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ALBANY, SHACKELFOKD COUNTY, TEXAS, APRIL 11,1890.
VOL, 7. NO. 2
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.1 estate is trying tfwfully hard
re worrying the San Marcos
and Bowie hare had cold
ater in rhe Rio Grande is exceed-
ed Abilene will liayc a tele-
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»ho Deuton ln>. Vohool has six liun-
ed pupils.
The two national banks at Bowie have
riisolldated.
^ 1 Idle niecl>»" gijs not to ba found at
f«ville. r p |
• '• is A/proving slowly but
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ler 08 the Austin opera
bogun on tho Wlcliita
residences are going
v>la county, kills his
severe hail storm
loiiie tho capital of
' r^tl{
®fs. values are taking
°ls \
'He. % t'eetrlc lights
°Wi% ,t
jewelry from
,« Rio iTrande section
,eek.
. tlio Knights of Pythias is
A at Atlanta.
ne Eureka barrel and stave factory is
ganized in Houston.
Work begins this weak on tha Sherman
end of the M. K. & T.
Machinery for the electrlo light plant is
put in place at Corpus.
Hallettsvllle doubled its population
Iftm, last t_.'eo years.
Austin parties have refused 8250,000
for the Drlskill hotel. ,j
A gentleman from California is startlug
a grapery at Roekport.
A large brick school building will soon
be erected at WU'sboro.
Saturday's re I estate transactions in
Houston were SftSiio, 000.
Nine capitalists worth $5,00045)0 have
been looking at Atlanta.
Andrew wwdron, aiiegro, is killed by
, train near Groenwood.
The Jid Koenlgheim resldenco at >San
jelo is burned down.
The ^»=Jilt for the First National bank
at Athens is being built.
The West Texas Town Lot company is
organized at Fort Worth.
Jr. H. H. Boles, a respected citizen of
coy, tmmits suicide.
Mrs. Piety L. Hadley, of Houston, cele-
. bratcs her 88d birthday.
Tho residence of Mr. Ellison at Belton
Is destroyed; no insurance.
Corpus Christl is to have a Chautauqua
and camp meeting grounds.
□The first election since BeevIUe's in-
-w' » city is held.
fllielih, a wealthy stockman
'liity, takes rat poison and
irevalls among horses In
ountry to an alarming ex-
McDonald will open his
;overnor at Bonham, on the
ir laborites are organizing
uences In the coming elec-
uice at Willis, Ralph Stur-
mortally wounded Poter
ported as being prepared
of a hotel bulling at Cor-
5t - are sold
herd from west
ing up all the walnut
and having it sawed
£ El Paso, will receive
pril 18 for sinking of an
i, indicted 7or the killing
at Galveston, has bsen re-
in's. cook at tffe Mansion
Wottii, was shot and danger-
15 the annual meeting of the
Pacific stockholders will be
rt Worth.
L. Cleiger gets 510,000 against
at Marshall lor the death of her
an engineer.
pany is reported to l:ave been or-
at fyler for the purposo of «rect-
elling houses.
eastern company is investigating
a view to erecting a cotton and
'olen mill in Bell9.
W. Thompson intends ereoting a
wo-story auditorium framo building at
'Dallas to cost $30,000.
A contract for erecting at Laredo the
Masonic temple previously reported has
been let to A. Halrson.
It is reported that a bonus has been
raised at Atlanta to secure the building
of a 70 ton iron furnace.
At Bonham the Methodist Episcopal
South congregation will erect, a church
52x84 foot, to cost $7000.
Corsicana people feel slighfeu-. that at-
torney general Hogg did not make an
pointment to speak there.
Mr. William Kroeger has, it is reported, j
contracted for the erection of a $50,000
cotton ginnery at Floresvilie.
Will H. Jennings shipped a train load
of beeves from Pearsell, consigning them
to the Chicago Commission company.
Dr. Arch Chocliran and Dr. McKay
make stirring addresses in favor of tho
eight-hour movement at Fort Worth.
Representative Crain, of Texas, wins
his suit to recover from the government
the money lost through Silcott's defalca-
tion.
