Wise County Messenger. (Decatur, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 747, Ed. 1 Friday, August 2, 1895 Page: 6 of 8
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"LINKED SWEETNESS."
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toward the door.
HALCOMB BROS., Pubs.
Then he waited.
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pocket one by one. They made a strange
manner
lets.
The poor professor felt like saying
An Indiana man went to Manhattan
last
But
He took him by the
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guest-chamber where he had left his
altogether.
take his leave amid profuse apologies.
gestion and
my
Sells gave him the customary remedy-
MICROBES OF ALCOHOLISM.
globe.
" ‘Say. Jim, we butchered her about phases. acute, chronic and otherwise.
your
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MT DEAR SIR. EXCUSE ME."
Strawberries for the Fare.
excused
ing completed the task at a cost of come?
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gled drug.
Friend—What rent
do you pay for
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and we have just discovered that there
are 13 of us; that would never do at all.
Now if you will dine with us you shall
be well paid for your services, and I
either, for the viands were actual, and
the wine was not a pretense. but a de-
ightful vintage, served in cut-glass gob-
the truth
mercy.”
"But what did you eat yourself?"
"More than I have eaten for many
"I have stolen from you—here, let me
show you, and you will know why I •
Investigations into the rapidity of the
circulation of the blood in the human
body have brought out the fact that if
cepted it graciously and went upstairs
to get his hat and overcoat unattended.
A number of handsomely appointed
chambers were on the upper hall, and
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of one who lays his life on the al tai
of sacrifice.
"Great heavens. man. what does this
mean?" asked the astonished host.
"It means," replied the other solemn-
God. how can I acknowledge it—I am el
thief!"
Owing to some derangement of the
telegraph, it is impossible to say where
the latest South American revolution
broke out.
and quite unlike the others, which were
the commonplace ones of illness. poverty
and bad luck in everything he under-
took.
Now, there is no refinement of cruelty
equal in its pangs to the grip of poverty
where the trees were that gave the sum-
mer resort its name.
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Business Men.
"Yes, 'Buck' English was always
G —in a musical way—
was going to the Globe theater, where he
was to play a flute obligato with the
regular orchestra, he would have been
The profound New York orator who,
in a speech about bicycles, remarked
that "the wheel has effected a revolu-
tion" may discover some years hence
that after all this is nothing extraor-
dinary for a wheel to do.
But fate had not done with Professor
Smythe.
The consomme had a dash of cham-
Agree with the Ostrich.
One of the family of twelve ostriches
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for it was
like a dream or an illusion rather than a
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Footlight Fashions.
Miss Fanny Brough, in "The Prude s
give them, for my rent is overdue, and
the money I earned is already spent."
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me. See hen seen wintering at River Front Park
coat.” said the professor, the dignity of
all the Smythes since Mount Ararat in
his thin, rasping tones.
the edge of his appetite, not by the bare
and imagination of a feast, but by the feast
general utility man itself. It was no feast of the Barmecide
Picnics are not a means of popular .
diversion in Greenland. That’s one in- awaiting him was of a grotesque turn,
stance where the Esquimau gets the
best of his civilized brother.
passed on his way to the particular
vided for nearly all the races on the “Ancient Mariner.” but finally stam-
to the
rets, oo worthless for
aDY <ust worthless
last crumb.
the misfortune
I “d with the hastily improvised ■ hurch
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itself. He was masquerading—that was
would he have opened it, though it was
unsealed, before the man, but he ac- host vaguely
a lifetime.
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out of hit
those people gloating over
—and—here and here."
He took the valuables
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1 .. . , , dence he was passing, and a flood of
vasts ride that has been made orange light beaming across his path,
in the circulation of the Scriptures and
The other man started and
mered his need of haste and the occasion
1 of it.
“I will pay you twice as much and you
I will have nothing to do but make your-
self agreeable. I. will be a great ac-
commodation and I shall never forget it.
I can see by your appearance that you
are a gentleman—consider me a friend
and accept my offer.”
"But what service is required of me?"
asked the professor, who had had a
vague idea that a grand piano had sud-
denly gone wrong.
