The Fairfield Recorder. (Fairfield, Tex.), Vol. 23, No. 14, Ed. 1 Friday, December 30, 1898 Page: 1 of 8
eight pages : ill. ; page 22 x 15 in. Digitized from 35 mm. microfilm.View a full description of this newspaper.
Extracted Text
The following text was automatically extracted from the image on this page using optical character recognition software:
; *»*
• * •
J D Webb
/
/
r
■M
4
■W". O. PEERT, IProp.
JEP^TT TO THE LINE—LET THE CHIPS FALL WHERE THEY MAY’
SUB3CRIPTIOPT, 1 50
•»-1
It-
- ll
ice in
VOL. XXIII.
FAIBFfELD, FRKESTfXNE COUNTY, TEXAS, DECEMBER 30, 1898.
_______ ____l *-*»
NO. 14
Cj/RUPofK
THE EXCELLENCE OF SYRUP OF FIGS
is due not only to the originality and
simplicity of tha combination, but also
to the care and skill with which it is
manufactured by scientific processes
known to the California Fie Syrup
Oo. only, and we wish to impress upon
all the importanoe of purchasing the
true and original remedy. As the
genuine Syrup of Figs is manufactured
by the California Fig Strop Co.
only, a knowledge of that fact will
assist one in avoiding the worthless
imitations manufactured by other par-
ties. The high standing of the Cali-
fornia Fie Strop Co. with the medi-
cal profession, and the satisfaction
which the genuine Syrup of Figs lias
given to millions of families, makes
the name of the Company a guaranty
of the excellence of its remedy. It is*
far in advance of all other laxatives,
as it acts on the kidneys, liver and
bowels without irritating or weaken-
ing them, and it does not gripe nor
nauseate. In order to get its beneficial
effects, please remember the name of
the Company —
CALIFORNIA PIG SYRUP CO.
SAN FRANOJDSOe, M.
unmui. ir. new tom. *.»
General Directory Column.
r. A G. N. Pamienger Schedule.
- A POCKET FULL. OF CHINK.
I yearn ha a poet., and I'm trying mtglitj
hard
To be a top notch dreamor and a rent ait;
scraping bard.
I sneer at wealth and worldly things and call
them empty trash,
And say, “The gods forbid that I should ever
write for cash 1' ’ *
I'm doing everything 1 can to tune my claaslo
ear
Bo that the muses' whispers shall be all tha
sounds I hour.
And yet there oome those moments when
earth’s sweetest song, 1 think,
Is the bewitching jingle of a pocket fall of
chink.
Of course 1 And It pleasant just to soar around
and round
The brow of fair Olympus where poetic thomca
abound. -j
But, oh, to budding poota it would prove a
precious boon
If old Olymp would open up a good free lunch
saloon,
For while 1 feel that poetry la splendid In its
way,
I find I'm teally more In need of three square
meala a day.
I’d trade a thousand muses for my All of meat
and drink—
1 long to hear tha jingle of a pocket full of
ohlnk.
An inspiration's mighty Sue io stir the poet’s
breast,
But good oorned beef is better far for rounding
out the vest.
And while 1 yearn to let my thoughts In grses-
ful couplets troop
Buoh things are disappointing when a fellow
longs for soup.
I’d like to be the second cook In some real good
hotel, .
And my poetlo license I will very gladly sell
For two good dollars, round sod hard—I long
to hear them clink
And listen to the tnuaio of a pocket fall of
chink.
—Nixon Waterman in L. A. W. Bulletin
HER COMPLEX ACCENT. ' never once itirnea uieui to vhe joa-
---- [ tliug, noisy crowd that stood just
A Chicago Girl Whoso Way of Speaking 0&t|il49 the glass. There Were DO
English Must Be a Paulo.
People who are under the impres-
Trains Passing Buffalo.
North bound fl.OH a. m. 6:39 p.
South « 6:08 “ “ 9:46 “
Piuwlng Oakwood.
North bound 6:47 a. m. 7:17 p.
South
5:82
9)05
COURT DIRECTORY.
District Court, 18th Dlst.
L. B. Cobb............District Judge.
O. 0. Kirveu........District Attorney
- Meet* on the 6th Monday After the 1st
Monday in January, and on the6th Mon-
day »fter the last Monday in July.
Term limited to four wpeks.
COUNTY COURT.
Meets on the 1st Monday in January,
Ap-il.and July und on the 3d Monday
in Ootobnr.
