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THE CHRONICLE.
WILLS POINT, . . - TEXAS.
PUBLISHED KVKKY THURSDAY. .
R. E. Yantla, Editor and Proprietor.
THURSDAY, MAY, 24, 1888.
LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT.
REV. DR. TALMAGE’S DISCOURSE AT
THE BROOKLYN TABERNACLE.
Trouble Dmlopt oad Inoblo Chare®-
•ev—‘TO. Beauty of Dalklarlat Mud-
Chip—A rub Wkteb lUrtl Dorkljr
Often Bod. Uj.
BBOOKL.TR, May 80.—The opening
hymn at the Tabs mania aorrloo today
bagtna with the woidai
Moca lora to thee, O Christ,
Mora lor* to Mm
After making a running commentary
cn tome natragne of Scripture the Hot. T.
Da Witt Talmage, D. D., took the test:
“And the wont, and came, and gleaned
In the field after the reapers: and her
ban waa to light on a part of the field
belonging onto Boat, who wee of the
kindred of EUmelech." Bath 11, 8. He
preeohed from these wards the following
poor '
that
The time that Ruth and Naomi arrived
at Bethlehem ia harvest time. It waa the
ouatom when a sheaf fell from a load In
harvest field for the reapers to refuse to
gather It up: that waa to be left far the
who might happen to come along
way. If there were handfuls of
grain scattered across the field after the
main harVERrhnd bean reaped, Instead of
raking It, as tanner* do now. it wee, by
the custom of the land, left in Its place,
no that the poor, ooming along that way,
might glean it and get their breed. But,
you say; “What is the use of all these
harvest fields to Ruth and Naomi?
Naomi is too old and feeble to go out
and toil In the sun; and oan you expect
that Ruth, the young and the beautiful,
ahould tan her cheeks and blister her
hands In the harvest field?"
Boas owns a large farm, and ha goes
out to see the reapers gather in the grain.
YVenlng there, right behind the swarthy,
asm browned reopen, he beholds a
beautiful woman gleaning—a woman
more fit to bend to a harp or ait upon a
throne than to stoop among the sheaves.
Ah, that was an eventful dayl
It was love at first eight Boas forms
an attachment for the womanly gleaner
—an attachment full of undying interest
to the Churoh of God in all ages; while
Ruth, with an ephah, or nearly a bushel
of barley, goes home to Naomi to tell her
the successes and adventures of the day.
That Ruth, who left her native land of
Moeb in darkness, and traveled through
an undying affection for her mother-in-
law. in the harvest field of Boax, is affi-
anced to one of the beet families in Ju-
dah, and beoomea in after time the an-
oastraaeof Jesus Christ the Lord of glory.
Out of ao dark a night did there ever
dawn so bright a morning?
1 learn in the first place from this sub-
ject how trouble develops character. It
waa bereavement poverty and exile that
developed, Ulastrated and announced to
all ages the snMlmity of Ruth’s charac-
ter. That la a very unfortunate man
who has do trouble. It was sorrow that
made John Bunyan the better dreamer,
and Dr. Young the better poet and
O’Connell the better orator, and Bishop
Had the better preacher, and Havelock
the better soldier, and Kitto the -better
encyclopaedist and Roth the better
daughter-in-law.
1 once asked an aged man in regard to
his pester, who was a very brilliant man:
“Why is it that your pastor, so vary bril-
liant teems to have eo little heart and
tenderness in his sermons?" "Well,” be
replied, "the reason is our pastor hat
never had any trouble. When misfortune
oomss upon him hie style will be differ-
ent." After a while the Lard took a
child out of that pastor’s house; and
though the preacher was just as brilliant
m he was before, oh the warmth, the
tend situs* of his dieoonnee. The fact is
that trouble is a great educator. You
am sometimes a musician sit down at an
Instrument, and bis execution is cold and
formal and unfeeling. The reason ia that
all Iris Ufa ha has been prospered. But
let misfortune or bereavement come to
that man, and he aits down at an instru-
ment, and you diaoover the pathos in-tbo
first sweep of the keys.
Misfortune and trials are great educa-
tors. A young dootor comes into a sick
room where there is a dying child. Per-
haps he is very rough In his prescription,
and very rough in hie manner, and rough
in the feeling of the pulse, and rough in
his answer to the mother’s anxious ques-
tion; hot years roll on. and there bad
been one dead In his oWn house; and now
ha oomea into the sick room, and with
tearful aye he looks at tha dying child,
and ha says: “Oh, how
adneator. Borrow, 1 see ita touch in the
grandest painting; I hear Its tremor in
the sweetest song; 1 feel Its power in the
mightiest argument
Grecian mythology said that tha feun-
taln of Uippocrene waa struck oat by the
foot of the winged horse Pegasus. I have
often noticed in life that the brightest
and most beautiful fountains of Christian
comfort and spiritual life have been
struck out by the iron shod hoof of disss-
ter and calamity. I aee Daniel’s courage
bast by the flash of Nebuchadnezzar’*
furnace, bees Paul's pro wees best when
I find him on the foundering ship under
the glare of the lightning in the breakers
of Uelite. Ood crown* his children amid
the howling of u UU beasts and tha chop-
ping of blood splashed guillotine and Die
crackling fires of martyrdom. It took
tha persecutions of Marcus Aurelius to
develop Polycarp and Justin Martyr. It
took the world's anathema to develop
Martin Luther. -Jt took all tha hostilities
against the Scotch Covenanters and tha
fury of Lord Claverhouse to develop
James Ren wick, and Andrew Melville,
and H
sea, and tbs Deoember blast, and the
denotata Naw England ooast, and the
star whoop of savages to show forth the
prowess of the Pilgrim Father*.