A twelve year old boy is brought to
Fort Worth from Cherokee, and jailed on
charge of attempting to kill his little step
sistor.
William Richmond gets 8100 out of
$5000 for which ha ^pied the telegraph
company of Fort Worth for not delivering
a message.
Now is the time to buy property In
Nillsboro before the rise In value comes.
Tho new road will be here by fall.—Hills-
boro Mirror.
At Strawn a building and loan associa-
tion has been organized with J. A. Wil-
liams president and J. B. Rhea secsetary
and treasurer.
Mrs. Julia Truitt Bishop, who contrib-
utes such tenderly pathetic sketches for
the Sunday Post, is destined for high
literary fame.
The Democratic executive committee
selected San Antonio as the place for
holding the state convention and August
13 as the time.
D. A. Chamberliu, M. v Smith and Ida
Bryan have incorporated the Belton Efcc-
tric Light company at Belton, with a capi-
tal stock of $300,000.
"F. II. llolloway lias purchased, It is re-
ported, the Erie telegraph system for $25,-
000, and will probably construct a line
from Burnet to Mason.
Riclfard Woolly, Jr., W. G. Couover
aud C. H. Gage are developing a gold
mine in Burnet county, and 'will, It is
stated, ereet a stamp mill.
We Yotaw of Dimmit county, who
bears the reputation in his section of hav-
ing blue-ribbon grass beeves, is now en-
gaged in marketing them.
A flour mill is beine erected at Brown-
wood. Efforts are being made to organize
a stock* company to <*rect a canning
factory. M. Mullins can give particulars.
The Ilubbard City Building aud Loan
association has been incorporated with a
capital of $20,000 with H. B. Allen, J. C.
Morgan and J. B. MoDaniel as taeorpor
ators.
The secretary of the treasury suggests
that the custom-house be moved from
Corpus Chrisli to Laredo on account of
the heavy business done at the latter
place.
Editor Milner, of the Henderson Times,
is not much accustomed to newspaper con-
troversies and expresses a hope that the
Center papers will have no shedding of
blood.
The Cacochillas District Gold and Silver
Mining company has been incorporated in
Austin by R. Ornellas, Felix Gilbert, C.
W. Ogden aud others, with a capital stock
of $100,000.
Editor Mitchell, of the Greenville Ban-
ner, laughs to scorn the Idea of a Mexican
lion being at large iii the bottoms, and
says the people have been scared by a
"yaller" dog.
The country west of Uvalde is in need
of rain. Natural water holes are dry,
and grass is slow in starting. A good
soaking dowu-pour would be very wel-
come just now.
G. W. Blassingame aud A. J. Adkins
bought 7000 yearlings and a-year-olds in
the coutry below tho Texas-Mexican rail-
road, for which It Is reported they paid
$4.50 and $7.50 respectively.
The Elks Opera House company ha?
»n organized at Lampasas with . It
>ck of $10,000 by W. A. Tattlers. \\
.eague and othei -t for the put V
ely
are passing over the western trail art
suffering somewhat from lack of water,
and some losses are reported. The water
holes are nearly all under fence, and as
rain has not fallen the streams are pretty
generally^ry.
Ml'. J. G. Follansbee, manager of the
Head & Hurst ranch in Mexico, reports
that on Sunday last the Cusiharacliic re-
duction works were burned. Loss S3,-
000,000; cause of lire unknown. The
mill is located about seventy-live miles
southwest of Chihuahua, Mexico, and
was owned by a New York company.
The Texas Stockman believes in "play-
ing for even." It says: We are expect-
ing a kick from the cotton oil producers
agalust the adulteration of pure cotton
oil With damaged hog fat. They will
doubtless demand a special tax on the
hog fat. This, of course, would bo very
unjust, but there would be a precedent
for it.
People sometimes talk about moss backs.
jBut Greenville Jias none. Her capitalists
always subscribed liberally to all
worthy public enterprises and her people
of moderate means havo aided to the ex-
tent of their ability invariably. This is a
well known fact, and they will do it again
when tho occasion requires it. —Green-
ville Banner.
