The Texas Mesquiter. (Mesquite, Tex.), Vol. 26, No. 50, Ed. 1 Friday, June 12, 1908 Page: 6 of 8
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UNUSUALLY BRILLIANT.
Lady—Your little brother deems to
be bright for his a-^e, doesn't he?
Little Maggie—Well, I should say
so. Why, he knows the name of al-
most every player In the big leagues.
TORTURED SIX MONTHS
By Terrible Itching Eczema—Baby's
Suffering Was Terrible — Soon
Entirely Cured by Cuticura.
"Eczema appeared on my son's face.
We went to a doctor who treated him
for three months. Then he was so bad
that his face and head were nothlug
but one sore and his ears looked as if
they were going to fall off, so we tried
another doctor for four months, the
baby never getting any better. His
hand and legs had big sores on them
and the poor little fellow suffered so
terribly that he could not sleep. After
he had suffered six months we tried
a set of the Cuticura Remedies and
the first treatment let him sleep and
rest well; In one week the soren were
gone and in two months he had a clear
face. Now he is two years and has
never had eczema again. Mrs. Louis
Beck, R. F. D. 3, San Antonio, Tex.,
Apr. 15, 1937."
Why He Married Again.
An Ohio lawyer tells of a client of
his—a German farmer, a hard-work-
ing, plain, blunt man who lost his wife
not long ago. The lawyer had sought
him out to express his sympathy; but
to his consternation the Teuton la-
conically observed:
"But I am again married."
"You don't tell me!" exclaimed the
legal light. "Why it has been but a
week or two since you buried your
wife!"
"Dot's so, my frent; but she is as
dead as effer «he vill be."—Lippln-
cott'i.
A Household Necessity.
I would almost as soou think of run-
ning my farm without implements as
without Hunt's Lightning Oil. Of all
the liniments I have ever used, for
both man and beast, it is the quickest
in action and richest in results. For
burns and fresh cuts it is absolutely
wonderful. I regard it as a house-
hold necessity. Yours truly,
S. HARRISON,
Kosciusko, Miss.
Might Miss Pome-ihirig.
Edyth—I told him there was no use
wasting his time, as I didn't intend
to marry him and that if ne wrote to
me I would return his letters un-
opened.
Mayme—Oh you shouldn't have done
that. He might have Inclosed matinee
tickets in some of them.
The water is pure, the soil rich, the
climate healthful and delightful, and
the people prosperous in South Texas.
You can buy from 10 to 640 acres of
land and 2 town lots there for $210 at
$10 per month. Write Dr. Chas. F.
Simmons, San Antonio, Texas.
8he Learned, Too.
"A man lives and learns," re-
marked the husband with some bitter-
ness.
"Well, the school of experience does
not bar coeds," retorted his wife.—Ex-
change.
LEVEL HEADED PEOPLE write at
once to Dr. Chas. F. Simmons, San
Antonio, Texas, for Information about
the sale of his lands, as fine as South
Texas affords. 10 to 640 acres and 2
town lots for $210 at $10 per month.
The Modern Nomad.
"Did you ask that man why he paid
rent Instead of owning his own home?"
ABked the real estate agent.
"Yes," answered the other. "He said
be didn't. He kept moving."
Will you buy now, or will you wait
until the good land Is all gone. From
10 to 640 acres and 2 town lots of
the choicest land in South Texas, for
$210, a£ $10 per month. Write Dr.
Chas. F. Simmons, San Antonio, Texas.
Woman's power is for rule, not for
battle; and her Intellect is not for in-
▼ention or creation, but for sweet
ordering, arrangement and decision.—
Ruskln.
Hicks' Capudine Cures Women.
Periodic pains, backache, nervousness
and headache relieved Immediately and
aaalsts nature. Prescribed by physicians
with best results. Trial bottle 10c. Ri
alae 25o and Wo at all druggists.
BEHIND THE SCENES IN POLITICS
THE WARD BOSSES
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Kangaroo as a Food.
Twenty or 30 years ago the back
country squatters, In order to destroy
kangaroos, used to dig huge pits at
the corners of their paddocks, running
yards of calico along their wire fences
and then drive the kangaroos Into the
pits, clubbing and shooting them. In
those days kangaroo skins were of no
value; now that they are almost ex-
tinct, there is a great demand for
them. The flesh of a young kangaroo
Is by no means to be despised, and
kangaroo tail soup Is a delicacy now
hardly to be obtained.
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WARD "bosses" come and go.
They rise and fall, and one
makes room for another.
