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BUGGIES
1ID BiBIESS, ETC.
BY GEORGE ROBINSON.
BELTO
Office: 190 Kast StrMt. Entered at the
BELTON, BELL COUNTY,
Belton u Secoad-elasa Mall Hatter.
S, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1897.
F abrics
If it's here it's viorthy
If if 8 worthy it's here.
fast filing in now. If you'll think up'
the strongest store in Bell County and
then think np it's strongest department |
your mind will drop right square down •
into this Dress Goods Corner. Maybe,
you haven't been here lately? Maybe |
ytou are skeptical?
Make 8 t6St—"here's a late arrival of just 1G piecesj
—Suitings in small checks and
plaids and fancy Bourette effects—all
colors—34 and 36 inches wide—price 25c
and 30c. a yard-the very thing for Fall, ]
school, street or travel.
A postal will bring you free samples.
That will test it. Save you money too.
|Bentlej,Bass & Co.,
MAIN
14 STREET.
TEMPLE, TEXAS.
ALL KANSAS IS SETTLING.
■van th. Dallnqn.nt Subscriber Has
Ca«(bt the F««r.
Liquidation la In the Western air. It
la catching. It is epidemic. You bear
of it everywhere aa one of the most not-
able symptoms of the better times. All
clauses are affected. A banker told this:
"I have a customer In the jobbing
bualaesa to whom I bare been loaning
money In the ordinary coarse of accom-
modation for five years. There hasn't
been a time when be didn't owe the
bank anywhere from $10,000 to $30,000.
The o'ber day be came in and settled in
fnll. I asked blm If he didn't want
some money to handle bia fall trade.
" 'No,' he s«ld, 'I am not going to bor-
Ty 'W any more. I am going to do busl-
ne*.* hereafter on a caab basis.'
"A.nd that is the way It Is generally,"
the ban ker commented. "I bear from
the country* bankers that the farmers
Insist on making payments of tbeir ob-
ligations, a d that it la really difficult to
get them to accept loana. In my own
business I Had « marked disinclination
on the part of those who have been
good borrowers V> take out money
. now."
In sgrieatttfTal Implement dealer told
of a case which had brought this re-
markable phase borne to him.
"We have had an account of $1600 on
our books which we regarded as about
worthless," he safd. "Two years ago
we would lave been glad to take $'200
for It. One day last week the man
against whom the account was running
came In and paid it in full.".
When the Inclination to liquidate
reaches the dellnqnent newspaper sub-
scriber It must be accepted as conspic-
uous among the signs of the times. A
Kansas City publisher said:
"During tbe period when the depres-
sion was worst we bad many patrons
write to us that they would be compell-
ed to discontinue tbe paper, often tell-
ing how long they bad been taking it.
and how much they regretted to stop it.
We didn't take tbem off the lists, but
let tbe account run. It has been a cause
of dally astonishment recently to And
In our mall letters from these patrons
paying up the subscriptions for which
we bad no legal claim. Oo our books,
In the course of many years of newspa-
per boldness, have accumulated many
acoounU with dealers which are loog
past doe. If we had sifted Ibem out we
would have wiped off a lot of tbem as
wortblesa. Now these accounts are be-
ing paid. I bear that In other branches
of business tbe experience of creditors
Is the same. This seems to be a period
of general settlement. I have never
known anything like It."
While tbe cashier of one of tbe largest
banks of Kansas City was commenting
upon this extraordinary Inclination of
all kinds of people to get out of debt, be
turned to a gentleman in tbe room and
Introduced blm as one of the bank's
heat customers, a resident of the citv
for many years, and tbe senior partner
of one of tbe leading jobbing bouses.
This customer bad been a borrower of
from $10,000 lo $50,000 In tbe fall seas-
on, and bia business was always desired
by the bank.
"I don't rappose yoo owe us anything
now, Mr Blank," said tbe cashier.
>^11," the merchant replied, "I doo't
a jam task anything, and I don't
* ,e any bankenytblng. I have got all
tbe money I need to carry on my bust-
nets,- and I have a balance here of about
$10,000
And then the merchant said Rome-
thing which gave an Insight Into tbe
new Mfler of things.
"I have Been in trade here for a great
maay years," be said. "I have never
known aucb a demand for goods and
I have never known collections to be so
easy. People seem to want to do busi-
ness on a cash basis. It Is something
phenomenal."—W. B. S. in Globe-Dem-
ocrat.
