The Stephenville Empire. (Stephenville, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 28, Ed. 1 Saturday, March 13, 1886 Page: 3 of 4
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INOLISH LEGISLATOR*.
*»n OM Member* of tk* Hvum et
(«M*w IVka rolled •( K*
election.
rii«t Hr»« person whose vacant seat the
old member* ol the house will look to
■ when parliament meets, says The Pull
.Vail Oatelit, is probably that of Mr.
Wart oil*. The bouue takes kindly
to its oddities, even when they
are nuisances; and the frenzy of political
‘Ztsup|oiiutnirnt which men like Mr.
Wartoii excite outside the house of
«-ominous has no echo within its wills,
save from n rancorous minority. Mr.
XX arton was the most punctual of all
the members of the house in attendance,
and be showed art amount of physical
endurance that was really remarkable.
He was at prayers every evening, sad
he took Ids prayers as he did evory-
thing else -with a , seriousness that had
some grotesqueness and south affect a-
*!°" Tl"**'tfi' audilile re.pouses and
the fervent repitl^ of tha
prayer 'scasio^Hy Interrupt the
chaplain, und remind the house that
this portion of |te pistceesllngs is not all
ilisurb, Sir. Wsrtou was alone in going
knees ou his seat in the ardor of
afs devotion. His daily task In parlia-
ment was lowly—to block bills, to
speak in season, to stop legislation by
all the small devices that the lnt|ierf*<'t
machinery of the house permits. He
was supposed to be working for a
county court Judgeship; let it be hoped
that Ixird Salisbury will not be turned
out till lie throws this Isine to hi* inde-
iatigab‘« though humble servitor.
^r. Briggs was another of the boas
•fafants of the house —fut. cheery, good-
natured. a little grotesque. He wt»e
dow n one night, in tho portentousness
of evening drees: to propose a motion
against the erection of the Napoleonic
statue in Westminister abbey, and made
a speech of blundering good nature that
convulsed the house. At lost. when he
asked, -Is there not some eminent En-
glishman w ho might more fitly take a
plai-e in tho national abbey?" the house
roared In one voice: "Briggs! Briggs!”
Hi* effort upon this occasion seemed to
livve quite satisfied Mr. Briggs. It was
the last speech lie made In the parlia-
ment of 1M0-5. In Mr. Xt. John Ackers
• lie liouse Ims been deprived of a mem-
ber that promised abundant amusement.
Ills first speech convulsed the house as
*JcW maiden speeches have ever done,
ll was introduced it pro/ws tie holies,
nnd whs one of those essays on the
dilftculties of the empire generally
w hicli are the production of men with
more leisure than capacity. He had a
"lent voice, which bellowed forth ilia
inanities so that no one could fail to
hear; nut he showed leanings toward
that, little knot of fair-traders who
threatened to become the bore of par-
liament. (’ol. Bai'iie was another of
the inanities. He figured some-
what largely in the early
struggles between the 1'amelliites
and liberals on coercion, and mane some
proposals, such ss the shooting of priests
or imrsoual reprisals on the member fur
Cork and his followers, or something of
the kind. The folly of his proposals
was set off by an extremely vacuous
smile; but after awhile tho house ceased
t<> hr amused. He was nicknamed
"the empty Barite," and so subsided.
f!en. Alexander was one of the favor-
ites niul the trials of parliament. He had
a tremendous voice, which, without
much difficulty could lie heard outside
in Paltwe yard. When lie gut excited
Id* voice rose to the proportions of a
thunder-clap, and when Mr. (iladstone
would regard him with a look tirst of
amusement, Gen. Alexander would
glare back with an affection of tierce
wrath. In truth he was a very mild,
gentle. and courteous gentleman;
thought the army was going to the
dogs; fussed a goisl deal alsiut The want
of promotion for non-eouiniissioned ofli-
ivrs and of |MUisions for the police, and
that kind of tiling, and generally was
altogether there very much liked and
respected—if for no other reason than
that service in the Crimea left him
permanently disabled; lie could only
walk laboriously with theaid of a couple
of Sticks.
Lord Percy at one lime gave a alight
adhesion to the font It | arty, but he soon
cut himself loose, probably owing to the
smallness of appreciation for his pe-
culiar rhetoric which the house exhiliit-
ed. This descendant of the Hotspurs
was a thin, frail, wu-hnd-out young
man, with a very weak and shrill void
and a manlier of considerable preten-
sion. Often in the early days of con-
servative obstruction lie would set out
on an apparently laild and lengthy talk
Hgainst time, and with hands ostenta-
tiously in his pockets give the idea of an
aspiring and self-confident nature. Blit
opposite to him was the “ox-eyed" pre-
mier watching this phenomenon with
contemptuous Interest over Ills glasses,
and the house generally would get Im-
icjit, and Ixird Percy's mighty em-
prise would lie brought (o a premature
and Inglorious conclusion. Mr. \V. II
tiladstouc's one speech in the last par-
liament was on a private bill, and no-
body paid much attention to it. The
eldest son of the greatest parliamenta-
ilnn of England is a mild-mannered
young man, apparently with eonsidera-
hlb physical strength anil a nature not
so much shy as retiring. In the bouse
he sought with great industry the dark
ast recesses under the gallery, »nd effac-
ed himself with as much lahov as other
men bestow on self-idvertisment. It
wax said that he always left the house
the moment his father roae to make s
speech. Mr. Carrington was the heatt
sabrettr of the liberal party, but. he was
not mneh else. He rose onoe or twice
to the height of a question about South
American affairs, and in committee on
the army estimates be struggled to his
feet, but he left no mark, and most of
his speeches took the terse form of in-
terruptions, of which the recording an-
gel of Hanaard keeps no count.
