The Texas Mesquiter. (Mesquite, Tex.), Vol. 23, No. 26, Ed. 1 Friday, December 23, 1904 Page: 3 of 8
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THE TEXAS MESQUITER
JOHN E. DAVIS, Editor & Prop.
mesqdite,
TEXAS.
NEWS IN
NUTSHELLS.
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Amarillo will advertise for bids
■for the construel inn of a sewerage
•ystcTn, the bids to |»e opened on
Jan. lb.
A telegram, from Coilgressninn
Garner states that, work on the
$150,000 Federal building at Lare-
do will soon be undertaken.
, The City. Council of Uiwt>>n.,(tk.1
has let the.contract to biuld a $18,-
i. 250 City Hall, on which work will
commence in aboijt thirty days:. ,
O. E. Elliott was shot to death
Sunday while riding-atong the road
near a blacksmith shop near Brody,
John Walker is under arrest,
A rivent r< port shows that the in-
terurban line between Denison and
Sherman is one of the best paying
investments in the United States.
The Attorney General of Moma-
na has tiled a suit, against the beef
„ trust with‘the object of preventing
-./it from doing business in .Montana.
After sulTeniig intense.agony for
several hours with hydrophobia, Led
Bales, the nine-year-old' son of T,
J. Bahts, of Waxahaohie, died Tues»
day. morning.
Report is current that*J. K. Ma-
jors, a resident of Whifewright, was
called to his door before daybreak
Thursday and shot bv an ^unknown
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^Washington, Dee. 1 !>.—The Sen-
ate will adjourn on Wednesday for
the ('hristmas Holidays, and no
business will be at tempi ,-d previous
to* that' time.- -----—......
A large .number of the Senators
already have left for their homes to
County, has committed suicide byy^poml the holidays, and there, is an
General Dixon, for years one of
the best known ofliyers of Collin
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shooting himself at Tils home two
miles east, of Blue Ridge.
A petition to the voters of Wil-
barger County to-decide‘whether lo-
cal option will prevail for two more
years has been signed and the Com-
missioners'*. Court has ordered an
Lawrence Greenwood a bridge
builder working on a bridge on the
Katy near Dallas, slipped and fell
''some thirty feet Tuesday , receiving
injuries from which lie died Wed-
nesday.
The meeting of Grayson County
road ,-overseers, Thursday, may he
said to have been a thorough success
and may bring about a general re-
vival of interest in road building
along conservative lines.
From information which has been
obtained from farmers there'will be
a decrease in cotton acreage in Ellis
County next. year. ' The recent great
slump in price has caused.' many
farmers to-change their plans.
The. joint, International and
Great Northern. Texas and Pacific
and Missouri, Kansas anti 'Texas de-
pot at Mincola was burned—kuthe
ground 'Tuesday evening. The loss
is about $2,000. k
James Wells, aged 211 years-, met
death Thursday at Austin by a grav-
el pit falling in upon him. His
"companions dug him out as quickly,
as possible, but lie was smothered
beyond resuscitation.
Thomas M. Grant, a resident of
South Dakota,. kilted himself at
Houston Wednesday afternoon by.
swallowing nearly two ounces of enr-
bolit, acid,. Deceased was about 55
years old and the legal representa-
tive of the Davis Ellon Realty-Com-
pany of St. Louis.
E. M. Adams, the switchman who
was run over by an engine in the
Texas.and Pacific Railroad yard at
Marshall died there in the hospital
Thursday, and the remains, were
taken to Longview for burial.
'The Texas delegation has signed
a ]volition a-king Lie Democratic
minority leader to suggest the name
of Congres , . i‘ t1. B. Wamjojl, for
the place on the ways and means
committee to lie made vaean by Con-
gressman Cooper.
It is currently stated ir. Dallas
that the. Praetorians have bought a
lot on a prominent corner in that
city for $25,000, and will at a very
early date commence building a
modern skyscraping office building.
