Wise County Messenger. (Decatur, Tex.), No. 202, Ed. 1 Saturday, December 22, 1888 Page: 6 of 8
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“Next postmaster of this yere post-
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It came into the town
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And you’un hain't nobody else?”
"Stranger, am I titten? ‘
"Far from it.
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of the deity Baal; the
proper names
having such
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I am going to send
passenger to
Chronicle reporter yesterday.
One Last Request.
“My dear friend,” said the minister ,
to the dying man, “It must be a source |
ways led a correct Christian life?"
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made inquiry he came to the window
and asked:
of great consolation to you as your end
approaches to feel that you have al-
postmaster
hawk-eyed
“When
: a num-
second-
want to run fur
say that under
Unequalled for all Fancy and Art Work.
At Druggists and Merchants. Dye Book free.
WELLS, RICHARDSON & CO. Props. Burlington, Vt.
T XAIIE Tins PAPER every time you write.
The horse that brings $20,000 in gold
"Don’t I know ‘nuff?"
“To be honest. you don’t.
acific train Friday morning last."
ticket.”
“So have I and thousands of others
re-
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and take no other.
A Dress Dyed
A Coat Colored
Garments Renewed
see about mail.
every other day
to pick up the one they take, and after
glancing it over could account for your
always going to Mrs. Stetson for infor-
mation, and it was very evident where
she gets her information from.
nuthin’ to nobody, but I jist draw off.
I don’t want it to g t out that I hain’t
"Thirty dollars "
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A Leprous Passenger.
“Consternation re gned in a second-
The Difficuity Experienced
In taking Col Liver Oil is entirely overcoma
in S ott’s Emulsion of Cod Liver Oil and Hy-
Captain, how many states are there
in the Union?"
nearCadiz, on a positon commanding
an extensive view over the Atlantic?
with two beautiful pillars in front, to
Hercules. Hence the Straits of Gib-
raltar were called “The Pillars of Her-
mous S rsaparilla and other standard
remedies.• Your druggist can now
supply you with Ayer’s Almanac for
1899 in i‘s usual attractive form.
EASY PAYMENT PLAN.
, An Irishman entered a store on the
Bowery where furniture was sold on
the “easy payment plan.”
“And how much is thim chairs .and
that bedstead?” he asked, designating
'he articles he desired.
•CAP. SkE S. N. P.”
Warranted to color more goods than any
other dyes ever made, and to give more bril-
liant and durable colors. AskfortheDicmona,
glass out of a
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“Yes, you tit," exclaimed the post-
master. “Stranger, he was a gorilla.
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LACTATED FOOD
A Is a Perfect SUBSTITUTE
3 FOR MOTHER’S MILK.
* Babies living upon it sleep well,
? \ latgh and crow, are plump and
y l healthy. It regulates the bow
I jels, curing both constipation and
J diarrhoea. Send for valuable
Further up the Yadkin. after lea v omic.
Ing Morgan’s, I came to a hamlet of ' 5
of eight or ten houses, and here I de- |
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At that point 1
Dull received a telegram make?
authorizing, him to place the obnox-
ious Chnaman in a special car by him-
self, which he did, bringing him
San Francisco.—danFranciico Chron^
And that’s honest? ’
“11 is.”
“Cap, it’s jist as I told ye all along.”
said the postmaster. “Sum is fitten
but we can’t claim office on that
count.”
"I—I Lit in the war.”
manner. I an a-representin’ the
United States, I am, and I shan’t take
of Baal, beloved of Baal, warrior of
Baal. etc.
I he Tyrians owned large possessions
in Spain, traded extensively with it.
and their coins with the pillars on each
entwined with the serpent,were large-
ly circulated. They moreover erected
a splendid temple west of Gibraltar.
An election is always a race ques-
tion when several candidates are run-
I ning
we can get the whole thing combined
. in one? When we were over to the
Stetson’s, the other evening, I happened
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notes
the Al
ponds
"A person who has shook hands
with Cleveland and lived in the sama I
scaly sores, and the sight of one eye
utterly destroyed. The doctor notified
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pamphlet, frec.Sold by druggists, 35c., 50c., $1.00.