Type-Writing
The type-writer Is generally supposed
i be a machine of recent invention, but
Jt really dates as far back as 1714. One
ienry Mill obtained in that year in
ugland a patent for a device that would
[•write lu printed characters, one at a
ne and one after the other." There
i no description of Ms device to be had
v, hut it Is no doubt true that Mill’s
true the
it of the |
i to have
one hundred
• by
whan a «nn In Milwaukee Mad* a typo
writer that Was actually *M.
To such [Wfeetiou has the machine
beeh brought, that even the most de-
tailed and Intricate statements, contain-
ing column after column fif figure*,can
be readily made with il. and in a fleet
and business-like form'that is Impossible
with the {ten fff I be average Writer, its
**** "** opened a Held for Women who
have to earn their living that never ex-
isted before. They are naturally expert
and skillful lit using the lingers, and
they readily learn lu use the type-writer
with great ep?ed. A number of schools
have added it to their regular course,
and the young men who learu to use it,
find It far easier to obtain sitnations.
Charles R-ad- said: ”1 advise parent*
to hare their hoys and girl* taught
short-hand writing end lype-#yiliug.
The short-hand writer Who can *.y|ie-
wrltn his note*, is safer I rob! jioverty
than a great Greek scholar."
blh Mrudenell Carter, the fsnious eys
surgeon of London, when here visiting
the centennial, bought evety Aftterican
invention the! be (Wight would be of
use to hittl, and among them a type-
writer. In a treatise of his oa tbs eyi
and how to preserva It, published hot
long since, he give* * cut of a type-
writer; thd advises all persons who are
"near-sighted" to use It.
The speed with which an expert oper-
ator can rattle off' words and sentences,
is wonderful to one who has never tried
to use the machine, The lingers play
with a swift and ceaseless motion Over
Hie keys, accompanied by the moboto
nous •• rat-Isi" ut the machine, and
sheet after sheet of ne*tly-Wrirten niau-
uMRript is taken fount the roller, from
two to three times as fast a* the average
penman can produce it. roW people
write with a pert faster than twenty
or thirty Words a minute; an expert wiil
Wing out of the type-writer fifty to
ighty words iu a minute. What, then,
must be the value of a clerk who is an
expert at (wilt short-hand and type-
writing?— Chicago Times.
Ingernoll on Lincoln.
Under the singular caption of "Mot-
ley and Monarch," Colonel Robert G.
Ingersoll contribute* to tii* December
North American Review a genuine
"prose-poom" on Abraham Lincoln,
who is sttmmed up and photographed
in a single paragraph, thus:
“Strange mingling of mirtn and tears,
of Jhc tragic and grotesque, of cap and
crown, of Socrates and Rabelais, of
iEsop and Marcus Aurelius, of all that
is gentle and just, humorous and hon-
est, merciful, wise, laughable, lovable,
and divine, and all consecrated to the
use of man: while through all. and over
all, an overwhelming sense of obligation,
of chivalric loyalty to truth, and upon
all the shadow of the tragic end."
And here are some more of the dia-
mond* gleaming incidently in Colonel
Ingersoll's superb cluster.
Nearly all the great historic charac-
ters are impossible monsters, dispropor-
tioned by flattery, or by calumny de-
formed. We know nothing of their
peculiarities, or nothing hut their pecu-
liarities. » » *
Washington is now only a steel en-
graving. Altout the real man who lived
and loved and hated and schemed we
know but little. * * *
Hundreds of people are now engaged
in smoothing out the lines of Lincoln's
face foreingall features to the common
mold—so that lie may he known, not as
lie really was. ten, according to their
poor standard, us he should lieve been.
Lincoln never liniahed hi-education.
To the night of Ids death lie was a pupil,
a learner, an Inquirer, a seeker after
knowledge. You have no idea how
many nicu are spoiled by what is called
education. For the most part college*
are places where jiehhles are polished
and diamonds are dimmed. If Shake-
speare hail graduated at Oxford, ho
might have be n s quibbling attorney
or a hypocritical parson. • • •
Nothing discloses real character like
the use of power, it is easy for the
weak to he gentle. Most people can
bear adversity. Rut if you wish to know
what a man really Is, give him power.