„ King Edward has, according to a
Herald dispitcF frbni Lilian, just
presented the monks of the Great
St. Barnard monastery a magnifi-
cent piano, To replace one given
them by Queen [Victoria half a cen-
tury ago. —h * ' -
TEXAS COITON IS WORTH 19 CETNS
AND WILL BE HELD AT THAT PRICE
.Dallas, Dee. 1 !•.—Sunday’s Dallas ] pr.' e they prolmbly will h>j. go at Sc
Morning News published a ver/]T(r4>t‘' * Mli.-rs want » ven- inoiy than
complete -summary of cotton bold-' '' n*'‘
ings and ^entinlenl of the farmers,
from which the following is an
Tin
ex-
banks. a- a rule. ar,e shown
to lie wilting to iiiu.'-e'liberal ad-
vances upon cotton, but it i- Stated
quite generally that • the farmers
'holding mv able to'carry their cot-:
lit 1!)(),'{
dr nearly
crop
of
ccr-pt f .
The‘N ews this hmi%ing. jmhltsli«>s
reports Inun ninety-six 'Texas conn- ! ton without aid.
ties showing the amount of cotton ; The letter .of inquiry yent out-by
held in each for higher prices, The -The News is as follows:
akrnlvgate i> front .ySti.oitn to ,"iS5.-j "In view of the extraordinary
condition now existing in the cot-
ton market we ask you to give us
the information asked for below as
promptly and as accurately as pos-
sible. _
"1. How many bales of. d-oilon are
iieirig held fpr higher priees in your
county ? (Give at1 close an estimate
us you can.) ' 7
*12. Are the '“bank.- ‘advancing
money on cotton so held!". ; 1
•“.‘I. If so, Vyliat per cent' -of the
present market value are they ad-
000. bales. These eouUttex
produced 1,821,31 (i bales.
75 per cent of the total
Texas.
Of the cotton being held about.
(7 per cent is shown to lie in .north-
ern 'Texas, many of the South 'Tex-
as correspondents explaining that
the crop in that section matured
early and was sold belojfe the priees
declined.
\ cry nearly all the reports show
that the cotton js being held for 10c.
It is stated in several of the reports.
however, that the farmers have fix-
ed no arbitrary figure, .and that
while t bey are liuldiug.-fur-a-liigh^r-
vaneing.' . yj
"1. Do the cotton growers seem
determined to hold until,’the'price
goes til)' --’—- ' * ——-
THEIR PAY ARRANGED FOR CONGRESS
HASTENS TO THE HOLIDAY VACATION
understanding that immediately- af-
ter heitlg called to order on Monday
the Senate-will adjourn until Wed-
nesday, and that Wednesday's pro-
ceedings will lie confined to' mere
formalities. Soon after the Senate
reconvenes in January the Commit-
tee on Appropriations will report
the legislative and, judicial appro-
priation bill. It will be the policy
of the Senate to take up a.- soon a-
possible and to have other .supply
measures follow speedily.
The exodus’ of members of till*
House from the city since the ap-
eoni promise.
preach of the holidays indicates
that the lower branch of Congress
will be without a quorum when it
meets to-day. and should any mem-
ber make tire pohitron the door of
the ehambeirrThe only thing that
can he done is fo adjourn from day
to day'until Wednesday, when the
('hristmas holiday recess until Jan.
.4t begins. /
'The question of indicating where
the inaugural hall shall he held is
the-only -matter of legislation in
sight for the House for the week.
1 his will conic up. under suspension
of. the rules on a 'motion from Rep-
resentative Morrill of Pennsylvania.
The Senate has proposed the Ben-
- ton Office and the. House t he. C'on-
.Ltressipiial Librarv. ThjTa-aro-4n-
iHeat ions thin a deadlock has been
reached on the matter and that
when it-is discussed again the capi-
tol building will be proposed as a
Hill Votes Dry and Caldwell Wet.
Hillsboro: The' pros'were victo-
rrod's in the county election Satur-
day by 1,500 majority or over, llijls-
jhoro gave a. pro rfxajority of-. 404.
Fort Worth Union Station .Burned,
Tori. Worth: Eire broke out in
the Union Station 'liere Saturday
afternoon, badly damaging the main
part oi the building. The waiting
room, the offices -above it and the
dining room wore burned'put. 'The ''The county went dry. two years ago
loss will reach some $15,OUO to $20,-1 by got) majority.