Another bit of Texas railroad construc-
tion, which it is said is contemplated, is o
line to close the gap which now exists In
the connection between Sabine Pass and
Kansas City. This comes with the re-
port of the sale of the Sabine and East
Texas line and is to constitute a part of
the iron highway between the two points
named. Thus rumor has It.
The Columbia Tap is now taking a
rock train of twenty cars daily to Colum-
bia, which is used In the deep water
"Kk at the mouth of the Brazos. This
sreXhierease is due to the fact that an-
oti>er ch»qMc]c has been erected and there
are now tw>>jt,steaci 0f one> as iieretofore.
The Tap nov^N^a Its hands full and then
can hardly suppiJ^iemand made upon
it for rock.
Now that tho m.ss.n.x^anaas and
Texas will come through SealS«,1(i t|)at
the gauge of the Texas Western
made standard the people are jubl
Sealey has already 1000 population
the Santa Fe railroad Is doing a good
business. With the Missouri, Kansas and
Texas and her natural advantages there is
every reason to believe that Sealy's popu-
lation will number 8000 in a year or two.
The Galveston Tribune says the boom
Texas is now enjoying is due to the pros-
pects of securing deep water on the coast
Partly, no doubt. The certainty thali
Texas, will km iln*e #rsticlass liarbors
before tho present century has been filed
away for historical reference naturally
makes the people feel cheerful, but the
big crops and the influx of northern capi-
tal are also discerned by a posteriori reas-
oner before he gets to the end of his first
syllogism.
Tho political economist of the Texas
Farmer soars as follows: Wo have fully
twenty middlemen where one is needed.
Yet all must live upon the producer.
Under natural conditions this would
create more demand and higher prices,
and make tho producers the ricliest class
in the world. But under the unnatural
conditions which have mado the middle-
man the ruler In all things the producer
is bearing all tho burdens. No& bfusli
the cobwebs out of your mind and take
another look at the question.
The Houston Post is responsible for the
following: "Colonel William Storrett's
Texas friends Will leant with profound
regret that he has developed into a bicycle
riding dude since taking up his residence
in Washington. The Storrett of Texas
was an unassuming person who, attired
in a shock of brindle hair and red socks,
and seated astride of a nail keg, dashed
oif epigrams that scintillated like a new
tin pan. The Sterrett of Washington is a
gaudy dilletanto .Attired in knee breeches
and short velvet coat who wears a dia'
mond as big as a pumpkin for a headlight
while bowling down Pennsylvania ave-
nue."
All the newspapers have had their auf
about better public roads. To make good
roads, su'4 roads as will give satisfaction,
will require an enormous expenditure of
money. The only practicable method of
buildlug such highways will be to issue
bonds. Bonds can be placed at a low rate
of interest, but bonds to build roads will
distribute' money in the state and lots of
It: It will take carloads of the "dollars
of our daddies"' to do this work. If tho
legislature makes a load law it should be
on the local option plan, to be adopted by
counties by popular vote. Good roads
would enhance the value of farm lands to
a great extent.—Corsicana Observor,
Texas is another Southern state which
took up the question of better roads about
ilie same time as Louisiana, but it has
pushed the matter more and done more.
The subject has not been dropped there
as it was by the Louisiana press, but the
debate has been kept up and some very
valuable suggestions havo been brought
onl. Moreover, the movement has been
largely a success, and the preliminary
step-: have been taken to secure those
good roauwiiys which Texas needs, but
no more time Louisiana. A convention
of county judges and commissioners will
meet in Daltas April 8th to consider the
improvement of the public roads. The
question is a very difficult one in that
state, for what suits East Texas would
"ot do for the black lands. Moreover, In
IN THE FLOODED DISTRICT.
More Breaks in the Levees on the £■<•' Bank
Reported.
Thousands of Cattle B»ing Drowned—Greenville Flooded
and Helena on the Verge of It—The Situa-
tion Around Arkansas City.