Harper's Magazine for October is a
capital number, full of good tbiogs, lit-
terary and pictorial. The paper of note
nod substance Is, of course, Capt. Ma-
ban's analysis of tbe strategic features
of tbe Gulf of Mexico and tbe Caribbean
Sea, wklte the Action tells powerfully
with tbe opening chapters of McLen-
nn's "Spanish John." This is beau ti-
ll ly Illustrated by Myrbacb; but there
i tbe "Great Stone of Sardls," In wbicb
i drawings are ansurpassable, being,
i they are, by the Boatet de Monvel of
franklin square, Peter Newell.
R-ported an effort will be made to re-
ave tbe remains of General Sam Hous-
> from Huntavllle to Tennessee.
Fnrman and Klnnard.
Court has been moving along smooth-
ly tbis week and a great deal of business
bas been transacted. Judge Furman is
impartial in all bis rulings and bis
knowledge of law and bis ability to look
into a case when It is on trial bas
brought to him tbe distinction of being
one among tbe most able occupants of
the bench in Texas.
District Attorney Kinnard still main-
tains bis high standing as an attorney
well verged in law and tbe rules of evi-
dence. He Is in no sense a persecuter
but there is no mistaking tbe fact that
be prosecutes every case for all there is
In it, and that be knows neither friend
nor foe in tbe discbarge of bis duty. Up
to tbe hour of tbe Eagle's going to press
be bas never lost a case in Mills county
where be was able to get before a jury.
Thursday be was forced to a' k tbe jury
to sign a verdict of acquital in the case
of tbe State vs. L. Doughty. Tbis was
not a defeat for Mr. Kinnard, however,
for there was nothing In tbe case and to
have prosecuted it to tbe eud would
have only consumed the time of tbe
court and cost the county a considerable
amount and could only have resulted in
an acquittal of Mr. Dongbty and a com-
plete exoneration of bim. Tbe evidence
given by the state's witness conclusively
showed tbat tbe di-trict attorney bad
no case. Of course, under these cir-
cumstances, Ibe only thing be could do
was to ask tbr jury to sign a verdict of
acquittal, wbicb was promptly done.
Again, on yesterday morning tbe case
against Thurmond Sexton was found to
be without any foundation and a verdict
of acquittal was a ked for by Mr. Kin
nard. This was expected Ly those fa-
miliar with tbe case and no surprise was
expressed at it when tbe termination
was reached yesterday.
These acquittals were not defeats for
tbe district attorney, foi be had no case
to begin with and could not get tbem
before tbe j>iry. But had there been tbe
least doubt of tbe innocense of the gen-
tlemen Mr. Kinnard would have fought
to a finish.—Goldthwaite Eagle.
To the Tinstees of Bell County.
October tbe 9, 1897, at 10 o'clock, is
tbe date of tbe trustees convention. 1
now call attention to this fact and urge
ail trustees of tbe county to be present
and take part in the discussion of any
question tbat may come up. Tbe new
school law bas been issued and thrre
are several changes in It that will be
well for us to consider.
Tbe committee that was appointed lit
our last meeting will please be ready to
report on tbe matter of redisricting the
county. Let me emphasize tbe fact
thai there are some Important matteis
to be considered and at least a repre-
sentative from every district in the
county should be present.
Respectfully.
W. W. Higgiks.
Licensed to Marry.
M. W. Taylor and Mrs. Lee Arm trong.
John Gaery and Katie Kreiter.
Pillett Matlak and Annie Sto^bray.
Collie Wyet and Birdie Dennis.
J. L. Wright and Minnie Dennis.
J. Davis and P. E. Sumrall.
F. H. Echols and Bettie F. Robersor.
Ball's Great Discovery.
One small bottle of Hall's Great Dls<
covery cures all kidney and bladder
troubles, removes gravel, cure3 diabetic,
seminal emissions, weak and lame backs,
rheumatism and all irregularities of the
kidneys and bladder In both men and
women. Regulates bladder trouble in
children. If not sold by your druggist,
will be sent by mail on receipt ot $1.00.
One small bottle is two months' treat
ment, and will cure any case above
mentioned. E. W. Hai.i., Sole Manu-
facturer, P. O. Box 218, Waco, Texas.
Sold by J. H. Herron, Belton, Texas,
reai> this!
Belton, Texas. May 22,1897.—We the
undersigned have u-ed Hall's Great
Discovery for Kidney and Bladder trou-
ble, and can fully reccouimend it to tbe
public. En. Sinclair,
J. W. West,
A. l. Phillips,
1m W. l. Brookman.
HER OPINION OF MEN.
Aunt Philenda Had Married Four and
Discovered Man's Ideal.
