by red and the glossy
black locks changed to a pro
nounced auburn.
Mr. Stewart arose earl.v Fri-
day morning and did not notice
the metamorp'.iosis that had
taken place during the night un-
til it was called to his attention
by the barber while he was being
shaved. At that time the trans-
fusion of color had not been fully
consumated, the red being more
noticeable around the edges of
the hair than on top, but by the
following morning it was red all
over, and has continued so ever
since.
Mr. Stewart, who was former-
ly a railroad conductor, attributes
the remarkable occurence to a
most vivid dream he had Thurs-
day night. He says lie.dreamed
he was back at work on the H. &
T. C. railway. He was standing
on top of a box car when, as the
train crossed Chambers creek,
his head was struck by the top
of the bridge, and he fell back
with the blood gushing over his
face. He awoke with a.start and
experienced a terrible pain in
his head. The train, the creek,
the bridge and all the surround-
ings- were as distinct as if he ac-
tually had been gazing on them,
and the pain was as severe as if
he had received a crushing blow.
Mr. Stewart's hair has been
examined by fifty or sixty phy-
sicians who have bean here dur-
ing the past week attending the
Erath County and Ft isco-Central
Medical associations and there
was not one who did not express
his astonishment. Instances of
hair turning white on account of
extreme fear, mental anguish or
nurveous strain,have been known
to occur, but cases of black hair
turning to red are almost un-
heard of, They all expressed
the opinion that it would eventu
ally turn white.— Dublin Tele
phone.
G0RQUERIN6 TEMPTATION
By GERTRUDE A. PEAR80N.
Invigorating to the Pale and Sickly
The Old Standard grnrml otrpngllienlng tonic,
GROVE S TASTELESS chill TONIC, drives out
Malaria, enrichcs the blood.and builds up the sys-
tem. A true tonic. For adults and children. Stic
"There goes a man noted for his
dark deeds."
"Is he a crook?"
"No; a coal heaver."
Disordered Kidneya
Cause Much Pain
With pnin and misery by
duy, blccp-diaturbiriii bl.nl ■
dci waakness at night
tired nervous, run-down
m«n and women every-
wherenre gladto knowlhut
Foley Kidney Pills restore
health and strength, and
the regular action of kid-
neys and bladder.
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Mesquite Pharmacy
Subsequent developments have
demonstrated that Boss Piatt
and Mark Hannaknew what they
were worrying about the state of
William MjKinley<s health.
Boston Transcript.
CALOMEL WHEN BILIOUS? KOi STOP!
MIKES YOU SICK AND SALIVATES
"Orison's Liver Tons" Is Harmless To
Clean Your Sluggish Liver
and Bowels.
Ught Calomel makon you nick. Tt'«
horrible! Take a dow> of the dangerous
drug tonight and tomorrow you may lose
a day's work.
Calomel is mercury or quicksilver
which causes necroaia of the bones.
Calomel, when it cornea into contact
with sour bile crashes into it-, breaking
itiup. This is wlien you feel that awful
nausea undicramping. If you arc slug-
F:i«h and "all knocked out," if your
iver is torpid and Imwela constipated
or you have headache, diuim'sa, coated
tougue, if breath is hu 1 or stomach sour,
just trv a H]>oonful of harmless Dodson'a
Liv«r i'unn tonight on my guaraotro,
Here's my guarantee—f!o to nny drug
store and get a fiO cent bottle of l)od-
soti's Liver Tone. Take a spoonful and
if it doesn't straighten you right up
and make you feel tine anil vigorous I
want you t« go back to the store and
get your money. Dodson's Liver Tone
is destroying the sale of calomel because
it is real liver medicine; entirely vege-
table, therefore it can not salivate or
make you sick.
