The Stephenville Empire. (Stephenville, Tex.), Vol. 12, No. 2, Ed. 1 Saturday, September 8, 1883 Page: 2 of 4
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force of workingmen then otartivl in
|>utnuit, aii.l, after I'onaiderable obool-
mg in the air, aeven of the theivee
were captured. Thu priori nem were
lodged in a liolt-l and waved
Hutto* for a IS it.
Our Oottl'MBt.
The good pastor waa known among
from I l*** i^thaps enviona brethren, aa a
One day
BTEPRENVILLE,
TEXAS
NEWS IN BRIEF.
Bart.
On the Htcwart farm on Long Inland,
forty idieep were killeil hr lightning
and aeveral othera were severely in-
jtnd,
.IriM.K H. C. Hi.m'k died at liin home
in York, l’a., Aug. It*, aged 711 yearn.
Ue wan horn in that State, and became
Chief Justice of its Supreme Court In
1AM. He was Attorney Oeneral and
Hanratary of State under President
Huchaunon. He participated in nearly
all tliu cast's before the Supreme
Court, including the constitutionality
of the llcconstruction acts, ltesidcs be-
ing engaged iu the Vanderbilt will
case, the ltelknap impeachment, and
McGarrahan claim.
Thk funeral of Juilge lihu-k w as by
far the largest ever known in York,
Pa. All business was suspended, and
the streets were thronged with people
as the funeral cortege passed. Many
iistinguished people were present.
hotel ami savetl iroui ” ” r** . I,
lynching The various lilml suits of | "wnuUou.il prenchcr.
E. J. iediuiuii agaiust the Chicago
llera'il, in I lie llrst of which judgmeut
for $25,000 w as obtain!d, was settled
by compromise. The new spaper agreed
to pay all costa and place iu the hands
of Mayor Harrison £1,000 for distribu-
tion among city charities. . . .The fifth
story of the Union building, Washing-
ton and La Halle streets, Chicago, was
burned, ami the Western Union Tele-
graph Company sufferisl a totul loss
of their instruments uud fixtures.
Other occupants sulb-rcj damage from
water....A cyclone visited Hasson,
Minn, wrecked many structures, kill
that he might have been distilled
from the darkness and dungeon-like
r*pon of the cavern--the one blind
pinched, and chilled evolution of a
cycle of glooui and silence. There
while he was sitting in his study, »• one other sign of life—the skeleton
immersed iu thought with a heap of of a human Iwing half imbedded in
crumpled newspapers on the door be- the bottom of a gorge. Agee ago _
side him, Deacon linllit came in. Af- j this man, of perhaps a race,the AntoiUO.
ter a few preliminary remarks, the pas
tor said:
••linllit, 1 want a subject for
iny
in't
ing. *Can you suggest a
next Hiiiidav sermon, and 1 can't
a tli
think of
theme?"
"1 duu't know,” said tho deacon,
reflecting.
"I've been through the whole of
that pile of papers, telegraph columns
ory of which does not survive, was
donblhss lost in tlie osveiu. Falling
into this chasm, struggling against
its clammy sides in the utter dark-
ness, and filling tho awful stillness
with his dying cries, he died alone.
And now holiday crowds of a race os
strange to liim as the phantoms with
which his last terrors peopled the
blackness of the cave pause with
storm waa
poiuts.
seriously felt at other
■»' ..................— ' SSSST 'Z’HSTJL Sts
stir tilings up with anothor discourse I ished so helplessly,
pitching into the citf council, or, say As soon as the railroad peoplo be-
themanagement of tlie water works?” , came satisfied of the beauty and ex-
“I don't know. Maybe you might. | tent of the newly discovered cave,
The last time you went for the oonncil they organized a company with a cap-
the church w as crowdod; all the ooun-1 ital of $100,000, and bought (he cave
Heath.
Du. F. P. Hi tlkii, son of the South
Caroliua Henutor, wus thrown from
his horau while riding with u lady ut
Lancaster, H. U , anil fatally injured.
OKI. C. 1*. SroNK estimates tho oort
of tlie Florida ship canal, 107) miles
in lcugtli,aud sufiicieutly wide to allow
oilmen came, uud the collection
tlie largest Bincc New Years.”
"1 have half a notion to discuss
tho Panama canal question. Do
you think tho pcoole would feel an
interest iu that? Nobody knows how
hard it is to fim] fresh ami interesting
subjects. Things happen
veniently. Just as like ai
from Mr. Campbell and the photo-
grapher. The price given was $40,-
OHO; but before it was paid over the
former owner of the laud, who in his
ignorance of the cave had sold it for
$400, moved to set his sale aside on
the ground of fraud. He oentended
that he hud sold. simply the top of
wnat was under.
so moou-
hh not there | the ground, and not
distinguished people were present, "f the passage of two sea going steam-
The pall-bearers were tier, Hancock, ers of the first class, at (45,000, Hie
JWlge Gibson, Judge Wickcs, George saving of distance frow New York lo
Hi* nil, Gen. H. A. Crawford, Chief New Orleans would bo 000 miles.