Wlm> amid Uwsumns they sang,
Aod tbs stats Beard, sod ths eea;
And tha sounding alelee at thn dtm wood
Rang to tbs ontOsmo of the fraa
It took all our past national distresses
np
where It
id Hugh McKaiL, tha glorious martyrs
I Scotch history. It took the stormy
ir past
to lift up our nation on that high career
will march along after the
foreign aristocracies that have mocked
and th* tyrannies that have jeered, shall
be swept down under the omnipotent
wrath of Ood. who hates despotism, and
who, bjf tha strength of hk own red
right arm, will make all men free. And
eo it is Individually, aad In tha family,
and In the church, and In the world, thnt
through darkness and storm and trouble
men. women," churches, natira* are da
valoved.
HL Anin, I see in my text the beanty
of unfaltering friendship.' I suppose
there were plenty of friends for Naomi
while the was u prosperity, but of ell
her acquaintances, bow many were witl-
ing to trudge off with her toward Judah,
when ahe had to make that looaly jour
nay? On*—tha heroin* of my taxi. One
—absolutely one. I suppose when
Naomi's husband was living, and they
had plenty of money, and all thing* went
well, they had a great many callers; but
after bar husband died,
property went, and she rot old
IB; aha was not troubled vary
Oh. these beautiful sunflowers that
spread out their oolor In the morning
hour! but are always asleep when the
sun is going down! Job had plenty of
friends when be eras the richest man in
Us; but whan hie property want and the
triale oame, then there war* non* so
much that pestered aa Ktlpham the Toma
nits, end Bildad th* Bhuhne, and Zophor
the Naamathlt*.
lift often eaama to be a mere game,
where the suooeaefuJ player pulls down
all th* other men into hie own lap. Lat
arias about a 0000*8 character
be beocmes like a bank In a panto,
and all tha Imputation* rush on him and
break down in a day that oharaoter
which In due time would have had
strength to defend itself. There are rep-
utations that have been half a oentury
in building, which go down under some
moral axposure, as a vast temple Is con-
sumed by the touch of a sulphurous
A bog oan uproot a oentury
suspicions
and be be
In this world, ao full of heartleasneas
id hypoorisy, how thrilling It is to find
some friend as faithful In days of adver-
sity as in the day* of prosperity. David
had such a friend In Huahai; the Jews
hod such a friend In Mordecai, who never
forgot their oauae; Paul had suoh a friend
In Onertphoraa, who visited him in Jail;
Christ had suoh In the Marys, who ad-
hered to him on the oroee; Naomi had
such a cos In Ruth, who cried out: “En-
treat me not to leave thee, or to return
from following after thee;for whither thou
goest, I will go; and where thou lodgest,
I will lodge; thy people shall be my peo-
ple, and thy God, my Ood; where thou
diest will I die, and there will I be buried:
the Lord do so to me, and more also, if
aught but death part thee and me."
HI. Again: I learn from this subject
that path* which open in hardship and
darkness often oome out In plooee of joy.
When Ruth started from Moob toward
Jeruralem, to go along with bar mother-
in-law, I suppose the people mid: "Oh,
loaUan on
spoor
old woman toward the land of Judah I
what a fi
her father’s bones, to gp
createre to go away from
off '
! with a i
They won’t live to get across the desert.
They will be drowned In the see, or the
sc kola of the wilderness will destroy
hem.” It was a very dark morning
when Ruth started off with Naomi; but
behold her in my text in the harvest
field of Boob, to be affianced to one Of
the lords of the land, and beoome one of
the grandmothore of Jesus Christ, the
Lord of glory. And so It often is that a
th which starts very darkly ends very
path whk
nightly.
