The Clarksville Times. (Clarksville, Tex.), Vol. 36, No. 7, Ed. 1 Friday, January 24, 1908 Page: 4 of 4
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i man aret told me »nch
tiling,” mused the secretary qf
state, “and that was Andrew Car-
negie. Whenyou gentlemen of the
press qanftliifck-was wiojideringjwhat
it would (tp have more—:
money—ttwT-one^knew—what—;
to—do—trim l .And a.UwJtof has
it! What*fo$ld Daniel Wettttf or
Rufnsehtttesdytp'tlWtr Vu
What #MM agy of the :shining
lights anojbng old school lawyers say
to the wqqltb and pojer that hare
come to a score or iriore of present'
day corporation-' lathers in Niw
York? How would a fee of half a1
million dollars for two-weeks of
work, such), as thp steel interests
paid Jspies B. Dill, ’strike them?
What wooid they think of the $800,*’
000 whidV Wiluam D> Guthrie got.
for breaking the Plant will, or of
the $200,800 paid Joseph H. Choate
for a sqgrie, argument that the in-
come taxlaw was unconstitutional,
or, again,*’oi’John E. Parsons as the
recipient $100,000 for drawing
a deed, or of incomes from $200,000
to half a.roillion a year which are or
have been paid without protect to
other master counselors? — Broad-
way Magazine.
A. Chssrlul Request.
With a scowling brow the irate
vaudeville agent awaited the next
applicant,..who was not long in com-
ing. A Jong, lanky individual, with
more hair than was absolutely nec-
essary and a countenance that was
not a bit'cheerful, came to his desk
and in fuhereal tones said, “Good
day, sir.”
“Well, what do you want?” was
the unpromising reply.
“I peed a job just now about as
much us anything else,” answered
the lean,’person/,
“Ever had- any experience ?”
“Oh, indeed, I have been with”—
“Chop it short! I know you’ve
been wHh;.all the big stars from
Hamlet'to omelet,” interposed the
agent shortly. “That doesn’t cut
any freeze with me. What’s your
line?” . '
“1—I—I’fn a—a—a comedian,”
was thedaiftt reply.
“Well, then, make me latfgji,” de-
manded the agent, with a snarl.—
Lippincott’s. ♦
Right Handed Man.
Primitive man, by nature and ne-
cessity a fighting animal, learned jn
the course of his experience that his
most vulnerable part Was the heart;
that a hand blow, on the left breast
would kfiltor, at any .rate, stun the
strongestonan; hence at a very early
period in human history men began
using the, right hand to fight with,
while they employed the left hand
and arm. chiefly to cover the -heart
or to parry, the blows aimed at that
vulnerable region. When weapons
of offense and defense took- the
place of'•fists and teeth the right
hand grasped the* spear or sword,
, wjiile the deft held the shield or
*tickleryCkver the heart. In this
way, beyond a doubt, mankind be-
came /“tight handed.”—New York.
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Chinn* Humor.
There ate many stories in Chi-
nese literature of practical jokes
played on tipsy people. One man
in early days when shoes were left
at the house door, a custom borrow-
ed later.on by the Japanese, used to
amuse himself by mixing up the
shoes df . his guests and rearranging
them alt random, the result being
that when the guest
leave/ already half seas over, with
one big shoe and one little one,
there were many falls and sprawl-
ings in the road, much enjoyed by
the host who was seeing his friends
home.—Nineteenth Century.
Vh- > Cidsrsd Ham.
Ciderad ham is an old Pennsylva-
nia Nhsh'ihat might have been set
before Wiihsm Penn himself. Wash
and senity a rather small ham and
soak for twenty-four hours. Wipe
dry, put in a large granite or agate
kettle and/ndrer with cider neither
too sweet nor yet hard. Bqil gently,
allowing'about fifteen minutes to
the pound: When tender allow it to
cool in the eider. Serve with a
garnish of aspic jelly and vegetables
' or slice thin and serve by itself oc
fa sandwiches.- Exchange
“I did.'
And then • the judge heard a
whisper at his ear, and his little
daughter—she was only ten years
old—begged him to ask the woman
.if she bewitched John By
mondes to^oath.
The question was put and imme-
diately answered in'the affirmative.