This is tbo supreme test. It Is the
glory of Lincoln that, having almost
absolute power, he never abused It, ex-
cept upon the side of mercy. * * *
He was patient ss destiny, whose
undecipherable hieroglyphs were so
deeply graven on hi* sad and tragic
face • • •
Lincoln was the grandest figure of
the fiercest civil war. He is Ihe gen-
tlest memory of our world.
The Currency Problem.
Students of the currency problem
should not forget that the amount of
money needed for the uses of the Unit-
ed State- has Increased fabulously with-
in twenty-tire years. A quarter of a
century ago a mlllionair i wax a rarity.
Now a bank account of a million dol-
lars is not an uncommon thing. Then
the money of the masses was lent to
savings hanks, and thence returned at
once to the channel* of trade. Chicago,
for instance was a town uf a hundred
thousand inhabitants. Now It has near-
ly 7U0.UU0, with softy-deposit vault*
sprinkled all through the basinets dis-
trict, and new ones building. The
sums of currency lying dead in these
vault* must be enormous. Tha Govern-
ment itself has this miser's manta, and
hold* two hundred and sixty millions —
nearly the whole greenback issue! The
country has expanded into the Great
American Desert uf our new-world my-
thology. These new phenomena most
be considered in commenting on onr
currency supplies. When that have
been done, it xrill be found there la a
money famine.— Chicago Chirreul.
Noble end Unselfish Hen.
Of Conductor Bradley, who. crushed
end mangled in a railway wreck, whis-
pered xrith his dying breath, “Put out
the signal* for the other train," Whittier
sold; __^
“Ne nobler ultaraoee since tbe world began
From lips of aelat or martyr *v*r ran,
■Metric, through the sympathise at mas."
A similar tribute might xrel) be paid
to Phillips, tha engineer o< the train
xrraokad at PelhamrilU on Bund ay.
Injured, dneed. hie clothing ee fee, he
wee rolled te*e h
TNI HOMI AND MOUMHOLD
Fraotteel Mints Par rials People Who
Ur* Within small Income*.
Roast barf i* looked upon as a luxury
far b.-yoad the frugal pltrse That la
true whew applied to the “|Mirterliouae
roast" and other choir* cuts, but the
cheaper pieces can lie ntarl." very good
and tender, even those sold as low even
a* a shilling a pound at Washington
Market.
Buy not leas than two riba: have the
butcher take out all he bouse, roll it
up tightly, skewer It lirmly, mid give
you a piece of suet to ley upon the
meat while roasting, have the lames.
Put a pint of hot water in the pan with
tha beef, roast quickly the tint half
hour. Till* chltn thd foil fan- of the
meal and retrtiul the juice-. Allow tif-
teen Mirtn(e* for every pound of lieef
for roasting. Kaete often, for this,
with the nteaiii of tic water in the pan,
mekea the meat lender.
Under this treatlUeul the cheaper
outs will prove quite satisfactory. Nor
ere they tooeostly for plain people, for
every perl of the meat ran lie utili/ed
end'served in inviting shape; only the
bOnes are thrown away alter simmer-
ing for three ho irs in two quarts of
water. Break them up .small, use cold
water, to extract their juie*x and -weet-
nnas. add onr spoonful of salt and
keep closely covered. This is ''-took.’
of which almost au endless variety of
plain soitp- ntay he elude. Add a hunch
of "snnp vegetables'' (cost the cents),
chopped, and You hate vegetable soup;
or a pint ttf entitled tomatoes and you
have tomato soup: or a spoouful of rice,
or barley; Or vermicjlll. for the differ-
ent kinds. All are inexpaiMlve. Never
u*e the “stock" the day il is marie, hut
strain out the bones «nd allow to stand
till the next day. Tlteti take off the
fat that ha* risen: this may be w»od fot
frying drippings. So slniost none of
the beef is lost, ami a shilling a pound
even i* not paid without a fair return.
But. to go track to tbe roast, for
which a rich brown gravy must Ik*
made. Haring removed the mess Mud
poured off the fat (for frying dripplings
also) set the pen on the top of the range
end allow the contents to scorls-h just a
little, enough to give a good color; then
add one cup of boiling water stul thick-
en with flour ami season: serve in a
gravy dish. A small beginning only
will be made on this roast by two peo-
ple. Cold roast beef is not to lie despised,
served with, perhaps, baked beans,
which coet hut a trifle, and vegetables.
Or tbe meet ntay he finely chopped, a
little gravy added, all covered with cold
mashed potatoe, and baked and browned
in an open vegetable disli in the oven;
or it may he minced, and unde with
equal parts of mashed potatoe into
holla, like fish halls, and fried brown,
on both sides, in drippings. This is a
good brenkfast dish.
It may also he cut up small und
warmed in its own gravy, und served
on toast or without the toast.