When '
you started out for heaven, oh,
how dark was the hour of conviction—
how Sinai thundered, and devils tor-
mented, and tha darkness thiokenedl
All the sins of your life pounoed upon
you, and it was the darkest hour you
ever saw when you first found out your
sins. After a while you went Into the
harvest field of God’s meroy; you began
to glean in the fields of divine promise,
and you had more sheaves than youoould
carry, as the voice of God addressed you,
saying: "Blessed ia the man whose
transgressions are forgiven, and whose
sins are oovered.” A vary dark start-
ing In conviction, a very bright ending
In the pardon and the hope and the
triumph of the Gospel I
8a, very often In our worldly business
or in our spiritual career, we start off on
a very dark path. We must go. The
may shrink book, but there is a
voice within, or a voice from above; say
‘You must go;" and w* have to
the gall, and we have to carry the
oroee, and we have to traverse the desert,
and we are pounded and flailed of mis-
representation and abuse, and we have to
urge our way through ten thousand ob-
stacle* that must he slain by our own
right arm. We have to ford the river,
we have to climb the mountain, we have
to storm the ogaUe. but, blest be God, the
day of rest and reward will oome. On
the tip top of the captured battlements
we shat) shout the victory; if not In this
that world where them is
no gall to drink, no burdens to carry, no
battles to fight How do I know Itt
Know it! I knew it because Ood mys ao:
They shall hunger no more; neither
thirst any more, neither shall the sun
light on them, nor any heat far the
Lamb which Is In the midst of the throne
shall lead them to living fountains of
water, and God shall wipe all tears from
their eyes ’’
It was very hard for Noah to endure
the seofflng of the people in his day
while be was trying to build the ark, and
was every morning quizzed about his old
boat that would never be of any practi-
cal am; hut when the deluge came, and
the tope of the mountains disappeared
like tbs backs of sea monsters, and the
elements, lashed up in fury, clapped
their hands over a drowned world, then
Noah ia the ark rejoiced In his own
safety and In the safety of his family,
and looked out on the wreck of a rained
denied
than tha
ai sea against sue rwt, sue surges
st’s anguish beat against the cates
lity, to be echoed back by all th*
i of heaven and all the dungeons
Christ, hounded of persecutors,
a pillow, worse maltreated thi
(h^evm on either elds of the arose, human
hat* smacking Its lip* In satisfaction
after it bad been draining his last drop
of blood, the sheeted dead -
the mpUt^bm at his
Tell me, 0 Oethaemnne and Golgo-
tha! were there ever darker times
than thorn? Like th* booming of th*
midnight see against the rock, the surges
of Christ’s an *
of eternii
thrones of heaven and all the dungeons
of belt But the day of reward domes
for Christ; all the pomp and dominion of
this world are to be hung on hie throne,
uncrowned beads are to bow before him
on whose head are many arowaa, and all
the oelestial worship ia to oome up at his
feet, Uke the humming of the forest, Uke
the rushing of the waters, Uka th* thun-
dering of the seas, while all heaven, ris-
ing on their thrones, bant time with their
omnipotent reigneth! Hallelujah,
kingdoms of this world have beoome the
kingdoms of our Lord Jeans Christ I"
That song of lora, bow lew and (hr,
Bra long shall swell tram assr to start
That light, th* brassing day which Ups
Th# golden nptrad Apocalypse.
IV. Again: I learn from my subject
that event* which seem to be most insig-
nificant may be momentous. Ckn you
imagine anything more unimportant than
tha ooming of a poor woman from Moab
to Judah? Can you Imagine anything
more trivial than the fact that this Ruth
just happened to alight—as they say—
just happened to alight on that field of
Boas? Yet all ages, all generations have
an interest in th* fact that she was to be-
come an anoastor of th* Lord Jesus
Christ, and aU nation* and kingdom*
most look at that one little incident with
a thrill of unspeakable and eternal satis-
faction. Bo it la in your history and in
mins: events that you thought of no Im-
portance at aU hat* been of very greet
moment. That casual conversation, that
aooidantal meeting you did not think of
it again for a long while; hut how It
changed all the phase of your life!
It seemed to be of no Importance that
Jubal invented rude Instruments of
music, calling them harp and organ; but
they were the introduction of all the
world’s minstrelsy; and as you hear tbs
vibration of a stringed instrument, given
after tbs fingers have bean taken away
from It, so all motto now of lute and
drum and oornst Is only the long con-
tinued strain* of Jubal’* harp and JubaPe
organ. It seemed to be a matter of very
little tmportanoe that Tubal fhifa Imrned
the use* of copper end Iran; but that
rude foundry of ancient days has Its
echo in the rattle of Birmingham ma-
chinery, and th* roar and bang of fiee-
tories on th* Marrimao.
It teemed to be a matter of no Import-
ance that Luther found • Bitkin a
monastery; but aa be opened that Bible,
•nd the brass hound lid* fail book, they
the rustling or tne wormea leaves wee
th* sound of th* wing* of the angel of
th* Reformation. It seemed to be a mat-
ter of no Importance that a woman,
whose name hm been forgotten, dropped
a tract In th* way of a very bad man by
th* name of Richard Baxter. He nicked
up the tract and read lL and It whs the
means of his salvation.
In after day* that man wrote a book
Th* Cal to tha Unoonverted,"
that was the means of bringing a multi-
tude to God, among others Philip Dod-
dridge. Philip Doddridge wrote a book
called "The Rise and Progress 'of Re-
ligion." which lias brought thousands
and tana of thousands into ilia kingdom
of God, and among others -the great
Wilberforoe. Wilbarforce wrote a book
•A Practical View of Christian-
ity, ” which was th* means of bringing a
great multitude to Christ, among others
Legh Rlolnnond. Legh Richmond wrote
a tract called "The Dairyman’■ Daugh-
ter " which has been tha means of the
salvation of unoonverted multitudes. And
that tide of influence started from tin-
fact that on* Christian woman dropped
a Christian tract in the way of
Richard Baxter—the tide of influence
rolling on through Richard Baxter,
through Philip Doddridge, through the
great Wilberforce, through Legh Rich-
mond, on, on, on, forever. So the in-
significant events of this world seem,
after all, to be meet momentous The
fact that you came up that street
or this street seemed to be of
no Importance to you, and the fact
that you went inside of some church
may seem to be a matter of very great
inaignifloanoe to you, but you will find
It the turning point of your history.
V. Again: I eee in rny subject on II
lustration of the beauty of female in-
dustry.