000, '..and it will require some t ime ' ______
to make repairs. The offices have Filling: In the prohibition elee-
iieen taken care of in other park of tion Saturiluv Treeiliek 2 and J
tlie buildings, and tralfic is going on gave !»!» majority for the antis. As
without interruption, though tit | far as can be learned the pros have
groitu*! inoom onionro on account of |carried ’only lliroc Imx-os in the coun-
the holiday rush of* travel and
press
ex-
—jn the Torture of Rabies.
„('ha-i.'l<>tto. N. Horace'IIplT-
Diiiii. son of ti wealthy citizen of
Burke (’minty, died at his home six
niilesT*i'min Morgantown ' Sunday
from hydrophobia. Hoffman and
his [brother were both bitten Nov.
8.. They went to Balt-imofe and were
"giuill !-U .Weeks’ frefUlmlIU fit the
tv. The
over ,200.
county has gone wet by
Pasteur Institute, returning home a
few days ago. Saturday symptoms
of rabies developed jn the" younger | l.v..maintains that: he
brother and death iti a violent form
'ensued.
Terrible and Mysterious Tragedy.
McKinney: A mysterious killing
took place at Melissa, Saturday
night.) about. Ill:,r|() o'clock. The
victim was a young farm hand about
20 years old. who had gone there
to attend a box supper.. In-com-
pany with an. unknown companion
he had started down the railrx>7pl
track after the box supper had hrok-
Dodge Taken East.
Galveston: The farewell of
Charles E. Dodge to Texas soil •■Sat-
urday was devoid of theatrical dis-
play although there were persist-
ent rumors iq> to the last minute
that an injunction would lie served
-t+pon—tiro—t-:Tritrd~Stntrsr Marshak’s'
department, restraining the remov-
al of Dodge from Texas. He stout-
w il) prove his
innocence-of perjury, and w ill soqu
return to Te.xtis.
BEAKS IN Y0SEMITE
NUMBERS RETURNING TO THEIR
ANCESTRAL HOME.
Siem to Be Aware of Their Immunity
From Death or Capture and Willing
to Be Friendly Toward the Humans
That Have Supplanted Them.
The hear has come to his own again
'Ami, though his own coincides with u
cherished possession of the United
States government^says a writer in
the S in Francisco Chronicle, his ibear-
ship is welcome and will not be mo-
lested. C ■
The return of the hear to Yosemite
valley not only adds interest, but it
also directly justities the name of the
valley. Before the white man etuid,
says tradition, a young brave, armed
only with a club, had a conflict with
a monster grizzly under the Royal
Arches. The battle was long and
fierce; the terrific claws and Uie crush-
ing hold of Hie giant hear were mot
by the slender young hero with light-
foot evasion, now jtp this side, now to
that, with an occasional blow deliv-
ered- with all the force of hts strong
~irnvs; X'gMn a5(1 again he parried in-
stapt.dealh, aiuf struck a( the dripping
jaws and tho great skull,; till at last
lie gave the death blow and-the snarl-
ing brute sunk to the ground. Then
he rettirued to tho tepees of his tribe
ami told oL-Lhe-xteiid______*-----
His fellow tribesmen gave thd hero
tho name Yosein-i-te (large grizzly
bf ar)—and in the march of time his
descendants, tho tribe, and their val-
ley home took on.the name.
Since then times havfj changed In
the high Sierran valley and with the
Indians who once dwelt Tietweon Yo-
Semite's stupendous walls went the
big game which shared with them
what nature gave to all her mountain
ehildreh. But last year there was a
.recrudescence of bruin in- the Yo-
semite. Late in the fall two showed
themselves and one was trapped. The
-other retreated shyly to tho shadows
whence he caino, but reappeared at
times, uneasy, slinking, to seek food
. of human production. This season the
heir tribe seems to have returned in
eat nest. All summer long two cinna-
mon bears have frequented the vicini-
ty of Glacier, point, making regular ex
ploratlons near tho little hotel in
- oarcli of food.