Bean* are said mountain more nutri-
ment than any other vegetable. The
best white ones are only ten cents a
quart: half the quantity will till a two-
quart dish when properly cooked, und
half a pound of salt pork i* ampin to
flavor it. Wash and look over the
bean* and put them in cold water, us-
ing three quarts to one pint of lieanx;
keep them over the tire three or four
hours; set them where the heat will
swell and soften them, without boiling,
having the pork (washed and the
rmd scored) in with them all the while.
About two hours liefore dinner strain
them through a colander and put them,
dry. into a dish in which tliey arc to be
baked, with the pork, rind up. in the
centre. Now in a Itowl put one tea-
spoouful of salt, iiue-half tedspoonfnl
of carlsjiiate of soda, one cup of sugar
and one cup of hot water. Stir well
together and pour over the beans. If
you cannot sec the liquid all around the
edfe of the bean*, add hot water until
yon can. They are then ready for
moderate oven. In two hour* they will
fume out well baked, nicely browned
and ready to serve.
To make Boston brown bread, mix
well together a cup and a half of yellow
oorn nmal and the name of rye flour, if
rye mewl it nut to Imlurl. Into till* put
one leaspoonful of nail, a heaping tea-
apdonful of carbonate of soda and one
cup of molasses (not syrup). Stir cold
water very gradually into this till you
have a moderately Miff latter; beat it
well; pour into a well-greased, three-
quart pail, cover ami set in a kettle cov-
ered at least four hours. Thi* nrnkus a
large loaf and the cost is about ten
cent*. It is very nice when hoi and
good cold.
(Torn fritters make a good breakfast
dish. Into one pint of floor put a tea-
spoonful each of sugar and Boyal bak-
ing powder and half a teaspoon fnl of
aalt. Into this put one Neat*n egg,with
milk enough to make a stiff hatter;
lastly, add half a can of sweet, corn;
drop by targe spoonfull* into plenty ol
boiling hot drippings; broavn ou both
sides and serve very hot These go
wall with eold roast beef. — Katharine
Armstrong, in New York. World.
The Ethics of Caj*>entry.
'Well, you’re rather a descent-look-
ing man to be here on a drunk," said
Justice Duffy to gray-haitwd Isaac Par-
ker, who stood at the bar. “Whst'a
your trade?"
Tg a oarpenter. Your Honor."
•Let me look et your hands. They
don't leek big enongh for a mac that
handle* tools. Where did yon serve
yoqr time?"
"In Yonkers."
•‘Then you’re a country carjienter,
and can work anything in wood. What
I* a mortice-plane?"
•It'* to make dovetails and tongue*
and grooves.
"Do you use one?’’
••Ne.”
"Why don't yen. If you are a carpen-
ter?"
•Nobody does now. Machinery does
it cheaper."
••(tight "Now, I own two houses,
and I may need n oarpenter to do some
.work there. If I sent for you what
teol* would you take with you? What
ta-a kit of tools?"
"That depends on what ie to be
Now, whftl kind of • piano
GRAINS OF GOLD.
Method U the very hinge of l>n»iin>*.
and there in no method without punctu-
alltjrt— Cecil
X lifele prau<* U good fer a »hy tem-
per; il teeehe* us to rely on kindne** of
other*. —Land or.
Whatever you would have your chil-
dren to become, strive to exhibit in your
ewm livee and eon vernation .—Mrt. 8*g»
ureejf.
He that blown the ooaU in quarrel* he
kaa nothing to do with, ha* no right to
oomplain if the »park« tlv in hi* face. -
Franklin.
'Tit an ill thing to be Mhanx^l of
ene*« ptwerLv; but much worse not to
tuake tin* of lawful ehd*aavom to m\ouI
il*— Thvcydulc*.
Good nature Mild even Hen* of temper
will give you an easy companion for
life; virtue and good sense an agree-
able friendt love and consUtncv a good
Wife or husband.—-Spprtn/or.
The be«t rules to form a \oung m:m
are to talk little, to hear much, to re-
flect alone upon what ha* passed in
company, to distrust one's own opin-
ion* and value others that deserve it.—
8w W. Temj>lf.
Retribution i* one of tbe grandest
principles of the divine administration
of human affair*; a requital is impereep-
tible only to the willfully unobservant.
Therein everywhere the working of the
everlasting law of requitalt matt nl-
Wayn gets as he lives. J. E<t*ter.
Try to be something in this world uml
you will be something. Aim :«t exo.d-
lonce. end excellence will 1m* attaint'd.
Thin is the greatest secret of *ticcc»s and
eminence. *»f can not do t” never ac-
complished anything. *•! will try" has
wrought wonders.
Going to School.
Therr'ft nn hi my that muster* lt» legion*
Aud nmrcbcH to roll all each day.
And happv and bleat are the region*
Which He lu the army's bright
They troop over hillock and hollow.
They nprb)£; acron* hntoklcl aud pool.
Aud gayiv a ml cheerlv follu’\
The *utuiii'MiK whilst Mils tUmii to school.