WELL3.RICHARDSON*CO.BurHngt<m,Vt
"W hose deal is it?” asked one wheat
corner of another.
office was a family room and the cor-
for one, for I can certainly lose nothing, '
as ach number contains a “Pattern 1
the Order" worth 30 cents, for it entitles I
the holder to any pattern she may <
voted the Democrat
coach on a west-bound Central
anything about Lake
You can never be
“I’ve alius
ENGLISHMAN— “ ’Av you
and consuming__
of p iper each day
facts and figures are given in the pre-
face to a neat volume containing speci-
men copies of the Almanacs and other
publications of this company in twenty-
one languages. This book, will, no
doubt, be appreciated bv many as a
rare literary curiosity, while it must in-
crease the demand for Dr. AVer’s fa-
popbosr hates. It i* « paleleabte as mia, and
be most valuable remedy that has ever been
prodn ed for the cure of Consumption, ScrOt-
ala and Wasting Diseases. Do not tail to try"ie
I Poor old nature must indeed be
weary from ringing the changes on the
United States weather.
“Be you’tin he’un?
“Yes, s r. ”
, at a public sale must be a high-metaled
I steed.
A Radical Cura for Epileptic Fits.
If afflicted with Sore Eyes, use Dr. Issac
i Thompson sEye Water. Druggistssellit. 25c.
Jezebel, corrupted the priests of the
temple and securing her husband’s
treasures tied to Carthage. The ter-
minal syllable Bel in Tyrian and Bai
in Carthagenian names was the name
the legislachtr. Jis!
read Ro ert Helsmerez" She—“No.
but I’ve heard the opera of ‘Robert, the i
Devil.”’ He couldn’t see any point to
the joke, and wondered what they
were a “laughing h‛at, you know.”
have come to your senses at last! If
you’ll turn off the steam in the register - nt
you'll see who was snoring."
And it was the steam register, after
all. — Chicago Tribune.
A Liver in a Glass House.
“You are a bigger fool than I ever
look you for,” sermonized Mrs. Brown.
“The idea of a man of your age. com-
ing home with a big toy rooster stuck
in your bat!” “You’re a nice one [to
talk about that, ain’t you?” sneered
the old man. “Didn't you walk up
and down the streets all the afternoon
with four song birds, two dyed pig-
eon's wings, and an ostrich plume in
your hat?”—New York Evening Sun.
have my shoes repa red and some
washing done. A widow named Kin-
ney soon fixed a room for me and by
and b. I went over to the post-office to
“You’ve been snorng for five min-
utes.'’ said he.
“Nothing of the sort,” said the old
is, sir.” was the weak reply. "And
now,” went on the minister, gently,
"is there anything more I can say to
you; have you any last request to
make?” "Yes,” responded the dy ng
! man, feebly; “will you please see that
my diary is burned? Harper e
ou to I Bazaar.
meanings as servant
titled to rest for three or four da s. l “How many?
was to get letters here, and I must ।
q petite. I h d rains in hips and joints and
my kidneys were diseased. My throat was nl-
zerated and my breast a mass of running sores,
in this condition I commenced a use of B. 1:
B. It healed every uleer and sore and cured
me completely wi bin i wo months."
A west side young man calls his gir
"Opportunity" because he so gladly
embraces her.
A Congh, Cod, or Sere Thr at should not be
aeglected. Biows’s Bnoncurar. Troches are a
dm le remedy, and give prompt relics 23 cts
a b.x.
A young lady who refuses to kiss her
beau is very ungrateful; she forgets
now much she was kissed herself when
she was a baby.
"Wall, I’m a goin’ fur to say thar’s
i fifty, more or less. ”
"Name the two great oceans."
"The two whoppers?”
“Yea.”
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ridor was the open air with a pane of
“Name ten states.”
“Ten states? Wall. I’m a-goin’ fur
to name the two Carolinas. Tennessee.
.Now - Alabama, Little Rock, Boston, Chi-
. t, ; , 1 cago. New Orleans, Detroit and Da-
Hold up you t righr hand. Do you kota."
solemnly sw’ar that you won’t lie He made as many blunders on all
about this matter?” I other subjects. and when I was done
"I da” j questioning be asked:
“Then you kin cum inside. We
heard you was cornin’ this wav. You ,
haln’t relashuned to the post-master- P°5 -aster •
g neral, I reckon?”