A month ago r camp, maintained
by a carpenter at work on HI Caiiitan
bridge, was entered at. night and de-
spoiled of various edibles suited to
bruin's appetite: With the advent oi
utiimn ami "especially since tho heavy
•.form, the bears are leaving the higher
nountairs and "incidents have mulll-
'illvsd. Tracks of single boars and of n
bear with a cub have frequently been
found on tbs-road at the foot of FI
'apifan and a bevy of children out on
i Saturday frolic on horseback in
hat locality returned aBrupthLAdU-h an
■veiled Tiear tale. •
Every few days Indians tell of see
"ig otic or more and a few days ago
liroq children going to school at. noon
net a full grown bear, which turned
•ml, sitting up in a sociable fashion
'ooked at them in wide-eyed curiosity,
'is tracks-metisured eight inches. The
amo day live -dil^erent persons saw
neither bear ambling through the or
■hard near the'oTd Ilutchingsj cabin in
via In view 6f the village.
The new Y’osemite bears seem to
Vo .aware of their immunity from fire-
irms. within tho national and state
•:ai'ks ami are not in the least belllger
ent.
Great Bridge Proposed.
Now Orlciuis: A |irommofit offi-
i ittl of the Seiulieni Paeilio states
that the comjiatiY proposes building
a line from Lahivettv. to' Baton
J'lougo, spanning the Mississippi
River there with a bridge arid then
building'.deep-water outlets to Gulf
Port, Miss., and Ecnsneola, Fln,_The
plan irp-ludes arrangements for the
shot through t.Ww breast and died
an hour later. "
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Weevil Found in Oklahoma.
Lawton, Ok.: X. ^Valkor,' of Al-
tus, had.during the cotton season a
standing offer of $10 to the first per-
son who found a boll weevil in
Greer County. Recently J. X-
Brooks.'a-farmer living jn that lo-
cality. found an insect that proved
to be a boll weevil, and the reward
was paid. Secretary Thorburn, a
member of the Board of Agricul-
ture, who examined the find,'states
that it was genuine.
The Loving Dead.
Wo hold our Racreil d< ml aloof,
We put them by like trensurcs eld.
No more, for them or hearth /Or roof,’
-But narrow dwellings lone and cold.
The dear, warm le-arts that fell aaieep!
Why shun them in our secret thought.?
Why ever at a , distance keep.
Alt - If some change w,-ro in them
, wrought?
They cease not from their constant love,
They are not 8trnog<- and far away; .
Their presences ahtiut u# move
Closer than presences of clay.
sight- miles south of Yorktow^-teekl110^^ ......^
l'lis gun Friday evening and went ™ ^,r"u:'''rtnb,hor®!
"into the field to gel i his, coat which j Forgetful, Jtedged with servile care!
ho had left where he had boon at oh, let us hold our dear“ones close—
work. He did not return and waa - w,un u’i y movv
up when a shot rang out. He was Texas and l’aeifie, the Frisco and
the Missouri. Kansas and Texas to
utilize the bridge at Baton Rouge.
Maj. John B. Armstrong and asso-
ciates will plant commerpial orange
orchards near Brownsville, the fruit,
having been successfully raised ex-
perimentally there.
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Fritz Peters, who lived about
Hawaiian Forests.
Tho forosts.of tho Hawaiian islands
have been studied by tin- servants em-
ployed by the department, of agricul-
ture. There are two very distinct
kinds of forests in the islands, one on
be drier lowlands near the s,on and
tfre; other on the mountain sloiiQiL
vvlu-ro there is a‘heavy rainfall. The
eoristnl forest Is composed exclusively
of “algaroba,”" or the “mesqulte’* of
our southwest, which-was introduced
:>y Father Bachelot in 1X.17. From the
original tree, which is still standing,
it is estimated.- that at least 50,000
acres of forest have, sprung, fairly well
distributed over it lit; different Island,'
"Tlie native forest of the -mountain
slopes is distinctly of-tropical charac-
ter. None of the familiar trees of tho
north temperate zone are jiresent.
One looks in vain for oaks, the maple,
pitlo or spruce". The more important
frees are t.ho “lehua,” “koa," “mum-
nne” and "kukui.”