By tboi^and- the army I- numbered,
Ita sold tore nr? fresh h-* the morn;
Not one Ih by «>rr<w encumbered,
Not one Is bv care overborne.
At decimal* sometimes they »ruinhled.
Aud sometime* h\ rurt* are perplexed;
And the proudest grows -addeued and limn
Med
When h question f* parsed to the ueit*.
Bui forgo! at the briefest Yura thin
Are problems mid puzzle* and pro-r,
The grief of I be stern conjugation.
That late wa* a fountain of woe.*;
Aud tbe ann,. goes back to Its duty
The hour Hint play time is done.
Kesplended ill love and in Ite iuly.
I ntnatched ’neat)* the light of the sun.
They gather, this wonderful army.
Iu Held mid iu grove sml in street;
Their voices are mu-do to ehumi me.
So ringing aud eager mid sweet.
Their cheek* are h* red u* a cherry,
Their eyes are ns pure a.* the day.
And the sound of their inarcuing i* merry,
Whenever they pas* *»n their way.
There are petmlc forever a -sighing
And aaying tbe world i* all wrong;
But nomebow their doubt* ink * to Using
At the sight of this wonderful throng.
The world may lie eloud“d and wears .
Of trouble and toil ma > be full
But at last there i* Imp* where Ihe cheery,
Dear children nro golug to school.
— I//’-*. Miii'fj trti /.’. Si.iffaifr.
Powerful Liquor.
General George A. Miorhlau. whose
career in Indium* I inontioqed briefly
last week, is one of the most entertain-
ing conversationalists in the country.
I met him up town the other night when
he was discussing intoxicants. Said in-;
•*It is u singular statu of attain* that
there is no nation on the face of the
globe, *o far as known, that lias not an
intoxicant of -nine kind. I had curiosit*
once to go int i an investigation of that
question in a very thorough way, ami
my sduteiucii! i* the result of very cure-
fill study. The Indians, before we be*
gan to furnish them with tire-water,
knew of a plant from which they made
a drink that was intoxicating. It had a
bulb in the center ut the root ami long
leaves from which the sup eonrentrated
in the bulb. Ti wasfli.'i*expressed from
the bulb and drank. The natives in
Louisiana us far buck a* L>80 raised u
sugar plant from which they expressed
the juices ami made sugar ami from that
a sweet ruin. The Mexieaiii* have a re-
markable drink. It is made from a
plant that grows in I he count ry. They
skin a pig and tic up tin* hide at the
ends. They till it with the juice from
this plant and then sew up th«* belly and
let it fermeftt. It makes a delirious
beverage. You might drink a gallon
of it at night w ithout feeling more than
a momentary exhilaration. Hut when
you woke up tli • next morning you
would be nioixj gloriously drunk than
ever Itefore in your life, and it would
take forty-eight hours or m> to get over
ik Oath* in A ? u; York' Tribune.*
!
GREELEY‘3 WEAKNESSES.
The Greet Kdltur'« Kiprrlcure »t •
('onNiltutfoiial ('(invention.
The following i* a purl of »om * inter-
esting reiuiliUeeiicr* ptlbl pfied ill Tin
Watertown (N. Y. * Tinn* by the veter-
an Ik'iiiHti Hrockvv ty, wh» was employ-
ed iu the o Die- of A sir iork Tri'imu
during Mr. Greeley’* editorship.
He hud his weak points If - err *d in
hia Judgment of iiiei*. lli*»i* If aitlc.**,
he gave hi* frll nv Icing- credit for
poA*e**ing in >iv virtu • ii:*d n greater
regard for principle t '* in they really
pota*e**ed ll«* did not know anything
about placing triek* him- If. .tin! ua-
thereloiv o*V hi- *;i. rd wdiei* eppiVat-li-
ed by scamp-, and v\n* hi* « a*y j ivy io
dciv|d v;U>s .‘Old •’X lld|!*r-.
Alio1 her of hi* it ikii • •* \\.i* h *
iiiumticiic lb- 'thought the world
Blight is* reform• ! in a.day in In* da\.
M lien :i thing s> ■ t • b • done. Id* hie »
WM* that it x'- ji* to be done now t ii*
'cry day uml boor. ' Iju* way to re-
sume i* to resume,'’ and the remark
show * the mniiiici in which hi* blind
acted. Ifewti* :i failure in congress,
und in ini r 1; -i <*• iiisi it ut hcia! conven-
tion in dill • iu cuiisi' i'.ieniv. of the
grent uiunlvi* • »t ^1 »w eo te'e s anti in-
comuetenu in tin,,.* b »«lie*. lie tlmm.dit
10b Hr*t-el.»*> men • night to be able tol
frame a verv fair c<m*t tution in from
thirty I«« *ixt\ duy-. unii in- was for j
(‘omincticiiig th • sc** on of the con\ t n- j
tion ;u b o’clock in the. morning and la- f
boring light on until the work w;t* tin-
i*ll« d. Hut lie tolilid himself *uiTolllul- |
cd Iiv mi** hcmlr *d und more hiwycrs
who wen* not in tin* Imb t of getting up
at, work .it s u the morning. Not
nmch. rfiey thought ll or twelve a
better hoiir. and ilia' if the convent,on
completed* i; • hilan* at n n mouthsm
y«‘jir Mould do p|V|l \ well. Thrv xvere
gdtjng %»i per day. ami tlu»t was more
than ii majority of them could mak< at
hone*. The consequence' \vus Mr.