"I may be wrong about it," modestly
began good old Annt Philenda Broad-
head in the midst of the assemblage of
ladies at Mrs. Judge Tubman's quilting
bee, "bnt I don't believe there is any
fixed rule or set of rules that can be
safely followed in all cases in managing
a husband. I may say—being as I have
buried three as good husbands as a wo-
man ever had and a fourth who, as he
is also buried, I'll just pass over with-
out comment—that I have had consid-
erable acquaintance with men, and as
a result of my somewhat extended ex-
perience I am pretty well convinced
that there is no established law which
can be depended on to operate suooess-
fully in the cases of any two of them.
" What is one man's meat is another
man's poison, you know, and the meth-
od of procedure which will oonvert one
parcel of masculine material into a sat-
isfactory husband will prove a total fail-
ure when applied to the next one. Men,
in their dispositions and possibilities,
resemble nothing else in the world that
I can think of so much as they do a lot
of toada Ton can never tell in advance
which way they are going to jump when
you poke 'em, nor, for that matter, how
far.
"There is a proverb which says that
the way to a man's heart is through his
stomach, but some men are dyspeptic,
and the riot in their internal economies
cuts off all communication with their
hearts in that direction. Ton can win
one man's everlasting subservience by
the successful application of a mustard
plaster to the proper portion of his an-
atomy at the ordained time, and the
same action will make a tyrant or a
misanthrope or both of the next man.
One man can be subjugated by making
him afraid of you and another by mak-
ing him think you are afraid of him.
You must talk to one man and listen to
another.
"All in all, about the only infallible
rule regarding men folks that I have
gathered from my experience with them
is that the man who before marriage
loves a woman the most extravagantly
after marriage loves her the most eco-
nomically. The average man 'a ideal wife
is one who kuows how to dress on noth-
ing a year and always look well."—
Tom P. Morgan in New York Truth.
Dlaqnallfied For Football.
Datuley—Well, 1 suppose your son
will soon begin his last year in college?
Parks—No, he isn't going back this
falL
Dabsley—Ob, that's too bad! He
ought to go through now that he's got
along to the last year. Wbat'B the mat-
ter?
Parks—Why, didn't you know that
he had had a fever and that his hair
had all come out?—Cleveland Leader.
Plutocracy.
She—Our neighbors in that villa are
evidently very rich people.
He—Why ?
She—Only consider. They have five
grown up daughters, all unmarried,
they give no parties, don't go to any of
the hops, don't appear on the board
walk when the band plays and, more-
over, wear the plainest clothes imagin-
able.—SI Petersburg Shuts.
A Short Tim. Hence*
Citizen—By the way, I have been
told that the Klondike gold is not
worth so much to the ounce as some
other brands.
Returned Klondiker—I couldn't say
as to that We never measured by less
than a ton. I ain't no idea as to ounce
values.—Cincinnati Enquirer.
Circumstances Alter Cases.
Teacher—You must always return
good for evil, you know. Now, if a
naughty boy called you bad names or
threw stones at you, what would yoa
do?
Pupil—How big did you say that boy
was?—Boston Transcript
An Unexpected Answer.
Mrs. Schussman (at a summer resort)
—Gottlieb, the paper says that the na-
tives of the Sandwich Islands pay about
$6 for a wife.
Professor Schussman (absent minded)
—Hm, hm! So much, Jenny?—Echo.
The String.
"He may not always be rich. The
estate he inherits has a string to it"
"No!"
"Yes. A string of race horses."—De-
troit Journal.
Just the Reverse.
"Are yon in pain, my little man?"
asked the kind old gentleman.
"No," answered the boy. "The
pain's in me."—Indianapolis Journal.
Almost an Angel.
Alkali Ike—Did you make an angel
o' tbat enemy o' yours?
Caotus Pete—Well, I winged him.—
New York Journal
One can not read bis old ante-nuptial
love letters without feeling tbat be wag
once very idiotic.—Snap Shots.
Put a Stop to Palo.
Rheumatism, Neuralgia and other i
painful afflictions are now as easily cured
as tbey were once bard to cure. Sci-
ence bas learned what pain is and Bal-
lard's Snow Liniment is the result.
Cures Sprains, Cuts, Bruises, Stiff Joints
and Contracted Muscles. Penetrates to
tbe very bone and relieves almost from
tbe moment it touches. When a lini-
ment is needed, you owe it to your« lf
to get the best. Tbe dealer is auth a
Ized to guarantee tbis one. Price 50c.
Sold by W. S- Hunter & Co. lm
Tired, Neivous, Sleepless
Men and women—bow gratefully they
write about Hood's Sarsaparilla. Once
helpless and discouraged, having lost
all faith in medicines, now in in got d
health and "able to do my own work,''
because Hood's Sarsaparilla has powtr
to enrich and purify tbe blood and
make tbe weak strong—tbis is tbe ex-
perience of a host of people.
