Rockdale Messenger. (Rockdale, Tex.), Vol. 29, No. 24, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 13, 1901 Page: 1 of 8
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PURE DRUGS
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Clark & Perry.
TOILET ARTICLES
Here’s a Hue we can save you money on
especially In Pine Perfumery.
PATENT MEDICINES.
To our already large stock we have ribw
added the Woody goods and are there-
fore in a position to make you'some ex-
tremely low price.
Prescriptions
»Carefully Pilled.
We will appreciate your patronage and
strive to merit same. , W
1 CLARK & PERRY 1
© The New Corner Druggists.
East Cameron_Street. $
Rockdale, Texas. $
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The drugs in Dr. Simmons’ Sarsap-
arilla are bo concentrated that the dose
is very small, but nevertheless, it is so
scientifically combined that it is read-
ily retained and assimilated by the
moBt delicate and sensitive Stomach-
Fifty cents and 50 doses.
[Cost Almost Nothing.
If your suits need pressing, bring
them to H. Freels’ tailor shop and have
them fixed up for 50 cents; pants 15
cents. 23-41
Don’t forget that E. J. M. Hopkins
undersells everybody on everything in
the grocery line. Go there for bar-
gains and square dealing.
For Pale, Sickly Children.
Grove’s Tasteless Chill Tonic.
M. STEELE,
Watchmaker and
.....Jeweler,
At HILL & CO’S JEWELRY STORE.
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VOL. 29
Office of Publication, 107 South Camkbon (Street. Entkrkd at the Postoffioe, at Rockdale, as Second-Class Matter.
iROCKDALE, MILAM COUNTY, TEXAS, THURSDAY, JUNE 13, 1901.
Hail in Red River County.
Clarksville, Texas, June 9.—
What appears almost incredible,
but is nevertheless a fact, hail
from Thursday’s stcy-m of May 30
is still lying in drifts in the neigh-
borhood of English, in the eastern
part of this county. A. R. Moore,
a farmer, whose crop was destroyed
by the hail, brought in a two-gal-
lon water bucket full of the hail,
eight days after the storm. Bob
S. Pope, constable of precinct No.
7, who lost 200 acres of cotton and
corn by the storm, says he has
been using the hail, gathered from
the drifts, for the last week to
freeze ice cream. The hail was
the most destructive ever seen in
this county. The farmers have
been busily replanting cotton
where the ground was dry enough
in the storm-swept district.
The Beet Prescription for Malaria,
Chills and Fever is a bottle of Grove’s
Tasteless Chill Tonic. It is simply
iron and quinine in tasteless form. No
cure—no pay. Price sOc- 10-18-ly
The Platonic Love Letters of Charles
Dickens.
For more than fifty years an
English woman (who is still living)
has cherished a little sheaf of let-
ters written by Charles Dickens.
These chkrming letters show the
novelist in a new part—that of the
successful matchmaker. They tell
the story of another man’s court-
ship and how the writer spurred a
faint heart into winning a fair lady.
They will be printed—for the
first time—in The Saturday Even-
ing Post for June 15.
Strength Enables You to Stand the Heat.
Grove’s Tasteless Chill Tonic gives
strength. *
We have one of the most complete
lines of millinery and prices to suit.
Mrs. E. S. Loper.
THE POT OF GOLD. ~
He used to think a not_______
Of gold mi buried where
The radiant rainbow touched the glUUDdt
And ott I helped him hunt, around
To find the treasure there.
But that waa long age.
In childhood’s careless days.
"Tie dead, that fond belief of old;
We seek no buried pots of gold *
And walk in worldly ways.
Vet where the people surged
I saw him push his way
To bet his money on the race.
I saw him with an ashen face
Trudge home that luckless day.
At rainbows’ ends we sought
In vain tor hidden gold;
Ah, he and I were children then,
Now he and I are worldly men
And wiser than of old I
—S. E. Kiser in Chicago Times-Herald.
A COSTLY LUXURY.
Her
fresl) Groceries,
Rap and Grain.