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‘•You mustn’t snore,” said he. .....- .. — ,------------, -
The old gentleman looked quickly JENNINGS DEMORESI, East 4th hunk
up. “I wasn’t snoring,” said ha St., New York, will send a specimen , -
copy for 10 cents. I am going to send I
no charcoal talk from nobody."' 1. , ,
"Never mind. Sam, 1‛il hey yer ftten, cause I may
scalp inside ol a month. growled the '
the division superintendent at Carlin,
I who refused to compel the d sense I
| man to leave the train. The superin-
tendent telegraphed the circumstances
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choose. The Magazine is only $2.00
per year and worth ten times that i
on horseback from a
What is a name?
openers" will make
PAUL. Now what is the use, Sarah,
of our taking several magazines, whe
•Not sayin'
1 Erie?”
twenty years. He s gwine to decide [ P
which ot us shall hev it.” , , ,
... . ... marke 1 an overland
1 be captain came around through I
the backdoor and shook hands and sat j
down. His looks were against him, we left Ogden Thursday night
and when I handed him an envelope i her of Chinese boarded the i
with an address on t he gazed at it for ' class car and rode all right with the
twarrihee minutes in a vacant way ■ white passengers. The next morning
"My eyes hain’t what they used to a physician on tie trainin passng
be, but I'll keep a clerk to do the real- ;h to,, the sinoker, d scovered
in’ for me.” ! that one of the Celestials was in an ad-
"What are your claims to this of- ‘ vauced sage of leprosy. He arnouuc-
lice?” I asked. ed.tbe fact to the passengers and
' pointed the man out, covered with
The Dollar Mark.
lyre was one of the oldest c’ties of
the world, says the Watch Dial, prob-
ably as ancient as either Damascus or
Hamath, one of the Roman poets de-
scribing it as competing with Troy for
the commerce of the Mediterranean,
and it is certain in very early ages it
was renowned for its wealth and the
extent of its trade. Its tutelary deity
was Hercules, also known as Melcart-
es; his temple was a massive structure
built with stones of an enormous size,
with the well known beveled edges.
Before it were two beautiful pillars,
each entwined with the emblematic
serpent. These were elaborately orna-
mented and stood upon each side of
the entrance. The pillars were sup-
posed by some to typify—the one, the
strength and endurance of Hercules,
the other, his beauty; by others to re-
ter to his mortal and immortal na-
tures.
town with the post-master-gineral fur clase
captain.
• You will, eh? We'll settle that
right now and yere. Cum inside and
When Baby was sick we gave her Castorin,
When she was a Child, she cried f r< astorin.
When stie became Miss, she clung to Castoria,
W hen sho had Children, she gave them Castoria,
Well, Paul, I am glad von I Many struggling men keep pup by
• J ' supporting a useless canine.
thusfamthe great benen s of Dr, Bull's Fa-
mous Cough Syrup,
Chickens should not be counted until
Ihev are hatched, nor votes until the
polls are closed. A contrary course is
sometime confusing.
Severe Cases of Blood Poison.
Thousands suffer from blood poison, who
would be cured if they gave B B. B., (Botanic
B ood Palm a t ial. Send to the Blood Balm
Co., Atlanta, Ga , for boks of wonderful cures
chat convince the most skept’cal. It is sent free,
J. O. Gibson, Meridian. Mias, writes. "Fot
a number of years r buffered untold agouies
from blood poison. Seve« al prominent physi
f ans did me litt e if any good. I began to use
B. B. I. with very little faUb. but, to my utter
-urprise it has mide me a well and hearty per-
son."
Z. T. Hallerton. Macon, Gi, writes: “I con-
tract ed blood potsov. I fl st tried physicians
and then went to Hot Springs I returned
home a ruined man phys cally. Nothing seemed
to do me any good. My mother per- u ded me
to try B, B. B. To my utter ashtonishment
ever nicer quickly healed."
Benj. Morris. Atlant, Ga., writes: “I suf-
, | fe ed years from sphilitic blood poison which
And the disgustedmanabandoned I refused to b. cured by all treatment. Physi-
Hans pronounced it a hopel S9 ew • I had no
point twenty miles away. The post
be examined.”
"Who’s the stranger?
the captain.
I To the Eaton-Please inform your readers that I
f have a positive remnedy for the above named ;
disease which I warrant to euro the worst cases, j
FP etrong is my faith in tha virtues of this medi-
cine that I will send free a sample bottle and 1
‘It ' valvatbie treatise to any sufferer whe. will give '
me his P. O. and Express address. My remedy
has cured thousands of hopeless cases.