The fluctuations in politics
are as sudden and abrupt
as the changes in the stock mar-
ket, and the "boss" of last year
may be the plainest of plain citi-
zens the ensuing year. One thing
is morally certain, there will never
be an eMmlnatlon of "bosses" In
politics, because leaders are an
absolute neccBalty in every move-
ment, and prime ministers and
presidents are a3 surely political
"bosses" as are the ward politicians
who hold their wards in the hollow of
their hanis.
Some people, good people, too, have
started in to fight "bosses," and have
ended up by co-operating with them
and getting their aid to Improve con-
ditions in certain districts. Fighting
a political "boss" is an uphill job, for
"the respectables," so-called, are usu-
ally too busy to give any assistance,
and the "boys" are all with the "boss."
I remember a reformer who tried to
win out on the presidency of a ward
club against the "boss." He tried
two years and was defeated, but the
third term he seemed to be sure of
success. Nearly every one of the
members of the club promised him
aid, and Dugan, as I will call him, had
high hopes. The night of the election,
with 189 members present, Dugan's
name was put before the club amid a
storm of applause. His nomination
was seconded by at least five addi-
tional speeches, each a glowing eulogy
of "Danny Dugan's staunch qualities
and services to the party." Dugan sat
entranced with the praises which were
being handed out to him. The "boss' "
candidate, Casey, was nominated in a
huff-dozen words and feebly seconded
by only one Individual.
Dugan himself was appointed one of
the tellers, and a roar of approbation
shook the hall as the chairman an-
nounced his selection. Dugan went up
and down the aisles, and everybody
gave him the "glad hand" and folded
their ballots and tossed them into the
hat he carried with "There's another
for you, Dan, old boy," or "Hurrah for
Danny Dugan."
He had a ballot shoved at him with
the Injunction, "Make it unanimous,
Danny; hurl in a vote for your own
ticket," and he put his ballot in the
other teller's hat and sat down in the
seventh heaven of anticipation. The
counting was finished in a few min-
utes and Dugan smiled as he saw the
ballots all going over to one side. "It's
a walk-away," he whiapered to tho
man next to him." "It's a landslide,"
said his neighbor. The chairman
stepped to the front of the platform
and announced the vote for president
as follows: "For Peter Casey, 188
votes; for Daniel Dugan, one vote."
Dugan grabbed hla hat and madly
TtMJ? VV/W WHE/i & ~ BOSS W/7J
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rushed from the room, with a perfect
howl of cheers following him. It <vas
his last appearance in politics.
The term "political boss" images to
most people a stoutly-built man with a
plug hat and a large diamond, who
smokes long black cigars and rules
his ward or district with a rod of iron.
Sometimes he is represented as a man
with a heart bursting with sympathy
for the poor, who squeezes the rich
citizen to help out the constituents
whose votes he harvests on election
day. He is generally typified as elo-
quently profane, and story-writers de-
light to set him down Invariably as of
Irish birth.
As a matter of fact, however, there
are just as many different "bosses" as
there are nationalities in the large
cities, for a "boss" is simply a leader
for the time being, and that may be
for a few months, a few years or
longer. And some of the most suc-
cessful of all "bosses," politically
speaking, have been Americana. The
present president of the United States
is one of the most masterful of politi-
cal bosses. Who in his party dare
openly say him "nay" with any hope
of winning out against his rock-rooted
strength?
The "boss" In the cities, however,
especially the typical ward "boss," is
often a man who may be evolved by
either accident or design. Sometimes
a man goes Into tho game to help a
friend out, or to satisfy a grudge, and
the glamor of the thing attracts him
and he stays in, to finally emerge as
a full-blown "leader." And some one
of the young fellows who go into poli-
tics deliberately will work on for
years in the same ward, growing up
with the people who live there, identi-
fying himself with them and their In-
terests and finally winning the confi-
dence of his constituents so lastingly
that they win vote almost to a man as
he wishes.
A true "bos3" both follows and
leads. He knows what his "people"
want, and he does not stray far away
from their desires. If his ward has a
constituency which favors a liberal In-
terpretation of the liquor question he
Is for the "open" Sunday, and even
the all-night saloon, If necessary. He
is strong on the subject of "the poor
man's club" and hot against "blue
laws" and for the maximum of "per-
sonal liberty." Incidentally, he favora
a low license, usually.
If a "boss" lives in a Prohibition dis-
trict he fulminates against "the de-
mon rum" and points out statlsticafly
the ruin wrought by drink. This may
not prevent him from having hla
"high-balls" at the club, or his cham-
pagne at the political banquets, but
makes him strong with the votere
whose support he seeks. He is on the
alert for "blind pigs," or places where
liquor la smuggled In and sold secret-
ly, and be leads delegations to the
mayor's office and to the legislatures
to protest against the vice of drink-
ing.
The average "political boss" Is in
politics strictly for "what is in It," and
that means that he Is neither In the
game for his health, his recreation nor
his spiritual welfare. And why not?