Ji^tioe Mereur, A. 11. Farquhar, Ay a colored eanip-meetiug on the
tleorge 11. Spriggs, Judge Hear and uiitakirts of Nashville, Telin., the reli \ '”,i i ” i ■ , . i u Tim onurl. d.wwlnrl lm won rinlit anil
Tuii ili<« pobliu built] i to 1m* put ut I |K*opb*, min wbiio muii luinj; written and then it will he too 1*U itead of Uio UiHcoverers. In esc J*t-
/half muMt as a mark of respect to the killed and eight negroes wounded. to wiite another with the lire us a ter got nothing and Campbell is now
[deejtoscd, and adjourned as n further Twelve stori a and hix ware-house, theme." ! ft guide for the company on u salary,
mark of respeet....K<-ott ft Knight, I,urned at Crawford, Miss., eaus- “You could extemporise about it.” After paying $10,000 for the cavo,
memliers of the New York Htoek *'•*•1 ing a loss of $100,000, "Jlut not so well, not so well. Hy , tho company built the Lnrny Inn, a
the way, linllit, have you heard the perfect model of a Hwiss hotel, at a
TEXAS TOnCtl.
—The capital eontrqptors have sev-
enty men putting in the concrete foun-
dations and eighty men getting out
foundation stone at their quarries.
—A sewn thousand dollar dam is to
be put across tho ban Antonio river
WnJMMaiil
chaugw, have been forced into liunk-
ruptey by the Continued raid on the
Denver and Itio Grande stock. The
liabilities are $1.5,000.
is It! per cent, below
last year's average; and from reports
j (row 1130 districts it is learned that in
Gkouuk Hknskn, a negro barber of „nly eighty-njfte will there bo an av-
C'edar Falls, Iowa, by tlie aid of his j 0roge yieH, while in thirty-three sec-
white wife, abducted a young girl tions the crop will exceed that usually
named Celissa Coduc-r, a cousin of tin* harvested.... There lias been serious
woman. The girl-escaped, and on tell- riots tie tween the Catholics and th-
ing her story Henson was arrested, j tt|,g0i,ion at Coatbridge, Scotland Two
Just as Henson hod left the court in policemen received dangerous wounds,
company with n Deputy Hliorill after Mounted officers dispersed tlie mob
the preliminary trial, Lathan Coilner, | with twenty arrests. . .Denis ltcnshuwe,
the father of tho victim, passed liisjU1, Orangeman, while being evicted
am behind the officer and shot Henson | from his iiouse at Hanbridge, Ireland,
so that be died ill half an hour . .A
lola of $200,000 w as incurred at Moline,
111., by tho burning of the mill aud
yards of tlie Heater Lumber Company.
H. J. Heater broke bis arm in two pla-
ce* while at work fighting the llamcs.
. . . .Millionaire Flood is about to com-
mence work on a brown stone mansion
in San I'runci'co, to cost $0,500,000,
exclusive of grounds.
I ore In 1. ......rumor that Cashier Smith, of the
m>mu. reports say the I r. id. T«ith NaUounl Hank, is» defaulter?"
wheat acreage — 1 ' ......* 1
lliuikridge, Ireland,
shot three policemen.... Franeis Curey,
brother of the informer, was assaulted
hy two Would-bo assassins in Dublin,
lie drew a revolver and captured both
of the moil, tuking them to the police
station.
"1 believe there are rumors of that
kind ailoat.”
"That would be a lively theme I
Suppose I take it up in a general sort
of a way, and make it sausational?
That might do for flic morning, and
then I could give u blast ut the varie-
ty tlieutrcn in the evening. You
would be surprised how little help I get
now from the newspapers. A man
may skim over fifty without finding
a tingle theme that will draw a full
house and cxcito the curiosity of tho
congregation.”
"Have you looked Hiiywhere but in
the newspapers?”
"N-n-no! Excepting in the report
of tho Hoard of Trade and iu a con-
plo of tho reviews."
“Didn't refer to the Hiblc, of
MuBTimkk Hit.l went to hiv father- lulls aggrcguting$10.Odd under ii punch,
ill-law’s house, near Mlllicic, lnd., j lmt it in claimed that they had been
where bis wife was, and taking oil' bis
boots crept to the window of his w ife's
room while she was lying in bed with
her halic. Taking careful aim he shot
her iu the breast, and immediately
fired a hall into his own head and an-
other in his heart, causing instant
death. The couple had been married
only a year, hut lived unhappily on
account of Hill's drinking habits,.
On uvfurryboat, plying botwoen Detroit
und Windsor, Luke Phipps, a bar-ten-
der in the former city, walked uji !«*-
hind bis wifc'Etfic, tired three shots
into her body and she fell dead. Jeal-
ousy prompted the crime.... Ezra
Douglas, a printer, was killed by his
wife at Nebraska City, Nch., the wo-
man who was insane, flien putting a
bullet through her own brain.... At
Cincinnati, Ohio, Hurt Hclnehel shot
and killed Miss Jessie Hluhh, and then
took his own life. Jealousy.