GreknviIiLk, Miss., April 8.—The
Easton breakwater Is now filling the
Bogue Phalia country, east of Deer creek,
and with the water from the Huntington
aud Oifntt breaks, is raising the flood
line in Black Bayou swamps something
like three feet above the high water of
1882, Tho ridges usually depended on
for stock are going under, causing unex-
pected embarrassment to the planters.
The people and the mules are easily
taken care of. As for cattle, hogs and
chickens, the problem becomes almost In-
surmountable, and there will be a general
loss of this character of property. Tho
people havo rnovod out of the bottoms to
the fronts, and in many cases are putting
In false doors to their houses. The gen-
Democratic state executive committee
met in this city aud called a convention
for the nomination of a candidate lor gov-
ernor, to succeed Robert L. Taylor. Thp
Republican executive committee has al-
ready called a convention for Juno 18th,
but it is not known whether tho Demo-
cratic committee favors the calling of a
convention before or alter the Re-
publican assemblage. It is believed,
however, that It will be held in
July or August, es the farmers
wish it called for a time that will
not interfere with their operations. Hon.
W. L. Clapp and Col. Joslah Patterson of
Memphis, Col. Jere Baxer of Nashville,
and Mr. J. P. Buchanan of Ruthford
SIJNDAf SCHOOL LESSON.
II—April 13.—-Th? Widow
flam-Luke VII: 11-18.
rke Funeral Procassion—Restoration of th<
Dead to life—The Effect ou the People-"
Ample Proofs of Jejus' Divine Mission.
A BOY MILLIONAIRE.
Little 9f»{«hjtU Bsbort*. 10 Temr* 01J,
fenenor of » Fortan.® of CS.MO.OOO.
Golden Text.—"They glorified (Jod,
saying, that a great prophet is rStn
up among-us."—Luke vii:1.7.
Time. -Summer of a. D. 28, very
soon after the sermon on the mount.
Place.—Nain, u small town in Gali-
lee, near the borders of Samaria,
county, are the candidates for the Demo- labout six miles southwest of Capernaum
cratic nomination. Hon. Julius A. Trous-1 and seven from Nazareth. "It was
dale of Sumner county, Congressman Mc- ! not far from Endor," "near the source
Millan and ex-Indian Commissioner At- j 3f the brook KisUon," "011 the northern
kins have declined to permit their names slope of the rugged and barren ridg-o
to be considered iu connection with the - - - - —
nomination. l*'or the Republican nomina-
tion, Hon. W. R. Moore of Memphis, and
Hos. James A. Warder of Chattanooga,
have been mentioned. The coming
gubernatorial 'contests promises to bo tho
is
1882, anfl
higher
the northern ]
;ra! character of the overflow is as
as seven feet back in tlio swamp, with
only a foot or two iu tho places over-
flowed on the front, with ridges that have
no water. Still the tremendous develop-
ment of this valley has brought in thou-
sands ot people who look with terror
upon the water surrounding them as far
as the eye can reach, and can not get
over the curious sensation, although It is
only a couple of feet in depth. The
northern part of the city, comprised of
residences, has from one inch to two feet
of water in the streets, while the popula-
tion is paddling around in every conceiv-
able description of improvised boats and
on rafts. Many persons who never ex-
perienced an overflow are panic-stricken.
The business portion of the town is in-
tact. There is no water in tho southern
portion. Still the aspect of the Black
Bayou and Hog 11 e Phalia country Is more
serious, and when these waters reach
the water from the Sklpswilh break,
In Issaquena county, they will en-
tail a heavy loss in stock and
movables. No further loss of life has
been reported anywhere, nor is any appre-
oled, except what might occur from an
accident. The present overflow
later than tlio overflow of
water is about two feet
s then. The water in
,, x _"v is at a si anil
showing thnt^i^g^^^pfe-ht! flood wave
has passeijL,"vT,ie "it there aro 110 other
breaks iiear here the whole of the city will
•not be submerged. This place and the
country laying next to the river south of
here are the only ones of refuge for the
Black Bayou stock except In cases where
the mules aud stock had been housed in
the overflowed district before the comple-
tion of the leveo system. An overflow
every year or two was expected, but con-
lining the river has so raised the flood
level as to put the most: favorable locali-
ties under water, while the places that
formerly had four feet now have as much
Us seven, and render any thought of re-
maining out of the question. Thousands
"if people in our town can bo seen poling
Hbout In from two to four feet of water.