H. G. BOOT, M. C. 183 Pearl St. New York.
It was horrible chirography. and
when I caked what "N. P.” meant he
explained:
gentleman. "I am studying
‛Eumenides‛ of Eschylus, and was
never wider awake in mv life. If
। the sarcumstances Cap Jones kinder
! steps aside. That's it — kinder steps
aside fur the sake of harmony. Good
day, stranger—call at mv office as you
whispered cum ^vnC-D lro,t Cree frees.
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-Na”
“Wail, Im goin' fur to gay the
No’th Pole and t e Bay of Biscay.”
"How is the stats of North Carolina
window through which bounded?”
nose to inquire. The I "By land and water.”
was a tall, sharpnosed, Xes; but by what states?"
native of fifty, ami as 1 ■. "What states? I kuowed all about
, it yesterday but its clean dun gone
now. Let's see; I’ll go fur to say she's
bounded by Ohio.’
Too many eyn
a man “blind
••No."
“Wish you was. Cap. Jones is play-
in’ onery on me and tryin‛ to git to be
post-master. Mebbe vou’ll recom-
you will remember, I have wanted for
some time to take the same Magazine
that they do, but you have alway s put.
me off by objecting to my taking a
Fashion Magazine. The fact is, a
Family Magazine that is published to
interest every member of a family,
must contain a fashion department:
audit is a great credit to Demorest’s
Monthly Magazine that its fashion de-
partment, like all its other depart-
ments, is so perfect. But Mr. Stetson
i< always as anxious for its arrival as
his wife, so he must find in it just, what
he wants, too.
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The duties of a critic are apt to be $
sede ntary. He is always sitting on
somebody or something
The woman who gets but one lettei
a year always reads it on the street.
They All Thought He Snored.
In a corner of the reference depart-
ment of the public library an old gen-
tleman sat yesterday afternoon shad-
ing his eves with his hand. A book
lay open before him. His head drooped
lower and lower.
Suddenly a great snore shook the
room.
Almost everybody looked up. The
old gentleman remained motionless,
apparently poring over his book.
Then another snore was heard, even
louder than the first. The readers
were startled again. The old gentle-
man did not move.
It was so evidently a case of guilt
that when I he snoring had continued
for a few minutes one of the clerks
stepped over to the old gentleman and
touched him on the shoulder.
How’s This.
We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward fot
any case, of Catarrh that cannot be cured by
taktng Hall’s Catarrh Cure.
F. .1. CHENEY & CO., Props., Toledo, O.
We, the undersigned, have known F. J.
Cheney for the last 15 years, and believe him
perfectly honorable in all business transac-
tions and financially able to carry out any
oblzation made by their firm.
WEST st Tnaux, Wholesale Druggists, Tole-
do, O.
WaLDIX, KxsaX & MARVIS, Wholesale
Druggists, Toledo,
E. H. Van HeSES, Cashier, Toledo Nation-
al Bank, Toledo, O.
Hall’s Catarrh Cure is taken internally,
acting directly upon the blond and minus
surfaces of the system. Price 75c. nor botil, .
8olu by ai Druggists,
"rsAlna acon its accustomed nail.
"‛n year to year, are aware that
Iio thirteen to furseen million cop-
ns of this i opular calendar are printed
every year. To acco plish this stu-
Pundeus work, the publishers use a
opthinewhch printsand folds, ready I "Show n" how divine athingawoman was
I. tin bnder, a hundred thousand a'- l b- male" bv monthing ont the wrinki0
manacs daily, turning off at the rate of ' pansed bv nenralala or toer hache Thl- rau
a hundred and eighty books a minute. ! eadonnonly,in one way. Invest 23 cents tu
sliming about twenty-five miles
eachdav: These astoundine I sneak within bounds, s r," arid the pri--
d fioireuoee as oundins wgertn the, dock when adarbzeine the jury,
we speaK knouingl when wedpelarewithes-
mend me afore you go?”
.Al, comprised "asapr aanspapobox ! ana sum can’t never be fitten. You
ters outside of my own mail, and mv ■ 1s litten to boss a plantashun or to be
letters looked as if they had been han- a capting in the army, but you isn’t
died over a hundred times. 1 litten to run a post-office.
