Denton County News. (Denton, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 33, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 15, 1898 Page: 2 of 8
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SANTA FE ROUTE.
Umtreaa Voice.
An incident of the Cuban campaign,
recorded in the Boston Globe by a yountf"
Massachusetts volunteer, seems to be
sufficiently humorous to demand another
smile.
One ni>;ht, after a march, it happened
that a few of the boys pitched their
tents in close proximity to the tent of
an officer of another company. The
boys were talking quite loud, as taps
had not been sounded.
"Hush up out there!" shouted the offi-
cer, angrily.
"Who are you?" asked one of the
boys.
"I'll show you who I am if I come out
there!" was the answer.
The talking continued, and soon out
came the officer. His anger was great,
and he threatened to report the men to
their c tlonel, winding up with:
"Don't yon know enough to obey an
officer?"
"Yes," replied one of the Inn, "and
we "should hive obayed you if you had
had shoulder-straps on your voice."
A SINKING WLI.L.
American humor.
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tlOHTH.
8:43 a. ra.
9:52 p in.
|KRUM|
SOUTH. |
6:08 a. ill. i
7:52 p. in |
will RETURN THE MONEY,
Methodint Cliurch South Want* Only That
\\ hIt'll ik tll^lill.v Itw dm*.
It will be remembered that during the
last session of congress the Methodist
book concern of Nashville, Tenn., con-
ducted by the Methodist Episcopal
Church, South, or its agents, was granted
a war claim of $388,000 and that a scan-
dal was created on account of the pay-
ment of $100,000 to an agent as a com-
mission for lobbying the claim through
successfully. The sequel to this scandal
and the charges made on the floor of the
Senate developed in the shape of the fol-
lowing letter from the college of bishops
(if the Methodist church addressed to
Vice President Hobart last August and
made public last Friday:—
West Nashville, Tenn., )
August 26, 1898. f
My Dear sir.—At a meeting of the
bishops of the Methodist Episcopal
Church, South, held in Nashville. Tenn.,
July 4, 1898, with reference to the war
Claim recently granted by the govern-
ment to the church, they represent the
following action w as taken by them, of
Which it is made my duty to give you,
•Us president of the senate of tlw United
Suites, official notice for representation
to that honorable body. While refer-
ring the justness of our claim, payment
Of which has bean sought for twenty-
live years, we insist that the church can
notation! to accept it as a gratuity or
on conditions that reflect on its houor.
Inasmuch, therefore, as some senators
have affirmed on the floor of the senate
that they were unduly influenced by
Statements which were misleading on
the part of the representatives of the
Church —statements, however, which
did not affect the merits of our claims
we hereby give this assurance: That if
the senate, by affirmative action, de-
clares that the passage of the bill was
due to such misleading statements will
take the proper steps to have the entire
amount returned to the goverment.
Robert K. Hargrove,
Secretary of the College of Bishops.
learning Man * \\ ajfe*.
The fact that others shirk is a poor
reason for neglect to earn one's wages.
The'Young People s Weekly prints the
following anecdote about a boy who was
Si! honest worker:
One day, after a severe storm, a large
number of men and boys were out on
the roads of a country town to shovel
out the drifts. Each workman was
paid a quarter of a dollar an hour, and
as may be supposed, there was no very
strict watch kept upon them; but one
little fellow seemed to be working with
all his might and liis comrades laughed
at him.
' Why, Jim. are you after the job of
highway surveyor, or do you expert to
get more than the rest of us for putting
in so?"
"Lets put him out: hn is shortening
our job; twon't last till night, at this
rate." laughed another.
"I am getting man's pay for the first
time in my life, and I mean to earn it."
said Jim. "I don't suppose the town
cares, nor that I shall get any more
money at night; but I shall feel a big
night letter myself."
"You've begun right. Jim;" said the
surveyor, who was not very strict in be-
half of the town, j^rhajw. but had a
bnaineHM of his own. where he apprecia-
ted workmen with a conscience
Ojie of Nfifure*M Puz/lm That In ?,o-
(*iitc<l In Texan.
About three miles west of Ccdai
Buyou, Harris county, Tex., is a i ■
markable well. When it was dug, uo
one can tell, but it bus been in exist-
ence tor more than 60 years. The well
is known us the "singing well."
In calm, tine weather a sound like
that ot an ^Eolian harp conies upward
between the tangles of vines below.
At times the sound seems nearer
and clearer. Then again it recedes, as
if far away, and reaches the ear very
faintly. These changes take place every
few minutes, and with great legularity.
With an east wind blowing the wa-
ter in the well gets very low and tbo
mystorious musical sound very faint. A
strong west wind causes the water to
rise and the sound to increase in volume
and clearness.
But it is just before a great norther
that the old well plays its wildest
pranks. Then for several hours the wa-
ter rises to within a few feet of the top
of the well aiid emits the weirdest,
wildest noises that ever reached human i
ears. At such times even the water
drawn out with backets moans and
wails as if in anguish.
The well is about 60 feet deep, A :
few years ago the laud ou which it is
located was bought by a Mr. Watbins,
who, not liking the sounds that came
from the well, employed two meu to
fill it up. they shoveled dirt into the
well two weeks, but it did not affect
the depth of water perceptibly, and i
they threw up the contract. From the |
measurements of the excavations they j
had made it has been calculated that!
the well should have betu filled up a
little more than twice.
The water is very clear, with a bluish
tint, and is fairly palatable. No other \
wells in the neighborhood show such
pranks as are played by the "singing
well "—Kurt. Worth (lex.) Cor. Chi-
cago Inter Oct an.
An KiiK'linh Comctllnn Comimre*
"With the British Article.