The official reporter of tlie Presiden-
tial excursion party ser.ds word from
Camp Tenton, Wyo. Ter., that the par-
ty were all enjoying excellent health,
but were unlucky us fishermen. The
report, descri ing the march* from the
proceeding camp, says: “Tlie course
was in a westerly direction, along the
north side of the Uros Ventrie lirer.
The trail was I oset with but few of
those difficulties which the fortnight’s
trail in- the wilderness has made so
familiar. After having climbed to the
summit of a long hill, ubout five miles
from Camp Arthur, there suddenly
hurst upon the view a scene ns grand
und majestic as wus ever witnessed,
lfelow, covered with grass und flowers,
was a lovely valley, many miles in ex-
tent, through which threuded the riv-
er ou whoso hank the last cainji was
pitched. Along tho whole western edge
of this valley, with no intervening foot-
hills to obstruct the view, lowered the
magnificent Teton Mountains, their
anowv summits piercing tlie air H.IKKI
above the spot where the partv stood in
reverent ad miration, and 11,000 feet
above tho level of the sea. It was the
voieeof every member of the party
that that sight alone would have fully
repaid nil the toils and perils of the
march."
Waialilngloa.
A mk< ii ink’ in the Treasury Depart-1 , ...
Incut at Washington recently found 1 (01lr,T. ,, , ,,
- - J "Well, 111 tell you, deacon, the
ucople are tired of Hcriptural subjects.
The parade of Knights Templar in
Hnn Francisco Was a brilliant spectacle,
A telegraphic account of the affair says;
The grund procession of the Kuigiits
is admitted to have been nil unquali-
fied success. The entire population
of Nan Francisco and 70,000 strangers
have declared so. Tliero was cheering
throughout the entire route. What is
the best represented if not the most
numerous conclave ever held in this
or any other country, to tho pooplo of
this city is eminently gratifying. To the
old California piom*cr it is something
Is-yoSrH.realization, His tnind revert-
ing to sand-liillr. and he was dazed.
Tho Knights first proceeded to the
pavilion, where addresses were de-
livered by Qov. Htoncman, of Califor-
nia, Ex-Gov. Perkins, Mayor of the
marched to Van
city and others. They
Ness avenue, whore tli
Canceled. A young woman sorting pa
per in the basement found $100 in good
money and took it to the proper officer.
Another discovered $25 worth of good
revenue stamps iu waste paper.
Assistant Postmasteh General
IIatton says that the surplus revenue
of the l’ostollice Department will prob-
ably exceed $2,500,000 for the last
fiscal year, an advance of 11,000,000
ovt*r the surjilus of the proceeding
year. “Tlie saving is largely due,” says
Gen. Hatton, “to the cutting dow n of
the star-route expenditures incident to
tho exposure of tho star-route ring.”
Gen. Dumont, Supervising Inspector
General of Steamships, states that, the
present season has been phenomenally
free from collisions or accidents. This
ho considers all the mare remarkable
from the fact that llie number of li-
censes for excursion boats indicates an
increase in that business. lie attrib-
utes uo little of the immunity lo more
general observance of the rules as
amended und promulgated last .March
hy the l!ou:d of .‘ uporvisiug Inspect-
ors.
(jiciM-riil.
At Nevada, Mexico, recently, h woman
killed her child, cooked tlie corpse
and gave it to her husband as food.
When the mart discovered what lie lmd
eaten he became insane.
D C. LkhoV, an American cattle
dealer, s.-ent two weeks ut Casas
Grandes, Mexico, in an attempt to or-
ganize a band of I'ueblo Indians lo enter
the Sierra Madres and rescue Charlie
McGomns from .lull’s hand. He offered
$1,000 but could get no aid....News
reaches Han Francisco of great gold
discoveries on tho Yukon river, in
Alaska.
A Few Words About Mashers.
To people of good sense and in-
telligence there is nothing so dcspica
ble as the sneers and petty insults to
which needy women, who work for
their living, are subjected by a large
number of street loafers, rowdies and
roughs. Women who have spirit
enough to work for their own support
should be protected by tlie fullest ex-
tent of tho law, aud offenders in such
cases should not bo let off with light
fines, as too often happens, A nomi-
nal sum is generally imposed on the
foul-mouth masher who insults the
lady, and that is tlie cn i of it. If
tlie law, ever available to strong men
who can defend themselves from per-
sonal assaults of a petty nature, would
only assert itself in behalf, of our
noble working-women and maintain
their ihdcpendencc and freedom, tho
eternal fitness of things would he
more apparent than it is now. Tlie
only way to protect women from
mashers and rowdies is to hare the
offenders imprisoned for B0 or 00 days.
by the Uraml Master, after which the I “nr” *or *'ie rough-shod kid glove
march through the city liegan. It oc-, gentry to swallow, but tho strong fist
copied an hour in passing a given I of tho law can rain the dose down
point. A* near as can lie determined,; their vulgar throats and make them
X.780 Knights took part, repreaenting digest it, and while the guilty ones
| Jtki commamlerios from forty-six I
Ktaten and Territories--every State and
Territory in tho United States. Sev-
eral accidents occurred in the con-
clave procession. Three standard-
bearers fainted from exhnustion, and
8ir Alexander Weed, aid to the Grand
Commander of California, was thrown
from his horse and hod both legs
broken.... A gang of desperadoes
plundered twelve miles of section-bands
on the Toledo and Milwaukee road,
nr.r Adrian, Mich, Monday night.