The Black Bayou and Bflligue Phalia
tiverflow has cut off rail communication on
lite Louisville, New Orleans and Texas
lailway, as well as on tlio Georgia Pacific,
iind Greenville goes back to steamboat
communication as of yore. This feature
matches tho panicky newcomer with es-
pecial force, and adds immensely to their
mental discomfiture. The Sunflower coun-
try Is safe unless some other breaks occur
libove. The Yazoo river will carry all tho
Austin breakwater. Owing to the im-
mense rain which fell throughout the levee
district to-day, grave apprehensions are
felt for the levees in upper Bolivar
county. Late news from Skipwith Laud-
ing says the ends of tho crevasse are cav-
ing again, and tho few remaining store-
houses and other buildings which have so
far stood against the strong current are
threatened with annihilation. The rail*
toads are heavy sufferers, most of their
line trestles and bridges are gone, aud in
inany localities the cross tics, together
With the steel rails, aro washed from their
beds.
At a public meeting of prominent
colored citizens held to-day the following
lesolutions were adopted:
Whereas, Great numbers of our people
iu the city of Greenville, as well as
throughout the country in tho various
overflowed districts, have been driven
from their homes by the floods, and have
been forced to huddle themselves on the
levoes and in the upper stories of cabins,
gin houses and public buildings, together
with animals aud poultry, without suffi-
cient food or proper means of sustenance,
and against all laws of health, and are
greatly in need of charitable assistance,
and,
Whereas, the few who are upon high
land, unmolested by tho floods, are unable
to furnish sufficient accommodations and
aid for those who are suffering; therefore,
be it
Resolved, That a committee of fifteen
be appointed to solicit immediate «Ul and
assistance through local subscriptions,
and to request the state and national gov-
H'liment, as well as the philanthropic pub-
lie everywhere, to assist them in famish-
ing relief to the sufferers at Greenville,
Miss., and the flooded districts near and
around Offut's, Skipwith's and Mound
Landing, Miss., and those all along the
Black Bayou and Bougue basins.
Resolved, Further, that said committee
deep biegest in many years, and every move
made by either party is anxiously watch-
ed. The Prohibitionists may play an Im-
portant part.
rBESIUKNT DISK'S MESSAGE.
He Makes a Nnmua' .,f Important Jtec*
ommeiulations.
City of Mexico, April 7,—Both houses
of Congress were opened last evening.
The two branches held a joint session in
the hall of Deputies, Senor Ortiz Montel-
lano, President, of the House, presiding,
to receive tho President's message. Presi-
dent Diaz, escorted by a detachment of
troops, arrived at 6:80 o'clock. Several
members of the Diplomatic Corps were
present at the session. In his message
the president says that the iuteruai and
external relations of Mexico are peaceful,
and that-good effects are expected to fol-
low the deliberations of the Pan-American
conference for the New AVorldTand tho
Maritime Congress at Washington for the
nations at large. The message refers to
the apology of the United States for the
slightiug remarks of Consul Misener
when he presented his credentials to Costa
Rica, and states that the United States
lias promised to take into consideration
the protest of Mexico against the bringing
of Apache prisoners near the Mexican
frontier. ' The govenynent at Washington,
the "—ccawj ''o^fused to consider
the proposition of the 'num-
ber of Commerce for the HcqulsltiOj.