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The above are the lines of goods
in which we deal. We would like to
do business with you, and will enter
our plea for it thusly:
Good Goods,-----
Lowest prices
and honest
treatment..
KEMP & POOLE,
Rookdale,
i THE LIVE GROCERS \
Texas.
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DR. WOODY’S
“Red Liver Medicine” and “Palmetto Chill Tonic”
FOR SALE BY
Giesecke & Hodge,"Rockdale.
E. T. Sharp, San Gabriel.
T. E. Blackmore, Tracy.
Graves <t Butler, Lilac.
J. A. Dees, Holtzclaw’e Bridge.
H. J. Bissell’ Cameron.
J. H. Smith, Milano.
Red Liver Medicine is positively guaranteed to cure epustipation in all or its
stages. It keeps the Bowels open, regulates the Liver, makes bright eyes and rosy
cheeks. If taken as directed. Palmetto Chill Tonic will cure the worst cases of
chills, will build tip your system end make you feel like a man again.
W. B. WOODY, State Agent, Rockdale, Texas.
Clark & Perry, Rockdale.
W. O. Sanders, Tracy.
C. R. Campbell, Sharp.
P. Yeager, McCoy’s Gin.
Thomas Bros., Cameron.
J. M. Rankin, Cause.
Divorce More Expensive
Than Her Marriage.
“Where’s the j edge at what gives
out divo’ces?”
A negro woman askfed this of the
elevator man in the courthouse. A
negro man, her husband, was with
her.
“Do you want a divorce?” in-
quired the elevator man.
“Yes, sah. We’s done ’greed to git
divo’ced, an Will, my man here, has
done ’greed to give the jedgo power
to divo’ce me.”
“You’ll have to bring a suit first.
The judge can’t divorce you till you
have filed a suit,” the elevator man
said.
“How much does that cost ?”
“Well, the lawyer and all will cost
about $15 or $20.”
“Shaw, man,„ you suttenly don’t
mean it! Why, it only cost us $2 to
git mail’d. Um-m-ml Fifteen dol-
lars ! It suttenly do cost a lot. Say,
mistali, why does it cost more to git
divo’ced than to git mah’d ?”
“Don’t know, I’m sure, but that’s
a fact.”
“An can’t the jedge give her a
divo’ce if I give him the power?”
asked the husband.
“No; got to have a suit first.”
“Um-m!” they both groaned in
chorus. Then the woman said:
-Tze got a right to a divoice.
Will’s bin mean as pizen to -me.
S’pose if I tell the jedge that he’ll
take it up?”
“Look here, woman,” interrupted
the husband, “don’t you git too
smart ’bout this here divo’ce or I’ll
fight it. You knows I’ze been a good'
nigger to you. I done consent to
give the jedge power to divo’ce you
’cause you got yo’ mind sot on cut-
tin loose. But don’t go to settin up,
for a angel ’longside of me or I’ll
fight it sho’.”
As they leftkthe courthouse 'to-
gether she said:
“Don’t see how I’ze goin to raise
$15 for that divo’ce.”—Kansas City
Star.
A Bird Tree Planter.
The more people learn about the
blue-jay the more respectable he
seems. The Indianapolis News
says of him:
An old time Arizona wood chop-
per says the blue-jays have
planted thousands of the trees now
growing all over Arizona. He
says these birds have a habit of
burying small seeds ini'the ground
with their beaks, and that they
frequently pinion trees and bury
large numbers of the small pine
nuts in the ground, many of which
sprout and grow. He was walk-
ing through the pines with an
Eastern gentleman a short time ago,
when one of these birds flew from
a tree to the ground, stuck his bill
in the earth and quickly flew away.
When told what had happened the
Eastern man was skeptical, but
the two went to the spot and with
a knife blade dug out a sound pine
nut from a depth of about an inch
and a half. Thus it will be seen
that nature has plans of her
for forest perpetua
^XISMASS IN CHINA.
