The Flatonia Argus. (Flatonia, Tex.), Vol. 24, No. 29, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 1, 1899 Page: 1 of 4
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FLATONIA LODGE NO 436
A. F. &, A. M,
the »uil Saturday uljiht la sack
. All Uiethron 'In k*hmI *l«udiu|t
I Tiled to aHaud.
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ii*l eld Sec’y.
T. W. LANS
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ATTORNEYS A1 . A
LaQeamuc Texas
On* or the Other wiU'atten<f the month
ly session* of the J untie* Court iu
Flatonia.
1 F. SVASTA
FASHIONABLE TAILOR,
FLATONIA. TEXAS.
MT Latest Samples, Nice lino of
goods for Suits and Pants.
UABRY HATLEY.
pm,
HOUSE, -SIGN
AND-
ORNAMENTAL
"Paper hanging a Specialty.1
South side Railroad.
G. A. HUFFOR, Prcp’r
rii
All kinds of Mfjl repair work on
Plows Buggies or Wagons. H»n*e-
~i—o aaocioltr by ‘Pap” Nays.
U. A. Hurroa
Ip,
Church Directory.
M E. Church, South—Sunday
f Bebool every Sunday at 10 n. m.t A.
1 J. Brown, Superintendent.
Preai hing at 11 and at night every
wBunday.
jjd Epworth Loagne devotional exer-
eiaes 4 o’clock eyery Sunday.
J Prayer meeting Thursday nights,
h" The public are invited to attend.
Ira If. Biyce, Pastor.
Stewards meeting every first Mon-
fj day night in each month.
: . J. K. Crockett, Ch’mn.
Baptist—Preaching tire 2d and 4th
. Sundays at 11 and night.
Prayer mooting Wednesday nights.
The public, generally, invited to at
tend. H. M. Rowland. Pastor-
DIRECTORY.
Governor—J I) Sevan
Liam. Governor—J N Biowntng
Attorney Goner at—T 8 Smith
I Comptroller—K W Pin ley
Treaaorsr—J W Robbins
'.Land Commissioner—<> W Finger
. Pab. Ins.—J 8 Kendall.
SUPREME COURT.
{ Jaatioe—K R Gaines
ate Jastloo—T J Brown
ate Jaatioe—L O Denman
lit APPELLATE COURT
«f Brooha, PJ..W L Daridaon, J K
]«noo, Jl—nontfi
DISTRICT OFFICERS
Judge 98.1 Jadietal DLtrict-li;. Talob
__ r the fifth Monday af-
r tfaa first Monday hi March and SspUi
lair week.
COUNTY OFFICERS
Judge -Joseph Ehlleger
er enterprl
has hit ou
probably
earns a
“bmnkfhg
of society.
reentage.
ng London woman
capital although
ful tMistness. She
rofitable living by
In” boots for leaders
She wears them for
a few days until they become catty
and comfortable to their owners.
Flatonia Argus.
°<THE AUGUST
VOL. XXIV.
Sews Costly Orewae.
One of the most costly crowns
Inexistence Is that of the king
of Portugal. The Jewel*'which
ornament K are valued at #1,000,-
600. The crown that the esar of
Russia wears on special occasions
Is also one of the most precious
in the world. The cross which
surmounts the crown Is compos-
ed of five magnificent diamonds
resting on a large uncut but pol-
ished ruby. The small crown
of the esarina contains, according
to authorities, the finest stones
ever strung.
The crown of the queen of Eng-
land, which Is valued at 9360,000
contains one great ruby, one large
sapphire, sixteen small sapphires,
eight emeralds, four small rubles,
1360 brilliants, 1273 rose 'dia
rnonds, four pear formed pearls
and 269 of other shapes. In his
slate clothes, Including the
crown, the sultan of Jobore wears
diamonds worth $2,400,000. His
collar, his epaulets, bis girdle and
his cuffs’ sparkle with precious
si ones. His bracelets are of
massive gold and his Augers are
covered with rings which are al-
most priceless. The handle and
the blade of his sword are cover-
ed with precious stones.
The ^nost costly iusignla of
princely dignity, however, are
those of the sultan, or Mahara-
jah, of Raroda, In Indio. The
chief ornament is a necklace of
five strings, containing BOO dia-
monds, some of which are os large
as hasclnuts. The upper and
lower rows consist of emeralds of
the same siie
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Tailing Bisson fort LliingJ
The "dinner taster" is the lat-
est example of the highest type
of London refinement. The Lon-
don palate is the pne thing worth
living for, according to the idea
of a certain class of people whose
pleasure in life depends upon the
enjoyment of the senses.