At tk« twelfth mile the brigands same
upon ft force of Italians, who immedi-1
ately showed some knowledge of that
sort of game, end gave fight so smartly
that the robbers retreated.
suffer from disgrace and humiliation
an admiring world aud thousands of
misused women will stand back and
applaud.
A nLUXOUtiNO compositor, in setting
up tho toast: "Womnn—without
her, man would be a savage,” got the
punctnation in tlie wrong place, which
mado it read: "Woman, without
her man, would be a savage."
A man paid a dentist $tl dollars for
pulling out only two of his teeth, and
on his way home he met a friend and
got on the wring aide of an argiln ont
with him, aud lie kindly knocked out
tho balance of them for nothing.
They want something novel and ex-
citing. Of course it seems a little
.queerto throw tho Jlible over; but a
man has to meet populur expectation,
and my theory is to reach sinners one
way if you can’t reach them tlie
other. That’s sound, isu’tit?”
Hefore tlie deacon left the pastor
hnd it arranged to preach one sermon
on the boiler explosion ut Hacken-
sack, and another upon cultivation
of tho carp as a food fish.
The Discovery of biiray.
Some time ago tliero appeared in
tho Scientific American an interesting
account of the Luray Cave, which an
attache of this office graphically de-
scribed, after visiting it. Since our
description of the Avondeiful cave
many thousands of persons have vis-
ited it. and it has now beoome a
place of popular resort. A corres-
pondent of the Atlanta t'otmtitutiun
tells its readers how the cave was dis
covered, and how the party making
the discovery were deprivod of thoir
gain:
A wandering photographer who
chanced to be near Luray (then Lo-
raine) was impressed with the belief
that there was a cavernous forma-
tion in some of the hills that throng
about the village. Why he thought
so only those who know how thor-
oughly such a man must study na-
ture and acquaint himseli with wood-
craft can understand. At any rate,
he persuaded to his views a local
hunter named Caippbell, and the two
started out on a systematic and per-
sistent search for a hole in the
ground.
For a long timo they were unre-
warded. One morning, however,
they came upon a bowl-like depres-
sion in the side of a mountain, from
which they thought a vague current
of air was issuing. They began pick-
ing through tlie looso stone and sand
that made tlie bottom of the sink,
and, after going ubout ten feet,'drop-
ped through an open cavity of inde-
terminate dimension. A ropo was
tied around Campbell's body, and he
went far enough to discover that tlie
new-found cavern was vast and meas-
ureless. The holo was then carefully
covcied over, and the discoverers,
keeping their secret, sought the own-
er of the land. On n short bargain
they bought tlie land lor $ 100, and
(ook the deeds.
They then disclosed their secret,
secured help, and made a thorough
exploration of the cave. This explo-
ration opened up the weirdest, most
picturesque and marvelous range of
underground scenery, in my opinion,
in tho world. - 1 do not see how any-
thing can surpass it. For more than
five miles winding passages lead
through vaulted and fluted chambers
large enough to quarter a rcgjnicnt,
past pools of crystal water caught in
glistening basins, through corridors
cost of 50,000. A ehurgo of $1 is
made for entrance to the cave, and
last year 25,000 persons paid this fee.
Excursions are run twice a week, and
bring from 800 to 000 peoplo on a
train.
The Arynn Invasion.
Atlantic Monthly.
In comparatively recent times —
probably not more than twenty cen-
turies before Christ—Europe was in-
vaded by u new race of men, comiug
from Central Asia. These were tho
Aryans, a race tall and massive in
stature tlie men averaging at least
five feet eight inches, und tho women
fivo feet three inches, ] with "brachy-
cephalic” or round and broad skulls,
with powerful jaws and prominent
eyebrows, with faces rather square
or angular than oval, with fair, ruddy
complexions and blue eyes, and red
ilaxen hair.
Of these, the earliest that came
may have been tho Latin tribes, with
the Dorians and louians; but the first
that made their way through western
Europe to the shores of the Atlantic
were the Gael, or true Kelts. After
these came tho Kymry; then the
Teutons; and finally—in more recent
, *y-
times, near tho beginning of the
Christian era—the Slavs.
These Aryan invaders were further
advanced iu civilization than tlie Ibe-
rians, who had so long inhabited Eu-
rope. They understood the arts the
latter understood, and, besides all
this, they had learned how to work
metals; and their invasion of Europe
marks the beginning of what arclue-
ologists call the Hrouze Age, when
tools and weapons were no longer
mado «f polished stones, but were
wrougnt from an alloy of copper aud
tin.