1 guarantee that one spoonful <if Dod-
son's Liver Tom will put your sluggish
liver to work and clean your bowels of
that sour bile and constipated wa#to
which is clogging your svstem and mak-
ing you feel miserable. 1 guarantee that
a. bottle of Unison's Liver Tone will
keep your entire family feeling tine for
months, (live it to your children. It is
harmless; doesn't gripe ami they like iU
|il«asaiit tasto.
(Copyright, 1914, by W. 0. Chapman.)
Benson lay upon the rocks, staring
at a letter beside him. In front of
him the blue waves rippled In the sun-
shine. The air was warm and balmy.
It would have been difficult for any-
one not acquainted with the country,
and the temperature of July, to real-
ize that this was Alaska.
"Dear Mr. Benson," ran the letter.
"We beg to inform you that, in accord-
ance with the terms of your late fath-
er's will, all the property except the
limited estate entailed, goes to your
younger brother. You are, however,
Baron Linlield, and, aB such, are now
the owner of Linfleld Manor. Kindly
wire us instructions as to your plaus.
"We wish to add that, inasmuch aa
the upkeep of the estate far exceeds
the rent-roll, it would be to your in-
terest to sell this to your younger
brother. There is, however, a codicil
to the will, made by your father in
his last illnesB. Should you decide to
leave the woman with whom you are
living, an annual sum of five thousand
pounds is to be paid you, to enable
you to keep up your title respectably.
"Faithfully yours,
"Dench & Dench."
"The woman with whom he was liv-
ing." Benson saw the words staring
at him out of the typewritten page
Ills father had known. He had mar-
ried a half-breed.
Natusha had been educated at a
mission school, and, save for the Jet
black hair and rather high cheek
bones she might have passed for a
white woman. But In the eyes of his
acquaintances she was a squaw, and
he a squaw-man. He had married her j
when he was desperately lonely In the i
remote North, and half-crazed with !
drink besides.
Natusha had redeemed him. She ;
had thrown the whisky bottles away. '
She had made him a home. She had
loved him, and he had loved her, too.
A violent revulsion of feeling came
over Benson. He seemed to smell the
Sussex air, to see the beautiful coun-
try of his birth. He had friends, many,
in England.
Benson resolved to run away. He
could walk to the nearest port and
catch the morrow's boat. He would
leave everything to Natusha. She
would doubtlesa go back to her own
people.
He saw her watching him silently
that night. Like a faithful hound she
knew his moods—her lord's moods.
Natusha watched him with a dumb,
aching at her heart. She had seen
the change in him.
At midnight, when he thought Natu-
sha was sleeping, Benson arose noise-
lessly from his couch. He had his
mackinaw and overshoes ready, for
the nights were cold.
When he had disappeared Natusha
kneeled at the bedside a moment In
prayer. She prayed to the God of
whom the missionaries had told her,
aa sho had never prayed before. Then
she slipped out after him.
v As Benson strode along the trail all
memory of Natusha seemed to slip
from him. He was a boy once more,
In the Sussex lanes, heartfree.
He remembered the final a-ngry
scene with his father, the old man'a
futile wrath at the son who had dis-
honored his name.
It had been the act of a goaded man,
desperate for money, but Benson could
only hang his head before the old
man's scathing words.
"If ever temptation comes to you
again, sir, remember what you have
done and try with all your might to
conquer it," he had said.
Suddenly he stopped dead. Why,
this was the temptation of which his
father had spoken. He was doing now
a thing still more dishonorable than
that which he had done before. What
was the use of being Baron Linfleld
If ho was a scoundrel to boot?
Benson sat down and fought his
battle out. And, with her woman's in-
tuition one who watched him from a
near hiding place knew that the God
of the mission people waa wreatllng
with his adversary for Benson's soul.
The agony on the man's face was
stronger than the suffering on hers.
Forgetting all, daring his wrath,
Natusha glided up to him. She kneeled
at his side and put her arms around
him.
, And, in this position, she whispered
j something to him, a woman's secret
i that made his heart leap as hers was
beating then.