LowerCalifornia. His Excellency draws
attention to the deciaslon of the United
States courts in the matter of the fraudu-
lent Abra Well claims, and states that the
last installment of the debt to the United
States was paid in January last. It is ex-
pected, however, that a part of this money
will be refunded, owing to the bogus na-
ture of some of the claims. The recosni-
tion of the Republic of Brazil is spoken of,
as are also the offer of the Spanish gov-
ernment to protect Mexican interests In
Morocco, in which country there Is no
Mexican representative, and the increase
in mortality during the month of January
from la grippe, which, however, has dis-
appeared. Referencd Is made to the In-
crease in postal facilities and the receipts
from postal dues, and it is recommended
that lower rates of postage be charged
The drainage of the valley of Mexico,
the President statos, is progressing favor-
ably, and reference is made to the good
work of the Pedagogic Congress, The
completion of the Mexican Central rail-
road's branch .to Tampico is announced
and it is stated that active work is going
011 in tho lnteroceanic, Monterey and
Gulf, Tueatan and Southern and Tehuan-
tepec roads. Mexico, President Diaz says,
will encourage railroad building as being
a work of progress. Work in the harbor
of Vera Cruz Is going forward satisfac-
torily, and favorable reports have been
received from the engineers in charge of
the work in the - harbor of Tampico,
where operations are being pushed. The
Federal telegraph system Is In a flourish-
ing condition, 938 kilometers of new lines
having been erected since September,
besides the necessary repairs having been
made, and now, in all, 88,000 kilometers
of telegraph lines belonging to the differ-
ent companies are in operation throughout
the country. The financial condition of
the Republic, President Diaz declares, is
flourishing, and Mexico's credit abroad is
stornger than ever before. Tho messago
recommends retrenchmcKt'in the erpft^ses
of the government.'
A number of Ki npp cannons have been
ordered by the authorities. All parts of
the government, the President declares,
are working well.
President Diaz left the city last night
on a hunting trip.
at Little Hermon," "two miles south
of Mount labor." The name means
lovely. The modern name is Noin, now
i miserable little village.
Jesus, botweon 31 and 82 years old.
John the Baptist, 32 years old, in
prison at (Jastle Macherus since
March.
Intervening Events. -After the
sermon on the mount Jesus returned
to Capernaum, where he healed the
eenturian's servant; very soon after
left that city, and went through Gali-
lee toward Nain.
Others Raised from the Dead.—
I. in the New Testament, the daughter
of Jairus (Malt. 9:18-26); Lazarus
(John 11:1-44); Dorcas (Acts 9:86-43);
perhaps Kutyehus (Acts 20:9-12). II.
In the Old Testament," a widow's son
(I Kiugs 17:7-21); the Shuilaujite's
son (2 Kings 4:18-87).
iNTRODOCTOltv—Our Lord had heal-
8d, probably, every kind of disease
known in Palestine. Ho had raised
the dying from the beds they had not
lioped to leave again. But he had not
pet raised tho dead. This alone was
wanting to complete the evidence of
iivino power which his miracles offer-
ed.
11. And it came to pass the day after,
that lie wont into a city called Nain; and
many of his disciples went witli hitn, and
much people.
13. Now when he came nigh to the gate
af the city, behold there was a duad man
cawsied out, tho only son of his mother, and
she was a widow, and much people of tho
oity was with her.
1!!. And when the Lord saw her, ho had
n>5t. tiiotl 011 her, and said upto her, Woey
14. And WCftftte a'.. .
and they that bare him stoou ai the
»aid, Young man, I say unto thee, A/
15. And ho that was dead sat up, an..^
Iran to speak. A ad ho delivered him to'
mother.
]0. And there came a feaT on all:
Little Marshall Robwrfcs. aim of the
lute Marshall O. Roberts, Is the young-
est millionaire in New York Oity.
There aTe hundreds of children in New
York who will probably some day in-
herit oue er more million* but little
Marshall Roberts alrejulv inherits his
vast fortune, and In eleven years it will
be entirely in his control.
His father was one of the great mer-
chants of his day. and when iie died
some four years'ago he left an estate
valued at $10,000,000. The little boy
did not have this entire fortune be-
queathed him,because (here were other
claimants with equal rights to it.