Behold Ruth toiling In the harvest
field under the hot sun, or at noon tak-
ing plain bread with the reapers, or eat-
ing the porobqd oorn which Boos handed
to her. The customs of society, of oourse,
have changed, ,«nd without the hard
sbipe and exposure to which Ruth waa
subjected every intelligent woman will
find something to da
1 know there k a sickly sentimentality
on this subject. In some families there
are persons of no practical servioe to the
household or community; and though
there are so many woes all around about
them in th* world, they spend their time
languishing over a new pattern, or burst-
ing into tears at midnight over tha story
of soma lover who shot himself! They
would not deign to look at Ruth oarrylng
back tha barley on her way horns to har
mother-in-law Naomi. All this fastidi-
ousness may seem to do very well while
they are under tha shelter of their father’s
house; but when the sharp winter of
misfortune oomea. what of these butter-
misfortune oomea. wbat of these butter-
flies? Persons under indulgent parentage
may get upon themselves habits of indo-
lence; but when they oome out into prac-
tical life their soul will reooil with dis-
gust and chagrin. They will [feel In
their hearts what the poet eo severely
satirized when he said;
Folks are so awkward, things so Impolite,
Thar*re elegantly pslnsd from morning until
night
Through that gate of Indolence how
many men and women have marched,
useless on -earth, to a destroyed eternity I
Spinola said to Sir Horace Vorei "Of
what did your brother die?" “Of hav-
ing nothing to do," was the answer,
"Ah,” said Spinola, “that’s enough to
kill any general of us." Ohi oan it be
possible in this world, where there Is so
much suffering to be alleviated, to much
darkness to be enlightened, and so many
burdens to be oarrieil, that titers k any
person who cannot And anything to dot
Mm*. de Stael did a world of work In
her time; and one day while she was
seated amid Instruments of music, all of
which she had mastered, and amid man-
uscript books which she had written,
some one said to her: "How do yon find
time to attend to all these things?"
"Oh," eh* replied, "these are not the
things I am proud of. My chief boast is
In the fact that I have seventeen trades,
by any one of which I could make a
livelihood if neoeesary." And If In eeo-
ular sphere* there is so much to be done.
In spiritual work how vast the field! We
waht more Abigails, more Hannahs,
more Rebeccas, more Marys, more De
berahs consecrated—body, mind, soul -
to the Lord who bought them.
VL Onoe more: I learn from my sub-
ject the value of gleaning.
Ruth, going into that harvest field,
might have said: “There 1s a straw, and
there is a straw but what is a straw? I
can’t get any barley for myself or my
mother-in-law out of these separate
straw*" Not so, beautiful Ruth. She
gathered two' straws, and she put them
together, and more straws, until she got
enough to make a sheaf. Putting that
down, she went and gathered more
straws until she had another sheaf, and
another, and another, and another, and
then ahe brought them all together, and
she threshed them out, and she had an
ephah of barky, nigh a bushel. Oh,
that wa might all be gleaners I
Elihu Bur-rift learned many things
while toiling In a blacksmith’s shop.
in hi a, tire world renowned phi-
-, was a philosopher in Scotland,
and he got his philosophy, or the chief
part of it, while, as a physician, he was
waiting for the door of the sick room to
open. Yet how many there are in this
day who say they are eo busy they have
no time for mental or spiritual improve-
ment; the great duties of life cross the
field like strong reapers, and carry off all
the hours, and there is only here and
there a fragment left that is not worth
gleaning. Ah, my friends, you oould go
Into the busiest day and busiest week of
your life and find golden opportunities,
which, gathered, might at least make a
whole sheaf for the Yard's garner. It is
the stray
ird's garner.
Ities and the, stray
out, Still at lost fill
gather and beaten <
you with abounding joy.
There are a few moments left worth
the gleaning. Now, Ruth, to the field I
May each one have a measure full and
running over! Oh, you gleaners, to the
fieldl And if there he in your household
an aged one or a sick relative that ia not
strong enough to oome forth and toil In
this field, then let Ruth take home to
feeble Naomi this sheaf of gleaning: "He
that gosth forth and weepeth, bearing
precious seed, shall doubtless oomo again
with rejoicing, bringing his sheaves with
him. ” May The Lord Ood of Ruth and
Naomi be our portion forever!
BITS OP GOOD READING.
k to have street oars just
like any modern city.
On* of the young Indians In the school
el Carlisle, Pa., has sent home a descrip-
tion of the “ear gloves" he has seen pale-
faces wearing.
Th* Pall Mall Oaaett* says that “It be-
comes more end more palpable every
day to the careful observer that the posi-
tion at the osar in European politics is
becoming more and more dominant." ■
An Indian elephant lately acquired at
Central Park, New York, k nine feet
high, though quit* young, and bids fair
to outgrow Jumbo: It dally oonsnlne*
about two and one-half trusses of hay and
300 pounds of vegetables, washed down
with eighty gallons of water.
Th* proposed schedule for taxing
British horses and carriages a this: For
every hone, El; every race horse, fiS;
every hone dealer, BIS; two whorl carta,
S shilling*; four wheel carts, 10 shillings,
and for carts weighing mere than half a
ton, 115a.
It was fortunate in th* oaa* of triplets,
bora lately la Pekin, that they were girls.
Had they been all hoys, under th# laws
of th* empire they would have bean be-
headed, as thsre la a tradition that on* of
three awfe. nhflfren trill laved* aad at
(snips to overthrow the government.
Th* United States supreme court has
sustained th* validity of the law
making railroad companies responsible in
damages for Injuries to their employe*
trowing out of the negllgenoe or oare-
eesness of fallow employee. This b con-
trary to the common law rule, and th*
ruling will In good time have most salu-
tary result*.
