Shiner Gazette. (Shiner, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 46, Ed. 1 Wednesday, April 12, 1899 Page: 6 of 8
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•the gazette.
-Published. Every Thursday by—
j. c. Habermacher, Editor and Pub,
SUBSCRIPTION RATES:
One Year, postpaid, -
$1 00
Entered at the Shiner, Texas, pogtoffice
as second class mail matter.
INFLUENCE OF CLOTHES,
(Tearing;
flew Club House.
Since the location and estab-
lishment of President E. H. R.
Green’s famous “400’’ Tarpon
club house on St. Joseph island,
near Rockport, San Antonio and
Aransas Pass coast country has
been more prominently brought
before the people of the United
States, Canada and Europe than
ever.
a grand thing to have steaix
pleasure boats plying between
Rockport and the Tarpon Club
fishing grounds.”
One’c Best When Visiting; the
Poor and Sick.
Lenten frocks of purple and hell-
trope for church-going mission-visit-
ing and good work generally, are being
made for the consistent and conscien-
tious woman, says the New York Com-
mercial Advertiser. Simplicity and
demureness characterize these gowns
as a rule, and the clinging, graceful,
soft fabrics, such as nun’s veiling,
cashmere and canvas are chosen rather
than the more aggressive and worldly
cloths or rustling materials. One good
soul whose Lenten duties take varied
forms has what she calls her “hospital
dress.” This she wears to readings
and recitals and lectures on Greek art
and psychological phenomena, as well
as to the wards where the children
wait her coming as eagerly as flowers
long for the sun. “I don’t believe in
the old-time philanthropist in a little
gray bonnet and a black shawl,” says
this Lent lily.
“I think poor people and ‘shut-ins’
are more observing and more apprecia-
tive than people who bustle about in
the world, and I know that they love
pretty clothes and are pleased to think
one puts on her very best to go to see
them. One small girl at the post grad-
uate always ‘sizes me up’ with her big
blue eyes the minute I enter the ward.
Then, when I sit beside her bed to
talk to her, she smiles and strokes m.y
muff, plays with the charms on my
chatelaine and tells me how pretty I
look, how much nicer this bonnet ia
than the one I wore last week and
other bits of information that she has
probably been cogitating on and stor-
ing up for days. It makes me wary, I
assure you, and if I am not as smart
as usual I fairly quake before the
scrutiny of the blue-eyed one who
loves visitors, but, above all, smartly
dressed visitors.
“My girls, like their mother, have
not much money to spend, so they try
to give time and energy instead. One
little bar:
a kindergarten catechism class. The
girls are both in their teens and I fear
neither of them has the gift of teach-
ing, so I discreetly avoid questions
about the progress the children are
making in sewing or religion; but ]
do know that the little heathens of
Hester street think Pollie a sort of
well-dressed angel, who is a fair teller
of stories, and Nell tells as a good joke
that the Saturday morning following
the day on which she wore her fox boa
for the first time, the attendance of her
class was about one-third as large
again as it had been before.
' “The observing pupils had told the
neighborhood how the teacher had lei
Teresa Giovanetti wear the wild beasl
around her neck because her hem-
stitching was well done. Poor Nel]
had her hands full that morning be-
tween her efforts to teach the increased
number and her anxiety for her
precious boa, that was being ‘walked'
around the room, one child holding
its head and one its tail, letting th?
legs claw along the floor. She de-
cided to make a virtue of necessity
and a Lenten sacrifice of the boa. II
became the plaything of the class, bul
aided Nell’s efforts to maintain order;
at the first threat to take the fos
away from them the children became
as submissive as a class of cherubs.
“Dress is a great thing when peo-
ple are to be cheered and heartened
mentally as well as physically. A chate-
laine and a pretty hat, a fashionable
frock and a big muff will sometimes in-
terest and amuse a suffering child as
much as a picture book and flatter and
please a poor old soul shut away from
the poetic and stereotyped bunch ol
flowers or bundle of tracts.”
Indian Justice of the Peace.
Antoine Jackson, a full-blooded In-
dian, known familiarly as “Kanaka
Jack,” has been elected justice of the
peace for the reservation adjacent tc
Tacoma. Although he can neither read
nor write, he is said to fill his office
with dignity. The first case he had tc
deal with which came under his notice
the other day,was that' of a man arrest-
ed upon the charge of carrying con-
cealed weapons. The Indian judge
demonstrated that the alleged culpril
could not force the entire revolver in
question into any of his pockets and
therefore dismissed the case. Although
the court’s reasoning was not based
on Blackstone and Kent, it was strict'
jy in accordance with the evidence.
A Rising Musician.
“Doesn’t Miss De Bang get up from
the piano gracefully?”
“Oh, yes; I am always so pleased
to see her do it.”—Philadelphia Bulle'
tin,,
Many propositions for erecting
another club house and hotel at
Rockport have been submitted to
the Aransas Pass railway officials,
but in deference to the promoters
of the Tarpon club Mr. E. J.