Hood's 1'ilts are the best family ca-
thartic and liver medicine. Gentle, re-
liable, sure.
Elder Wm. Tennison
OF BUFKIN, IND.,
Telle of the Qrut Benefits Derived From
Dr. Miles' Heart Our..
HEART DISEASE of long standing la
not easily cured, but it is curable.
Elder Wm. Tennison writes: "I was
afflicted for thlrty-flve years with heart dis-
ease, in fact, troubled with it nearly all my
life; I think It heredi-
as my father was
with It. I have
suffered great distress,
my heart palpitated to
such an extent as to
shake my whole body.
So distressing waa it I
could only with great-
est difficulty compose myself to sleep. About
two years ago I began taking Dr. Miles'
Heart Cure. The first bottle gave me no
perceptible benefit, but after taking the
third I began to feel much relief and I con-
tinued (or some months. I have good rea-
son to believe the cure is permanent.
Dr. Miles' Remedies are sold by all drug-
gists under a positive guarantee, first bottle
benefits or money refunded. Book on Heart
and nerves sent free to all applicants.
DB. MILES MEDICAL CO., Elkhart, Ind.
County Court Docket—Oetober Term.
At a meeting of tbe bar held in tbe
district court room Monday, Sept. 27tb,
the county court docket for tbe October
term was set as follows: Tbe first week
of court, beginning Oct. 4, tbe criminal
docket will be tried* the civil docket
will be disposed of as follows:
SECOND WEEK—JDBY CIVIL.
Monday, October 11:
1194—Monteith & Freeman vs. B F.
Sblpp.
1231—Ed Strauss vs. J. W. Witt et al.
1280—McMabon ys. May.
1920—West vs. Ballard.
1031—Doyle vs. Hogwood.
Tuesday, October 12.
1685—Dickson vs. Gillette.
1705—Shannon vs. Brown et al.
Wednesday and Thursday, October
13 and 14.
1796—Hatcher vs. Greathouse.
1S87—Hatcher vs. McDonald.
1888—Hatcher vs. Ashcroft.
1889—Hatcher vs. Hartrlck.
Friday, October 15.
1812—Hudson vs. Webb & Co.
1872—Sterling vs. City of Belton.
THIBD WEEK.
Monday, October 18.
1820—Boade et al. vs. West.
1869—Weskow vs. Call.
1950—Dougherty vg. City of Temple.
Tuegday, October 19.
1823—Tobler vs. Austin.
1910—Taylor vs. Stephens et al
Wednesday, October 20.
1867—Lovitt vs. Martin & Pool,
1914—Knowles vs. Tankersley et al.
Thursday, October 21.
1909—Duffy Trowbridge Co. vs. Gluck.
1934—Morey vg. Troy Drug Co. et al.
Friday, October 22.
1912—Oldham vs. Reed.
1938—Robertson vs. Bessonette.
Saturday, October 23.
1976— Skinner Engine Co. vs. Burnbam.
••TOUCHED "
Rev. .1 B rambrell Loses His Valise Coo-
tainiug Thirty Dollars in Money.
Thieves seldom bother editors and
preachers, and it is a rank stranger that
is to be found burglarizing the bouse of
either. Such a stranger, however, was
in Temple Sunday night and in bis ig-
norance be got into tbe bouse of Rev.
W. R. Maxwell. Tbe report might haye
closed here had none but the family
been at home, but luck was on tbe side
of tbe intruder, and Rev. J. B. Gam-
breell of Waco wag a guest In tbe house.
Dr. Gambrell bad a valise witb bim
and, rather strange, he happened to
have $30 in tbe gripsack. Mr. Tblef ap-
propriated tbe receptacle and its con-
tents, and It was yesterday eyenlng be-
fore tbe property was missed. Then
there was a searching and a "telling of
troubles to a policeman," but up to la«t
night no trace of tbe missing property
could be found. If Baptist preachers
were in the habit of carrying money
about witb tbem this might be a warn -
ing, but ag it is, we can only sympathize
with the brother and wonder where be
got what he had in that grip.—Temple
Tribune.
■Postmaster at Sullivan resigned, but
tbe department won't accept resigna-
tion until a successor is appointed, and
b* cat. tied no one who wants to succeed
him.
The Liver Keeps People Well.
When the Liver is gluggisb all other
organs are involved. Tou suffer from
Constipation, Biliousness. Jaundice,
Headache, Indigestion, Pain in Back,
Chills and loss ot Energy. Yoa will
never know bow promptly these troubles
can be cured until you use Herbine. It
cures quickly when other remedies ut-
terly fail. Regulates tbe Liver, rurifles
tbe Blood. Herbine is a Harmless Veg-
etable Remedy that gives new life and
energy almost from tbe first dose. Price
75 Cents. Sold by Hunter & Co. ly
Mr. Henry's Aspirations.