, when
For no one knows
Closer and
... Beyond the veil! .... -----
found dead With ft bulleLbolc in hii 1 The preciousijess of human love!
Bide Saturday morning. ... -Barnes nuckb*»
The Daily Question
might well be—Am I fair to my face) Nature
herx-lf often leave* the answer in unmiitakable
sign* on the countenance* of people using
promiscuous soaps.
FACIAL
SOAP.
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WOODBURY’S
remains unchallenged as the exclusive skin soap.
Its ingredients are pure and impart the glow
of health while cleansing.—25 As. a cake.
Apply Woodbury's Facial Cream
to chapped and roughened hands;
the result will make you glad.
INITIAL QFFER.
In case your dealeTTHtinot supply you
send us his nunie and we will send prepaid,,
to any address for (i.oo the following toilet
requisites,------- -----' ---
1 Cake Woodbury’s Kacial Soap.
1 Tube *• - Facial Cream.
TT " “ Dental Creiu.—"""
1 Dox •• Face Powder.
Together with our readable booklet
Iteatity's Mastpie, a careful treatise on the
care of the "outer aelf.”
Dooktct free on application.
THE ANDREW JERGEftSCO
CINCINNATI, O.
England’s Most Beautiful Woman.
Mine. Catherine Tolstoi is regarded
by many of the most beautiful young
woman now in tho British metropolis.
She was widowed two. years ago. Her
husband, a hap tain of the Russian
army, died of consumption and left
her a very extensive estate. The
cream of England’s gilded. youth are
said to be at her feet, both on account
of her physical charms aud the fortune
she will bring as a bridal dowry. It Is
reported, however, that1 she has re-
fused the hands of dukes and barons
and will soon marry a plain London
barrister, without titlo or shekels.
The Bill Was Not Paid.
In the days when Mark Twain was
an editor out West he Was not so well
off as of late years. One morning the
mall brought a bill from his tailor, not
nn unusual occurrence. The boy who
went through the mail called tho fu-
ture humorist's attention to it. "And/*
added the boy, "he has written on the
back that he wants a• settlement at
once.” You should know what to. do
with such copy without, asking,” said
Mr. Twain. "Inclose it with the rogu
lar printed slip stating that all manu-
script written on both sides of the
paper is unavailable.’*
Dplng Great Work.
Florisant, Mo., Dec. 19th.—(Special)
—That Dodd's Kidney Bills are doing,
a great work in curing the more ter-
rible forms of Kidney Disease, such as
Bright’s Disease, Dropsy and Diabetes,
everybody knows. But It must also
bo noted that they are doing a still
greater work In wiping out thousands
of cases of the earlier stages of Kid-
ney Disease. Take for Instance, Mrs.
Poter Bartoau of this place. Bhe
says:—
I have been subject Jp pains In my
back and knees for about three years,
but since I have been taking Dodd's
Kidney Pills 1 have been entirely-
cured.”
OthdTg hero tell similar stories. In
fact, In this part of Missouri there are
scores of people who have cured the
early symptoms of Kidney Disease
with Dodd’s Kidney Pills. The use of
the Great American Kidney Remedy
thus saved not only tho lives of Kid-
ney Disease victims, hut thousands-lgf
other Americans from years of suffer-
ings. ‘ *
Congressman and Frenchman.
Congressman Wintcrsmlth’, of Ken-
tucky, is droll and imperturbable. He
and Mrs. Wintersmith were walking In
Pennsylvania avenue, Washington, one
afternoon when a dandy little French
man who was directly in front of them
slipped and fell. Tho tumble was a
ludicrous one and Mrs. Wintersmith
laughed heartily. The little French
man picked himself up daintily and
with a flourish handed the congress-
man- a card. "Dick” looked at it
thoughtfully and asked: "What’s this
for?” "Your laydee, sare,” snorted the
dandy. “Sfie laughed at me, I demand
Zo’ sat£esfac7.ione.” Mr. Wintersmith
handed back the card saying: “Tho
lady is no blood relat ion of mine. Tell
you what to do. You hunt up her
brother and kill him. Good day."
The unpardonable Bin, In the eyes
Of a woman, Is not to admire her.
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