The great blonde Aryans every-
where overcome the small brunette
Iberians, hut, instead of one race ex-
terminating or expelling the other,
the two races every where became com-
mingled in various proportions. Iu
Greece, southern Italy, Spain and
sou thorn France, wuere the Iberians
were most numerous as compared
with the Aryan invaders, tlie peoplo
are still mainly small in stature and
dark in complexion. In ' Russia and
Scandinavia, where there were few
Iberians, the people show the pnrity
of their Aryan descent in their fair
complexion and large stature. While
in northern Italy and northern France,
in Germany and the British Islands,
the Iberian and Aryan statures and
complexions are intermingled in end-
less variety.
llow Weapons First Uanic to be Em-
ployed.
Popular 8< fence Monthly.
Tho idea of employing weapons
for assault or defense was a logical
result of tlie first contests that took
place between man and man. In
these contests the strongest man with
his native weapons—nis fists—was
unconsciously tho father of all arms
and all armed strength, for liis weak-
er antagonist would early seek to re-
store the balance of power between
them by tlie use of some sort of
weapon. Tho shorter-armed man
lengthened his striding power by tho
use of a stick, and found, after a
time, the help its leverage and weigh
affordod him.
The first case in which the chanoe-
selcctcd, heavy etided staff And club,
showed that weight or hardness had
its value, was a first step toward fam-
ishing it with a strong head. Hence
the blow of the fists was the forerun-
ner of the crushing weapon.
In tho same way the pointed stiok
became the lance or dagger; and the
thrown shaft, helped, as knowledge
increased, by the bow or “throwing
„-----------, ------„„ -------- stick,” was tho prooursor of the dart
of enchanting beauty into vast and si%*nd arrow. The character of the
lent cathedrals and beyond archways,
to pass under which a child must
bow its head—all filled with stalac-
tites, knolls, and columns, fashioned
through tho patient and ceaseless
work of centuries npon centuries into
the most singular resemblances and
simnltudcs that aro startling. No-
where is there a sign of life, except
that in ono huge chamber a solitary
bat flutters in uncertain circles amid
tho lofty tops of fluted columns. No
other bat was seen there—and this
one was so wisened and wrinkled
first weapon was largely determined
bv the nature of the materials from
which they were derived, and their
shape partly from this and partly by
copying the forms of the weapons
possessed by the animals the primi-
tive men slew.
Hence arises the general similarity
in character and shape of the earliest
tools from all parts of the world.
Wii ilk her mother was taking a
fly onto! the butter, little Daisy asked:
•Is that a butterfly, mamma?”
It is said it will
furnish a force of 160 horse power.
—J. A. Kirk, of Rockdale, Texas,
desired information of his sou, Henry
D. Kirk,who mysteriously disappeared
from home about tlie 1st of May last.
—A Mexioan died in Han Antonio,
and it was feared his disease was the
cholera. Giber Mexicans burned his
clothes. A relative of tlie deceased
now comes forward aud sues for tho
value of the garmonts.
- -Two brothers killed each other
near Austin a few days ago. The
tragedy occurred within a short dis-
tance of Oatmanville, where a Mexi-
iean killed two children and a negro
woman murdered her child a few
months ago. »
—The city of Dallas, is built
over a graveyard of mastodons,
and for .five or six years past
excavations for buildings have seldom
failed to- bring up' their bones. A
large number of thes6 mastodon re-
mains were unearthed recently, and
some of the bones were of enormous
size
—Yesterday Colonel Nut Buiford
brought to our office a fine specimen
of tho Germun carp. Last winter he
put into his pond a number of these
fish, mere minnows, then ubout two
inches long; now they are some fif-
teen inches, and weigh from two to j
three pounds each. This shows what
can l>e done by our people iu this
direction. Tho oost of raisiug this
fine food is nil, nothing whatever.
What is cheaper.—Dalian Herahl.
—Eagle Pass Maverick: From Depu-
ty Sheriff Benjamin C. Oglesby, who
has just returned from an extended
trip over the eastern portion of the
country, we learn that tire most dis-
tressing drouth ever known to tlie
oldest inhabitant now pervades that
entire section of the country. The
largo stocks, of the Finleys, on the
Mucla Creek, of Messrs. McKenzie
and Simpson, and tiro large flocks of
Messrs. H. C. Flowers, Woodhnll k
Bro., M. II. Massey and others have
been driven from their accustomed
range to find necessary water,causing
great loss and expense to the owners.
Mr. Oglesby says that one day his
team was compelled to do without
■water for twenty-four hours, and that
tlie Messrs. Finleys haul water seven
miles for cooking purposes, none fit
to be had nearer than Turkey creek.
The Value of Cinchona Tree*.
The republic of Guatemala has ar-
ranged with a well-known Ceylon
planter, Mr. \V. Forsyth, to select
seed for five million cinchona trees.
