The Albany Weekly News. (Albany, Tex.), Vol. [9], No. [47], Ed. 1 Friday, February 24, 1893 Page: 2 of 5
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Captain McKay and tlis Passengers.
The fact is that the excellent captain
the Urnbria, Captain McKay, was a
fttle more open with his passengers th in
kas quite pmdent. With the laudable
lesire of sparing them any unnecessary
Anxiety, he informed them plainly of the
more illustrations, inow, ir tne news-
paper publishers can afford to do this,
there is no reason in the world why th<--
book publishers can't do the same thing.
Of course they will have to use a cheaper
paper, but I don't think the average
readers care two straws about that. It's
ause of the stoppage of their course and ^he reading matter they want, and as
enially assured them of their perfect
iafety. So far, so good. The passengers
ad a right to ask that much; and it was
tit sensible to let »aem know the truth
and not imagine worse things for them-
selves. But what the passengers had no
right to ask for was information as to
the course that the captain was going to
pursue, and Captain McKay made a
mistake in not snubbing the first gentle-
man who questioned him on the subject.
"Why don't you send up rockets?" one
of the passengers is said to have plain-
tively demanded. "There will be time
enough for rockets when a vessel comos
near enough to see them." answered the
captain evasively, but courteously.
The politeness was fatal. After the
implied admission tha': rockets and other
ships were necessary to their salvation
the passengers had a terriflic hold upon
the unlucky commander of the ship.
Had he only answered, as he would
have been perfectly justified in doing
and as a great many other captains
would certainly have done, "What busi-
ness is that of yours?" he might h we
made himself a little unpopular, but b<»
would have saved himself from much
^-Hlher worry. The passengers seem to
long as it is clean and legible they are
not going to stop to inquire if the pa-
per used is 'news' or calendered.'
Louis C7lobe-Democrat.
No "Beautiful Snow" In the City. „
If the would be poets who perpetrate
sonnets about the beautiful snow would
just wander about the streets of lower
New York the day after a snowstorm,
there would be more suicides and less
poetry. Perhaps this would be all for
the best.
What a shock it would be to the ten-
dor susceptibilities of these gentlemen to
behold the dirty, disreputable Italian dis-
ciples of Maud Mailer heaping up the
alleged "beautiful" in haycock shaped
piles and carting it away!
New York has no use for snowstorms
nor for the spring and snow poets.—New
York Herald.
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divided th^mseljjfcs/into two
Sit camns^xrrd" discussed a vote of
different camp
confidence or
censure.
moti sense carried the day, and a vote of
confidence was carried. What would
have been done had the vote of censure
been passed we cannot guess, but this
The New Mail Flag.
The pennant to be borne at the mast-
head of the United States mail subsidy
ships is SO feet lor'.";. H feet0inches ;:t the
mast and ft feet at the end of the-swallow
tail. Its field is red. bordered by 0 inches
of blue. In the upper left hand corner
is an eagle in blue, with arrows and a
branch in its talons, and bearing on the
, breast a shield with stars and stripes in
Happily com j ail(j white.—Char!.;!•ton News and
WENT UP IN ASHES.
On last Monday morning about ten
o'clock the hay sheds on the J.
Blaeh & Sons ranch, were destroyed
by fire. They contained at the time,
about 50 tons of millet and barley,
valued at about $1000. Mr. Arendt,
who was in charge, says that he can-
not form any idea as to how it was
tired. The sheds were about two and
one half miles from the house and
Mr A. was making an augments to
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go to them for the purpose of fettling
a bunch of steers, which were being
fed for market. The fire was first
discovered by Dave Barry, who got to
them in time to see the sides fall in,
but to late t« save anything.
Courier.
Aluminium as a Coin.
A petition has been address.:d to
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A Diamond Wedding.
Irenos and Amea Elton of Vineland.
aged respectively 1)5 and 92 years, cele-
brated their diamond wedding Wednes-
day. having been married 75 years.—
Cor. Philadelphia Press.
at least we may say—that if that motion Grenoble chamberol commerce, France,
had been carried it would have been the soliciting the demonetization ol copper
plain duty of the captain to put the and its substitution by aluminium. The
mover, seconder and principal supporters manufacture of the last named metal at
of the resolution in irons.—Loudon Spec- the Froges works, it is stated, has or late
tator. experienced considerable expansion.