Wheu Mr. Roberts died lie was an eld
man. His widow, one of the beautiful
young society women of our metrop-
olis, and the mother of little Marshall,
was his second wife. His first wife was
thirty years her senior, and had a
daughter who is now Mrs. Ames Van
Wuiv. Mrs. Van Wart has a daughter,
Miss Evelyn Van Wart, who is 20 years
old. This makes young Mrs. Roberts,
who is now but 80, stepmother to a
lady of 40, and slepgrandmother to a
young lady of 20,and the little million-
aire of 10 uncle to a maiden twice his
age.
Wheu Mr. Roberts died lie left a will
dividing his money between his wife,
his granddaughter and his little sou.
The sou has ha(f of I he fortune for
his own use, but until he eonjvs of age
his mother is to have the income from
the $5,000,000.
Little Marshall Roberts will some
day lie oue of the greatest catches in
the matrimonial market, and he bids
fair to be a handsome and clever young
man. He is ft nice, hcalthv-looking lad,
tall for his age, well formed,and with a
round face fiill of intelligence. He has
great,soft, brown eyes like his mother's,
and a dimple in a rather decided-look-
ing chin.
He has been across the ocean almost
every year of his • life, han^v* ^ov
mouths in London ati^Stris, ^Peak's
Gorman and French asLipish,
and is being educated 1» man1' the
world. It [ ,
His greatest anibition\t vf.1 Is
to be an athlete. He hasy 'y i-f°"
which he rides up and dn SI'"'
avenue; he plavs tenii**.*1^;''8 an.d
rides. Two hordes
f*See£ ;TUI,'special groom, "a
attended In h>i w},0 om.u ro(]e jn a
™!,l"SJ"^oung miUiouaire is fond
- , ,v <uno lo 'lis friends.
ul ',xlas a tnter who lives in the house
looks after his mental training,
fe is being educated after the English
fashion and learns his Latin and Greek
with his English primer.
Mrs. Roberts is proud of her bright,
handsome boy, and takes every pains to
make him a healthy, educated gentle-
man. He eats plain food, sleeps on a
hard mattress, is taught to know the.
way is
1 royal
omValue of money and in every
thoy glorified God, saymg, lhat a P^ainod with the same ria-or ^
prophet is risen up among us; and, lual |jnce
God hail, visited his people. His fortune is, most of it, invested in
17. And this rumor of him went orth I estate and Government bonds, and
throughout all Judea, and throughout all 1 ,, , ... '
the region round about.
18. And the disciples of John shewed him
of all these Ulings.
PRACTICAL SUGGESTIONS.
1. Verses 11, 12. We have here an
illustration of divine providence, in
the meeting of the two processions at
this time aud place.
2. God often chooses the most or-
dinary spots for the mo&t ordinary
events to happen in.
8. Death-and sorrow come to all,in
palace and cottage alike.
"The air is lull of farewells to the dying,
Aud mournings for the dead."
4. But Jesus our living saviour is
ever ready to hear our sorrows.
6. Jesus still says to the mourner
(Verse 18) "Weep not." For he is the
resurrection and the- life.
6. Since we aro all subject to sick-
ness and sorrow, we should pray for
divine help and sympathy.
7. Life from above must be impart-
ed to our natural life before we can
enter or see the spiritual kingdom.
8. The gre it. variety of works that
Jesus did for the healing and help of
men, was the proof that he w. s the
son of God, the saviour of the world,
(verses 17—15).
These mighty works of Jesus, which
have been done and duly certified are
fit expressions of the fact that be can
do for us all we want. He that touch-
ed the blind eyes, and commanded the
leprosy away, he that trod the sea, aud
" "raiqtjd the dead, and burst the bars of
sweeten the bitter afrectiajllf, and roll
back all the storms ol'Tthe mind. As-
sured in this manner by., his tirades,
they become arguments of tl'ust, a
. _ storehouse of powerful image*, that
On Monday he received the captain of! invigorate courage and stimulate hope,
the British war ship Pylldes, which is
— men are his
p , ians. His income, when he comes
wl,t's fortune, will he $200,000 a year,
is almost $550 a day, or $22 for
hour ho lives.