H.B. Davis*............County Judge
B. M. Ed wards.......County Attorney.
iys be
COMMIS8IONKB8 OOUBT.
H.B. Davies. Co.. Judge, Presiding
W. H. Miller, Oommumionor Prec.fc#. 1
j. a. Wright, •• “ ;; 2
li. W. Durham “ " 3
R. Y. Chancellor, “ , “ “ 4
Meets ob the 2nd Monday in Februa-
May, August and November.
Countyofficers.
H. B. Davisa..........- County Judge.
R. M. Edward*.......Omroty Attorney.
0. B. Dnnagan...........County Clerk,
J. B. Robertson.......... District Clerk
H. H. Powell...................Sheriff.
A. P. Carter..............Tax Assessor.
W. R. T. Drumwright.... .TaxCollector.
T.J. Sims..................Treasurer.
T. Q. Blackmon......... Surveyor
• - - * ■ . - ■— .
JUSTICE COURTS.
Fairfield, Free. Nc. I
_eets the last Monday of every month.
John Terry....................Jnatioc
Watt Walker, ;_______Constable
tatioch, free. No. 2
Meets the 2nd Saturday in every month.
T. L. Jooksonf.................Justice
L. W. Pierce................Constable
Butler, Free. No. 8
Meets the lut Friday in every month
O. 0. Whitt...................Justice.
J. K. Bryan............ Constable
Rehebeth, Pree. Mo. 4 t
Meets on Friday before the 2nd Hatur-
iry month. —
Constat! e
« ilS
Commenting on the statement of
a naturalist that the dogs of Egypt
never barked, Ed Little said; “1
Cannot say from my own knowledge
that the dogs of Egypt do bark. I
do not remember that I ever heard
one of them give tongue. In fact,
the only Egjrptian dog of which I
have any recollection was a very
scrubby cur that took up his unin-
vited residence at tbe consulates.
One morning on reaching the office
ound this dog contentedly reeting
my deek. I called tbe servants
had them put him out. On the
next morning and the next I found
that dog in the same place. Every
time he was put out he went with a
sheerful wag of his tail, as much as
to say, ‘You will like me better
when you know me more, ’ and by
and by 1 became interested in bis
persistency. At last I told the serv-
snts to allow him to remain, and as
long as I staid in Cairo that cur
was a part >f the American consu-
late. No, 1 don’t think be ever saw
the pyramids."—Kansas City Jour-
nal. _
Th. Sam. Thing.
A Chinese philosopher has been
found in the kitchen of one of oar
western oollege presidents who
makes this distinction between the
orient and the Occident: “In China
the men boss the women; in Amer-
ica the women boes the men. ” “Do
I ‘boss’ President Blank I” inquired
Mine. President “No, you no boss
him,” rejoined the astute China-
man, “but he do what yon say I”-
Chicago Advance.
Engl lab QaMBl and UMd tneer.
The English queens have nearly
always been fond of good cheer
Queen Anne was no exception. She
wqtfcfcnd of holding profound culi-
nary discuHMons with her eook, and
English cbt-o^ry books still oontain
many dishes “after Queen Anne’s
fashion.’ ’
Consumption
Will SCOTT'S EMULSION
cure consumption ? Yes and
no. Will It cure every case ?
No. What cases will it cure
then ? Those in their earlier
stages, especially in young
people. We make no exag-
gerated claims, but we have
positive evidence that the
early use of
sion that accent betrays not only
the nationality but provincialism as
woll will perhaps be somewhat dis-
illusioned by reading the follow-
ing incident.
The experience is that of a Chi-
cago woman who made a trip to
New York a short while ago. Up
to the time of her visit to the east-
ern metropolis she supposed that
she spoke fairly good English. Bhe
read none but the best authors, and
as her friends were all numbered
among cultured people there really
seemed no reason why she should
not couch her sentiments in pure,
substantial Anglo-Saxon. Neither
did she affuct an accent. At least she
was not aware tbnt she did. After
arriving in New York, however,
she learned that sho not onlv had
an accent, but that it was a many
sided affair that was truly perplex-
ing.
She attended a reception one even
ing where literary and artistic peo-
ple predominated. The first jierson
she talked with was a man with a
bushy red heard and gold eyeglasses
“lam so ghid, madam,” he said
in th© course ot tho conversation,
“to know that you are from my
town. That Boston accent is hound
to betray tho speaker wherever it
may he heard.” (
The Chicago woman flashed him
one keen glance; then, seeing that
he was in earnest, she said:
. “I fear you have made a mistake
I am from Chioago.”