Do business or professional men enter
Into their respective avocations for any
of the above reasons? I trow not. The
"boss" has one fixed, set Idea, and that
is to "get there," as he would express
it; to accumulate a large roll of slmo-
leons and then retire to some respec-
table residence portion of the city and
forget the low, coarse mob with which
he was compelled to associate while
he was getting his start. The success-
ful ones do this, and the unsuccessful
ones remain at the same old stand, re.
villng the ingratitude of the ones who
"made the riffle" and got away with
their "bundle."
likes and exceedingly blunt In his
way of putting things. But he could
neither be wheedled nor Intimidated.
The mere fact that he had promised
the support of his delegates in a con-
vention to a certain candidate did not
determine that be would support that
candidate at the polls on election. Hut
just so far as his word went, that
promise was iron-clad and irrevocable.
Time was when a "boss" was to be
marked by his reputation for physical
prowess. But those days are In the
sere and yellow leaf. Strange to say,
even In the toughest of the "tough"
wards, the "leaders" are very seldom
now men who depend on their "knock
down and drag out" abilities. The
"boss" of to-day aspires to be a
"dresser" and a wit, not a "slugger."
Pugilism Is left to Its regular expon-
ents, and though many of the "bosses"
may be patrons of the sparring
matches, they have given the rough-
and-tumble method of the past the
good-by, and plume themselves on
smoother plans to achieve success.
Ward "bosses" often combine to ac-
complish results, and they often cut
the ground from under one another
without the slightest compunction. I
never knew but one "boss" whose
word was absolutely and entirely to
be depended on both as to what he
could do, and what he would do. He
could tell to a certainty about how his
ward would go, and if he gave his
word as to the delegates he never un-
der any circumstances broke. He
was a man of strong likes and dis-
Such a thing as a conscience is
something that no unscrupulous ward
"boss" will harbor, for to him con-
science is a dead letter In politics. Be-
sides, a "boss" may be In one party
one year, and on the other side of the
fence the next year. He may support
a measure at first and then "switch"
and fight it. Expediency is his watch-
word, and he will support a man
whom he cordially despises if he can
see advantage to himself in tho end.
The questions of party principles have
an exceedingly hazy interest to him,
for the class with which he mingles,
and the Interests which he represents,
have no time at all to study political
economy, and no inclination towards
the ethical side of politics.
It was a matter of genuine interest
to meet the various "bosses," big and
little, and weigh them and analyze
them as they came into my perspec-
tive. They were always a trifle curi-
ous as to just how I happened to be in
politics, and I am quite certain they
were decidedly uncertain as to just
how I came to be holding down a fair-
salaried position when I could not de-
liver delegates; and yet, meeting me
In the game at every turn, from tho
primaries to the national conventions,
they knew I was "keeping cases," as
they may have expressed it, and that
in some mysterious way I must be of
some value in the sum total of ele-
ments making up political life.
The question of silent "bosses" and
talkative "bosses" is one which has
been variously reviewed, and the av-
erage judgment has been that the
silent "boss" was the great power.
The fact was that the "silent" boss
could talk fast enough when he want-
ed to, and the talkative boss could
"stand pat" when he so desired. If it
was the nature of a "boss" to talk he
did so; if he was naturally a secretive
man, he kept still generally. The most
effective combination was the "Boss"
who could talk or keep still as occa-
sion demanded, and who could neither
be goaded nor coaxed into either
silence or speech against his better
judgment.
It could be said in favor of nearly
every real ward "boss" that he wa3
not an orator. Not in the sense of a
"silver-tongued spell-binder." Many of
them could give good, common-sense
talks, and effective opes, too, but they
did not essay to split the welkin with
their perorations, and rather deBpised
in their hearts the "wind-jammer" aiul
his periods. At the same time, for a
genuinely great speaker they had a
deep respect and enjoyed hearing him.
As for the "man with the pen," they
were never unwilling to avail them-
selves of his services if he could
"make good" with anything to help on
a campaign.
ERNEST M'GAFFEY.
(Copyright, 1908, by Joseph 13. Bowles.)
LONGEVITY IN HOT CLIMATES
Tropical Races Are Shown to
Much Longer Lived.
Be
Because in tropical countries more
decayed vegetable matter Is found and
in consequence more miasma, the idea
has become popular that only vigorous
health and long life aro likely In
northern latitudes where frost now
and then asserts Itself. The fact that
humanity matures much earlier in
tropical climes seems to warrant the
conclusion that it must necessarily
perish much earlier. Dr. Lugl Sam-
bon of Rome attemptB to put the pop-
ular Impression to sleep by an elab-
orate exhibition of statistics.