The “dinner taster'’ makes it
her business to visit the fine
houses and taste the dislms In-,
tended for dinner. Rhe suggests
improvements, and shows the
cook new ways of preparing
dishes. That the business Is a
profitable one may be judged by
the fuck that she Invariably rides
in a cab.
In the east end of London n
lucrative trade is followed by
some score or so of women. The
pawnbrokers there are very num-
erous and never lack for clients.
Among the latter, however, are
some who do not relish the idea
of being brought into personal
contact with “uncle."
It is for the special benefit of
these that the pawnbroker’s agent
exists. Bhe goes several times
a day to the pawnbroker with ar-
ticles belonging to the bashful
ones, for whom she gets the high-
est sums procurable ou the items
pledged.
For her services she receives
Anoth-
Entered at tbs Post Office »t Flatonia. Texac. as second class mail matter
FLATONIA TEXAS. THURSDAY. JUNE 1, 1899.
If You Desire 3
Good Return*
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NO. 29.
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mmnwniumju um»
Hlei Antkeay’s ArreaL
Busan Ik Anthony announces
tbst she will attend the interna-
tional council of women in Lon-
don hext June. Miss Anthony
Is nearly 80 years old, and this
will be her second visit abroad.
Iler first wot In 1883, and It whs
attended by an Incident which
she is very fond of relating.
At that time, as now, the motto
of the- woman suffragists was,
“No taxation without represen-
tation.” Miss Anthony bad this
printed on her envelopes, and
while In Berlin she mailed s let-
ter in one of these inscribed cov-
ers to a friend at home. The de-
claration was regarded by the
Berlin police as being contrary
to law, and she was promptly ar-
rested.
It required the entire power of
the American minister and the
consul general to secure her re-
lease. There is no danger of
such an event marring her forth-
coming visit, however, as Eng
land looks upon all kinds of fads
with generous eyes.
Miss Anthony lives with her
two maiden slaters, Mary and
Lucy, In the old Anthony home-
stead In Rochester, N. Y.
AnTmWMkl
Wesknem mamfwU itself in the lost ef
ambition and aching booc«- The blood la
watery; tb. tiaauoa aro wmoting—the dam ia
being otienod for diaease. A bottle of Browne'
Iran Bitten taken ia time will reel ore your
ou.ogth, oootko your Berm, make your
blood rich and rod. Do you more good than
a apecaal aourao af msdiein*. For aala by
.,ummtnu ty roily tears.
One of the noted men of the
street, who bad been forty year*
among the bulls n:id bears, said
to a young man who went to him
for advice: “One afternoon when
I reached home I said to my wife
‘My dear, did you see thut mag
iiificeut dress In Ko-ttnd-So’a w n
dow? I want you to have one like
it. Go down and order the nut
trrinl and hove it made up light
away. I think It will please us
both very much.’ Khe looked at
me Incredulously, and replied.
‘Why, George, how can you af-
ford it? Yotf were pleading pov-
erty the other day.’ That roiled
me. I said that I was running
the finances of the establishment,
and she must have that dress. She
agreed. It was to be purchased
next morn ng. The price’ was
ubout $2000. When I got home
shr? met me at the door and ex-
claimed, ‘What’s the matter,
George, dear? You are ill.’ I
couldn’t speak for a moment. I
took her bands and led her into
the room, then looked Into her
eyes and hissed, ‘My dear, did you
buy—that—dyees?’ Hhe said she
did not, because it ruflned and
she didn’t care to go out. I nev-
er loved her as much In my life
as I did that minute. The mar-
ket had gone against me, wiping
out everything I had in the
world."
Irresistible.
“After nil, a mother-in-law is
a pretty,good thing to have tome-
I times.”
1 “What wonderful experience*
have you been haring lately?”
“My wife was afraid to dis-
charge our cook, and she wouldn’t
go for me, so we sent for Birdie’s
mother, and turned her loose in
the kitchen. They smashed some
of thq furniture, but the cook’s
gone.”—Philadelphia Inqulfer.
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Here. That treated a Doer.
The sun biasing down on a race
course, far, far east of Hues, and
on a field of hot, excited horses
and men, waiting till the ocean
tricltles of the starter and an even
more eccentric horse combine to
get us In line. The patience of
the former is at last exhausted.
“Bring up that horse! Come up
on that beast! you’ll get into
trouble over this, I tell yon,” and
so forth. The Australian light-
weight replies patiently; “I can’t
help it, sir. This is a cab horse,
this ’orse is. Fie won’t start till
the doors shuts—and I haven’t
got a door.”—London Academy.