Just now th* ruling “fad" In Parisian
society k a mania for medical and sur-
gical curiosities. Tha scenes of the dead
bouse, th* dissecting room and the sur-
d theatre, all matters of purely pro-
—tonal interest, have beoome tlie speo-
tacie of tha hour and the twin diversion
with social small talk. This Is due, no
doubt, to the diseased realism In the
world of fiction where Zola and his imi-
tators rule.
The Rev. W. Norton, at a hunting din-
ner In Hertfonhire, said that the clergy
lately had rather abandoned the hunt-
ing field, because they were shy of
the publio. He thought that sermons
would be improved if preachers could
have a gallop with the hounds twloe a
week, end If the late bishop of Winches-
ter had not hesitated to attend the hunt-
ing field he would not have been killed
by galloping on the highway. It was
not only the school for good riding, but
the school for good manners.
Fashion lias declared in favor of low
ceilings at home, {t hoe been decided
that it it very difficult to furnish a high
ceiled room eo that It shall look cosy and
inviting- In fact, fashion doesn't be-
lieve that a room with a high ceiling can
be properly handled at rtL In view of
those discoveries, it is growing customary
to put in false ceilings of canvas at a
height of about nine feet from the floor.
Then the canvas is treated with fresco-
ing, or tinting,-or paneling, with light
gilt work, as the decorator pleases.
BY
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Ths Vstsrlnurjr Sin-goon's Work.
Great Improvement lias been mode It.
the medical and surgical treatment of
the horse in the past few years. ...The
treatment it more scientific In every re-
spect The veterinary surgeon nowa-
days must possess a thorough educatiou
and be posted in as many branches as a
' yrician- His calling requires him to
particularly sensitive and alert, for lie
is treating a dumb animal whose mani-
festations of pain . ore difficult to moke
out The result of all this is that the
sick or injured bone gets nearly os care-
ful and minute treatment as the tick or
injured man. Fractured bones are often
reset and even amputation has been per-
formed for special purposes. Let the
horse injure its leg or foot and the mem-
ber Is done up in a sling as tenderly and
carefully as though it belonged to a hu-
man being.-—New York Mall and Ex
proas.
■elsellfls Study of Crime.
Criminal biology is a new development
ot science, but one of eminent value.
The New York Academy of Anthropology
sends out the following questions: 1.
What categories of criminals may we
distinguish? And what are the funda-
mental characteristics, physical and
psychical, which they display? 9. Is
there a general bicepsthologicol constitu
lion which predisposes ita subject to the
commission of crime? How does it orig-
inate, and what form does it assume?
8. What is the proper olosrtfication of
human actions, based on the affections
which give rise to them? What effect
doos the education of the moral nature
have upon the passions, and indirectly
upon crime? 4. Does the number of
suicides stand h) inverse ratio to the
number of homicides? S. Epilepsy and
moral insanity in prisons and insane
asylums. 8. Malingering among the in-
sauo. 7. The utility of a museum of
criminal anthropology. 8. The influence
of atmospheric and economic conditions
on crime in America. These questions
are followed by others under the title of
criminal sociology. “We cannot too
highly value the method Of Study of
crime which begins with the study of the
criminal himself. ’1 —Globe-Democrat.
' . Th# D*th Dooms of Paris.
The manner of bathing Is considered a
luxury, and the public bath houses are
the most used by people in moderate cir-
cumstances. These hath houses are to be
found on every other block, and there ore
first, second and third clues ones, so there
is np excuso for- uncleanlinees In Paris.
They are always very nicely kept, and
the service is excellent A bower of
palms and flowers greets you as you
enter, and the whole appearance of the
place is inviting. In the first class retain
bailment* the waiting rooms and bath
rooms are very handsome. You take
your hath tiOket at the door for a plain
or bran hath with towels; a peignoir is
always extra, and ao is the lining of the
tubs with a sheet You oan purchase
soaps, combs and brushes, perfumery,
and all toilet articles at a counter in the
waiting room. You are allowed a half
hour in your bath room, aud a bell rings
in your room to warn you it is time to
vacate when the regulation hour k
reached. Of late years all apartment
houses are being built with bath rooms,
and no doubt the publio bath houses will
in time be entirely given over to the
poorer classes.—Paris Cor. The Argonaut
ave three compartments; the
having cushioned seats, ia
■treat Car Travel In Manilla.
The cars have three com;
middle one,
called first class, and the one at each
end, which has no seats, is second close.
Thoy are open at all tidee, and ore rough,
clumsily constructed and poorly painted
conoerns, carrying a conductor and a
driver, who keeps a police whistle be-
tween his teeth aad blows it incessantly
from one end of the line to the other.
Two little Australian ponies pull each
car, and they go at a fair rote of speed.
much larger than Joe Emmet’s big dog,
and are quite remarkably intelligent,
take a notion to balk. Then the driver
gets down, puts his whistle In his pocket,
and, with the assistance of tha oonductor,
drags them along the track until they
get ashamed of themselves and are ready
to declare the strike off. The driver and
oonductor climb into the car again, the
former resumes his shrill whistling and the
Jut, of
done but the native* and very
oourse,
■r tor-
car oontinuee its journey. But,
none but the natives and very poor for-
eigners who have no social standing ever
think of riding In a street car.—St. Louis
Republican.
A Curious Witch Dial.