(ireelev became di*gu-.t‘*d, and af-
ter the convention had liccn in sc>*ioii
ibhUMif four mouths lie packed up and
loll. \nd in tlii* connection a good
story i* told, which I believe ha.* not
been in print:
There were three noftirioiislv long-
winded talkers iu the convention men
who were alwny* on their le t. Now it
hupptdied tlint otic of these xxindv mem-
bers wn> :»ildresting the eonxcnlion
when Greeley withdrew'. Well, he
went away, ami vva,* ahsent nhout a
mouth, as ) ivmcmbcr, w hen, litippi n-
ing to be pnssiiig through the old Dutch
capital, it occurred to him he would
look into tluv convention ami -ee what
progress it Was making. As lurk would
have it the identical individual who was
holding forth when lie h it sijH h« Id tin*
Moor As In* lopked in he rai.-cd hi*
hand* hi horror and exclaimed;
••Great G/al! Iliisti'f that d — n fool j
finished hi* *peech 'et'''
Mr. Gn*cley was in *<»me rcspei tsodd |
and pcttlinr. most people are who
make their mark in the world. Hut I
have had the impression that h good
many of his idiosy ncrase> resulted from
the fact that he was destitute of a home
of a w ife to see that his shirt collar I
w as put on right side up and his neckt ie
properly adjusted. I know lie wa* to
some « xlcut cartdc** perhap* I should j
say iiidifler.’iit to hi* personal appear* |
mice: bin for that very ron-oii he should
hax e had a companion to t,?u*e for liiiu,
to st*.* that lii* clothes were in proper
condition and put on as they should
have I men: and if he had had a wife of
that stamp I think he would have «•*-
eaped much of the talk respecting hi** j
dress imd persona.) appearance.
Mr. Giv d< y had hi* gloomy hours.
Ids *r:r.nii* <>f tlc-ptuidenc' a* well a*
his cheerful one*, lie lunl hi* up* and
down*, and tile distance between the j
t#o extremes wa* immeasurable. When '
in an unhappy mood he wa* simple
wretch >d. an nbj *rt of real pity . I’lie
revolution in hi* feeling* after the bat-
tle of Hull Hun wa* *ucli us to send him
to hi* couch *ick. where lie remained
several weeks, threatened with soften-
ing of the brain. I’lic attack which ul-
timately carried Idm ott wa* *imiIm* in
kind, hut of a mote violent type, while
his physical system, from long Watch- i
ing at. the la dside of hi* dy ing wife, j
hud In i onic *o impaired that he sank
under the weight of li'nv ills.
C. N. Wheeler,
•HAIJMtV-
iSirniturd & Upholstery.
Undertakers’ Goods anc.
Wall Paper.
PIANOS & ORGANS.
We keep the Cheapest
and Best selected lot c
Goods west of Waco
and those wanting ix Pi:
no or Organ will do we!
bo call on us.
North side Public Square,
STEPHENSVILLE. Text. .
Established 1883.
QnM Slates Cartridge Coup;;!
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Paper and tire: x
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Our paper ate t t rro made nlthr •• '
car# upon m*xv a«i<1 liiptoveil iuh« hinntx . . , !
• h« papa" ia Ailt-Crc e i |o tt pro <as lh «l reii •
.ler» ih * t-le jli* xy teiproof,ite dpai • j
of w Ali t •; itlijtf lil.ric <‘b • i k<’A ol | 0\x <l-f '-. i1
tun Jr ratiiig, rtti'l writ m*I n • t«• * I from to
tun Uinre. u drstiyd. 'limy also keen \, i
•oii'xiiti ahtipe ri itr, liiAltle end out. WY o j
them uri t qual, If not mi| erliir. to any o
tuakoe. and warrant them in thu toil ami .
•I ihe word.
Hooewood Loaders and Cap Fxtrector*.
Rim Fire ami Central Firo Cartridgi;
Por Ptotala and Utflua.
o----o
Pocket Ro-toadtna Tools for any Calibre
Primers aad (lullot0 for re-loading
fhs “Bios Hbfell Bitraotors " MsnoO Cioa* ra
J. H HffvlAN,
LAND
-- W. H. FOOSHEB.
STOCK, Bookseller, Slalionsr & Newsdosler,
AGENT.
Btephenvil’to, Texas.
Waite CioGis, Jcwairy, Vi:
Aocordeons,
! \
Pnihw
uttiijlft,
Orgiain i?, Vij'in Tfiia u.ags.