A lengthy card from Hon. R. L. Hen-
ry, representative in congress from the
seventh congressional district, appeared
in tbe dally paperg on tbe 21$t instant,
being virtually bis announcement of
bis candidacy for renominatlon, and in
a measure a review of bis course during
tbe late session, as bearing upon bis
pledges made prior to election. It is
but simple justice to Mr. Henry to say
that he has stood squarely upon tbe
platforms —district. state and national—
of tbe Democracy, giving bia vote
promptly and loyally in behalf of party
measures and standing ready to do all
In bis power to promote party measures
and principles.—Waco Tribune.
Dr. E. B. McEndree, an insurance
man from Cincinnati, met with an acci-
dent Thursday night which came very
near resulting seriously. He was en-
route to the Colorado House to retire
for tbe night, and tbe night being very
dark and rainy, be fell on tbe sidewalk
near the hotel and struck bis head witb
such force as to render him unconsci-
ous for some time. He was carried in
tbe botel and medical assistance secur-
ed and has since been getting along very
well.—Colorado Stockman.
A new legal complication may arise In
Mills county; a jury is bung on the pen-
alty to be given a man who pleaded
gu 'y-
Spectacles used to be an Indication of
age; now tbey are an indication of
youth.—Snap Shots.
Dengue has a bone to pick witb you.
T. E. Harwell of El Paso bas been
employed to manage tbe jewelry de-
partment of Carter's, and all repair
work will be promptly and carefully at-
tended to.
Yellow te\ er reported in Texas.
IF YOU WANT
That dye the Work in all kinds
of
juy the Old Reliable
I V ES R
K:. t> :*«. IV
JOURNAL.
VOL. XXXI. NO. 39.
HARNESS REPAIRED
OR MEW SET
Made - to - Order
AT
SMITH & COUSIN,
East Street, Belton.
ORMBBLT - THE - CASADAY.
The 1ZZBR leads in the race for favor as
the most popular buggy of the age.
DROP IN AND
SEE OUR STOCK.
SMITH & CORBIN,
East Street,
Belton, Texas.
8. J. Jones, A. M., (Pi. D. Vandkrbilt University)
fHiisroxpAX.S .
Jfisa Kate White, English and History.
T. J. Witt, A. M.
THOMAS
ARNOLD HIGH SCHOOL,
11ESTRICTED TO HIGH SCHOOL WORK.
EIGHTH SESSION OPENS SEPT. 13, 1897.
SAT.ATX)
TEXAS.
After carefully| considering the demands for a department in peda-
gogy we have decided to establish the course. This course will be open
to all pupils of the school, but is specially designed for those intending to
i
teach. The course ijill include Psychology and its application to teach-
ing, and Methods flad Management. Teaching will be assigned to those
taking course, giving* them actual experience in school work.
This course will Sn no way interfere with the regular course.
J. H. James.
W. W. James.
J. B. James
J. H. MMES & SONS,
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL GROCERS.
ATTEjNTION GINNERS ! |
We hkve now in store stock of |
BjA-GGING AND TIES, |
and would be glad to have your |
account. Respectfully, &
J. H. James & Sons,
<4.1
Nye and the Lost Calf.
When Bill Nye was a boy, be and his^
brother once had a great time searching
after a calf that had got lost in a piece
of woods. The search was kept np for
days. Finally it had to be abandoued.
Everybody but the humorist forgot all
about it, and he said nothing of it to
any one for more than 20 years. One
day his brother—the same who had
helped in the search—got a letter from
"Bill," in which a pending long trip to
Europe was described. The letter wound
up something like this: "You see, I'm
going a long way and shall be away
some time. While I'm gone I shall keep
a sharp lookout everywhere. Maybe I'll
find that darn calf. I've looked for it
everywhere in the United States with-
out success, and now I'm going to try
the old world."—Argonaut.
Tbe Horseless Age.
JAMES
BELTON.
BUILDING, ON THE AVENUE.
TEXAS.
"George, dear, what are you doing?"
"Putting up this tire for good luck.
I found it on tbe path this morning."—
New York Sunday World.
Latheriu and Diwees.
Recently a colored exhorter, enlarg-
ing on the impossibility of rich meu
getting into heaven, said: "Look at
Latherus. When he wuz on de airth, he
ax Diwees for de crumbs dat fall fram
his table. En what did Diwees do ter
him? He oall his dog Moreover en sick
him on Latherus. Latherus put up a
purty good fight, bnt de dog licked him.