Once Wah Enough.
According to the Woman’s
Journal this is one of General
Miles’ stories. Tn the Coufede
rate army LougstrA-t’s corps was
making a night ma^ch. About 4
o’clock In the morning, when
everyone was worn out, a Georgiu
regiment stopped. A Georgia
soldier put his rifle vp against
the tents on the dthef «|'d© of
where Longstreet was. “Well,”
he said, “this la pretty hard—to
fight all day and march all night.
But I suppose I can do It for love
of my country." Sc continued:
“I can go hungry. I can fight.
If need be, I cau dta for my coun-
try, because I -love ray country.
But when this war ia over. I’ll
be blowed If I’ll ever love another
country."
Co»t of Government Per Hsur.
An ingenious Englishman has
figured out the cost of an hour of
government since the beginning
of the century. Iij France the
figures show an alarming tend-
ency, to increase. Under Napo-
leon an hour of government cost'
$23,000; under Louis Phlllippe,
$30,000; under the Second Re-
public, $20,600; under Napoleon
IIF, $62,000; from 1870 to\I880,
$61,506, on account of the rais-
ing of the average by the cost
of the war with Germany, but
from 1880 to 1890 the cost was
$86,000 an hour. A French pap-
er remarks that this seems to
prove the undesirability of pay-
ing a government by the hour
or by the day; payment by the
piece according to the work done,
is the only way, it thinks.
Kroger** Brisk Allowance.
One of President Kruger’s oner-
ous duties consists of receiving
any of his people who may de-
sire to see him. This being the
case, he has mudo it a rule to de-
vote a portion of each day to wait-
ing at a table in his extensive
garden, where he, with his accus
tomed suavity of manner, receives
his guests. It is also his huhit,
while giving advice, to regale his
visitors with a cup of coffee; for
this purpose h« rc-eiv-a a “coffe<
allowance” of $800 a year.
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Tb* Lunatic's Repart**.
Borne visitors were being shown
through Kew lunatic asylum,
Victoria, a few day* ago, and,
comiqg opposite the clock in the
corridor, one of them, looking
quickly at his watch, said; “Is
that clock fight?” “No, you Idiot,”
said a patient standing by; “it
wouldn't be in IiW* if it were
right.”—Melbourne Australasian.
A good appetite
I* essenial to good liesllh.
Hood’s SarsspnrilU cronies an
Appetite, tones and
Stengthens the stomach,
And builds up the whole syestem
It relieves Ibat tired feeling, and
by purifying and enriching the
blood, it promptly and permanent-
ly cures all scrofula eruptions,
boils, humors, pimples and sores;
strengthens the neryps, ami girfes
sweet, refreshing sleep. No otli
medicine has taken suoh bold u
on the confidence of the people
Hood’s Sarsaparilla, and ita ri
ord of great cares is unequal
by any other preparation,
may take Hood’s 8sr*aparlj
with tbs utmost confidence Ilia
will do you good.
A Basks for sa Aaklet.
When n Goffeyvllle, (Knj£)
man went out on the edge of t
piaxsa to shake a mat, she f
sometbing about her anklW,
thinking it was her dress bio
by the wind paid no attention
it, until she realised that the
kle was being aqueesed, when
looked airti saw a soaks col
abont It.
■a*m*tt* Roeks.
nholm, an island of the
sea, ninety miles east of
Zealand, is formed of magnetic
rocks. They so affect, the com
pass' that navigators, when in
their vicinity, have to rely upon
stationary objects for steering
guides. One submerged rock is
so charged with magnetism that
the compass on a venae! passing
over It dips perpendlcnjsrly down-
ward. fit
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Ills loiMSHt* Limited.
Fir Walter Beaant says no man
has fewer amusements than he.
He is too shortsighted for bil-
liards, cricket or tennis, and
had to give up even whist
Gethard Tunnel Tentllated.
Compressed air xentllatlou has
saved the famous Gothard tunnel
eventual disum* by railroad trainaL
The accumulated smoke from the
soft coul burning locomotives be-
came so denso, because of the
constantly lncreos'ng traffic, that
engineers und trainmen were
afraid to venture Into the tunnel
at times. As a consequence the
directors of the Gothard railroad
derided to try compressed air for
a comprehensive ventilation sys-
tem in the tunnel. The scheme
works perfectly and no more dan-
ger from that source ia feared.