How had she done it? Then she
told one of her former stories, at
which all the company laughed. The
reason of. the merriment was that
John Symondos was the judge’s
brother-in-law and at that moment*
was standing near him in court.
The judgn-tlien as^cd why she had
made such a statement.
“Alas/sir, I knew him not,” re-
plied the woman. “I said so be-
cause you asked me.”
“Aje you no witch ?”
“No. God knows I’m not.”
“Nor did’you ever see the devil?”
“Jfo; hfeVer in all my life.”
On further examination she said
she had been told that if she did
not confess she would be .tortured
until she did, but that if she admit-
ted all the acousatipns mercy would
be shown her. She was thereupon
acquitted, and she owed her release
and probably her life to the shrewd-
ness of a little girl.
rly Telegraph.
Professor S
and anticipating the troobim
The Earl]
Long before Professor S. F. B.
Morse had perfected his great in-
vention the word “telegraph” was
used for a sort of semaphore. In
the French revolution a “tele
graph,” assisted.by telescopes, was
devised to carry news over immense
distances. Forty years before this
time, however, there was published
the first detailed scheme for com-
munication by means of electricity.
It is outlined in n letter to the
Scots Magazine, written on Feb. 1,
1753, from Renfrew and signed “C.
M.” This suggestion was to trans-
mit a “charge from the conductor
of an electrical machine at the send-
ing station along* an insulated wire
to the receiving machine, the pres-
ence of the charge being indicated
by the behavior of a light pith ball
or the passage of a spark.” Each
letter of the alphabet was to have a
separate wire, so that any word
might be spelled out and any mes-
sage sent._’
Gratitude.
Smith, the railroad agent at
suburban station in a western city,
saved the life of a dignified gentle-
man waiting for a train by palling
him from in front of a through
train on another track. The digni-
fied gentleman lost all his dignity
for the moment and was much con-
fused, but not so much so as- to for-
get that something was due to the
agent. Following a grateful im-
pulse, he .thrust his hand into his
pocket arid, drawing ft forth, ex-
claimed:
“Man, you’ve saved my life!
Here’s half a dollar!”
“Oh, I never take payment for a
thing like that,” answered Smith as
he turned to attend to the duties
of the moment.
“But, man, you must. You saved
my life. Have a cigar anyway.
Harper's Weekly.
Economy. >■, |
A commercial traveler, having
got settlement of a long standing
account with a shopkeeper, invited
him out to dine.
“Na, na,” said, the tradesman;
“I’ll ne’er gang to an inn, but just
tell me bow muckle it would cost
ye to gi’e me my dinner.”
“Oh,” said the traveler, “perhaps
3 shillings or 4 shillings.”
“Veiy well, then,” replied the
economist; “gi’e me the '4 shillings,
an’ 1*11 be just as well pleased as if
Fd got the dinner.”—Dundee Ad-
vertiser.
Vory F»w Stops.
little Tillie had received from
her father a short time ago a toy
organ. Sioca that time she played
without ceasing.
The other day a neighbor visited
Tillie’s mother. Examining the or-
gan with interest, she asked the lit-
“How many stops has
gutf*
“Four,” replied the mother
promptly — "breakfast,. 1 nnchson,
dinner and bed.”— Exchange.
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waste
about. 1
turn ou1
For
WiOrk
came
instead
from dreading it, wo
♦ icippting
we are likely to meet in ita accom-
plishment.
Anticipating our work, doing it
over end over mentally beforehand,
is fatal td the greatest efficiency.
It cuts off ft large percentage of our
power.,
Many business men instead of re-
laxing completely when they retire
at night begin to plan and perform
their ffext, day’s wprk mentally, an-
ticipating In connection with it all
sorts of difficulties and troul
which never come. They go to sleep
with a troubled, anxious mind, and
wearirig, grinding, exhausting men-
tal processes go on during sleep.
The result .is that instead of feeling
refreshed and vigorous in the morn-
ing they wake up tired and ex-
hausted.
These men ruin theix minds for
real creative work and destroy their
ability to grasp opportunities and
seize situations efficiently. By con-
stantly anticipating their business,
thinking about it out of business
hours, they lose that men
ness and buoyancy of mil
make a man resourceful, inventive
and original.
Many people when they retire not
only pass in review even the minut-
est detail of the work of the next
day, but also go through the experi-
ences of the past day in retrospect.