A watch dial now being made In the
Waltham works contains, Instead of the
usual numerals, twelve email but dis-
tinct silhouette figures representing a
woman with % very young child In her
arms. At 1 o’clock the lady and her
little baby are clearly depleted, the In-
fant being in long clothes. At 9 o’clock
the same figures appear, but tha child k
a little larger. Jit 8 o’clook mamma k
■till there, but the Infant k In short
clothes. At 4 o’clock and no cn up to 8
o'clock, when he goes to school for th*
first time. At 9 o'clock he may ba seen
with hie college gown and mortar board,
and th* happy smile of the now elderly
but happy mother. At 10 o'clock the
death bod scene, where he parte with his
beloved mother. At 11 o'clock he k a
middle aged men, over whom the snows
of many winters have passed. At 18
o’clook, an old and decrepit specimen of
humanity praying tor a better land.—
New York Mail apd Exprees.
An Old Miner's Prophecy.
A miner predicts that there will be a.
great lxxini In mining next year. He
hasee- his prophecy on the belief among
old miners that every tan years rich de-
posits are discovered somewhere, and th*
craze is started. Tha different booms thus
tar are the California In 1848, Pika’s Peak
.In 1888, Virginia City in 1888 aad Lead-
Till* la 1879.—New York Evening World.
Kcarby, McChesney &
Greer,
ATTORNEYS AT I.AW, LAND AGT’S
WILLS POINT, TEXAS
Ill-low tr* give u pni'linl lint of Un-
binds w hich we offer lor sale, on tcryi*
and In quantities to suit purchasers. Wo
havo a complete abstract of litlj to till
lands in Van Znnijl county and can fur-
nish abstract of title If desired. (Mil
Mr Greer Is a prnolleal surveyor ami
gives especial attention to Die bin.I bus-
iness in all its bianchu*.
Land placed In our bauds for sale will
bo advert!*' d without cost to owner.
.JUNIMPItoVED LANDS.
Direction from Canton—11110 acres I,
Smith l.ea ;ue, 6 uiilcs west, 80(1 acres
Margaret Neal survey 7 southwest, 728
acres T 3 t lunch survey ti south, 825
acres Jae Uoslyu survey 5 noi lUcust. 759
acres Phillip Mason survey 12 cm t, IIHI
acres W It Towell survey 7 southeast,
2100 acres K Curew survey fi northeast,
12S0 nore» Ituirh Mcl.oud survey 8 routli
east, oil.'i acres I.ovi ?.anders survey &
nortboast, 1170 Dell Torn survey 111-2
southeast, 482 W It Ochiltree survey 1(1
soul In--1st, 010 acre i- O n I ill Powers stir
vey 2 northeast.
Direct I-ill from Wills Point—1280
acres Win Hal t survey 8 miles oust, .'IIKi
acres Jumcs Hamilton survey, 150 acres
Allen survey 8 nor!li, 362 acres II Ilru-
tPU.S'irvcy 7 norlliwi at, 177 acres J P
Brown survey 14 southwest, 900 Levi
Prewilt survey 14 northwest, 115 acres
B Liticli survoy 5 northeast, 39 acres J
Schmitz survey 14 southeast, 108 acres
It \V Derry survey 9 southwest.
ID net Ion from Owlet Green—020
acres Thomas Ilays survey iTimlos east,
52 acres N T Dlckbrson survey, 247
acres A Y Harbo survey, 30 acres 1,
Smith Labor survey; 190 acres Wm,
Bradshaw survey, 223 acres F K Hen-
derson survey, 320 acres I’ 8 llcnton
survey, 210 acres B Flowers survey, 575
acres Jno Right survey, 160 acres Jns
Smith survey. 177 acres M Prado survey
01 acres J Schmitz, survey, 32 acres J
M Martinez survey.
IMPROVED FARMS AND RANCHES.
2100 aeros a miles from Wills Point,
line property, 400 ncro*Jn cultivation, 2
good dwelling houses, 0 tenant houses, 2
good lmrnes, abundance of water for all
purposes, 200 acres timber, balance
prairib,~TlTnilea of fencing on the promi-
ses, ns a farm and stock ranch cannot
be excelled anywhere. $21,000, oik
third cash balance in two equal pay-
ment!.
129 acres 1 1-2 miles north of Edge-
wood 43 acres timber balance prairie, 57
acres lu cultivation, good residence am)
necessary outhouses, good cistern, two
tanks, 2 acres lu orchard. Great kar-
guin at $1290, one half cash balance in 1
year. .
375 aeres 7 miles nortlicast of Wills
Point on Emory road, 75 acres in cultl
vation, 130 acres under fence, good
dwelling, orchard, cistern, tanks, etc.
$2062.00. $1U0ttvn*h bnhntco III 1 year.
50 acres on the T P Railway west of
Grand Saline, 20 acres In cultivation,
Log bon sc 2 rooms and gallery, well of
good water, lots, cribs, etc, $350, $250
cash balance 1 year.
434 acres part timber and part prai-
rie 1 inilo from Cedar Grove in Kauf-
man county, 60 acres In cultivation 110
under fence, 2 good dwelling bouses,
plenty of good water. Cheap at $5250.
fiOacres 0 miles from Wills Point 40
acres in cultivation, small dwelling
house, woll of good water. $600, half
cash balnnoe In 1 and 2 years.
200 acres on Neches river 15 miles
east of Canton, 50 acres in cultivation,
8omc lino bottom faiid suitable for rib-
bon canc culture. About one-fourth of
tract is bottom land. $700, ono-thlrd
cash balance I and 2 years. Will ex-
change the above for liiml In Hunt or
Wood county.
