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THE GALVESTOX TRIBUNE.
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Wfflg 80 MANY REGULAR PHYSICIANS FAIL
THE MISSING THUMB.
GALV ESTON TRIBUNE
as
MONDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 18, 1897.
EIGHT PAGES.
WAY OVER A MILLION.
Com-
THE WEATHER.
MASSACRE IN CHINA.
CHAS. A, DANA.
The
call 2120 Church
epidemic.
HORSE
FOR
OFFICIAL PUBLICATIONS.
'i
CONVICT COUNTERFEITERS.
best
Galveston Business Directory.
FOR SALE.
Apply north-
a soldier’s
said
the
LEUTGERT’S PLANS.
Will
A Banning Sore
M. F. Mott.
MOTT & ARMSTRONG,
Apply at
Attorneys at Lavz.
2303 Strand, Galveston.
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I
Well, here we are, just where we left
off Saturday night a week ago, and that
is the worst that can be said of the yellow
fever scare.
To Cure Female Ills—Some True Reasons Why
Mrs. Pinkham is More Successful Than
the Family Doctors.
Rebels Capture
the inhabitants.
good and
1 i^erson.
YOU
SHOULD
PATRONIZE
THE TRIBUNE’S
CLASSIFIED COLUMNS
IF YOU WANT TO REACH
THE GREATEST NUMBER OF PEOPLE
The Tribune publishes today a strong-
article on the unwisdom of holding cotton,
which country merchants should read and
ponder well.
Tribune ads. tell the story of business
confidence—confidence in the town and in
The Tribune.
Phone 7C3
Uncle Hph will lean you monev.
FOR RENT.
Houses in all parts of the city.
J. A. LABARTHE.
OVER A THOUSAND WERE SLAIN
bin u-;:
1
The circulation of the GALVESTON DAILY
TRIBUNE for 1896 was oyer One Million
Three Hundred and Fifty Thousand Copies.
The actual daily average for the year was
3694.
The Galveston Tribune has the largest city
circulation of any newspaper in Texas.
ATTORNEYS AND COUNSELORS-AT-
LAW.
Galveston, Tex,
LAW AND ABSTRACT OFFICES
of
MACO & CLEGG STEWART,
lift with this
or three
$
Moving among Galveston business men
today and. witnessing the commercial
activity, we are compelled to say to Dr.
Guiteras: “Never touched us.”
Murderers, Thieves and Imprisoned
Debtors Were Liberated by
the Freebooters.
of
One
a
commanded to two
In Mr. George iSeeligson’s letter, pub-
lished elsewhere in 'The Tribune, Surgeon
General "Wyman is quoted as confessing
that it was New Orleans influence that
caused Dr. Guiteras to be sent here and |
the surgeon general broadly intimated his
doubt in the correctness of the expert’s
diagnosis. At any rate he gives awaj
the malice of New Orleans and leaves that
city in a very unenviable light.
Blanco proposes to buy off the Cuban
leaders. Considering Spain’s exhausted
treasury, he evidently holds the patriots
very cheap.
Local forecast for Texas east of the
100th meridian for the 36 hours ending 8
p. m. Oct. 19, 1897: Tonight and Tuesday—
Probably threatening; stationary tem-
perature; fresh variable winds.
CLINE.
Bif
LARGE FURNISHED HOUSE on Ave. O
bet. 23d and 24th streets for rent.
Improved and unimproved city property
for sale cheap, and on easy terms.
Mainland property our specialty.
CASH & LUCKEL,
Room 106 Levy Building.
LOST.
LOST—San Bernard bitch; rough coated.
Answers to name of Josephine. Suitable
reward if returned to M. C. McLEMORE,
16th and K.
There
In one the animal be-
and in the other the
on a semi-comatose con.
handling animals in the
should beware, as the
PROFESSIONAL.
j^hrTcharlesHarris. Edward F. Harris.
HARRIS & HARRIS.
Progressive lyceum was conducted yes-
terday with increased attendance and in-
terest. This was encouraging to Mr. Ring
and his “guides” and one of the besb lec-
tures was the result.
'Saturday, Nov. 6, is th$ date selected
for an entertainment. Lady members will
meet at the hall Wednesday at 3 p. m. to
make necessary arrangements.