Soon after she bogftn talking to
an elderly woman,
“You are from Georgia, of
course,” said the older woman. “I
can always tell a Georgian any-
where. There is nobody on earth
who pronounces a’s and u’s like a
person born and bred in that state.”
And again was the Chicago woman
forced to proclaim the city of her
nativity.
Later a young man commented on
her accent “From Nova Scotia, of
course,” he said pleasantly. “1 hail
from there myself, and it’s a pleas-
ure to see some one who speaks aB
they do at home. The minute you
pronounced my name I knew you
were from my part of tho country.
Nobody else could eny it with just
that accent.” Again she gasped out
something about Chicago.
A half hour later another man
claimed her for a kindred spirit.
“I’ve been lonesome and out of
place tonight/’ he said. “Nobody
here from my section of the globe.
You’re the first person I’ve met all
evening that hails from west of the
Rocky mountains. The minute I
heard you speak I said, ‘Here’s a
woman from the far west’ We
never lose our ncoent, it seems,
wherever we may go.”
Just before tho reception ended
the suave young man who stood at
her side leaned forward and anid:
“I’ll drive over and see you some
day if you don’t mind.” .
“You’ll do whati”
“Drive over and see you. I’ll
wager we don’t live more than ten
milos apart. My home is in Robin-
son, W. Va., and yon cannot live
far away. An accent such as yours
and mine is never heard outside our
immediate vicinity.”
They were on their way home at
last.
“You’ll be apt to have a caller to-
morrow,” said her cousin. “That
yoting doctor from Montreal is anx-
ious to know you better. He feels
confident that you belong to his
city. He says he was attracted by
your accent from the very first.
He’s homesick and would like to
talk to some one from his native
town. I didn’t tell him any differ-
ent. You”—
But the young woman gasped
“Chicago” and fainted.—Chioago
Tribune. . ~
FREEDOM RESTORED.
marks of violence to be seen, but tbe
dull, pathetic eyes, the drooping
wings, the soiled white about .the
head and the ruffled feathers over
the body showed that the captive
had been in chains much longer
than it had been in the window.
One of the crowd in the street
was a sturdy young farmer who had
oome into town early that morning.
He had pushed his way to the front
and stood looking in silence for a
long time at the great, helpless bird.
He was sure he had seen it before.
It had been captured, bo learned
from what some of the crowd said,
in the country from which he hud
■pome. That settled it. It was the
I same bird.
He had seen 1t on the mountain
where he sometimes had hunted for
a stray sheep He knew the big pine
in the top of which it had its nest.
He had noted it soar majestically
and free about him as he worked in
the valley and had seen it eit mo-
tionless foi hours on tbe top of some
tall, distant ranpike. Now and then
be had bad a suspicion that it had
carried off an occasional lamb and
had more than once tried to shoot
the bird, but had never succeeded iu
getting near enough.
Tbe young farmer elbowed his
way along tbs window to the door
of the store. Then be went in.
“What d’ye want for that bird!”
he said. “I’d like to buy ’im.”
“Two dollars,” was the reply.
“Very well, I’ll take ’im.”
He paid over the money, and tbs
bird was handed out to him.
The crowd at the window watched
eagerly as the farmer came out with
the big eagle under his arm and
went straight across the street tq
where a ladder leaned against a bill-
board that was some 10 or 13 feet
high. At the foot of the ladder he
stopped and took tho chain from the
|prd’s leg. Then be went slowly up
and placed his old friend—or enemy,
he was not sure which, but no dif-
ference—on the top of the billboard
and came down.
The great bird had been a prison-
er so long that it seemed for a time
to have forgotten how to be free. It
sat for awhile as it had sat in the
window, but gradually it came to it-
self. It lifted first one drooping wing
and tucked it closely to its side, then
the other. It raised itself slowly to
its full height and stretched out its
great head toward the sky. The
dullness went ont of the eyes and a
fierce new light flashed in; then,
nervotisly stretching out its huge
pinions on either side and taking a
step or two forward, it rose with a
hoarse scream and swept out toward
the sun.
A burst of applause from the
crowd met the farmer as he recross-
ed tbe street.
“1 had seen him on the moun-
tain,:’ he said, “an I couldn’t hear
to see him them ” He pointed to
the window, then in a moment he
was gone.—The Whittier.