Doing work over and over before
one really comes to it has a very dis-
astrous effect upon the disposition.
It makes a man fractious, irritable,
touchy, llis nerves become un-
strung. His mind loses its elastici-
ty, its freshness and buoyancy. The
constant strain upon his brain wears
’him out, and before middle life he
is an old man.
The man who locks his business
in his office at night,
refuses to talk
business out of b
complishes very much more in
year than the man who is always do-
ing his work over and over again
mentally.—Success Magazine.
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Circumctances Altar Caaaa.
“Now, I want to know how Ipng
it will l>e before I get an answer to
this letter?” a young lady demand-
ed, with a ^telltale blush, as she
handed the pOstoffice clerk a com-
munication addressed to her lover.
“That depends,” said his majes-
ty’s representative reflectively. “If
he’s in jail, they only let them
write once a week and in some
places only once a month, on Sun-
days. If he’s dead broke, he’ll have
to wait until he earns the price of
a stamp, and I have no data on
which to base an opinion of his
earning capacities. If he’s ill in
bed, he may feel delicate about dic-
tating his real sentiments to a cold,
disinterested third person, and if
it’s smallpox they won’t let him
write at all. Then, again, if he’s
got a new girl”—
She didn’t wait for the dTfrk to
complete liis catalogue of contin
gcncics.—Liverpool MercuTy.
Tr
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And that word with us is
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The Clarksville Times,
* OLDEST BUSINESS INSTITUTION IN RED RIVER COUNTY.
Defeated by a Laugh.
A simple question put in parlia-
ment some years ago caused a laugh
throughout all England and defeat-
ed a great measure. Mr. Canon,
then undersecretary for Indig, was
making a long and elaborate speech
against a measuro urged by the op-
position regarding that dependency
as certain to result in a loss to the
government of many lacs of rupees.
He repeated with emphasis, “Con-
sider—not pounds nor guineas, but
lacs of rupees.”
A quiet voice on the opposition
benches asked, “Exactly how much
is a lac of rupees ?” ,
Mr. Curzon opened his mouth,
stammered, grew red and then, with
English ca aor, said, “I really don’t
know.” The house laughed, and in
that laugh he lost his cause.
Lightning and Thunder.
It is said that lightning may be
recognized at a distance of 200
miles when clouds among whieh it
plays are at a high altitude, but
that thunder can seldom be heard
at a greater distance than ten
miles. The sound of thunder is
also subject to retraction by layers
of different density in the atmos-
phere as well as to the effects of
“sound shadows,” produced by hills
and other interposed objects. These
are among the reasons for the exist-
ence of the so called “sheet;* or
“summer,” lightning, which sham
to be unattended by thunder.
When the stomach, heart or
kidney nerves get weak, the
these organs always fail. Don’t
drag the Stomach, nor stimulate
the heart or kidneys. That is
simply a makeahift. Get apre-
scription k n o wn to Dniggista
everywhere aa Dr. Shoop’s Re-
storative. The Restorative is pre-
pared expressly tor these weak
inside nerves. Strengthen these
nerves, build them up with Dr.
Shoop’s Restorative—tablets or
liquid—and see how quickly help
will oome. Free sample test sent
on request by Df. Shoop, Racine,
Wis. Your health is snrely worth
this simple test. Sold by Jno.
M. Butcher Drug Co.
A tickling cough, from any
cause, is quickly stopped by Dr.
Shoop’s Cough Cure. And it is
so thoroughly harmless and safe,
thrit Dr. Shoop .tells mothers
everywhere to give it without
hesitation even to very young
babes. The wholesome green
leaves and tender stems at a
lung-healing mountainous shrub,
furnish the curative properties
to Dr. Shoop’s Cough Cure. It
calms the cough, and heals the
sore and sensitive bronchial mem-
branes. No opium, no chloro-
form, nothing harsh used to in-
jure or suppress. Simply a res-
inous plant extract, that helps to
heal aching lungs. The Spaniards
call this shrub which the Doctor
usee, “The Sacred Herb.” Al-
ways demand Dr. Shoop’s Cough
Cure. Sold by Jno. M. Butcher
Drug Co. . *
Ffir Me.
Several work mules, ponies
and oewa with young calves.
14-tf jTA. Kunkel.
There is one thin* that wUl
sun it—Ayer's Hair Vigor.