Beginning with Nov. 14 there will be
afternoon service (3 o’clock) the second
Sunday in each month for the conveni-
ence of regular attendants at other
churches.
Southwest corner 22 d and Mechanic.
Galveston, Texas.
MESSER, SANGUINET & MESSER.
ARCHITECTS.
Offices: Northeast corner Alvey Building,
second floor.
W. T. Armstrong.
Galveston’s cotton receipts today are
26,934 bales. That begins to look more like
it. This is not a record breaker, but it is
a good day’s business and indicates the
rush that may be expected right along
now.
sit down one-Quartcr of tho time and make
good wages—the machines "will do the rest.
WANTED—
A girl for general housework at 1620 Tre-
mont street.-,. _____
REAL ESTATE.
THE CHEAPEST LOT
Is that on north side of Ave. Q between
36th and 37th. The street cars puss within
100 feet and the pavement is only two
blocks away. If you buy while this man
is keen to sell you can get this lot for $600.
DO YOU WANT to live on South Tremont
street? If you do, why, we can sell you
a six-room cottage, with a beautiful, nign
lot of ground, 42x140 teet. for the price or
the lot. J. R. CHEEK,
514 Tremont St.
Pennsylvania Prisoners Have been
Making Excellent 50 Cent Pieces.
Pittsburg, Pa.. Oct. 18.—Warden E. S.
Wright of the Riverside penitentiary has
discovered that a number of convicts con-
fined in that institution have been manu-
facturing 50 cent pieces. He unearthed
the metal from which the “queer” money
■was made, molds in which' it was cast
and the names of several convicts c: n-
nected with the matter, but has been un-
able to find the men who originated and
carried out the scheme-
The counterfeits are magnificent speci-
mens of the coiner’s art. The die from
which they are made is almost perfect
and the milling of the coins, which is the
government’s chief protection of metal
money from those who would imitate it,
is as near perfect as possible for human
ingenuity to make it and that such coins
could be made within the walls of the
penitentiary with the crude implements
to be obtained by the prisoners is a start-
ling feature of the case.
The counterfeiters had already secured
connection with outside parties and some
of the bad money is now in circulation.
Warden Wright has a list of nearly a
score of convicts and persons supposed to
be connected with the counterfeiting and
when the full story of the crime comes
out, it Is. said there will be some sensa-
tional developments.
ROOMS AND BOARD.
RENT—Finely furnished south
rooms, all modern conveniences; $10 to $6
per month. S. w. cor. 25th and Winnie.
HALF or part of cottage on car line, fur-
nished or unfurnished; suit couple with-
out children; bath and gas. 1522 Winnie.
FOR RENT—2 fine furnished rooms, with
or without board; also 2 front rooms in
private family.- 2216 27th, near beach.
FOR RENT—Elegant rooms, with or with-
out board, suitable for quiet couple. Ad-
dress Box 1503, Tribune.
CHEAP BOARD AND LODGING at 1610
Church street. Rooms for light house-
keeping. Apply 1610 Church street.
FQR RENT. - ~
FOR RENT—Neat 4-room cottage, best
location, terms reasonable. 8th between
Market and Postoffice.
FOR RENT—
A butcher shop, 37th and Ave. O. Apply
at the corner grocery.
FOR RENT—Lower part house on Ave. N
and 21st street. MAX MAAS,
24th and Mechanic Sts.
FOR PENT—Cottage on Q% between 26th
and 27th; $12 per month. M4X MAAS,
24th and Mechanic Sts.
FOR RENT—Raised cottage on s. e. cor.
I, and 15th. Apply to Theo Schwarz-
bach at Adoue & Lobit’s bank.
FOR RENT—Two houses with all modern
conveniences, near corner Tremont and
Broadway. Apply 2307 Broadway.
SCHOOL TAX NOTICE—
All persons, partnerships or corporations
owning or controlling any real or per-
sonal property within the limits of the
citv of Galveston on the first day of Octo-
ber, 1897, liable to taxation, are hereby
notified to call at this office within two
months after the first publication of this
notice and render for assessment a full
and complete list of such property so
owned or controlled by him, her or them
on the first day of October, 1<S97. The time
limited in rendition of aforesaid prope.rtj
will expire on the first day of December,
1897, when the rendered roil will be closed.
(j, Vv. J I ' J LN -
October 1, 1897. City Tax Assessor.