Ba?e Btilla, Etc.
: Kepalrlnf dona on Watcher, Clcc’.s a».»; .1. \ ,oi
< all und'fc»'*e Siiin 1 J*-.> 1%
Will render and Pay Taxes on I w N0" ”
Land. ' 1 Stephenville.......
iliij]'.
Crjqaot
Sett
l uf school Pur alt ur*»
Texas
Will Buy and Sell
Land & Live Slock | LARGE STOCK I LB
ON COMMISSION,
and report as to value and Oo-
cupancy.
I mill* a *!*-rtalty of telltai
IMPROVED LAND8.
Stoves, Tinware, Hardware
- -AND
■ H. rtFII.L,
L.TU? rott;rj
Implements.
NEIL.L & YOUNG,
ATTORNEYS- AT-L AW.
Stephenville, Tex;i.s.
all kinds of lUavy aad
A Mother’s Love.
Where the a 111 mu: 1 min I* ah In Ing.
Through M leafy mate oVthcad,
I here a f>iu repining
All the jf»y within h*r dead.
It Ih but the o)d. ,,id Morv
Of a lover frovo l untrue,
Yet life (teem* to lose its glory—
All lt« hopeful roseate hue.
*l'keu, with |>atieiit. aweet endeavor,
f Lovingly her mother trlr»
To diMTiia* th-hpair forever-
tha Re the sorrow fnmi her eyes,
And tlie tender words, revealing
All the unspoken love of years.
Wake a newer, holler feeling.
Brlug the price lens gift of tears.
Well may hearts cease alt repiuing.
Jn a mother’s love aeeure;
L6ve that needs do lire’s re fin Jug,
Ever watchful, ever sure!
Love VP>at\ like a pure stream welling
From a hea wn-fed mountain crest I
tav* alt earthly love excelling—
Love the truest and the best)
____ -fr- W^nfktHu*
Now He Wishes He Hadn’t.
A young man goe* twice a xvcck to
»c<* a young lady rc*iditig a few miles in
the country, making hi* journey* on 1
foot. On Kriday nighi In* remain <1
with his girl nut 1 midnigbt and found
it dark and mowing wlu n In* went to
the door, lie dialiked to go home iu
Ihe darkness and hinted the fact to hi* i
girl, but a* *ln did not invite him to iv- !
main over night. Ip* resorted to decep-
tion to accomplish his design, and is
now sorry for it. lie let him.*c!f fall i
gently upon the steps aud at once set up
a groan: the girl shrieked, the men
folks emu* out, picked him up and put
him to bed. Hi* prospective mothcr-in ,
law inquired the location of hi* injuries,
and when In* -aid iu the small of his
back, she left the room hurriedly, lie
had just iiegun to c ongratulate
upon the success of his vitae ;
W. W, Moouks. T, B. Ki«u
MOORES A KIXO,
ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW
STKTHKNVlI.f.K, TKTAS.
L. N. I'KA.VK. IV. U~ DaviM," {
FRANK a DEVINE,
ATTORNEYG-AT LAW
BTF.riiKvviu.r:, i kx
Dr. J. M. Williamson,
PHYSICIAN & SI HtJEON,
SI'KHIKN’VIU.F. I I Y v>
Offer* ids prolessional
Agricultural
' litve tbe only i‘XObiMivc M u .-a-i i
Shelf U Ar.it vvteiV 1
Glass, Queens, Wood and Willow-Ware,
And Family Supplies Complete.
I alao hare a tin ahop and manufadturo a'l km la of Tin, (’ ip;^r and 3ii*«uIron ware. Bfeof
inn. (iuttcrinv a id Job work of all kind- done.
T7‘EnST,XI LATED FLUES
Rulli te order, cheaper. Jl^btcr and aafer than t»i I k or ftono chimney*.
pref**/ them to brick or atone. I tmx'c In stock also the followlns
Alt tntmraiiee roer
\/JL.
Superior and Mohawk in series. Marble City, KitcnenGen,
General. Gleaner, and Trusty.
Hie Follow List ofTmiiiis m Given fith Eacli M Stove.
town and county,
store.
HiTVioc to tl
UJ'.ce. at Collier’s u.
1 Wash boiler. 1 Steamer, 2 l*iid<ltnr pan*. 1 'Pea Kettle, (oast or tin), 1 Ooffeo Bdllor, 2 Try
Pan*, 1 liro lcr, 1 Ovat Fry Pan. I Hpoon, l Fork. I Lifter, 1 rthovel, l Box Orator, I Dike Turn-
I Sauce Pan*.4 P»e Platen, 1 duke Cutter 1 Itiw*u1t Cutter. 1 U pper. 2 Pott, S Urlddlea,
‘----* *’-*pnf*r Box, U Joint ‘ “ ‘ ~ ---- *--— ---
•r, ii Muffin Rina
*r.
j Pet (,V»ver*.