~ ~r Baltimore Herald.
Saved by a Riusie Elox.
W. A. Meany, bookkeeper for Joseph
A. Duffy, had an exciting experience
with burglars at his house early Monday
morning. He is but recently married.
and among his wedding presents was a
music box. -To this happy circumstance
he attributes the fact that the burglars
did not succeed in carrying off every-
hing in his home.
One of the burglars in rummaging
hrough his drawing room stumbled
;ross the package of stored music, and
hinking probably that it contained jew-
elry or silverware attempted to open it
In doing so he set the music machine in
motion, and presently Mr. Meany was
roused from his slumbers by the touch-
ing strains of "Auld Lang Syne." Mr.
Meany got his gun and started for the
burglars, and they started for a window.
He arrived at the drawing room doorway
just in time to see two burglars leaping
from the window. He fired, but the
robbers continued their flight5 One of
them stumbled in getting over the front
fence, and Mr. Meany is convinced that
he shot him, as he found several splashes
of blood on the ground and sidewalk.—
St. Louis Republic.
A CARD.
Albanv Tex,, Feb. 22 1893.
As I cannot well see all my custo-
mers whom I have promised to do
work for in my business, and those
I Ofve, I will say to them that as we
have had no rest in mind or body for
five weeks I will be away from my
business for a few days, and will meet
all the obligations resting on me, as
soon as possible, and trust that no one
will think that I am not trving to do
so. Respectfully,
J. R. Davis.
Cheap Kookg Coming.
,4I think the time is coming," said
Henry Smalley, a New York publisher,
at the Lindell. "when the ruling market
price of our paper covered novels will be
5 cents. I think the revolution will
commence some time this year. What
do I base my opinion on? Why, on our
Sunday newspapers. Take any of the
better c«» ss of our daily papers and look
at their Sunday editions. They print
Safety In Narrow, Crooked .Street*.
It is scarcely probable that the balloon
styles which the Empress Eugenie re-
vived are likely to be seen in the streets
of Boston.—Boston Transcript.
Wooden Pavements In Canada.
Wooden block paving is proving a con-
spicuous failure in Montreal. The wood
en block paving in front of the Langevin
block in Ottawa has stood well, but it
was a most exceptionally expensive pav
ing of the kind. The Montreal experi
enee confirms previous indications that
our climate has little use for ordinary
wooden paving. —Ottawa Journal
Porcine Longevity In Georgia.
We heard yesterday of a hog being
captured in the river swamp a few days
ago that was marked by old Uncle Jack
Hurst in 1870 This would" make the
hog 22 years old, which is a most re-
markable age for a hog to attain.—Cor
Atlanta Constitution.
For bargains in second hand furni-
ture, go to M. T. Gulledge, who also
has second hand wagons, plows and
harness for sale at bottom prices.
North side public square,
tf Albany, Texas.
Dr, Powell, while trimming a hard
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rubber bulb last Tuesday, let his knife
slip and cut his index finger on the
left hand between the first and sec-
ond joint. The wound was very ugly
looking and painful. With the assis-
tance of Dr. Ed Manning it was neat-
ly dressed and Dr. Powell resumed
his work.
If prayer and womanly influence are
doing so much for God by indirect meth
ods, how shall it be when that electric
force is brought to bear through the bat
tery of the ballot box?— Frances E Wil
lard.
came up
evening
returning
from Cisco
Mondav
The Interstate Corn Palace and Fan
association has been organized at Sioux
fully five times as much matter as the | City, la., with $100,000 capital, to sue
average novel contains and a great many reed the Corn Palace association.
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Recently we have heard several new
names mentioned in connection with
the post-mastership of this place, and
as there are so many candidates we
would suggest that Albany follow the
plan of some of our neighboring
towns. Call a mass meeting, or have
an election, decide on one person
and in that way settle the matter to
the satisfaction of all.
H. W. Rose
Sunday
morning.
Mrs. Hamilton, niece of Mrs. E.
Worrel, is visiting in Albany
Mrs. White, of Corsicana, sister of
Mrs, T. S. Armstrong, has oeen visit-
ing in Albany f«r several days.
Mr. Mabry who was with J. W.
Manning timing: the past month as
drug clerk, returned to his home in
Ft. Worth last Tuesday morning.
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