SPECIALISTS. __
DRV1'. McGORK, Specialist in the treat-
ment of RECTAL and GENITO-URI-
NARY (private) DISEASES, has removed
his office to the corner of 27th and Market
streets. Hours 7 to 10 a. m., 1 to 3 and 6 to
8 p. m. Consultation free.
Stop that cough! Take warning. It may
lead to consumption. A 25 cent bottle of
Shiloh’s Cure my save your life. Sold by
J. J. Schott.
Gnat Oil offers perfect security to stock
from Gnats, Flies, etc,, and Charbon is
not known where it is used. Try a can.
HANNA & LEONARD.
SPEC!AL NOTICE.________
BUY YOUR PEANUTS FROM MICHAEL
SGITCOVICH,
At Mason’s Corner, and you will never
get yellow fever, because they are always
hot and fresh, and where the heat comes
yellow fever goes. _
LUMBER— „
ROUGH AND DRESSED LUMBER,
LATH AND SHINGLES,
Prompt Delivery
AT LOWEST PRICES.
DARLINGTON-MILLER LUMBER CO.,
Phone 579. 30th and Mechanic.
THE FAIREST WOMAN in Galveston to-
day Is the one who drinks the most Met-
ropolitan milk. This is no joke. Will con-
vince vou on application. Phone 804.
METROPOLITAN MILK CO.,
3702 MV2.
I Dye to Live and Live to Dye—On account
of rebuilding I have removed my office
to 2105 Postoffice street, around the corner
from my old stand. Dyeing, cleaning, re-
pairing, carpets cleaned, remade, taken up
and laid; prices reasonable. R. G. James.
TRY
MODEL LAUNDRY
FOR FINE WORK.
BIGGEST,
BUSIEST,
BEST.
WE ARE STILL IN THE MARKET
WITH GALVANIZED IRON GUTTERS
at 5c per foot and all other metal work in
proportion. „„ „
FREDERICKS. KEATS & CO.,
2309 Ave. A.
pTj? FITZPATRICK, Sanitary Contract-
or Cesspools and Vaults Cleaned and
thoroughly disinfected at rates too low
to mention. No solicitors. N. w. 3-th and J_i.
BUY' A HOME ON THE EASIEST
TERMS EVER OFFERED—NO CASH
OR INTEREST.
Will sell a good substantial slate roof,
raised cottage, east front, half a block
from car line, for $1080, to be paid for in 90
monthly installments of $12 each, without
interest. The place rents for $8 per month.
Will trade houses for land in any part,
of the state.
MUSICAL.
PROF TILLBERRY" wants pupils in
mandolin, violin, guitar, ’cello, banjo,
zither, etc. "Write or call 2120 Church
street, near 22d.
BUSIN EsFpERSON ALS.~_
THOS. H. OLSON,
Sail and Awning Maker..
Tents. Tarpaulins and Flags always on
hand. Taking down and storing Awnings
a specialty.
Phone 612. 2301 Ave, A.
THE KATY EXCHANGE—310 Tremont
street. The finest Hot Lunch is seryed
from 10 a. m. to 2 p. m. We handle nothing
but the best Wines and Old Straight Rye
and Sour Mash Whiskies.
JOHN B. ROEMER, Manager,
LUMBER—
ROUGH AND DRESSED LUMBER,
LATH AND SHINGLES.
Prompt Delivery
AT LOWEST PRICES.
DARLINGTON-MILLER LUMBER CO.,
Phone 579. 30th and Mechanic.
FOR SALE—
Household furniture on private sale. 1525
Ave. I. __
FOR SALE CHEAP—
A good work horse and milk cow. Apply
No. 1919 Ave. P.
FOR SALE—A 400 to 2000 egg incubator;
also one large baby buggy, second hand.
Apply 3410 Ave. P.
FOR SALE—New 5-room cottage $1700; $50
cash, $450 in mules or horses, rest month-
ly. W. S. CONNESS. 2222 Postoffice st.
ANOTHER LOT new Herring, 1897 catch;
new Mackerel in kits; Oregon and Colo-
rado Potatoes and Apples. LANG &
WEINBERGER, 24th and Strand,
CABBAGE” PLANTS
FOR SALE
AT 1506 N’/2.