Alone in a Hut at 119. " :
county. H°ops of Osage City, this
person $e.Yond question the "eldest
a negro, sf§frte of Missouri. He is
011 the banMbJte-' '» hnt.
below the MissouJ41?0
bridge. He is ll^a<>lfl
Iu appearance sorW" <
mummy, his skin It lug
like, but he is full of life
and is in full possession o'
ties. In the summer '
work as a farmhand,
in this way is eked ou.
skill with rod and gun
ble living. During the last
traded with a farmer to g
ituinps in a large Held am.
earned out, his obligation, •
ill the labor himself. "T
ird" has a good memory
sail incidents that happe
boyhood, just after the R>
War. -iy"nhers hav
ane.oecasi'1
>itt other
lie nee, w
now. '
;y, So
name
to M
;we
Oii
.ifTJjJuvcments
jvcr'ate taxes
111 infc, fhbors.-
war
now lying at Vera Cruz.
BRIEF 1EIEOR4MS,
£ portion of the state rock and gravel
£<undant and roads of these fnaterl&Js co-operate with the white relief committee
Mng the opcr^r
- Texas
w
lately
t
^Jii bo constructed at a small cost, wherp-
i elsewhere the chief dependence will
;ve to bo upon the thorough drainage
the mud highways. These, however,
are mailers for the convention to discuss,
calling it togother Texas has taken a
>tep toward the settlement of this
blem. It is to be hoped the
* will b<> spread to Louisiana,
leans Times-Democrat
appointed bv the town council in soliciting
and distributing.^ funds or assistance
to are received S.sfl'^ocal contributions.
All applications for aid and contribu-
tions should be addressed to A. G. Pearce,
UreenVflle, Miss,, sbairman of colored re-
:iof committe^ "n_|''
Ua
Xashn 11.1.k, Tt'tuj,., April 8.-—The stomaoh.
Over 150 painters are out on a strike at
Erie, Pa.
Fifteen cases ot scarlet fever are re-
ported at Britt, la.
Noah L. Rosenberger, dealer in woolens
at Philadelphia, has failed for $90,000.
James Lameraon, the wealthiest farmer
in Warren county, N. J., has failed for
850,000.-
Ten thousand builders' employes and
800 bakers' apprentices are now on a
strike at Vienna, Austria.
The Hon. John Reynolds, an old resi-
dent of St Joseph county, died recently
at South Beud, Ind.
The United States custom house and
postoffice at LaCrosse, Wis., is completed
and the various officers aro moving in.
Louis Mogler, for many years a saloon-
keeper at Helena, Ark., was shot and
killed by Louis Koehler; cause unknown.
Miss May Leonard, nge 18, died at Lima,
Ohio, from an overdose of morphine,
taken to allcvlaie neuralgia of the
Indorsing a Parson.
"People who indorse others for po-
sitions s .y very strange things once in
a while," remarked a western senator
one day to the Washington Star. "I
received papers the other day urging
the nomination of a constituent of
mine, as a chaplain in the army, and
0110 of the documents, after saying a
number of nice things about the candi-
date aud detailing his long service as
a minister of the gospel, wound up
with tho emphasized remark, 'He is a
man of good moral character.' How's
that?" v.
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>f the,
Tribute
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h*
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, lio
urn
v
i-aw111
^puagfj
"jrst-
Mme. " ,,;i
(ever in
related tlv\5-
arst Amef.ioi
night after a
the had seen
two mad dc"'
uu i in prepay for
?,ext . nUL'c poop)
Maurice 1 1
he Inv'.ibeto "hi
the we thin
Moreover, the\. s
had been immedi;,
Bernhardt could, s1
numerous other r
life which it woul.
put down to mere
denee.
So Improvement.
An old lady witnessed a production
of The Merchant of Venice many
years ago went again recently to sao
the story of Shylock enacted upon t,he
stage. Upon her return home she was
asked how she Uked it, "Waul," said
i sho, "Venice seemed to havo been
spruced up some since the first time I j a Michigan 11
saw it. but Shylock's just the same passion, beat
mean, Ordinary thing he was forty whom he bour
„„„„ ■, committed su_
fro.n the pric
Bee
It is estimate
county, Californ-
farms, with 2,8.
honey this year
c