GeorgeGrossmitb, comparing Ameri- j
can humor with English, says; "V;
New York gentleman was ouce chaffing ■
me about iuy pronunciation of certain :
words, and I was very much amused at
it. So I said'to him: 'It's our language,
you know. We inveuted it before you
were discovered.' He was a bit abashed
atfirst. Then he said:'That's so. Well,
I think it's about time you learned to
speak it.'
"It is very difficult to score off au
American, and you can't play a prac-
tical joke on one at all. I've often
gone, when I've had a friend with me,
into some old city bank, like the Bank
of England, for example—staid <>' t
place, you know. We've marched np to
the counter, and I've said quite calmly
to the old gentleman behind it, 'Can t
I have a brandy and soda and some
sandwiches?' They've always been most
polite and taken it seriously, saying,
'We don't keep brandy and soda and
sandwiches here.' 'But you have them
ordered in from outside.' 'Yes, but
that of course is for ourselves,' aud to
on, all quite gravely and without the
suspicion of a smile or the slightest
quiver of tho muscles of the counte-
nance to indicate a sense that a prac-
tical joke was fooling around. "
"And in America you would have
fared differently?"
"Rather. I went ouce to the state-
house in Hartford. There was a man
standing at the entrance, au official
with h band around his hat, so I step-
ped up to him and said, 'Can you tell
ine if this hotel is conducted on the Eu-
ropean plan?' He simply looked at me,
aud calmly said, 'Any more?' Then
there was a moment's awkward pause,
and I had to walk out."
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- THE NAVAL SIDE OF THE WAK, BY CAPT. MAHAN.
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Submarine Navigation.
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Unsolved Problems of As-
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Life in the deepest Mines.
What Peary is Doing in the
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< )ctave Thanet
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TjHE S. S. M'gLUf^E COjVlf AJSIY
200 East 25th Street,
NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK.
Texan (iaine I.aw.
Deer may be killed from September
1st to January 1st. j immisratlon. | The United States of Brazil came into
Turkey, September 1st to April 1st. j The whole number of immigrants ar- j existance 011 Nov. 15, 1889. The day is
Quail, October 1st to March loth. riving in this country during the last a holiday, of course, in the southern re
Prairie chickens, August 1 st to Feb- fiscal year, according to the report of 1 public, and this year it was a particu
ruary 1st. the commissioner of immigration was 1 larly joyous one, because the American
Killing of antelope and Mongolian 229,299. This was a falling off of about battle-ships Oregon and Iowa stopped
pheasant is prohibited for five years. ! 1(509 from the previous year. A little ! at Rio de Janeiro on their way to
Fire hunting or using of lamps or « M. ,.t n„. Manila,
lanterns is prohibited.
Using nets or traps for catching quail
or prairie chickens is entirely prohibited.
Killing of buzzards, carrion crows
and tree birds is forbidden at all sea-
sons.
Seining of fish is lawful during the
11,509 from the previous year. A
imps or more than one-fourth of the whole num-
ber cama from Italy. Russia furnished
the next largest number, then Ireland,
Germany and Hungary. Of those over
14 years old. more than 40,000 could
not read or write; and of the whole
number over 2(1 years old. less than one-
period from August 1 st to January 30th.
Using meshes less than two and one-
half inches, set. nets, dynamite cart-
ridges or any poison is abwlutely for-
bidden.
fourth brought with them as much as
$30 each. About 3,000 would-be immi-
grants were debarred from entering the
country, most of them because they
were paupers or likely to become so.
All drugglstasell Dr. Miles' Norve Piasters. Youth's Companion.
and helped celebrate. That
was a natural, graceful and politic
thing to do. In an emergency Brazil
! sold the New Orleans and other good
, ships to this country, and did not try
to take advantage; she was conspicu
! ously friendly in various ways, while
J some other South American republics
were snarling at their big neighbor and
longing to bite. Moreover, battle ship*
are never b tter employed than when
they serve as the medium of courtesies
i that tend to cement friendship with
| such a brave, wise, progressive people
as the Brazilians. Exchange.
'Wiiilhl ne as Jiouriiinj
A clerical delegate from a Western :
state contributed a cheerful incident,
which had come under his immediate J
notice, to the stones told at a recent j
gathering of ministers.
In bis wife s employ was an Irish ser- j
vant, who one ua.\ asKed leave to attend |
the "wane of a favorite cousin. The j
desired permission was granted, and !
Jsorah graced the melancholy feast, clad
in her Sunday best..
a few weeKS later she announced to
her mistress that she must leave her j
within a month.
"Are you dissatisfied with your work
or your wages ISorah'.'" asKed the min-
isters wife, taken by surprise, and sorry
to lose a faithful servant.
"Oh uo, mem!" said Norab, quickly; j
"but I'm going to be married to cousin's :
widower."
"Isn't it rather sudden, Norab?" asked j
the mistress. <
"It's kind of suddint to me, mem," j
said Norah, twisting the corners of her j
apron, "but 'taint to him. He says I
was the life of the wake, mem, and he
marked ine whilst he was mourning!"
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the Outlook is its tenth annual book
number. It has 180 pages of. reading
matter and advertisements, the latter
including very full and interesting an-
nouncements by all the principal pub-
lishers of their holiday books. The
reading matter and the illustrations are
particularly suited to the spe<-ial pur-
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many ways a notable one. The editors
announce, by the way. that the circula-
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($3 a year. The Outlook Co., New-
York.)
Minister (meeting boy on Sunday -
Who told ,vou to ftatch those fish?
Boy I (tone it on me own hook.—
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Bailey, John W. Denton County News. (Denton, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 33, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 15, 1898, newspaper, December 15, 1898; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth502704/m1/2/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Abilene Library Consortium.