GALVANIZED boat nails 6c pound; mo-
lasses 20c gallon; brooms 15c; ax handles-
5c- oakum $3 bale; bike saddle $1.40; Knabe
piano, stoves, household furniture sold or
rented. Terms easy. CHAS. R. BAKER,
second floor, Tremont and Ave. A.
CHEAPEST PLACE to buy lumber in
Galveston is at s.w. co-'. 19th and Strand.
L. C. LEITH, Phone 222.
MARSENE JOHNSON,
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR.
20th and Market, up stairs.
Practices in all the Courts,
Telephone 7S0<
The brightest light in American journal-
ism went out with the death of Charles A.
Dana. Somewhat eccentric, the quality
served only to accentuate his individuality
and to display his genius. There were
many greater journalists in a business
sense, and many who were more respon-
sive to modern demand, but none in the
history of the profession had a keener
sense of its responsibilities or a quicker
perception of its duties and none ap-
proached him in fine editorial discrim-
ination. A profound scholar, a deep think-
er, a pungent writer, a skilful editor, he
thus united more of the varied accom-
plishments of the best journalists than
any man of his time.
Personally he was the best beloved of
all the newspaper men of America. There
is not a member of the press who will not
experience a feeling of individual loss in
his death.
The 'Sun is the newspaper man’s paper,
because it is the brightest and most dis-
criminating of the metropolitan press, and
Mr. Dana was the newspaper man’s edi-
tor because the Sun was—and we hope
will continue to be—the reflection of his
unique personality, in the sense that its
entire contents and conduct bore the im-
print of his pervading- genius.
Mr. Dana will live in history, and of his
public deeds the historian may write. But
he will live as long in the traditions of
journalism,. which will ever hold him as,
like Bacon, the “wisest, brightest” of the
profession, but, unlike Bacon, withal the
kindliest of the clan.
Tacoma, Wash., Oct. 18.—The City of
Kuang Yang in Hunan province has been
captured and its inhabitants massacred
by a band of rebels forming part of a
rebel army which is devastating Kuang
province in southern China. Aug. 27 the
bandits scaled the walls of Kuang Yang
with the intention of capturing the pro-
vincial prison and releasing three o-
their members therein imprisoned,
band tore down the prison setting free
several hundred murderers, thieves and
imprisoned debtors. Another rang- at-
tacked the central part of the city, first
murdering the magistrate who had sent
the bandits to prison. His entire family
numbering 32 including servants, was
killed. The entire night was spent in
slaying and plundering. All mandarins
and every civil and military officer in the
city were slain. The number killed and
injured exceeded 1000.
The insurgents numbered 15,000, half
of whom were armed. Their avowed
object is to destroy every government
building in southern China.
From Head to Foot—Terrible Case
of Eczema Completely Cured —
Dyspepsia, Dizziness, Headache,
Ail Cured by Hood’s Sarsaparilla.
“ I was troubled with eczema and had it
fio bad that I was almost a running sore
from head to foot. I did not receive ben-
efit from the doctors, and thought I would
try Hood’s Sarsaparilla. Since taking a
few bottles of this medicine I have not
been troubled with eczema. It purified
my blood and cured me.” John Most,
Ponca City, Oklahoma.
“I was afflicted with blood poison. I
concluded to try Hood’s Sarsaparilla, and
after taking three bottles the symptoms
of blood poisoning disappeared. I believe
Hood’s Sarsaparilla to be the best medi-
cine on the market.” EUGENE P. A.
Larrikd, Fairbank, Arizona,
| «I was afflicted with dyspepsia. I could
get nothing to cure me until I began tak-
ing Hood’s Sarsaparilla. I have taken
four bottles and now I am cured.” JEF^
D. Koontz, San Pedro, New Mexico.
~-M’s Sarsaparilla is the One True Blood
p. . Sold by all druggists. $1, six for $5.
Published for the Benefit of Strangers and
the Public Generally—It Includes Various
Trades, Professions and Pursuits, ana
Will Prove of Interest to All Who Intend
Transacting Business in Galveston.
Cigars, Tobiccos, Etc.
Oldenburg, "Wm., 315 Center st.
Coal Dealers.
McRae Coal Co., 22d and A.
E O Flood & Co., n. e. cor. 21st and Meeh.
Fowler & McVitie, Cotton Exchange.
Cus orn Hous'' Brokers.