"Why, you see, I am giving a dinner
to some friends. It is all on the table.
the events of this evening. He is un- looked around as if in triumph, but its
in front of him. They were a roll ol
upon a sensitive nature that cannot bor-
row and will not beg; the poverty that
is "genteel” in well-brushed garments,
polished by the friction of time; of lean
and hungry look, because never suffi-
ciently fed; with pride perched like a
sentinel on the threshold, keeping out
the bag Charity, who comes to extol her-
self in a labored account of details in the
lives of want. To this class of the gen-
teel poor belonged Prof. Smythe, who,
as he stepped along carefully in his
frayed entourage, would have been ri-
diculous if he had not been pathetic.
And, poor man, he did not know that he
was either. He had hidden his poverty
ostrich-wise, and never dreamed that he
was attracting attention to it. Besides
that, being a gentleman by birth. in-
stinct and education, he attached no
dishonor to his low estate. He was not
the only man who had not made a fi-
nancial success of life.
As he walked along in the shrinking,
depressed fashion that had become nat-
ural to him through habitude with
misfortune, he was aware of the sudden
opening of a door in a handsome resi-
and thenwoman to jthis house?
xas Sift* Taxpayer—Alas! I own it
ly, “that my sick wife and my little others, caught sight of the shining
childrenare starving, and that I pil-chain. Quick as a flash he darted his
fered from my food at your table tc long neck through the bars and seized
with a
much surprised if any hint of a new to his neighbor, "pinch me!”
inquired calamity in his run-down fortunes could
have been then and there foretold. He
certainly thought he had taxed the in-
to be prepared fur ! pagne in it, and new lte was infused
° n e into the veins of this professional diner-
as he had broken the spell of the un-
lucky 13, he ventured to excuse himself
and rose stiffly from his place and
bowed himself out of the room.
He was followed by a servant, who
handed him an envelope with the com-
pliments of the gentleman with whom
Mass in a Grog Shop.
Mass in a saloon was one of the od-
dities in Chicago last Sunday, says the
Chicago Chronicle. It was celebrated
in the suburb of Hawthorne, the at-
the chain in his bill. He threw it intc
dinner bread, a plate, a sweetbreac
A Southern woman says that she has tendants being Polish Catholics, who
found it a good plan when coming in have lately been deprived of their pas-
from a drive or a walk at this season tor. Rev. Father Conan, a German, who
to bathe the face in the juice of straw- until three weeks ago preached Eng-
berries. It is cool and refreshing to lish and German on alternate Sundays,
the skin, and where the complexion is No priest having been appointed to
pale, adds a pretty pink tinge. The take Father Conan's place, the Poles
water in which oatmeal and bran have spied the vacated saloon and rented it.
soaked are old-fashioned, yet excellent The bar, glasses, etc., had not been re-
remedies for giving a smooth skin, moved, but they were covered up. A
Some country maidens use a concoc- connecting room in the rear was used
tion brewed from elder flowers to re- as an altar room and when all was
move freckles. It is less harmful and ready the priest was secured and serv-
more effective than many a newfan- ices held, all apparently being content-
that will hold water the fish die. In
this melancholy situation the New
Yorkers have nothing for it but to plead
with Theodore Roosevelt to reform the
aquarium. He seems to be the only
man in that modern Babylon who
a week ago. She was the fattest beef I
Life ra It Ta.
I down stairs and into the presence cl I dent that the task was no easy one, for
the shaking guests. "I—I made a bat | before he got it half way down he
the professor glanced into each as he min takManas prndsa perrecthtls seemed to repent or his bargain. But
innocent of any attenpt at crime, and ne would not give it us. and nally 1.
I must beg you to remain silent as tc disappeared
similar complaints. Mr.
all the years previous to 1880. Por-
tions of the Scriptures are now pro-
The intelligent municipal officiaks of
New York have been for some time en-
gaged in the work of converting old
Castle Garden into an aquarium. Hav-
were attached to the whimletrees except
one, which hy loose among he pile
The attendant left them lying there foi
a while, and after he had gone away
one ostrich, more curious than the
turned her silken back on him to talk
i to her neighbor on the other side. The
professor’s pride did not once assert
rolled in a leaf of lettuce, a chicker chains and whitlietrees from the uppet
breast, a bit of toasted bread, and a floors and threw them down in front of
caviare sandwich. He brought them out -he ostrich pen. All of the chains
Mr. Sells happened to pass through the
animal department and noticed the po-
sition of the bird and at once surmised
that he was ill. As the usual troubles
from which these birds suffer are indi-
tist has discovered the bacillus of al-
coholism. I am strongly impressed
with the idea, gained from my re-
searches. that there is a microbe en-
gendered by alcoholic drink."