Royal
y Absolutely 'Pure
Baking
Powder
Absolutely 'Pure
Makes the food more delicious and wholesome
NOVAE IfrKINO FQWQgR CO-, NgW YORK.
DEFICIT KEEPS UP.
Bat Tor the Railroad Sales Bonds Would
Huso to Bo Issued.
Defender* of the Dingley tariff are
oalling attention to the tact that the
January export* were $0,000,000 iu ex-
cess of those for the corresponding
month la*t year under tbe Wilson law.
It is to be observed, however, that tbe
friend* of Dingley’* bill are careful net
to explain that during last January
there was au increase of export!) in two
Of the great, food products of thi* Coun-
try umounting to $11,000,000.
It would be quite consistent for tbe
Republican* to claim that tho famine in
Europe wn* a result of tbe Dingley tar-
iff. Indeed that sort of au argument
was made when wheat went to $1 a
bushel. Upon such a claim a* that the
result for an increase of $0,000,000 ex-
ports for January last must rest. As a
matter of fact, tha Dingley tariff is go-
ing right on produo ing a deficit, and
during the last ten days tbe government'
has fallen behind to tbe extent of about
$1,000,000 a day.
In referring to tble matter the New
York World ebowe that the receipts for
ten daye in February were: “From cus-
toms, $6,848,068.07; International rev-
enue, $4,116,103.13, and miscellaneous
sources. $630,748.86; total, $10,578,-
080.14. Tbe expenditure* were: For
pensions, $6,906,000; war and navy,
$3,800,000; civil and miscellaneous,
$9,668,000, and Indiana and interest,
•1,478,000s total, $10,681,000.” Un-
der these oiroumatanoea it would seem
to be a part of discretion far Dingley
defenders to remain silent. An increase
of exports by « food famine is not oredi-j
ble to the tariff, and a deficit of about
$1,000,000 a day cannot be made good'
by foolish and ungrounded claims.
- M’KIN LEY PROSPERITY.
Can You Pronounce Then* Words?
The following paragraph contains
exactly 100 words, and if you wieh
to have a little ^pleasurable excite-
ment you will find it comparatively
safe to offer almost any one $16 or
$20—that is to say, 15 or 20 cents a
word for eaoh word in the paragraph
if he will promise to pay you $1 for
each of its words that he fails to
pronounce correctly:
“Cleopatra, Isolated in the oasis,
soon became occlimatetl and had
ample leisure to contemplate all toe
economic details of her inextricable
sword. The wound resisted the al-
lopathic misogynist, who gave a
courteous diagnosis and humbly
craved precedence for a tiny idyl in
the form of a vase with an aesthetic,
acoustic apparatus. This told the
news like a book, but it might have
been a dog living in squalor, from
tbe look she launched at him when
he wrote down his address. She ate
with a national expert in append)*
—Criterion.
Thera Appear to Be Some People whom
It Baa Not Yet Beaehed.
The majority of tbe New Bedford cot-
ton mills have been dividing annually
from 10 to 16 per cent dividends on
their capital, and they have been pay-
ing their workmen—men having fam-
ilies to support—wages of from $4 to
$6 a week. The manufacturer* complain
that their profits have been reduced by
southern competition. The establish-
ment of ootton factories in tbe south
and the employment in them at oheap
negro labor have enabled tbe latter to
undersell the New Fnglanders, whoso
operatives are mainly native Americans
and French - Cnuad ians.
Tbe state of Massachusetts in the year
1806 was more prosperous in its maim
factoring interests than now. But it
was aroused- by the promise of eveu
more prosperity sbould William McKin-
ley be ohosea president, and it gave Mc-
Kinley about three votes for every one
for Bryan, Democrat. There appear to
ba some of the peoplo of that state, how-
ever, whom tbe promised prosperity has
not yet reached. —New York New*
Job* Will Snarcely U*.
Senator John M. Thurston of Nebras-
ka addressing a Republican club, de-
clares that tbe trusts must be driven ont
of the Republican party or that organi-
sation would lose tbe next congress.
Senator Thurston is tbs general coun-
sel in Nebraska for all of C. P. Hunt-
ington Paoiflo railroads. The senator
will hardly be considered a good driver.
—Atlanta Journal.
Th« Dm Mtorler Girl.