Tuller & Foth, 312 Center st. Phone 296.
Candy Manufacturers.
Lang &.Weinberger, mgrs. Galv. Fruit Co.
Comm ss on Merchants.
| Galveston Fruit Co., Fruits and Produce.
i Dentists.
Dr. Perkins, 2209 Postoffice st.
| Grain and Hay.
Jockusch,Davison&Co, 2021-23 Strand, ph37J
Groceries.
Gengler. Peter, 2005-7 Market st.
I Rake.l. A., 2018-20 Market st. Pone 38.
I Schneider Bros., 309-11 Tremont st.
Haberdashers and Hatters.
I Beekman & Co., Ben, 2103 Market st.
j Hardware an i Cutlery.
I Chas. Angerhoffer. 2218 Mechanic st
I Bryan & Co., G. M„ 2211 Postoffice st.
' Lumber an , Box Material.
I L. C. Leith, 813 Market st. Phone 222.
Meat Markets.
I Model Market, 20th and Market. Phone 388,
//eivs Dealers and Stationers.
I Mason J. E., 2101 Market st. Phone 448.
I Ohlendorf, F., 2019 Market st_ .
H Oyster Roasts.
I Woollam’sLake. Phone 349. Chas.Woollam.
Fa wnbrokers.
I Migel’s Loan office cor. 24th and Market.
:j Portland Cement.
■ Wm. Parr & Co., 2102 Strand^
j! Real Estate.
I Cheek, J. R., 514 Tremont st. (see adv.)
I Montgomery & Co., 506 Tremont., Phone 68.
Restaurants.
I Four Seasons Rest’nt, 318-20-22 Center st.
Sewing Machines.
Dulitz, E., Furniture, 21st and Postoffice.
Specialists.
Baldinger, Dr., 406 21st, Eye, Ear, Throat.
An area of low pressure is central in the
gulf and the barometer is 30.00 inches or
above elsewhere, with the highest 30.26,
at Lander. Generally partly cloudy to
cloudy weathsr with rain falling al Jack-
sonville, Omaha and Huron.
Forecast for Texas east of the 100th
meridian for the 36 hours ending 8 p. m.
Oct. 19, 1897: Fair in the interior; show-
ers on coast tonight and Tuesday.
MOORE.
Published Every Weekday After-noon.
Official City Newspaper.
Member of the Associated Press.
GALVESTON PUBLISHING CO.
{VV. F. Ladd, President.
Charles Fowler. Vice President.
George Sealy, Treasurer.
Fred Chase, Sec’y and Business Mgr.
Clarence Ousley, Editor.
HTibtme Building, corner Twenty-first and
Market streets.
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building. New York city; western business
Office, “The Rookery,” Chicago; The S. C.
JBeckwith Special Agency, Sole Agents for
Foreign Advertising.
TELEPHONES:
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SUBSCRIPTION RATES.
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Snail is $5 a year, $3 for six months, strictly
In advance. Sent anywhere in the United
States, Canada, or Mexico.
Delivered by carrier anywhere in Gal-
veston at $6 a year or 50c a month.
Entered at the Galveston postoffice
Snail matter of the second class.
The Galveston Tribune publishes a. com-
plete report of the cotton market in each
issue, which reaches all important points
Within 250 miles of Galveston the following
morning in ample time for operations in
the early markets.
LEGAL^NOTICES. _
NO. 2839—The State of Texas—to the Sher-
iff or Any Constable of Galveston Coun-
ty, Greeting: A. Y. Davison, administra-
tor of the estate of Annie Caynes, de-
ceased, having filed in our county court
his final occount of the condition of the
estate of said deceased, together with an
-application to be discharged from said ad-
ministration, vou are hereby commanded
that, by publication of tins writ for twen-
ty days in a newspaper regularly pub-
lished’ in the county of Galveston, you.
give due notice to all persons interested in
the administration of said estate, to file
their objections thereto, if any they have,
on or before the November term of said
county court, commencing and to be
holden at the court house of said county,
in the city of Galveston, on the third Mon-
day in November, A. D. 1897, when said
account and application will be considered
by said court. ■*
Witness, George H. Law, jr., clerk of the
I county court of Galveston County.
Given under my hand and seal of said
I court, at my office in the city of
[Seal] Galveston, this 18th day of October,
A. D. 1897.
GEO. H. LAW, JR..