Martin, general freight and pas-
senger agent, did not think it
proper to entertain any until a
seasonable time should arrive,
when another could be built with-
out interfering with the one
already put into operation by
President Green and his asso-
ciates. •
Mr. Martin has always been
eager to improve and develop the
beautiful coast country tributary
to his road and has left nothing
undone to accomplish this end.
Row that everything is ready,
the promoters of the proposed
new club and hotel nouse enlisted
the approval of the San Antonio
and Aransas Pass officials; not
that this company is going into
the hotel and club business, but
it ia their intention to encourage
and aid, as far as practicable, the
new project.
A most elegant and beautiful
site has been selected. It over-
looks Aransas Pass bay and has
400 feet of water front.
The hotel will be shaped like
the half of a square, with main
part 365 feet front; the two wings
will be 125 feet long. The main
building will be three stories; con-
taining over 100 rooms, single and
vnx siifuc,•vnofMcAwnVo i/ELVtefjnA*
lors, ladies’ and gents’ billiard
rooms, etc., large and attractive
dining room, 12-foot wide gal-
leries will encircle the building.
Rooms will be lighted by elec-
tricity and steam heated. In short
the entire building and surround-
ings will be strictly “up to date”
in every particular.
The club house proper will be
separate from the main hotel
building and will occupy separate
pavilions over the bay.
Separate bathing pavilions for
ladies and gents will be erected.
Large turtle and fish pens will
be put into the bay, so that the
club members can always be sup-
plied with everything fresh.
A large dancing pavilion 100
feet in diameter will afford sport
to the “light hearted.”
The Rockport hotel and club
house will have an authorized
capital of $100,000, divided into
shares of $50 each. Fifty thous-
and dollars will be expended on
the buildings, furniture, etc.
Twenty-five thousand dollars will
be used in buying steam pleasure
boats, etc. The other $25,000
will be subject to call should any
additional improvements be re-
quired.
A prospectus giving a picture
of the buildings and its attractive
surroundings will be prepared
and the club will be organized at
once. It is the intention of those
in charge to have everything ready
for a grand opening this fall or
early winter.
President Green, in speaking of
the enterprise, said: “It will be
just the thing for our members.
Their families can be enjoying
themselves in the Rockport hotel
and club house while the men
folks are catching fish and amus-
ing themselves at our Tarpon
club. I will take membership,
And I am quite sure that our mem-
bers will do the same. It; will be
Stirring Letter.
Judge W. H. Eliiott of Texar-
kana is in receipt of a letter from
his son,Eugene,at Manila. Young
Elliott gives a stirrring account
of affairs in that far-off land, and
his letter contains many interest-
ing descriptions of the warfare
that is now being waged between
the Filipinos and the American
armies, Restates that one after-
noon he was attending the thea-
ter with some of the soldiers of
the Texas an 1 Minnesota regi-
ments, when the alarm of an at-
tack from the insurgents was
given. His companions quickly
made for the camps and went for-
ward with the regiment. Al-
though but a visitor himself, he
joined the boys and with a musket
loaned him by one of the officers,
he entered the fight. While the
conflict was on, the }roung man
states, he wounded a Filipino of-
ficer and wrested from him his
sword and scabbard, which the
commanding officer allowed El-
liott to keep. Elliott states that
the weapon is a beautiful gold-
mounted instrument, set with dia-
monds and worth $1000. While
a guest of the Minnesota regiment,
Elliott met Aguinaldo’s private
secretary, who is a prisoner in the
hands of the American forces. He
states that the fellow is a highly
educated man, speaks eight lan-
guages and performs beautifully
upon the piano. Young Elliott
is visiting the Philippine islands
as the representative of a moneyed
syndicate of Honolulu, and his
purpose is to establish a chain of
ice factories in the archipelago.
A German authority has recently an-
nounced the discovery of a tree in tne
forests of central India which has
most curious characteristics. The
leaves of the tree are of a highly sen-
sitive nature, and so full of electricity
that whoever touches one of them re-
ceives an electric shock. It has a
very singular effect upon a magnetic
needle, and will influence it at a dis-
tance of even 70 feet. The electrical
strength of the tree varies according
to the time of day, it being strongest
at midday and weakest at midnight.
In wet weather its powers disappear
altogether. Birds never approach the
tree, nor have insects ever been seen
upon it.
Let Him Who Wins It
This anecdote is related of the Aus-
trian emperor: A sentence had been
pronounced in a criminal court, and
the document was brought in to the
emperor for his signature. He had
just commenced writing his name
when a tear fell from his eye, blotting
out the letters. The emperor folded
the paper together and handed it to
his secretary, saying: “Tears wipe out
all guilt. I can not subscribe the judg-
ment. My name is obliterated; de-
stroy the paper and let the guilty one
live.”
Bed? the Palm*'
General Palmer, former gold demo-
cratic candidate for president, is pre-
paring a series of articles reminiscent
of Lincoln, with whom he was inti-
mate.