Mr. Forsyth has ridden one thousand
miles through Central America in
search of the best sites. He Btatcs
that the rapid increase in the num-
ber of uses to which cinchona hark
is put, not only for the manufacture
of quinine aud as an ingredient in the
substitute for hops, but also for vari-
ous commercial purposes, has-led
President Barrios to try this experi-
ment. U may he remembered that
the cinchona tree was introduced into
India in 1870 by Mr. Clements Mark-
ham, C. B., at the instance of the
British government, and the culture
was so profitable that not only has
the original investment of £150,000
been repaid, but the trees have been
valued at £1,000,000.
The cinchona tree required a trop-
ical climate and a plentiful rainfall.
While it would not grow in the Uni-
ted .States, it could be cultivated with
great advantage in Mexico, though it
requires careful supervision. It is
hoped at least a portion of tho vast
amount of soil in Central America
not now under cultivation may be
utilized in this way. A planter who
has devoted much attention to the
cultivation of botli the cinchona and
coffee tree considers that both would
grow well on the voloanic soil of
Mexico at a certain altitude. The
latest system for getting the cinchona
bark to the best advantage is by
means of a sucker; when it has de-
veloped strength, cutting down the
parent step so as to strip it of tho
bark, the full nourishment is directed
into the sucker, which it* due time is
sacrificed to another sucker. Guate-
mala and Mexico aro both expected
shortly to engage in einchona culture
to a large extent.—iMtulon Timef.
Solicit* o$iW orJer* for all kind* of
Oroetrle*. inrludlny Tobacco, Cigar*
and *, and will Jill them with
that careful teleclion anti moderation
iu j>rii e* that Much in dare nhould al-
voili command
H* de*ire* al*o to be remembered by
every Colton Shipper in the State
when the new crop i* ready for mar-
ket. No one in or out of the Slate
can give belter reeult* than he
llnying goods at HOUSTON, -ud
Shipping Cotton to Houston, is no
longer an experiment. It is a s-ving
and a success.
Houston,Texas.
8TKPHHN VILLI
memscBetL
Rev. Marshall Mcllhany, Principal i
Wilbur V .Packard, Vie; Principal, and
Business Manager.
For Further Information address or
call on the Principal or Vice Principal.
MARSHALL McILHANT, Prlrf.
Wilbub F. Packard, V. Prln.
TERMS:
Primary Class, per month......$2.00
Elementary, 44 44 ...,,$2.50
Preparatory, * 44 $3.00
Collegiate, 44 44 $4.00
Elocution, 44 44 .....$1.00
Hoarding, 4* 44 ....$10,00
Spring term will commence Feb. 15th,
1883, and continue for five scholastic
months.
Mrs. E. A. HUUHEY,
DRESS MAKER,
AND MILLINER,
STKPHENVILLE, TEXAN,
Iffcrs her services to the citizens of
Steplicnville and vicinity. Cutting
ind fitting a specialty ; also patterns.
All kinds of hair work done. Satis-
faction guaranteed. Rooms over
”ago’s Drug Store.
THE EMPIRE HILLS.
These Mills are fitted up and ready to
lo FIRST CLASS WORK.
A fair share of the public patronage It
loll cited. QUINE k OXFORD,
v9-2T Proprietors.
City Mills,
BEECH & WILSON, Proprietors,
Arc now fitted up In their new quarters,
ivlth new and the latest improved ma-
snlnory, and arc better prepared that
iver to turn out
FIRST-CLASS WORK.
We will give you as mueli and as good
lour as can be made out of the same
wheat by any other mill.
JUSTOM & MERCHANT WORK
solicited, and satisfaction guaranteed.
Highest Market Price in Cash
Paid for Wheat.
Jive us a trial aud be convluccd. [7-50.
R. ELIalCHIflAUf,
PAINTER AND ORAINER,
Htepbensvillr, • • Texas,
Will oontract for work in town jir
country, and guarantees satisfaction
Chargee moderate.
jyi. HARRISON,
PHYSICIAN & SURGEON,
Tendere bis profesM ical services to
the people of StepLenville and sur-
rounding country.
r. w. uooma, *. a. mse
MOORES S KING,
ITT0RNEY8-AT-LAW
STEPHENVII.LK, TKXA8.
EHTABT.fBHED 1809
DM States Cartridje Coipanf
LOWELL, MASS.
I’ii|mt und 11 ran*
SHOT SHELLS.
Our |Mt| ftr alaol shell* are mauh- with gre.it rare U|ton
hew «ml HUMiillieri, ait«l the |w|M4r Im »uh-
)irteil t<» a piiNtMM that reinfri* the sI»*4Uh w*t«T|»nMrf,
pllalih* nutl rniMihh* of witiistuiMlftiiK uhargra yf,
iHiHiln tvllli'iul DiiikIImk "'ll lie iil.Mil.tULJk wv
four to ten tiiiiM, If <t*<lr<Nl. The) also it|dUli n
•iiiootli altaifw nIIlf, IiihUJi* autl out. We offt^fciTiriii mb
wiiwL if not *ii|**rlor. to aiiy othrr iiiakea, utl« war-
rant tlu iu iu the full MeiiM* of the wonl. '
Kueewoud Emuier* uiul Cap Kitradon.