"Anybody dead?” queried the wife i An,; s no use offtryin‛ to git the
of the post-master. place? asked the captain of me.
•No. “Not a bit.
‘•Anybody mar’d?” queried her . "And, mind you,"put in the post mas-
daughter. ' i ter, “this ere gent has shook hands
•No." - with President Cleveland,and he’s lived
•Some post masters might -jey : in the same town with the postmaster-
opened them letters.” said the omic al general for twenty vears. What he
after a time, “but I din’t bust uarv Say,s is authority— way up to the top
one. I was never called onery, and 1 01 Iy Iree. . . . .,
hope never shall bo.” - 1 Yes, I reckon, but I ve had my
1 was about through when “Can. | heart sot on it, Sam.
Jones” put in an appearance outside inowyou hey, captin g.but if you
and boldly said: | ham t Intten what s the use? ’
“Look yere, Sam. don’t vou go fur i And my wife has calkerlated on it;
to play pizon on me’cause I’m goin’to , , ......
be the next post-master. 1m a-ex- • , Sartin, she has, bnt what’s she go-
pectin’ sum very important letters and in todo . Here s a gentas has shook
I reckon thev ar’ yere." Mr. Clevelands baud. We can’t get
"Nuthiu‛ fur you. Cap.,’’ was tin ! overnthat,
replv. , "N.o-0
• Hain’t thar no letter from Was- Here s two plugs of navy, capting.
angton?1‛ and my wife will send over a jar of
"No. >> । them 'ere peaches >oyour wife. That 11
• Don't you go fur to hold that yere 1 hep ;ou to swaller yer d sappoint-
letter back, Sam. It’s a state prison ment .1 c ,, . ., .
defense to hold letters back!” 1 So 1 will. Sam. I in dun. If I
•Lool-a-yere, Cap. Jones,” ex- 1 Was fitten. Id be fitten... If I hain’t
claimed the post- mas ter, as he arose. I fitten, W hat s the use? 1 11 take that
"" - i terbacker as I go. and I wish you all
the luck in the world. We don’t say
to tiie oflicials in th s city, and in the
and that’s whar he was made capting. I meantime sthe train sped on i each ng
He was a rebel gorilla at that," - " 1 W adsworth that night.
"But I’m fur the Union now.” ex- conductor 1
claimed the captain.
•Not fitten to run a postoflice?
In early times the strong and sacred
• emples, secure from robbery and pro-
fanation, were used as treasuries, and
many ' Tyrian coins had two
pillars stamped upon them, ither n.
honor of Herculese or as the treasury ' “How will it be on the aisy payment
mark, indicating whence they were is- ' plan?”
sucol. 1 “Ten dollars down, and tin dollars a
An incident in Tyrian history illus- ' week till the amount is paid up.”
‘.rates the use of the temple as a treas- “The diviland all ! Do you call ten
ury; When Pygmalion, king of Tyre 1 dollars down and tin dollars a wake an
and brother of Dido, murdered Dido’s I aisy payment plan’ when I haven’t
husband. Sichaeus.a merchant of great । hut seventy-live cints in me pocket? j
wealth (perhaps a Jew of the tribe of Bedad, and I don't get but six dollars
Issacher) bo placed his ill-begotten 1 a week for me wurruk. onyhow."
treasures in the temple of Hercules. I ' •“ la - ' -------•---2----
During his absence, Dido, whose the easy payment plan and went his
Plimnician name was Eliza, a contrite |
lion of Jezebel, or of its synonym,
Isabel, and who was most probably
named after her aunt, the notorious
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A Child can use them!
“Do you think yourself fitted for the
office?” I asked.
“Perfectly fitten, sail.”
“Let me see a specimen of your
handwriting.”
“I’ll go home and git one.” ‘
"Take tins pen here.”
"I hain’t writ none fur three years,
owin’ to cramps in my fingers, but
yere goes."
He was seven minutes laboring
away, during which he run out his
tongue and rolled his eyes, and he
finally handed me the sentence:
“Writ by Cap Jones, N. P."
Striking an Average.
Passenger: “I say, conductor. I just
left the car behind because it was so
hot I couldn’t live in it, and in this car
I feel that I shall be frozen to death
within a few minutes.” Conductor:
“Well, why don’t you stand on the
platform between? You might find
just the average yon want there"—
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