182 acres prairie pasture good wire
fence, Bole D'arc post. $9780, one-
tk rd cash balance 1 mid 2 years.
40 acres three-quarters mile from Wills
Point, well Improved 20 acres In cultiva-
tion, balance In pasture, line pool well
stocked with fish. Excellent dwelling
and all Improvements necessary tqr a
period little home. $2000 one-half cash
bnlunce in 1 anil 2 years.
200 acres prairie pasture inclosed with
good wire fence, 2 miles from Wills
Point,
In addition to the above ivo lntvo
number of other smiill farms and several
thousand acres of unimproved lands in
lilereBl pom-ef Von -ZwntiL: Kaufman
and Rains counties. Also town proper-
ty In Wills Point, Canton mid Mineolii,
all of which will at different limes u;
pear in this column. Parties desiring o
"Xclrango timber for prairie or prairie
for timber lands, would do well to con
suit us.
Correspondence with non resident land
owners especially solicited.
989 acres, Sam Houston, 3 miles north
west from Silver Lake.
Respoatfully,
Kkarby, McCuksnky A Gamut
I*
NEW LIVERY STABLE
J. A. GRAY, Proprietor,
Wills Point, r : . Texas.
Stable on Soujb side of Railroad at the
Gray Wagon Yard. First-class teams,
flue outfits, new rigs, everything new,
urlcee reasonable, order* filled at any
hour day or night. Satisfaction guarau
teed. Patronage solicited.
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FOR PITCHER’S
Gasterra
Centaur Liniment is the most wonderful Pain-Curer
the world has ever known.
.THAT FIGHT
J Tho Original Wins.
T—T3T.'"Eoufif:Tro
T-STsTo TrSpr"
irons Llvrr Medicine. K.-.t'd
liqo. in the U. S. Court defeats J.
II. Zciliti, Prop’r A. ti. Simmons Liv*
[ er Huffnlator, list’d by Zcilln iS63.
I M. A. S. L. M. has for 47 years
| cured Indioustion. HiLlOL'SNKSS,
L pYsrur«iA,Sit'K Iikadaciim.Lost
u, Soi/k Stomach, Ktc
Vfi'etitu. Soi/k Stomach, Etc.
Kcv. T. II. Hcama, Pastor M. K.
Church, Adam*,'Tcnn.,^writes: “I
’* ink 1 should have been dead but
lor your Genuine M. A. Sim-
mons Liver Medicine. I havo
■ tometimea had to substitute
| “Zeilin’t stuff” for your Modi.
ut It don’t answer tho
Dr. J. K. GravcSjEditor Thi
Ba/t/st, Memphis,Tcnn. says:
occlvcd a package of your Liver
nd have used half of it.
An got de tropic libber.”
“De tropic libber Pompey?
I don t know what you means: i
But you can cure your ague
By taking SMITH’S- BILE BEANS,
^vo bits a bottle, don’t pay morel /
you 11 get dem at de drugman’s store.” i
Xiie most economical and best remedy
for ague. 26 Cents, per bottle.
OFFICE SALOON
NORTH OF RAILROAD.
#####*****11* •
ENN ESBITT
PROPRIETOR.
##**#•**##• *•
l^fTFino WinoG, Whisk ea, and
nlwnyt on.hand, ( nil and boo him jr:
UJOOtl., IVMM a 1
and Fevers, nnd Ncuiralgia.,
It Is an unfailing remedy for Diseases of tho
Kidney and 1*1 vrr.
It is invnhmblo for Dismscs peculiar to
Women, nnd sll who lend sedentary Uvea.
1 tdo«8 not Iniuro tho teeth .cause head ncho.rr
produce constipation—other Iron medlcinet do.
It enriches nnd purifies tlie hlood,
tUiaulKtes appetite, ulds tJic UNslmilQtlon
Bf Tbod .Ycl l bVi' s"lT MFlMlTl'tY A h d TU*lClilhf,hud~-
strengthens tho rmuclca and nerves.
For intermittent Fevers, Lassitude,
Lark of Kncrxy, etc., it has no equid.
rr Tho genuine has above trade mark and
crossed red Hues on wrapper. Take no othor.
■sS* e.ly kj BROWN (IIKIRAL (th, BA I.TISOEB, Ut
Uncle Henry Jones
Dealer In
WHISKIES $ CIGARS
AT^BOWLDEN’S BRICK
- SOOTH COMMERCE
WILLS POINT,
TEXAS-
(gCTm-oiit liqunsti for medical use
ulaayi In stock. -
-o-
Frauds and Sprout I’cddlers Must Go!
VIN ZANDT BANK SALOON.
w . i Point,......Tsxx*
R. F. Williams, Proprl’r,
K«e|ig on hand a nice Stock of
IMPORTED WINES,
WHISKIES
i AND CIGAR"
Pries* that defy Competition
image Solicited.
J2S
la-Cream
X THIS preparation .without
® ' * injury,remoT«srnok-
1M, livar-MolM, Pirn-
ou la* 1**,
plea, Black-Hoada, Sunburn nnd
Tan. A few applications will render ths
most stubbornly rad skin soft, smooth end
white. Viol* Cream k not a paint er
powder to cover defects, bnt a remedy to ear*.
It Is superior to all other preparation*, and
k guaranteed to give eatisfaction. At dreg-
gists or mailed lor SO rente. Prepared by
G. O. BITTNER 4c Op*
TOUDO, OUD. w
For Sale by H. P. Goodnight.