(Observations made In a recent
night between 10 p. m. and 3 a.
m., demonstrated the excellence
of the ventilating system. In
that time, In addition to the eight
regular trains, three extra pas-
senger trains and four heavy
freight trains passed through the
tunnel. Despite the heavy traf-
fic, no smoke remained In the. tun-
net, the pipes drawing it out in
short order. It ie no longer nec-
eaenry to keep the car windows
closed tightly while passenger
trains are passing through.
Elevator Fp* sad Denim.
If there is one thing a little
more maddening than another 11
ia the indifference, or contempt,
with which certaiu elevator con t
ductors view the entrance of pas
aengers into their machines. In
the modern offlcu building, where
there la a whole row of elevators
each one la started at a signal
from the hall man—himself us
ually ’a most pompous person—
and it is while awaiting this sig
nal that the passenger is made to
feel most keenly his lack of any
importance In the world. He
enters the cage when it ia quite
empty of patrons, and the uni
formed, person In charge thereof
after one stare of disdalfi, turn*
his^back upon him and affixes his
gaze to the spot where the stars
would be seen if It were night and
there were no coiling in the way.
The wait may be for one minute;
It may be for three, but in that
short space the passenger sounds
the dopthB of humiliation, be-
cause he feels that the elevator
man despises him tot three rea-
sons: First, for thinking the ele
vntor is going to move Just be-
cause be happens to be in it; sec
ond, for not taking offices in the
building and paying rent; third,
for being there at alL There la
only one condition under whleff
such an elevator starts promptly.
That Is when you signify a desire
to enter It after the door has been
shut In that cbbo the operator^
store of contempt is leavened by
• all. .no .Smut. imoIito i
dcrful My ilnughtGr nnd I
sick !U>n.n«jh nod oar I
taking n f«w doMi oC < . _
woii«!«i fully. Tb»y ar« • groat. I
WfUHH.MIVA M
UillcuLrouM kit..
WIlV
... CURE CONSTIPATION. _
Hartlm Rnw4f Company. Cklaapo. lostivak low fas#. HI
no-to-bac sawdwarwt&nar
Darrins Hl*< Out.
is als
j w|Uc
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ter took the
A Fanntala or AM*.
The house I was then occupy-
ing was a bungalow, and. as t*
the case with many bungalows,
the inner walls were constructed
of merely sun-dried bricks, and
in the recesses of one wall a col-
ony of vlhitc ants had established
a nest; It was evening; I was
commencing dinnor. I hoard be
hind me a bussing sound; I turn-
ed and from a hole neur the bot-
tom of the wall l .beheld a foun-
tain of youhg white ants ascend
Ing. They reached the ceiling,
and then the descent commenced.
They alighted by thousands on
the table, and there shook off
their Wings. In a few mitvite*
the cloth, the plates, the glasses,
ever the lamp shades, were cov-
ered with the little white, feeble,
crawling creatures. The foun-
tain of ants continued to play tot
at least ten minutes. When
-next morning the floor was swept
the winga that the ants hod shak-
en off filled a large basket. What
became of the ants themselves I
cannot say.— From "Haunts and
Hobbles of an Indian Official," by
Thornhill-
The railways of Australis
nearly all the property of
state, and Including the miles]
in New Zealand hove on ex
of 14,587 miles.
Rat»*alc Pisan* In IMIx
Statistics gathered regard
the bubonic plague in India all
that since the beginning of t
last outbreak at Bombay 250,i
deaths have been recorded,
number, however, is believed i
be much below tbe actual toi
because tbe natives ore known
have concealed deaths from t
discasrf
Oyster* are Nerron.
Oysters are each nervous
(ure* that a sudden shock, such'
as a loud thunder clap, will kill
a whole boatload.
OAkTOAXA.
Scan tk* y»Ha IMM Yw His Alsg» BagM
BlfuaUn
a revival
meeting vvfLch tpok.
Willougfiby some time
certain worthy exhorter took
floor and started in on an extend-
ed discourse. He talked and
talked and talked. Time was
swallowed up, other speakers
were crowded out, and the audi-
ence was exhausted, aud still the
exhorter talked on.
I’retty soon he stopped a mo-
ment to catch his breath, and
then spreading out hiB hands, be
bellowed forth:
“I see a mighty field before
ifief
Before t^Mmuid get further
he was interrupted by a 1:
German-American in a front seat.
The little nura turned half round
and said iu a penetrating whisp-
er;
“Poys, poys, somebody put up
der bar gwirk! If he effer gits
himself insite of ffoUftt-ld, ve von’t
go homgfpiiightr
KThcry3ti^Lr saw the poliFan$t
t bis ftnuarks tb-ti burrtc?#^.
r
pleasant sort of*
rked one young man.