I Clerk County Court, Galveston County.
By G. F. BURGESS.
I Deputy Clerk.
I A true copy I certify.
| HENRY THOMAS,
Sheriff Galveston County.
By JOHN A. KIRLICKS,
Denutv Sheriff.
M! S C EIX
V^ANtSeD—To buy a second, hand peanut
roaster. Inquire at Laskin’s fruit stand
at Gill & League building, 21st and Market.
WANTED—$600 on 3 unimproved lots in
resurvey (to build one of them), or on 4
year old pear orchard. Box 1497, Tribune.
WANTED—
A horse for delivery wagon.
720 Tremont street. _
WANTED—Stylish black horse for buggy
use. Must be gentle. Address Box 1493,
Tribune._______
WANT TO BUY a large mare and colt;
also good farm wagon cheap for cash.
Girardin House, 24th and Market.
TOP PRICE paid for fresh yard eggs, any
quantity. WM. BRYANTON,
No. CIO Ave. K.
SITUATIONS WANTED.
SITUATION WANTED—By . an experi-
enced young man in a wholesale house;
not afraid of work. Box 1509, Tribune.
EXPERIENCED office lady, bookkeeper,
cashier, etc., wants situation; excellent
references. Address Box I486, Tribune.
a City and Kill
FOUND.___________
B^URE~tTgetJAVA BLEND COFFEE
at your grocers; air tight tins. AMERI-
CAN COFFEE CO. only. (Galveston
Coffee and Spice Co., branch.)
Open a Saloon with a Gruesome
Exhibit on the Side.
Chicago, Ill., Oct. 18.—Leutgert has final-
ly decided on his plans if he is acquitted.
Instead of exhibiting himself and the
middle vat about the country, as he had
contemplated, he expects, it is said, to
purchase 'an interest in a down town
saloon or open one himself in as a promi-
nent a location as can be secured and
the vat, the steampipe and great dane
dogs will be exhibited as a sort of side
show, while Leutgert passes out beer over
the bar.
While getting ready to open a saloon,
Leutgert will exhibit himself in some local
museum if he can find a manager willing
to pay his price. Leutgert now demands
$W0 for a month’s exhibition.
_——— ---4-------—
SPIRITUALIST SERVICE.
It Is Meningitis and the Fatality Is Very
Large.
Dr. F. J. Burkey, the veterinarian, says
the horse epidemic which started on the
mainland two- or three weeks ago, has
extended to the island and many animals
have died.
He says the disease is meningitis,
are two phases,
comes delirious
victim takes
dition. Persons
former condition
victim is liable to bite or kick.
The disease requires prompt and heroic
treatment. Dr. Burkey says standard
tonic powders may be given as a pre-
ventive.
HELP WANTED.
A BOY WANTED to run errands for
F. J. FINCK & CO.,
217 Tremont St.
WANTED—A white woman for general
housework. Apply to MRS. COLLERA-
RIN, 37th between Postoffice and Church.
WANTED—A few lively city canvassers
for residence trade. Address Box 1512,
Tribune.
WANTED—Nurse for infant; g
permanent home for accepted
Apply 1706 Tremont.
WANTED—Man to milk cow and make
himself generally useful. Apply north-
west corner 32d and P%.
AGENTS get 50c on each $1; no experience
necessary; write for agent’s outfit. Ad-
dress Catholic News, 5 Barclay st,, N. Y.
WANTED—Young man of experience, who
is a hustler, to drive laundry wagon. 519
Center street1€,s, , ______
A GOOD WOMiAN, white or colored, who
wants good home in country, anply at
once at Girardin House, 24th and Market.
WANTED—White servant girl for cook-
ing- and general housework. MRS. J.
BOEHME, n. e. cor. Maraet and 12th.
GIRLS WANTED AT THE PICKLE
FACTORY. FEIST & BOEHME
Strand and 2ath.
WANTED—Expertenced man to care for
garden and; cow. LEO N. LEVI, 31st
and Ave. O. '
For The Tribune.
It wasn’t strange that Professor Dom-
bey had lived at Water Hole so long with-
out exciting the slightest interest among
liis neighbors a.s to the cause of his
chronic melancholy. In those early Texas
days we didn’t trouble ourselves much
about a man’s ancestry or his history.