The belief in khe potency, of
charms, etc., is very widespread
among the lower class Chinese, and
the Shans in parts of Yunnan. The
latter in particular have all kinds
of amulets to \rtird off evil, the gem
of their collection being one which'
confers invulnerability on the wetyr-
be obtained, I was informed, Iby un-
dergoing a very painful process of
tattooing. During my trip I jvas
shown a dragon’s, nest, which looked
like a bit of the horsehair stuffing
from a foreign saddle, guaranteed
to render the purchaser’s house safe
from fire, and a female dpcr’a born;
which would enable the* fortunate
otyner to walk a great: distance with*
out ‘fatigue.
Not being a landed proprietor orf
{^professional sprinter, I had nQ.use
fmr these things, and though I eni
tered into negotiations with several
people for the tailsmam*vhifch wouM
reritler me invulnerable. none of
them.v^as willing t6 stand the teal;
o*f western skepticism—ia Revolver
pt,30Spaces—even though Jnfferejl
th£m an enormous sum and*a.hand-1
some«Iuneral in case of Accident.'
Geographical Journal.
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Malaria Makes Yo eak
Grove’s Tasteless Chit onic makes
you strong.
The Oklahoma Storm.
Wichita, Kan., June 9.—A cor-
respondent who arrived here to-
night from the scene of devastation
in Kay county, Oklahoma, §ays
that the storm Friday night ruined
the wheat crop of 400 farms west
and northwest of Blackwell. These
farms are all in one body of
territory. The farmers, who had
purchased twine and harvest ma-
chinery are asking the local
dealers to take them back, and the
dealers are referring them to the
factories. The loss of crops will
cause no distress as the farmers
are in good condition financially
owing to a succession of good crops
during the past five seasons.
A-General Strengthening Teals.
Grove’s Tasteless Chill Tonic.
HIGHEST AND LOWEST STATES.
Every one knows which is the
smallest and which is the largest
Btate in the Union, but how many
know which is the lowest and which
is the highest?
According to the results of meas-
urements and calculations made by
the United States geological survey,
Delaware is the lowest state, its ele-
vation above sea level averaging
only 60 feet. Colorado is the high-
est, averaging 6,800 feet above the
sea, while Wyoming is a close sec-
ond, only 100 feet lower than Colo-
rado. ,
In minimum elevation Florida
and Louisiana dispute for second
place after Delaware, the average
elevation being for each 100 feet.
Taking the United States
whole, our country lies slightly
above the average elevation of the
land of the globe.
Get our prices on groceries.
O. A, Bowen,
HIS EIOIIK
“Aren’t you ashamed to be wast-
ing your time in this manner,” said
the impressive citizen to whom Me-
andering Mike had just applied for
a small loan. •
“Yes, sir,” was the answer; “I’m
annoyed half sick about it. But I
can’t help makin mistakes some-
times. When I sighted’you fer
philanthropist an followed yob $
t’ree blocks, how was I to know Ter
sur^1 whether I was wastin me time
or,not?”—Washington Star.
Hood's Pills
Do not gripe nor irritate the alimen-
tary canal. They _act gently yet
promptly, cleanse effectually and
Give Com fold
Sold by all druggists. 25 cents.
MHIHHHHMHSIHHHIW
r The Twentieth Annual Meeting
OF THE.
And Races
.Will be Held in Taylor, Texas,
On July 3rd to 5th Inclusive....
jgaf The Association promises this year one of the fullest and most in-
teresting programs ever undertaken by them, and extend the
most cordial invitation to the people of Rockdale and Milam
5e» County to attend and join in their festival season.
The Racep.
jgj For the encouargemt of breeders of good stock in Williamson and
yg§| adjoining counties, and for the entertainment of the admirers
of good horses and good racing, the Association will present an
SB interesting list of
JEWELRY
WATCHES
AND CLOCKS
Silverware
Diamonds
and Noveltidfe
All of Best tirade and
LOWEST PRICES.
I do Repair Work Promptly
at reasonable Rate*.
I Want Your Trade. Let Mi
Prow My Ability to Please
Y O U I
ram.