Den Diwees wuz so mad dat he took a
fit en died, en when he wake np he fiu'
himself in hell fire, en he look troo de
skylight en see Latherus eu Father
Abraham in a huggin match, en he call
ter Latherus ter turn on de water en
he'd pay de bill. En what did Latherus
say? fie des lean over de banister en
holler out: 'Go 'long, man, en shet yo'
mouf. De water was cut off on de tenth.
Milk en honey is de bes' I got.' "—At-
lanta Constitution.
How It May Be Done.
"Do you have any trouble keeping
your nursemaid?"
"None at all. At first we had to get
a new one every week or two, but the
one we have now has been with us for
three months and is perfectly con-
tented."
"How do you manage it?"
"Why, we have a pneumatic baby
carriage with a bicycle attachment"—
Chicago Post
TO The LADIES Of BELTON.
A Modern Youth.
"Ha, ha, my proud beauty," said he,
yon love another I"
"I do," said the blushing maiden.
He pondered. ' 'Well,'' said he finally,
bis features lighting with fiendish joy,
"yon ain't in it if you da Within 24
honrs I shall have procured an injunc-
tion against your marrying him."—In-
dianapolis Journal.
The Glorious Antique.
"No, I wouldn't take tbat piece of
antique furniture at any price," said
the shopper. "It—it is inhabited."
"And who knows," said the dealer,
rolling his eyes and rubbing his hands,
"but what the ancestors of them bugs
came over in the Mayflower in tbis here
very piece of furniture!"—Cincinnati
Enquirer.
Undisguised Announcement.
At a masquerade ball two ladies ar-
rive in mere evening dress.
"What do you represent?" asked the
usher.
"We are without costumes."
"Two ladies without costume," thun-
dered the usher as he swung open the
door.—Ladies' Review.
Those Summer Outings.
Hawkins—I see your folks are back
from the seashore. How are they?
Banks—Oh, they stood it first rate.
I can't see but that they're nearly as
well as they were before they started.—
Cleveland Leader.
It Was True.
Bacon—It is said that cycling is more
dangerous than traveling either by rail-
way or by ship.
Egbert—I know. I met my wife
wheeling.—Yonkers Statesman.
Not at All.
"Colonel, don't you know that the
good book says, 'Swear not at all?' "
"Sartin I do. Thet's all right. I
swore at 'em individually."—Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
Little Pitcher*.
"Daddy, can whisky talk?"
"No, of course not."
"Then why did Aunt Maria say it
was telling on you more and more?"—
Pick Me Up.
The Proper Name.
"Why do you fellows call that moun-
tain Catfish hill?" asked the tourist.
"Because," said Pieface Bill, "it
can't be scaled."—Cincinnati Enquirer.
Smoking on a Wheel.
"They say it is next to impossible to
smoke on a wheel."
' 'I wish I could convince my lamp of
that."—Detroit Journal.
I wish to say it will soon be time for house
cleaning for the winter season, and if you
should find that your
^PU^]VITTTRB>-^
needs cleaning and repairing, just call on us
and we will attend to it promptly at little cost
to you. We also sell Furniture Polish that
makes your old Furniture look new.
Fine Furniture,
M. E. Miller Old Stand,
Belton, Texas.
THE BURGLAR WEPT.
Strange Sceoe at Midnight In the Home
of a Lone Old Woman.
Mrs. Hazeltine lives in Columbus
avenue, New York. Sfie was awakened
at 3 o'clock the other morning. By the
dim light she beheld a strange man
standing in the door of the bedroom.
She was not frightened.
"How did you get in, and what do
yon want?" she asked in a clear voice.
"In the door," she says he answered.
"Tell tbe truth," said the motherly
old woman with old fashioned firmnesa
"You know you didn't Now, didn't
you break in by the window?"
"Yes."
"Sit down," said theoldwoman soft-
ly-
The burglar sat down awkwardly.
"Aren't yon ashamed to rob an old
woman like me?" asked Mrs. Hazeltine.
"How did I know you were old?" an-
swered the burglar.
"Did you ever have a mother?" asked
Mrs. Hazeltine gently.
The burglar made no answer.
"She would be about my age, and her
hair would be as white as mine," con-
tinued Mrs. Hazeltine. "Isn't it so?"
"Is she alive or dead?" asked Mrs.
Hazeltine in her low, frail voice.
The burglar turned whita "Dead,
thank God," he answered.
After the burglar's eyes filled with
tears Mrs. Hazeltine asked him:
"Won't you show me the way you
got in?
"Yes," he answered, and they de-
scended the stairway together.
One of the windows in the parlor
was open.
"There," he said.