Many of us had histories. But so long as
there were no extradition papers the local
chronicles were silent.
Neighbors, did I say? That is hardly
exact. There were no neighbors except
Don Jose Marti, who kept a general
store” at Water Hole where the ranchmen
bought their immediate supplies, and his
wife who did the cooking and house-
keening in Professor Dombey s college
during the winter.
Professor Dombey had come to Water-
Hole on the stage one day in I860. The
only buildings w-ere Marti’s store, his
residence, and the old stone fort and bar-
racks which the government had aban-
doned two or three years before. He
made some inquiries of Jose, and without ‘
further ado announced he would ’open a
“college” in the old fort. The score or
so of stockmen residing within a day sride (
were glad enough of the opportunity to j
educate their sons, and contributed liber- ,
ally to fitting up the barracks with rude ,
furniture for living apartments and an
ample sunply of benches for the lecture
room. Thus was Professor Dombey in-
stalled and thus was the “college.” con-
ducted for several years.
It was one summer afternoon during va-
cation that Professor Dombey was sit-
ting in the shade on the east side, his
chair tilted back against the wall, his
feet perched upon the lower rung, smok-
ing his pipe and enjoying—as much as
he might be said to. enjoy anything—the
prairie breeze that swept over the limit-
less sea of wild flowers.
Melancthon Berry, a youth of 20 years,
came around the corner from Jose’s store,
whither he had been sent from his
father’s ranch 10 miles away to buy some
tobacco. His great star spurs rattled on
the gravel walk, his legs awkwardly
bowed after the fashion of the cowboy
who has been a-straddle from infancy,
and with each step he tapped his bootleg
with his quirt.
“Hello ’Fesser!” said he, in the conven-
tion of the section.
“Good evening, Mr. Berry,” answered
the professor, as he rose with courtly
grace and waved his caller to another
chair, then sat again and resumed his
smoking.
“Kinder lonesome, aint it?” asked Me-
lancthon. It was merely an idle question
by way of starting the conversation. It
was spoken in a tone of real sympathy
a quality not uncommon on the olains
under circumstances of palpable distress,
but rarely volunteered under conditions
of ordinary solitude, for solitude in those
days was too common to excite pity.
“Well, yes, Melancthon.” The youth
leaned forward in an attitude of surprise
and childish delight. It was the profes-
sor’s custom to address his students in
the formal style of “Mister.” Not once
before had he been known to suspend the
formality with which he hedged himself
as securely as the walls of the old fort.
He paused, half-embarrassed as he spoke
the name, then, as if taking courage of
his better nature, repeated, “Well, yes,
Melancthon, it is rather lonesome. I
would end it, but---”
Th© remainder of his sentence was
gulped down. He removed his glasses,
wiped them slowly, tremblingly read-
justed them and looked piteously upon the
young man who was all amazement at the
spectacle of the iron-willed and cement-
minded old teacher yielding to emotion.
“Shall I tell you?” he asked pleadingly,
which meant, “May I tell you?”
“Excuse me, ’Fessor,” replied Berry in
confusion, “I didn’t go to hurt your feel-
in’s.”
“No, my boy, you haven’t hurt them;
you’ve only touched them. I know you,
Melancthon, and I am not making gossip
of my grief; I am only finding solace in
its recital to sympathetic ears. You will
listen, won’t you?”
“Y’es, sir,” responded the half frightened
youth, as he shifted his quid of tobacco
for the first time.
* * *
It was a simple story. The old man had
been a teacher of high repute in one of
the southern colleges. The death of his
wife had Ifeft their only child, a bright
boy, to the father’s rearing, and in their
bereavement the two became attached
with mere than common affection. They
had keen companions and counsellors. Just
as the boy reached his majority war was
declared against Mexico, and the young
man enlisted. The father could not say
him nay, because he had taught him to
love hi.s country; and back through the
generations, through the war of 1812, the
Indian campaigns and the revolution, the
Dombeys, though men of learning and
high station, had been soldiers. So, with
a brave heart he bade his son to go, as
he himself would have done if he had been
younger and without responsibilities, or
as he would have done at any cost if
his country had required the sacrifice.
Th© boy never came back.
So ends the story of many
life.