, I Skill
! Pat.*,
I)n. M. 8. CROW.
PHYSK1AN AND 8UU0 jr.ON
flTKt’RKWTtU.K TKXAB
HE USED TO PLAY.
A Kansas Man Gives Soma Point* on
How Pool Should be Played
Hp was tall, raw-boned and ungainly, with
iiiiintrlf ^ ll1® anpilarlty Illy ronosulod by a buffalo !
I10 lis- OT*1*0*!'whole crowned by a wide, well j
,, tanned sombrero. Ho strolled Into a nopu
foneil to tho -Ion,, axamat the „rbmUnl ha„ on Mtdl#0„ ntrwt Bn!, ,,t 1
window when his int. iiili .l ntiiiiima-in-1 the rtll(,e pooipiayors all aKa|,e and all a tit-
Ihw rot urtietl to the room III':, linjr n Imp, j tor by hla, crude remarks on tlieaatno.
True Politeness.
Dtiritiir tin |ieeat lire on New Year'*
Day. and when it scoinod certain that
the fraim- building* on Croghan street
must go, a inan ,-almly ascended the
front steps of one house end rang the
bell. A woman eame to the door and
he remov.sl hi* list unit said:
"Madame. 1 came to offer my servi
ees ih ripping up carpets and taking
down bedsteads."
"You are very kind, indeed," she re-
plied, with a bow, “but we are going to
take our chances. The first galoot
who jumpa in here to grab furniture
will never know what broke hia neck!”
“Ah!”
sis __
iPt
inuNtnrd plnslct'. which «he cliip|Hnl over
tile region of his kiilnevs and sat dow u
to witit the result. Kor two hours he
w rlthisl in pain, anil liv that time. :i
blister of sufficient si/e to satisfy the “Id
ludv appeared, and lie was left alone to
repent his folly . - Htttlstnt (X. )’.) It. -
publican.
Mind Hivin' me a stick, yoiunt fellersV”
he finally asked.
The swells winked at each other and the
whisper west around, “Here's a sucker!”
The old taneher remai ked: “Used to play
a purty fair game 'bout twenty years nro
drown In Rancher’s run. In Kansas. I ni
Wanted.
A damper to cheek a -ight draft.
A mortgage that i* not :i lieu.
The foe., „f „ llot. »|1HV(.
Postage stamp* that will do
o»ty withom ta-1 tg licked.
^Tbe^erown "Ta lull with the foot of
from that dod-gasted country, yeow k
The balls were spotted and the wild
men of pool amateur eame last Jta
"fineplayers” took their*’1"'* *
suit or netting two balls.
"Wo 5!” said
know."
sped-
The four
•fine players” took their turns with the n*
t or getting two halls.
“No. 51” said Ihe table-keeper, and the
blizzard blown ranchman took off his buffalo
lie I,utier I ll s-Hlr t.'uitsr. t tt.picr, “Puts,a UrMdlca.
Us Pipe I Hutu Proof. 1 Cap, t Mutch Safe, 1 sofeper, S Hsk.
1 I'Vg Hester, 1 OaSe Polish.
Making a Total of 50 Pieces.
Th'<-' hire Backs in Th©
SUPERIOR COOK STOVE
Are Guaranteed to Last Fifteen Years.
Oook Stoves, $15 to $65.
I am also handling the Celebrated
feline Plows, Cultivators and Snlkoys.
FREY,
JOHN
A.
STEPHENVILLE, TEXAS
I envelope and prepared for a shot He selz-
i ed his cue as If It was a pitchfork and hust-
led the drat hall In the comer pocket. He
strode around the tabln like an Indian brave
I making all sorts of hanks and cushions anil
flue shots. He finely stopped when all the
I is were down and said;
u bat's were down i
“ Pnrtv fftMul arm
’nulher?"
•> that will always write u> the
nition for pistol besides
! to jkres"i-vu fhe sole of a
oat without welting it.
out it devil,
not laiund to sell,
linger of fate,
doe- not inrtki
‘Purty good game. Piaj
The boy* wilted and one nyoneslnnk o«L
When they hod all gone the wild Wes tern
player safa:
“Guess they thought they'd got an old
scrub farmer, hut It's no snap to do up a
Kansas cow-boy. Used to play a tol'able
—ne long'bout twenty years ago down to
_______ He waa Pool-table Jack,
', one of the greatest pool sharks
Chicago News.
A Hltoh In tti* Houehold.
Mrs. Latest Craze (to morning vh
to join our eoeklnge
Old Housekeeper. It I
Houston & Texas uuntral Railway
And Gounrictions, the only line ruunloff through th* Orntr&l
and beet p, rtiotu of the
fipress Train and
i«*d. Elegant Pullman 1
we* Houston oed^lWiUi
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Jenks, George W. The Stephenville Empire. (Stephenville, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 28, Ed. 1 Saturday, March 13, 1886, newspaper, March 13, 1886; Stephenville, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth857248/m1/3/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Stephenville Public Library.