"Won't you please go out the same
way you entered—for your mother's
sake?" asked Mrs. Hazeltine appealing-
iy-
"Yes," he answered brokenly, "for
your sake and for my dead mother's sake
I will obey you."
The burglar climbed out of the win-
dow and vanished in the night.—New
York Journal.
TRAGIC SEQIJKL
To the Cattlemen's Fend—Mart CMldars
Shot and Killed bj Sheriff's Deputies.
More than a week ago tbe sheriff of
this county was apprt iifllii tm I Ifcsi
FOR BABY TRAVELERS.
A Bail way Nursery Is the Newest Thing
on Wheels.
A traveling nursery is to take its
place alongside of the barber shop, bath-
room, etc., on our fast trains. It will
take tip about the space of the private
stateroom of the ordinary sleeping car.
The walls of the nursery are to be
padded and the floor thickly carpeted.
At each end of the compartment are
two cozy cots for the smaller children
to recline on while watching the games
of the older ones. Ottomans and easy
chairs are disposed about the floor. Each
car containing the nursery attachment
will carry a matron or nurse, with sup-
plies of milk and other edibles.
A medicine chest with simple reme-
dies and a miniature toy shop supplied
with everything from rattles to picture
books and fairy tales are adjuncts of
the nursery. Nothing, in short, will be
missing that will add to the comfort
and amusement of very young travelers.
—Railway Age.
tfa<-t Cbildere and John Tolly,
"Red John," the two men suspected
of tbe crime of killing Ed Moss, about
the 20th ult., were in hiding in the vi-
cinity of the White House on Duck
Creek. Lem Chil lers, foreman at tbe
White House ranch, is a son of Mart
Cbilders, and it was reasonably suppos-
ed that he was assisting bis father
and supplying blm with food. On
Tuesday last a posse of three men were
deputized by Sheriff McAfee, to seek
for the two refugees and arrest them.
The men deputized were Hinton Mosr,
brother of the young man who was kill-
ed on the Frisco, B. F. Crawford, an
uncle of tbe deceased, and J. L. Har-
rington. These men watched in tbe vi-
cinity of tbe White House ranch and at
daybreak yesterday morning discovered
Mart Cbilders as he came from one of
tbe corrals adjacent to the White
House. The deputies say tbat tbey
commanded him three times to throw
up bis bands and surrender and that
Childers refused, whereupon the officers
commenced shooting, killing Cbilders.
Tully, Cbilders companion, escaped to
tbe bills on foot. Tully and deceased
are said to have had blankets and pro-
visions with tbem, Tully throwing bis
away as he ran. But meagre reports
have as yet been obtained. Justice
Isaac Givens left yesterday morning for
the scene of tbe trouble, which is forty
miles from Silver City, where be will
hold an inquest upon the body.—Silver
nity (New Mexico) Enterprise, Septem-
ber 24.
Mart Cbilders, whose tragic end is
noted above, formerly resided In this
county and was a soninlaw of Solomon
Cox, who died a few years ago. At one
time be was well blessed witb tbis
world's goods. Reverses came, bow-
ever, and be migrated to tbe far west.
Tbe trouble which cost bim bis life is
one quite common—a cattleman's feud,
ills friends in tbis county have bad no
communication with bim for several
years.
STOLE STALE CAKE.
Bad Boys Destroyed a Confection Twenty-
seven Years Old.
Mrs. S. H. Chapiu of Rockford, Ills.,
was a guest at the wedding of Potter
Palmer and Mis;; Bertha Honore iii 1870.
Mrs. Chapin has a fad—she treasures
wedding cake.
On returning from Chicago recently
Mrs. Chapin found her collection in
very bad shape. Boys had forcibly en-
tered her house and played havoc with
her mementos of bridal joy. The youth-
ful burglars tried to eat Mrs. Palmer's
wedding cake, but not finding it very
toothsome—even cake 27 years after
baking being a trifle stale for boyish
palates—they destroyed it
Twelve boys pleaded guilty to the de-
struction of the cake and to the theft of
other articles. All were fined, and three
may be sent to the state reformatory. —
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune.
SlOO Reward, *100.
The readers of this paper will be
pleased to learn that there is at least
one dreaded disease that science bas
been able to cure in all its stages and
that is Catarrh. Hall's Catarrh Cure is
the only positive cure now known te the
medical fraternity. Catarrh being a
constitutional di-ease, requires a consti-
tutional treatment. Hall's Catarrh Cure
is taken internally, acting directly upon
tbe blood and mucous surfaces of the
system, thereby destroying tbe founda-
tion of tbe disease, and giving the pa-
tient strength by building up the con-
stitution and assisting nature in doing
its work. The yoprietors have so much
faith in its curative powers, that they
offer One Hundred Dollars for any case
tbat it fails to cure. Send for list of tes
timonials. Address,
F. J. Chf.net & Co.,
Toledo, Obio_
Sold by Druggists, 75 cents.