He doesn't contend that the warm-
est climate Is the most suitable to a
man, under the conditions of modern
civilization, but he remonstrates vig-
orously against the Idea that a cold
and variable climate is the most con-
ducive to the physical and lntel-
leotual Improvement of the human
raco. While northern climates may
produce stalwart frames, statistics
show that they do not conduce to lon-
gevity. In proof of his position the
doctor cites the fact that the average
Arab outlives the average Esquimau
by not leea than 26 years.
He Bhowa that the people who live
along the unhealthful coaBts of Cen-
tral and South America survive the In-
habitants of the higher and cooler alti-
tudes of the interior. He shows also
that the Hindus, who often reach
puberty as early as nine years, live
to a surprising old age. The inhabi-
tants of the southern countries of
Europe are found to live much longer
than those of the more northern lati-
tude.
To illustrate, in England In a popu-
lation of 27,000,000 there are but 148
centenarians, while in Spain, with
a population of but 18,000,000, thero
aro 401 centenarians. Tho probabili-
ties are that the groat mortality found
In southern latitudes Is found in the
cities, and Is therefore not so much
the fault of the climate as of an In-
difference to sanitary laws.
Forcing Hla Chances.
"So Shadiboy is In trouble again?"
"Yes, a bit of a card scandal."
"I told him not to play unless he
could afford to lose."
"He must have gotten your advice
mixed, and decided he couldn't afford
to play unless he didn't lose."—Wash-
ington Star.
Useless Society.
Mrs. Jones often declared that she
enjoyed a little chat with their fish-
dealer because he was a man of such
original ideas, but one day, says Lon-
don Opinion, she returned from mar-
ket somewhat puzzled by his remarks.
"I said to him, just In the way of
conversation," declared Mrs. JoneB,
"that I had heard that a man becomes
like that with which he most associ-
ates.
"'That's ridiculous, Mrs. Jones!' ho
answered. 'I've been a fishmonger
all my life and can't swim a yard.'"
It's Everywhere.
The Huts of the poor, the Halls of the
rich,
Are neither exempt from some form
of itch;
Perhaps a distinction may be made in
the name,
But the rich and the poor must
scratch just the same.
O, why should the children of Adam
endure
An affliction so dreadful, when Hunt's
Cure does cure?
All forms of Itching. Guaranteed.
INTUITION.
Fortune Teller—You will shortly
meet with an accident.
Victim—How did you know I owned
an automobile?
A GOOD INCOME ASSURED, In-
creasing value guaranteed, buy farm
land In the famous Atascosa County,
Texas, from 10 to 640 acres of land
and 2 town lots for $210, payments $10
per month. Write Dr. Cha3. F. Sim-
mons, San Antonio, Texas.
Again.
Museum Attendant—We cannot tell
whether this mammal is one or several
million years old.
Old Gentleman—Hem. I see. Fe-
male of Its spee'es, eh?
Advertise,
And If you want business get out
after it and tote It home with you.—■
Salt Lake Tribune.
Lewis' Single Binder cost* more than
other 5c cigars. Smokers know why.
Your dealer or Lewis' Factory, Peoria, ill.
There is always work and tools to
work withal, for those who will.—
Uuskin.
Mrs. Wlnelow'e Soothing Syrnp.
For children teething, Boftecs the gums, reduces In-
flammation, allays pain, cures wind eollu. 25c a buttle.
It's a wise wife who knows her own
husband.
This woman says Lydia E.
Pink ham's Vegetable Coin pound
saved her life. Read her letter.
Mrs. T. C. Willadseri, of Manning,
Iowa, writes to Mrs. Pinkham:
" I can truly Bay that Lydia E. Pink-
ham's Vegetable Compound saved my
life, and 1 cannot express my gratitude
to you in words. For years I suffered
with the worst forms of female com-
plaints, continually doctoring and
spending lots of money for medicine
without help. I wrote you for advice,
followed it as directed, and took Lydia
E. Pinkliam's Vegetable Compound and
it has restored me to perfect health.
Ilad it not been for you I should have
been in my grave to-day. I wish every
suffering woman would try it."
FACTS FOR SICK WOMEN.
For thirty years Lydia E. Pink-
ham's Vegetable Compound, made
from roots and herbs, has been the
standard remedy for female ills,
and has positively cured thousands of
women who have been troubled with
displacements, inflammation, ulcera-
tion, fibroid tumors, irregularities,
periodic pains, backache, that bear-
ing-down feeling, flatulency, indiges-
tion,dizziness,or nervous prostration.
Why don't you try it ?
Mrs. Pinkham invites all sick
women to write her for advice.
She has guided thousands to
health. Address, Lynn, Mass.
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Thousands of cases cured by B. B. B. after
all other treatments failed. Price li.oo per
large bottle at drug stores, with complet*
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