It is a
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which
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THE AURWHG INCREASE 01
BRIGHT’S DISEASE.
“Hedied o! Bright's Disease.’
Hardly a week passes that this state-
ment is not made in reference to
prominent citizen.
The increasing prevalence of this dis-
ease makes the present time teem
opportune (or discussion in the hope that
oome who are unconsciously afflicted
with this dreaded disease may receive
timely waning. .
A prominent citisen residing in
nearby town informs na that hesuffered
for hearty a year from Bright’s Disease,
bat that he recently affected a eompllte
core.
“What seemed to be the first indie*
tions of the tamable,” whs asked.
“They seemed hardly worth noticing.
My digestion bothered me at times, my
stomach seemed oat of order, and I had
occasional backaches, bat I thought it
was due to too much work.’’
“Did yon take anything?”
“I did not. Later, my strength failed
me, I had severe pains in the back and
noticed some irregularities of the urine,
I couldn’t sleep well at night. I then
used tome simple remedies, hot without
benefit.”
“Did yon realize that your trouhle was
Bright’s Disease?”
“I never thought of such a thing. Fi-
nally, my condition became serioes. My
beck ached all the time, I had shooting
pains in my Joints and s weak tired feel-
ing at the knees, a llttie work played
out completely. I then began doctoring
for kidney trouhle hut did not improve
very much."
/“Did you haw any trouble with your
heart?"'
"Yes. I had spells of heqrt throbbing
aad a nervous faint fouling. I thought
I hod heart disease and treated awhile
for that. Nothing seemed to kelp me.
L. C. Stilus, President
Da. B. A. Dinwidoik, V. President
A. M. Graves, Cashier
M. L. Sims, Jb.. Amt. Cashier
RED RIVER NATIONAL BANK
OF OLARKSVILLE
CAPITAL AND SURPLUS - - - $200,000
DXHHOTOHe
~J.,M. Sivley A. M. Graves
M. L. Sims, Jb.
L. C. Stiles
B. A. Dinwiddie
J. M. Butcher
Dave Watson
J. L. Reed, President E. M. Bowers, Cashier
C. D. Lennox, V. President J. R. Latimer, Asst. Cashier
THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK
OF CLARKffVILLg
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CAPITAL and SURPLUS - -
- $150,000
□IHHOTOH8
W. M. MoElroy
H. H. Lennox
€. D. Lennox W. J. McDonald
E. M. Bowers
J. L. Reed
O. B. Dean
NICE DRIVING RIGS
Can always be obtained at this barn—I keep no other kind
New buggies snd stylish horses. I will board arid care for
your horse by the day, week or month.' Am also prepared
to do your hauling ana solicit a share of same. My stable
is on East Main st., next to Longe’s furniture store,
phone Number 18—2 rings.
Tele-
T. H. DOOLING.
I had to
“How
give
jUd;
ve up trying to work.’
yon affect a cure?"
"A friend of mine persuaded me to Cry
Prickly Ash Bitters. I bought a bottle
of my druggist. After taking it a week
I began to feel some tetter, my urine be-
t natural aad there was a grad-
ing of my misery. 1 kept oa
taking Prickly Ask Bitten far
weeks snd I could feel my strength re-
turning—elewly at first—but increasing
daily. 1 am now entirely cured of my.
trouble aad able to do a fall day Is work
without the least fatigue. I
Prickly Ash Bitten the grandest kidney
medicine in the world."
Thousands of people attest in like
snner to the woadwfnl benefit derived
from Prickly Ash Utters. It is e
Disease or say disorder ef^the
Prickly 1
Insurance
FIRE, TORNADO and
LIPE
BEST COMPANIES
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H L PEARSON,
' DentUt
DR. J. C. DURRUM
Physician and Surgeon
2K xKKsifKisa
Telephone in oonnw
Durrum offers his
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troubles'snd dl£
FsaSS
•men specialties
hours 2 to 4 p. n
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DENTIST ,
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The Clarksville Times. (Clarksville, Tex.), Vol. 36, No. 7, Ed. 1 Friday, January 24, 1908, newspaper, January 24, 1908; Clarksville, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth973637/m1/4/?q=%22Places+-+United+States+-+Texas+-+Red+River+County+-+Clarksville%22: accessed July 10, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Red River County Public Library.