Rim Fire and Central Fire Cartridra
For plat old ami rifle*. *
Pocket Ite-loudiii? Tools for any
Calibre.
PrlniorH unil Bullets for ry-loadlng.
The “Rice Shell KxtractorN.”
BENCH CLOSERS, Etc.
Climax GunCleaner.
Iii offering tlie Climax Cleaner to tin- Mportliw fra-
ternity, we tli I nk we can eulmtaiitlate the Haliu mad*,
that It I* the most praetleal ifiin cleaner ever luvviitad,
by the followliitf rcaaoiiH, vis.:
1. It Is made Iii throe joint*, like u coinu. hi rleau-
tng rod and therefore I* iMirtable.
% It* perfect adaptability to it* work In cleaning a
gun that Iiom been *liot once, or one that ha* been
used all day.
3. The row* with wlileh It can be adJu*t«dto fit the
barrel* looee or tight
4. The price, which I* no more Hum Hint of a eo
moil clean lug roil. Trice ft. 50, |MMta^e paid, m <
derlug give calibre of guu.
dbOoiiiitM to
_ pottage paid
guu. Descriptive circular* and
...............given on application. Our good*
are also for tile by A. Baldwin A Qo., New orlcaii*;
JC. 8. Wood, A. liiock. and J. H. Drown a O Ualve*-
tmi; and Klinendorf ff C >.. Han Antonio, Texan. For
descriptive circular* oddru**
United States Cartridge Co.,
LOWELL, HASS
V12 35
1
The Teias and Pacific Railway,
and It* connection* form the mnet direct and quick*
cut line between
Texas, New Orleans, California,
ami all points
NORTH, EAST AND SOUTHEAST,
Pullman’s Pulaco
Nleeping Cara.
Dally between St. Louis, Dallas, El l‘uso ‘
and Doming, N. M. Close connections
at Longview and Mlncola with
The Iatematioiial & &reatNorthem
for HOUSTON. AUSTIN, GALVESTON,
SAN ANTONIO AND LAREDO.
For Tickets, Baggage Chocks, or any
Information ns to rates and routes, ap-
ply to any of the ticket agents, or to
b. w. McCullough,
Ass’t Gcn’l Pass^Agont, Marshall, Tex.
n. C. TO WNSIND. (Icn'l Pua. A goal.
II. M. HOXI'E, Vice I’rcsldci^aud
Traffic manager. ^M
Honston & Teias Central Railway
AND CONNECTIONS.
The only lino running Uirnugh Iho onntnU ami heal
ltuition of tlio etato ut Tcxu. l’aaaongur Kinruat
lialiil anil dally fiat freight lines uvor tho cnUruroad.
PULLMAN’S PALACE
Sleeping Ciu m
T. M il way. dally, without change between Ualveatou
aud Denison, Ualvetton and Hun Antonio via Houston
Mbd Au.>lIn, uud between Ualvunton and Hedulla, con-
necting with line of Parlor Tar* between Malta uud
HI. I .on Is, The SIIOKTKHT LINK DKTWKKN
\
TEXAS AND KANSAS CITY,
11 mm I hoi and all point* North olid West, and It* posi-
tion and councttkma render It especially de»lrabta Dir
nliable und comfortable linvel between Texas and
All Points in the United States ud Cuida
Denloon and Mhaourl Padflo
Favoi able route* via . „ __ _
Kidivny to Kaitaat City, Hannibal or 6t. Loula, or vta
ta & New Orleans M Throneh tine
V iu HOUSTON and NEW OttLl&NS.
Via tl e lust named route the day expreee traloaof the
Houston und Texas Central R. R.
make direct ct u o. Hons In Houston for New Orleans,
and all potul* in Uio Houthcoat aud K*tr.
EUROPE !
Through ticket* fmin or to any point In Orcat Drltain
or continents of Europe vta the
Houston .V Texas Central U. U.
•aU all-rat! tu New Yuik, thuica via Nurth-onnou
Uiiytl. WIHU-SUir, Inman, Mate, Mlaslwlppl ft Ou-
mlulon, ItuUonlaut ami Kalian Stuamahln Lima, on
wk> at aU the iiupurunt abUluni ou Ilia line ot lid*
rail nay. ana at Oalvt aiun, UuerK Vlotorta, Han Anto-
nio. Wiluiir, run,ma, San Maroon Markin, I*.
Orange. SoUutenbiirg, konml Uuck, Now UraunfaK
••VO.II. I'nliunltuH ami HockOato, otc.
Special Inducements to omlgiantg nnl
people desiring to settlo In tho Btntc.
. FA ULKNBR, Texas Pashknobii Agt.
nr- Fur inforttaUun aa u> rata of piaaago ana
J. WALDO, O.r.A r.A., Hoeavin, Texet.
STEl'HENVILLK
Blacksmith and
Wagon Shop.