, 8. A. 4k A, P. XxJursion Bates,
T.° Cloudcmft.N. M.......... .f»M
‘ Galveston, Texas, ...................... 710
Lampasas. Texas, ................4so
; Marfa (Fort Davis),..................... 2510
Marlin,................................. 2 75
“ Mineral Wells,............... gift
Port Lavaca,...... ................... 8 00
Children’s rates are two-thirds of the
above rates to all points except Cloud-
croft and Marfa, to which half the adult
rate will be used. Rates to Marfa,
Texas, are for Fort Davie, 22 miles from
railway. All tickets are limited to'
thirty days from date of sale, except
Mineral Welle, which is 00 days..,
To Kerrvllle......$ 9 so
" Oanahl........ 8 90
“ Comfort........ 8 80
" Boerne,........ 7 80
j‘ Rockport....... 10 80.Child* rate 9 0 84
Corpus Chrlstl, 9 96 ’* “ ...... 8 70
‘ Aransas,. Pass.. 9 95 " “ fl70
Portland____... 9 70 “ »♦..6 45
. We also have on sale round trip tlck-
ets to all the principal summer retorts
in the old states at greatly reduoed
rates. Call and see us.
Also have the following Bpecial rates:
To Kansas City June 8th and 9th, Nobles
THE 'JUDGE’S LITTLE JOKE.: VI
During the trial of certain mem*
hers of the Belton Park club inJEi),
laricl, who were charged wi.th*illega_
ly employing a Humber of young-
sters as cadaies who should hate
been at school, it was stated that the
caddies were given' luncheon'. and'
tea.
“Why ^id you give them tea ?”
the 'juage^asked.
The witness replied that ifwas
usualdo -give cad dies tea. •
“Ah,” saicLthe/juclge thoughtful-
ly, “/I presume that makes them; tea
caddies/* •-'**<»
We still give our customers china-
ware. O. A. Bowen.
Every Day of the Fair.
H ----
M . Live Stock.
ySfej One of the most importont and prominent feature, of the Pair will
jgjj be the entries in competition for superiority in the Horse, Cattle,
aSlj Sheep and Hog Departments, and the most urgent invitation is
yo given the stookmen to co-operate by exhibiting their stock in
raa making the Live Stock Department of the keenest interest uml
JjPj greatest benefits.
5H Poultry Department
9^4MRS. ALICE McANULTY, the well known funder,'will have
SgSsf charge of this departmeht, which is a positive guarantee that
jj5i| this year’s exhibition will be excelled by none in Texas.
yPj Amusements, sports and contests, including cattle roping, rabbit
chases, foot races, bicycle races, etc., etc., will bo interspersed
with the program daily. Many features not enumerated will
interest tne visitor.
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Celebrate Our Natal Day
§£! By a Visit to the Taylor Fair.
S^jFor all information address,
HOWARD BLAND, Sec y, Taylor, Tex.
SWSnSMIHiSHSHHIHHHWl
.120'4*
To Milwaukee July 19th and 20tb, Annual
order of Klks,.............. ........., .. 32 79
To Dallas, July lttb and 12th, Epwortb
League Conference...................... 5 55
To Waxfthaohlo July 24th to August Otb,
Texas Chautauqua,..........certificate plan
To Sherman June 28th and 76th, State
Teachers’ Association................. 8 60
To San Antonio June 26th, Colored Stato
Teachers’ Association,................. 4 66
_ J. A. Bashaw, Agent-
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One bottle will convince the mos
skeptical of the real merits of Dr. Sim-
mons’ Sarsaparilla, concentrated and
scientifically combined, pleasant and.
effective. Fifty doses folr 50 cents.
Pure Cream at the Nook.
New Marketl
Located on Main street,
Two doors below the
John Brown Saloon.
Everything New and Clean
The best meat to be had will be han-
dled by experienced butchers, and
served to our customers.
We Will Work Hard to Please You.
Givo Us Your Trade......
Rockdale Co. Market
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Willson, Howard. Rockdale Messenger. (Rockdale, Tex.), Vol. 29, No. 24, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 13, 1901, newspaper, June 13, 1901; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth694170/m1/1/: accessed June 23, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Lucy Hill Patterson Memorial Library.