Bam Weller, if you recollect, was
fond of “pootiness aud wirtue. ” I
bo agree with him. I adore thorn
both, especially in women und chil-
dren. I only wish that the “wir-
tue” was as easy to draw an the
“pootiness. ”
But indeed for me—speaking as
anartist and also perh.tpsn little bit
as a n^mi—“pootiness” is almost a
“wirtue” in itHelf. I don’t think I
shall ever weary of trying to depict
it, from its dawn in the toddling in-
fant to its decline and setting and
long twilight in the beautiful old
woman who has known how to
gr$w old gradually. I like to sur-
round it with chivalrous and stal-
wart manhood, and it is n standing
grievanoetomethatl have to clothe
all this masculine escort in coat»
end trousers and chimney pot hats;
worts than all, in the evening dresw
of the period—that I cannot sur-
round my divinity with s guard of
honor more worthily arrayed.
Thus of all my Uttle piebald pup-
pets tbe one I value tbe most is my
pretty woman. 1 am as food of her
as Leech was of his, of whom, by
the way, she is tbe grandds rgbter.
This is not srtistie vanity; it is pure-
paternal affection sod by do means-
prevents me from seeing her faults..
It only prevents me from seeing
them as clearly as you do.
Will nay pretty woman ever be all
I wish her to be., all sho aught to
bet I fear not.—George D$ Kaurier
in Harper's Magaxine.
—--■-
tnjr Math Alive. .{
“It strikes us,” says the Washington
Post, “that those emiuent Mugwumps
and cuckoos who are trying to rnako
themselves believe that Mr. Bryan is »
dead issue will do well to take ears!::,
note of tbe manner in ^tjich tbe people
receive him everywhere along the rout*
of bis present journey.” If tbis is simnd
at Editor Merrick himself, it is a biff
below tbe belt.
Treats end Green Che
Before tbe American Paper and Pulp
association a paper was read on “Com-
bination of Capital In Relation to Na-
tional Prosperity,” iu which it was
learnedly pointed out that trusts are not
nearly half so bad as they ore painted.
We suggest that the same writer pre-
pare a paper on “Scientific Research os
Throwing Light on Green Cheese as a
Component Part of tha Moon. ’’—New
York Herald.
Awarded
Highest Honors—World’s Fair.
Red ud Dark Hair.
Dark hair and complexion in race*
as well as in individuals signify
strength. Dark skinned races ur»
always behind the lighter hued peo-
ples in fine civilisation because tho
! physical predominates among them
' to the exclusion of the mental.
Coarse rod hsir indicates marvsloua
physical endurance.
Notice Of Application To The Legisla-
ture Fer Local Or Special Law.
Notice ie hereby given, as re-
quired by the Constitution mid
Statutes of tbe State of Texas, tha*
tbe Houston A Texas Central Rail-
road Company intends to apply to j
tbe Twenty-sixth Legislature of
Texas, at its Brat regular session,
for a local or special law, or laws,
authorizing it to purchase, own,
maintain and operate as parts of
its lines of’railroad, the'railroad
and all the property, franchises
and appurtenances of the Central 1
Texas A Northwestern Railway
Company, extending from Garrett
to Waxabacbie, in Ellis County; of I
the Fort Worth A New Orleans*'
Railway Company, extending from
Waxahachie, iu Ellis County, toj
Fort Woitb,. in Tarrant County/
the Lancaster Tap Railroad ex-f
tending from Hutchins to Lan-j
castir, in Dallas Oouuty; of the
Austin A Northwestern Railroad 1
Company, extending from Austin,
iu Travis County, to Llano, in
Llano County; ana of the Granite
Mouutaiu A Marble Falls City I
Railroad Company, in Burnett I
County, Texas, or either of them,]
and autboriziug said companies, I
nod each or either of them, to sell ]
their respective railroads, fr
cbiaes aud appurteusnees to 1
Houston A Texas Central Rnilr
Company, and to authorize u_,
Houston A Texas Central Railroad
Company to increase tbe aggregate]
of ita bonds and stock to an]
of
or j
to reg-
■ -r
Upcoming Pages
Here’s what’s next.
Search Inside
This issue can be searched. Note: Results may vary based on the legibility of text within the document.
Tools / Downloads
Get a copy of this page or view the extracted text.
Citing and Sharing
Basic information for referencing this web page. We also provide extended guidance on usage rights, references, copying or embedding.
Reference the current page of this Newspaper.
Kirgan, Lee. The Fairfield Recorder. (Fairfield, Tex.), Vol. 23, No. 14, Ed. 1 Friday, December 30, 1898, newspaper, December 30, 1898; Fairfield, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1126505/m1/1/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Fairfield Library.