Benson rose to his feet. The hag-
gardness was gone from his face. Ho
1 saw his duty He saw the years of
' ease and dishonor stretching before
| him, on the one hand, and, on the oth-
| er, years of honor. He could make
Mnisolf respected. If he could not win
recognition for Natusha, he could for
1 his daughter—or his son. And the
heir would be Baron Linfleld, if it was
a boy If a girl—well. . . .
j Natusha drew his arm through hers,
and together they went back in si
, lence toward the cabin. They entered
and Benson, taking out the letter, de
liberately tore It to pieces. He would
j not answer Peneh &. Dench. He
j would not even take the money from
Ithe estate. Let the dead past go.
Benson put hla arms about Natusha
She was pretty and glrl-llke, this lit
tie wife of his. He knew now, too,
that the heart of a woman beats th<
j same, and always true, whether be
1 nenth a pink or olive skin.
"It's all right, Natusha," he said
cheerily. "There won't be any mor
scraps of paper."
How's This?
We offer One Hundred Dollars
Reward for any case of Catarrh
that cannot be cured by Hall's
Catarrh Cure.
F. J. CHENRY & CO., Toledo, O.
We. the underpinned, have known F. J.
Cheney for the last to years, and believe
him perfectly honorable In all business
transactions and financially able to carry
out any obligations made bv his Arm.
NATIONAL BANK OF COMMERCE,
Toledo. O.
Hall's Catarrh Cure Is taken Internully,
actlnK directly upon the blood and mu-
cous surfaces of the system. Testimonials
sent free. Price 75 cents per bottle. Sold
by all lirugeisis.
Tike liaii • rsmlly Pills far constipation,
raff
Here's A Mar? Will Tell You^
The standby of*the thirsty—
the delight of the hot and tired—
the treat for the multitude.
Delicious and Refreshing
Demand the genuine by full name—
nicknamed encourage substitution.
Whenever
you ac© an
Arrow, think
of Coca-Cola
The Coca-Cola Co.
ATLANTA, GA.
mm
Through Standard Electric Lighted
SLEEPERS
Daily from
FORT WORTH
-VIA—
"Milano Route"
TO
AUSTIN
SAN ANTONIO
Dining Car into San Antonio Serves Breakfast
A Vacation Worth While at
MAR LIN
Special Round Trip Kates Daily
D. J. PRICE, Gen. Pass. Agent
Houston. Texas
AND GRIND ITS IVORIES.
"So Miss Banger played for your
She claims that she can make the
piano speak."
"Well, I'll bet if it spoke it would
say: 'Woman, you have plaved me
false.'"
Lord Derby says the English
people are soon to be asked to
make additional and redoubled
sacrifices, and, judging from the
movements of the Germans, lie
is not talking through his hat,
either.—Houston I'ost.
SAVE MONEY I
Why go a long distance from Home? There are as
tine resorts along the San Antonio & Aransas Pass Railway
as in the North. Vacation can be spent at one of these re-
sorts at much less cost. At die Coast rr in the Mountains
--Good Sport and Beautiful Scenery.
COAST RESORTS
CORPUS CHRIST I ROCKPORT
PORTLAND ARANSAS PASS
INGLES I.DK
MOUNTAIN RESORTS
KERVILLE COMFORT—Center Point
BOERNE WARING
The Coast and Mountain Resorts along the S. A. & A. P.
Ry. afford tine fishing, bathing and boating, and the Beauti-
ful Gaudalupe River near our Mountain Resorts affords ex-
cellent places, for outing parties.
The San Antonio & Aransas Pass Railway is the "Official
Route" for the TEXAS PRESS ASSOCIATION MEETING
at Corpus ChrisU in June.
Three First class Trains DAILY between San An-
tonio and Corpus Christi with Pullman equipment.
Ask Your.Local Apent for Tickets
—VIA—
San Antonio & Aransas Pass
Railway
or address
CEO. F. LUPTON, G. P. A.
San Antonio, Texas
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