QKMBBAi,
Im ail fnl Int
Also keeps od hand extra bars nml
points for John Deer* MuMmo Hows.
JAS. BEECH, Proprietor.
l~fT *i
PARK ITU'S
L. b. nun,
w. H. DXVIB*
Progress of the Telephone.
Professor Bell, the electrician, is
reported as saying in a recent conver-
sation that there aro more than 500,-
000 telephones in use in tho United
States, and the manufacturers are
unable to supply the demand so ns
to keep abreast of orders. He said
that the progress of tho telephone
would have been greater but for the
opposition of tho tclegratli companies,
who regarded it as, in part, a compet-
itor instead of an ally. In other
countries tho telegraph oomp&nes had
very generally adopted the telephone
as an auxiliary, especially at city
branch offices and at small offices in
the country. Professor Bell said that
the science of electrioity was still in
its infancy. He was constantly en-
gaged in further investigations. In-
cidentally he was prepaying a cata-
logue of books, pompnlects, and even
short articles on the subject, with *
view to facilitate his own investiga-
tion and those of others. He had
the titles of 40,000 such productions
already. _
—The earnings of the Texas and
Pacific for the fourth week in Jnly
were $171,482, against 117,248 same
week last year.
Dobbs thinks that instead of giving
credit to whom credit is due, the cash
FRANK A DEFINE.
ATT0RNEY8-AT-LA*
BTKI’HBNVILLK. - TEXAS.
WHEN YOU ARE DRY (JO TO
' THE MONARCH
Sam "W att/s
Saloon
-A IV O-
BILLIARD HALL,
Northwest ooru«r public squire,
STEVENS VILLE, • TEXAS.
Where can be found first class brands
of whisky, brandy, wines and cigars.
Fine billiard and pool tibiae arranged
in a large,) leaaant hall.
i.«. mm,
BTKPHHHTILL*, EratbCo., TEXAS
Vaanfoatarara agrat tee SINKER, DAVIS
A OO’* Stationary and Portable Btoam
Bnctnea and BoiI.ro, from 1 to 109 Hcrw
Powrn, F. on ring Hill Maabmery, Bbafttnga,
Pulleye.Bolting, Bolting Cloth, SmolUra,
L in. and Pr..H., Btoam Pipo and Fitting.,
braa. Good, and Oanoral Hill Snppliaa. Iron
r olTng a orooiolty—Wind, wntor, ru.t and
licbtnlng proof- Utter and oosta Iota tba i
alitngloa.
Plana and apoeifloatlona fnral.bod on m’ll*
tnd flna. Prions lew and Term, reasonable
Uorroapcndanoo solicited. S it
HAJRBAXgAIX
This t!f u.i tire ■ ;
U prill: r. J ty
i who I Avtc u Ar t' i t o a r, f
^stmil.ir r.r|*. ! c:i ac-
count of iii rtr>*ri.jr
«uUnc*-* ami (unity.
* It COi:! lit: I ni.it' : i:t!*
only (hat are bct.cftci i!
to tlie scalp l;.J i-.af
Mulalways
Rattans tka Youthful Color to Cray or
P.-irker'i H.ir Bnlsam It finely perfumt.l :
warranted to prevent falling of the hair tmiI
move dandruff and itching, lliscox & C>. i\. 1.
10$. mi |l >kn» Mt 4*tltn I* drugs and nv . tagi.
M
PARKER’S
GINGER TONIC
A Superlative Health and Strength Rettorar.
If you are a mechanic or farmer, worn out with
overwork, or a mother run down by family or house*
hold duties try Parkcm’s Gihglr Tonic.
If you are a lawyer, minuter or business man ex*
I austed by mental atrain or anxious cares, do not take
»n toxicatin g stimulants, but use Parker's Ginger Tonic
If you hava Consumption, Dyspepsia, Kheuma-
lim, Kidney Complaints, or any disorder of thelnngs,
stomach, bowels, blood or nerves, Pa it kbr's Cingbr
Tonic will cure you. It is the Greatest Blood Purifier
Sad th« But and Surest Cough Cara Ever Used.
If you are wasting away from age, diasipatfrxi or
any duenge or weakness and requite a stimulant take
Gingbr Tonic at once; it will Invigorate and tuUd
you up from the first dose but will never intoxicate.
It has saved hundreds of ltvcs; it may save yours.
GREAT BATING BUYING DOLLAR 61ZB.
FLORESTON
It. ri h and luung fr.gr.nc* hu nud« Iltia
delightful pnfrimo noMdingly popular. Th.ro
l.nothlaf llkolt. Inti.t upon having Flokku
ton Colouxi tnd look for ugnuure of |
on every bntii*. A*y drogftit or 4m1bt In pffiWimy
cm i*(.|.ljr m. SS *ad IS r*n| ilstv
LARGE f A VINO BUTINO fie. S1ML
li O C N E
BARBER SHOP,
JOHN HARRINGTON Prop’r.
vfeei Bido of Square,
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