IMPROVE TOUR
SIGHT!
U is nckowledged by the o.dest reel.
1 of Texas that
8T. LOUIS OPTICAL COMPANY’S
ELECTRIC LENSES.
c the best for the EYES ever Invent-
'd, becauee they do not tire the eyee-
and you can lead all night or'work with,
>ut the light having any effect; the con
aequcn.se ie your eyee feel better aft*-'
ueiig.
THE ELECTRICS
Keep*tb* EYES cool; are perfectly
constructed, nnd every LEN8E ie exam-
ined by the Ompanye Oculiet before be-
lug sent out.
They are endoreed by tho
TEXA8 STATE
MEDICAL A8SO-
CITAION
Which lex euffleient GUARANTEE
i Iteelf. Teetlmonlxle can be had from
-me of the Leading Citizen* of this eom-
uiiity who have been utlpgthem tor up-
urde of TEN YEARS, and they still
eiuin their great REFRACTIVE ROW-
■ H. often restoring SIGHT to its natural
1 reuglh. They are as
LIGHT ITSELF
-AND-
PERFKCT EYE PRESERVERS.
■STALL EYES fitted by
B.W. BRUCE A CO
! Who ia Sole Agent for Will*
Point.
2X°ET22t2£
•sah year. It la an awe*,
rtenedk of useful taflre-
mattes for *U who par-
eh*** the hzznstee eo the
W. J. Young, Nurseryman and Fruit-
7
Grower, 41-2 miles from Canton, on the
Wills Point road, quotes the following
free on board the ears:
Pear Trees, ....... . . lOo to 95c.
Applo Trees, - - * - - • • -• - - * So to 80.
Peach <• .......... Oo tr 10c.
Apricots, Nectarines, Plum, Crab.Apple nnd Cherty tree* • 10c to 20e.
Quince, Figs and Pomgrnnnle, ..... 10c to 26c.
Dwarf Apple nnd Poach mid Cherry Truce, .... lOo to 96e.
Grape Vinca. .- ........ fte to 10e.
Black and Jlnupburyy Vinca, ....... 2oto 10c.
Evergreona, Shrubbery and Rosoe, ...... 10a to 95c.
My Stook Is selected from 250 Sort* of fruit* growing in my ftult farm. Or
dere by mall glveuprompt attention. W* J. YOUNG.
ton aiotha yon and ftunleh ywn
til tht MttMtrj Md uimii
appllanoee to rldo. walk. dan**, elsep,
oat, fish, hnnt, work, go to ahnioh.
or stay st boms, and in rerlona rtma,
style* and qnentlttto. Xaet figure ant
what is required to do aU th*** things
OVIDS, whkh will he rant open
roortpt of 10 soots to peg geetege,
Texas & Pacific R’y,
The Great Popular Rout* Betweea
The East and the West
Soobt Limb to Nnw Otutze
--AND ALL POINTS IN-
Louisiana, New Mexico,
Arizona and California
rsvoatvn niwn to vn
NORTH, EAST AND SOUTHEAST.
-PULLMAN-
PALACE SLEEPING! CARS
— DAILY BZTWXBM —
It. Louie end Delia*,
Fort Worth, El Pseo,
end Ban Franoleee, Cal'
MARSHALL AND NEW ORLEANS
Without CAanqe. -
■Solid Train from El Pfito to 8t. kill
FAST TIMS, VISIT -CLASt XbtlBltT
sunn cox miction ■ *
See that your tloket* read tllTHtt
For Map*, Time Table*, Tickets,Rate*
tnd ell requiring Information, call oa er
tddree* any of th* Ticket Agente/or
H.C. Ancnna,
Passenger Agent, Dellee.
B. W. McCullooom,
Sen’] reset nger A Tie k* t Ag’t, Della*.
John A. Giant,
tee.
John A. Giant,
General Manager, Dali**, Texae
SMITH'S
EANF
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->rav«*wt Chilli ✓ Fcjm
. rt'ttii.ch»
■ prtfftftt Chilli i . •
;v.r*' k ■ •
item er.cn ent *ou will **»<• ■ . Nrit •
t*. 25 ennls per bottle, fit!. •
-statue Dcente fenernltr. *♦”}‘.L-*4*"
«-i5* In etempe, so»'t>“1''. •« ’”1 stflree*.
J. F. SMITH A CO.,
M.nutsetu.-r* mi Sole I’m**.. ST. lOUIt. Mb
EXHAUSTED ViTALlfr
rt'Hl eClZNCN OF Lin, th*
Afreel Medics! Week of ■** .
*s* <ia Msshnnd. Nwriee eo*1
PXy,lo*i DeMltty, rnulte
DmUs*. Irrsnaf Toulk, aad
theraea. M pee** tea; Hi
prtrthpeloas fee an dheai
ate*, ran *nz **b tret,
Jew«n«d Medal swarded ** the e
wteaBrdtoe
the Bald aad
tar hr #* •*-
to P. O. has
MX Oeetea. Naas, er Bn W. K. PAhKHL *nd
aeeeef Hsrreed N.dleel OMere.Hre—e’V “
la htoo*, whs any bee
•faetei'r.Pteeaaoeof Nsa. OOkecWatt
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Yantis, R. E. The Wills Point Chronicle. (Wills Point, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 21, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 24, 1888, newspaper, May 24, 1888; Wills Point, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1142792/m1/4/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Van Zandt County Library.