Praise unstinted is accord-
ed to all honorable victors,
whether in the din of war
or in the quiet paths of peace#
Hood's Sarsaparilla has won
thousands of victories over all
sorts of troubles of the blood,
and it is America's Greatest
Medicine, the best that money
can buy.
It possesses the exact combination
which purifies the blood and brings the
color of health to every cheek. It
never disappoints.
Scrofula—“ When three months old our
baby Roy was covered with itching and
burning scrofula sores. The best physicians
failed to relieve. Hood’s Sarsaparilla saved
his life as it made a permanent cure.” Mbs.
Lillie M. Fish, East Springport, Mich.
Erysipelas — “ A scrofulous condition
of my blood caused me to suffer from ery-
sipelas for 15 years. Physicians did not
even help, but Hood’s Sarsaparilla per-
manently cured this disease.” A. E. Smith,,
208 Court Ave., Jeffersonville, Ind.
Hood’s Pills cure liver ills; the non-irritating and
BBly cathartic- to take with Hood's Sarsaparilla.
Dentoii Rejoiced.
T_T o n,. „ ^jQwsI e y who,,
with Hon. R; Lee Ragsdale, has
been in Austin for the past six
weeks in the interest of Denton
normal bill,became a law,returned
to Denton. As a token of the ap-
preciation of his successful labors
he was met at the train by about
300 persons, escorted by a brass
band, which played all sorts of
complimentary tunes on his • arri-
val, closing the melodious music
with “Home, Sweet Home.”
Placing him in a carriage the
crowd and band escorted Mr.
Owsley to the square, where he
was received with shouts of ap-
proval. Senator Y. Terrill from
that district and Representatives
E. W. H. Shelburne of Denton
county, Savage of Montague and
other representatives who worked
for the bill were also being lauded
for their efforts.
Mayor Poe issued a notice for a
jollification meeting. Hons. A.
C. Owsley, R. Lee Ragsdale and
Emory C. Smith were among the
speakers.
The interest in the matter is
made greater by the fact that this
is the only state institution of any
kind in this part of Texas, south
and eastern Texas having hereto-
fore the greater part by far of the
state’s patronage.
Smart Cat.
Ex-Mayor Green of Sherman
owns a cat of which he is proud.
Several nights ago the animal,be-
ing outside the house and not rel-
ishing the chilly atmosphere with
which he was surrounded, mewed
unsuccessfully for admittance to
the fire. Finally Tom proceed-
ed to get between the wire
screen and front door, climbing
the latter until he reachod the
door bell, which he rang. The
door was opened and he was ad-
mitted.
*
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test and is honest about it can
tell you that, in many cases,the
MH&TL number of red corpuscles in the
blood is doubled afteT a course
of treatment with Dt. Williams’
Pink Pills for Pale People.
That this means good blood
may not be entirely clear from
the doctor's statement, but any
girl who has tried the pills can tell
you that it means Ted lips, bTight
eyes, good appetite, absence of
headache, and that it trans-
forms the pale and sallow girl
into a maiden who glows with
the beauty which perfect health
alone can give.
Mothers whose daughters
grow debilitated as they pass
From girlhood into womanhood
should* not
adapted foT this particular ill.
Frank B. Trout, of 103 Griswold Ave., Detroit, Mich., says: “At the
age of fourteen we had to take our daughter from school on account of ill
health. She weighed onlj* 90 pounds, was pale and sallow and the doctors
said she had anaemia. Finally we gave her Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills for
Pale People. When she had taken two boxes she was strong enough to
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An unknown man
dead near Bonham.
was found
H. & T. O. Special Rites.
WACO—B. Y. P. U., April 10 and 11;
$5 maximum rate. Limit April 14.
DENISON—G. A. R., April 19 and 20;
oue fare from stations 100 miles or
over from Denison. Limit April 25.
DALLAS—Grand Lodge K. of P.,
April 17 and morning of 18; $5 maxi-
mum rate. Limit April 21.
VICTORIA—T. P. A. annual conven-
tion, April 12; $5 maximum rate. Limit
April 1G.
FORT WORTH—United Benevolent
association, April 16; one fare rate
from stations over 100 miles from Fort
Worth. Limit April 21.
SAN ANTONIO—Lumbermen’s con-
vention. April 10; special low rates.
Limit April 14.
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Michael D. Wild lias been made sec-
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Western Railway, succeeding Edwarti
Bruce, and assistant secretary of the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, with
headquarters at No. 2 Wall st., New
York. For several years Mr. Wild has
held a very responsible position with
the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad in
Baltimore, and the change is a pro-
motion and recognition of his valuable
services.
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The Indian population of the United
States is 248,340. In 1492 they were
lords of the whole country; now they
have reserved for. them .114,490 square
miles. jj
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Habermacher, J. C. Shiner Gazette. (Shiner, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 46, Ed. 1 Wednesday, April 12, 1899, newspaper, April 12, 1899; Shiner, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1111144/m1/6/: accessed June 25, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Shiner Public Library.