“I continued to hear from him,”
professor, sticking to the narrative
as if reciting an impersonal historical in-
cident, “until near the close of the war,
but after that I could find no trace of
him. He was one of the ‘missing’ after
a skirmish on the approach to the City
of Mexico. When the war was over I
resigned my position, converted my be-
longings into cash and began a search
for him which I did not abandon until
poverty drove me back to teaching. I
cannot hope that he lives. But I want to
give his body Christian burial and to
spend my last days beside his grave. After
the next session I expect to have money
enough to go again to Mexico. I shall
visit every field where Americans and
Mexicans were engaged, and dig in every
burial ground until I find his remains. I
shall know him by the missing thumb on
the left hand. He chopped it off with a
hatchet when a boy.
“That’s all, Melancthon, that’s all. I sup-
pose it seems very foolish to you, but
the memory of my son is all that’s left
to me, and when a man has accomplished
all he can. hope to achieve, when he has,
lost family, fortune and friends, a mem-
ory like this gathers about it all that’s
left of passion, hope and ambition, as a
magnet gathers the bits of steel, and will
not let them go.”
“Yes, sir, I reckon that’s sb;” was all
Melancthon could think to say in reply,
but the way he said it and the way he
had listened bespoke his profound admira-
tion for a purpose so« steadfast and an
affection so beautiful. Perhaps if he had
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been called upon to define his impressions
he would have said Professor Dombey was
“nervy” or “game” or “heady,” but the
old man understood his appreciation.
“You needn’t say anything about it
around here, Melancthon. It is nobody s
business but ours, and most people wou-ld
laugh at it as an old man’s folly.”
“But it ain’t folly,” said Melancthon
resolutely, “an’ I’ll bet a yearlin’ you’ll '
find him yet. I’ve half a mind to go and
look for him myself. Well, good bye,
’Fessor, I must be gittin’ back to the
ranch or the boys’ll be chawin’ rag weed.”
And he was ofL with the light of a new
born purpose in his eye and the blessing
of human sympathy in his heart.
The old man filled his pipe afresh and
smoked and smiled and whispered to him-
self until Jose’s wife called him to supper.
❖ * *
A few days later a messenger from Ber-
ry’s ranch to the store carried back the
news that Prof. Dombey was “took with
slow fever.”
“Then I’m off to Mexico,” said the
young man to himself, and he straightway
made a dicker with his father for the loan
of five hundred dollars on a bunch of cat-
tle that had been given to him several
years before.
“Jes’ want to take a little trip before
college begins,” was all the explanation
he offered, and the father asked no more,
saying to himself as he counted out the
gold:
“Got to sow his wild oats some time;
mout as well do it now.”
With the money in his belt Melancthon
was off with a cowboy to fetch his pony
back. He stopped at Jose’s store long
enough to say good bye, but he did not
visit the professor. To Jose he said:
“Tell ’Fessor I’m goin’ to search. He’ll
understand.”
Melancthon’s ideas of geography were
not very clear, but the distance to Gal-
veston was only four days’ ride, and he
thought that was a starting place. Ar-
rived here, he sent the cowboy back with
the ponies, and no one knew anything
futher of his movements.
In two weeks he returned, driving a
wagon in which reposed a long box tightly
nailed up.
“How’s Fessor?” he asked, as he drew
rein in front of Jose’s store, unheeding
■ the questions about himself.
“Mighty nigh gone.”
“Here, fellows, give
box,” he
loungers.
“Your box opener, Jose, quick.”
nails were "hurriedly drawn from the lid.
“Now, fellows, fetch it along,” and he
led the way to the “college,” where Prof.
Dombey lay in a dying state, fever wasted
and sorrow consumed. He was propped
up on pillows, and when Melancthon en-
tered he gave a cry of joy and fell back
Speechless, and senseless.
“Too late,” sobbed Melancthon, as he
saw the dim eyes close and heard the last
gasp, “but he knowed—he knowed.”
The next day two graves were dug. Into
one were lowered the remains of Prof.
Dombey; into the other the ^contents of
the long box, and it was only at the last
moment Melancthon discovered that he
had sawed the thumb from the right hand
instead of the left.
A woman is sick ; some disease peculiar toher
sex is fast developing in her system. She goes
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She holds something back, losesher head,
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to say, and finally conceals what she
ought to have told, and thus completely
mystifies the doctor.
Is it any wonder, therefore, that
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Still, we cannot blame the wo-
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