1‘Fdon’t like him," said the oth-
?V. - “lie’s too egotistic.”
. * “Wt merely a matter of irnpres .
•ktn. .Yon judged from his uinn-
. rifr that he’s egotistic and you feel
."esentful.. He judges from your
manner that you think he’s ego-
istic and he resents your self-
jpiuloimted fashion of jumping at
?onelusion«. It’s a mistake alt
’round."—Cleveland Plain I>e*!-.
£
As taperlsl Btfieit.
The cx-Empresa Eugenie has by
icr will, bequeathed a souvenir to
(very aurvlvor of the nearly 5000,
Veuchmaa who were ban on tha
lame day as her own tsu, tha late
yrlnce Imperial. •
Ftire UtoiHlJit {allot Life and vital-
ity, nail curriee vigor to (ho org:in« of
• Jlgily. Dr. M. A. Simmon* I.iyer
Medici'1® create* licli, pure blood.
ECZEMA!
Preserved HI* Identity.
Lord Lnnsdowne had a little ex-
perience of hki owg* Inside the
Abbey at the wedding of Lord
Rosebery's daughter to the Earl
of Crewe. Aa he Advanced up
the nave a sidesman, not knowing
him, approached to ascertain
whether ha belonged to the bride's
or the bridegroom’s party. “Lord
Rosebery or Lord OrewpT” asked
the Sidesman.*"Lord Lnnsdowne,’’
answer the secretary of war.—
London News.
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Blg ■Isssnrt Senators.
Rlx of the thirty-four state sen-
ators of Missouri are over six feet |
tall. “Tbs big four,” as they are
known, ate Charles Bchweichardt,
6 feet 3 1-3 inches, 210 pounds;
Buell L. Matthews, 0 feet 2 inches,
210 poands; K. B. Fields, 0 feet 2
inches, 225 pounds, and J. M. Rol
11ns, 6 feet 3 1-4 Inches, 245
pounds. /
Not m
w^thVm
ih attention ia often peld to ths
‘ Reiems, but U ia not la
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burn. This i* but the beginning, »nd will
ini to iteh
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No Torturo Equal to t!
Itching and Burnini OI to^'toauffe^^^tura"Mmo.Yunen.
p durable. It ia 9 oommon mistake to regsid
This foarfol Dlsaaso. i2Sf:cL*siJ3Sr!.
* tioa of s humor in the blood—of Aewible
Raceme—which la more then ekln-devp. end can not be reedhed by local appli-
cation* of ointment*, salvea, eta., applied to thesurfao*. Ths disease itself,
the real eauae of the trouble, ie In tha blood, although all raftering ia produced
URough the akin; tk* only war reach the diaeasr, therefore, is through
the blood. Ana’ -
Mr. PhU T. Jons*, of MlxSIWlle. fhd .Vrltee:
"I had Eoaer
treatment my
1*
the blood.
Mr. Phil T. Jonea, of Mirauvme, mu , wn«*;, .
. .ted Seiema thirty yeara. and alter a great deal
of treatmen
constant pain, a* (many uroae into a miming sum,
began to spread and grow worse. For the nast-flva or
ail yean I have suffered untold arony and hid given up
all hope of ever being free from the diraaae, aa I hate
been treated by some of the beeL-phyaMtang and have
taken many blood medicines, ail In vain. With little
faith,jsft I began to taka 8. 8. 8 , and it apparently
mam th*,JSo*ein* worse, but I knew that this, wea the
w a jr’Bisre nfN y got rid of the poison. Continuing
8. A 8., the tore healed np entirely, the akin became
elear and emooth, and I was cured perfeotly ."
Beaema ia an obatlnate diaeaae and oan not be eared by a remedy which is
only a tonic. Swift’s Spoeifle—
S. 8. % FOR THE BLOOD
—la *oparlor to other blood remedies beoause it eure* dtuaae* which they Ohn
nut reach. It goes to the bottom—to the cause of the die****—end will eure
tb* woret seas of Keaema, no matter whet other treatment ha# failed. « la
the only blood remedy guaranteed to be free from
other mineral, and never fall* to sure Eeaema,
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Poison. Cancer, Tetter, Rheumatism, Open Boreie, Uftera, Boils, eta Insist
upon 8. 8. 8.; nothing can take U* plnee. a v_ ’
Booke on those disease* will be mailed free to any ad&vaalty BwifV 8pe-
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