Hall's Family Pills are tbe best, lm
Baptist General Convention, Tf.m-
pi.e.
For above occasion The Katy will sell
tickets from Belton to Temple on Oc'.
6. 7 and 8th, limited for return to Oct.
15tb, at 35c. for tbe round trip.
Fok Sale at a Bargain.
A fine piano direct from tbe factory.
Apply at this office. This is a bargain,
sure enough. Come quick. tf
Poisons In Ink.
It has recently been proved by micro-
scopic examination that ink is liable to
contain pathogenic bacteria. Dr. Marp-
mauu of L<"psic has lately published
the results of examination of 07 sam-
ples of ink used in schools. Saprophytes,
bacteria and micrococci were found in
most of them. In two instances the doc-
tor succeeded in cultivating a bacillus
from migrosin ink which proved fatal
to mice within four daya But most
bacteria are harmless, and it has been
ascertained by the actual experiments
of some eminent New York scientists
that in the many varieties of ink used
in that city, which they tested, there
were no disease genns. However, a pen
which has been dipped in ink should
never be moistened with the tongue.
PURELY PERSONAL.
Mabande Dube, a student oI Wilber-
force college, Ohio, is a Zulu.
A new Dutch pianist named Zeld-
enrust is the rage in musical and so-
ciety circles in London.
D. L. Moody, the evangelist, will
lead a revival in Philadelphia during i
the coming winter.
Georgia Cayvan's real name is Cava- i
naugh.
Willie S. Moore, chief of the United '
States weather service, is a physician as '
well as a meteorologist.
Louis Fagan, ex-master of prints of
the British museum, has been en^a^t-d
for a lecture tour in the United States
next winter.
It is generally believed that Verest-
chagin, the Russian battle painter, will
be the first recipient of the Nobel prize,
given for "the propagation of peaceful
ideas."
The Slayer of "Rufus Sanders."
John Gafford, who is now in jail at
Montgomery, Alabama, awaiting trial
for the killing of Francis Bartow Lloyd
(Rufus Sanders), appears to have a
homicidal mania, Lloyd being his third
victim. Gafford charges criminal Inti-
macy witb a sister as the motive for tbe
killing, but according to the special
correspondent of the Atlanta Journal,
"this story of Gafford is not believed by
the people of Butler county and tbe
surroundings at the scene of tbe murder
all indicate tbat tbe shooting was done
from ambush, and that the victim never
knew who bis assassin was. Dr. C. C.
Lloyd, tbe father of tbe murdered man,
has repudiated the statement as far as
be i9 connected witb it, declares his be-
lief lu bis dead son's innocence of any
improper relations with Gafford's sister,
and attributes tbe murder to a family
feud, which bas existed about 18 years,
and which he thought bad long since
been settled and to John's general
wortblessness and tblrst for such noto-
riety. Gafford's sister, to whom be re-
fers, also repudiates tbis statement."
Lloyd's tragic end is an irreparable
loss not only to Alabama, but to tbe
whole country, for be bad developed
into a considerable genius and gave
promise of yet greater things. Be it
ssid to tbe credit of hts neighbors tbat
tbey gave generous recognition to bis
abilities, and be was rapidly rising to
political eminence on bis merits.
When Lloyd lectured in Belton be
confronted an audience that at first
seemed disposed to withhold sympathy
and applause—we Belton people are ad-
dicted too much to that—and be labor-
ed hsrd, apparently appreciating the
difficulty. But gradually be got a hold,
and presently, almost ere tbe audience
was aware of his power, he bad bis au-
ditors screaming witb delight—bis will
had triumphed.
Coughs Relieved at Once
and eyery bit of relief is part of a cure
tbat will stay a cure. Use Ballard's
Horebound Syrup and note bow quick-
ly you are cured and bow well you feel
afterward. Specific also for whooping
cough and croup. John Coffin, Kirwln,
Kansas, says: "When I began to use
Ballard's Horebound Syrup for Con-
sumption the Doctor bad said tbat I
would die in a few days. Am now up
and around. Have no more pain In
cbest or lungs." I'rlee 25 and 50 cents.
No hem fit, no pay. Sold by W. Jj. Hun-
ter & Co. lm
Ninety-eight per cent of tbe sermont
the average town man bears In tbe
course of his life are beard before be
marries. -Snap Shots.
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Abaolately Pare.
A man at Fairfield, Maine, recently
traded two gravestones for a bicycle.
It is dead easy to make a
good cup of Tea when j ou
u-;e the COSMO Brand.
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