might have been hypnotized; but the
fact was that the poor man had not
broken his fast since morning, and the
delicious aroma of the dinner coming
through the open door proved irresisti-
ble. He gave his name in a whisper,
was handed over to a servant, who took
narrow lines of black. and trimmed
with graduated bands of steel, ending
in black satin bows, and with black
satin epaulettes covered with lace. An-
other costume which is chic is a tea-
gown of yellow broche. the front be-
ing yellow accordion-kilted gauze, the
whole trimmed with long gauze rib-
bons.
a large dose of castor oil. This, how-
ever. had no effect on the bird, which
continued to show signs of distress
Nothing that was done gave him any
relief, and within a half hour after
bolting the chain he turned over on hit
back and gave his last kick
The largest coin in the world is the
gold ingot or "loof" of Annam, a flat,
round piece, worth about $325. The
value is written on it in India ink. It
weighs a little more than a pound and
a quarter.
overcome by sherry and other bever-
ages, but he thought the room had been
darkened and that he was right. He
stood a moment in the doorway and
looked cautiously in, peering about at
the luxury, but at the same time not-
ing that it was not the dressing-room
for which he was looking. Before he
could step back and turn down the cor-
ridor again, the unexpected happened.
He received a sudden and violent push
from behind, which flung him forward
out of the doorway into the room, the
door was instantly locked upon him,
and he was a prisoner.
“Smythe luck!” said the poor man
as he tried in vain to open the door,
and knew by the rumpus he could hear
outside that the house was in a state
of excitement; "I suppose they will
think I was trying to steal something."
Then a frightened thought took pos-
session of him. which caused cold drops
of anguish to stand out on his gaunt
cheeks. Did they suspect him? Had he
been observed? He opened the envelope
in his hand; it containd a five-dollar
note. That was generous, and he was
sure his host had suspected nothing,
but tae mere thought of the situation
in which he was placed drove him to
the verge of distraction.
And to add to his terror, he heard
the alarmed household coming upstairs,
and the next moment the door of his
room was opened, and his host, backed
by all the male guests, stood in the
open doorway.
"What are you doing here?" was the
first question his host propounded; “tell
Only $5,000,000 was lost in the Whis-
ky Trust. It was the whisky drinkers
a man could retain one individual blood dare say you will be in time for
corpuscle coursing for 84 years through flute solo at the theater, as you can be
his body, it would have traveled about
who made the heavy losses. They lost
everything and went to the devil on an
electric line.
belongings. Perhaps he was a trifle
friend,” remarked Judge Lawler when
the Nana stage robbery and the wound-
ed desperado were under discussion,
says the Philadelphia item. "He was a
pretty fair robber, but no business man.
I remember one of his first ventures in
a business way. A couple of Germans
were running a butcher shop in Lake
county and making money hand over
fist. ’Buck’ English and his brother
Charlie purchased the business and
soon the stock commenced to suffer.
One day a rancher met 'Buck' on the
road and inquired:
“'Have you seen anything of that
cow of mine?'
“ ‘What kind of a cow?'
" ’Red. with a white blaize and one
horn gone.’
“ ‘The one Sleeper raised and sold
Faught, and he sold to that carpenter
at Middletown?’ asked ‘Buck.’
“ 'Yes, that’s the one.’
gowns which are intentionally start- As for me, I cannot quite accept the
ling in color to suit the character por- contagion theory, but I would not be
trayed. One particular happy combi- surprised to wake up some lay and
nation is of coral pink silk, striped with find in my newspaper that somescien-
Lake Erie produces more fish to the
acre than any other body of water in
the world. That comes from planting
good, fresh seed.
, out. The fish and game and pate that
a followed were all triumphs of the cu- exhibit as he piled them up on the table I
linary art, and the hungry man cloyed
went to his long home yesterday, t
victim of curiosity and a voracious ant
indiscriminate appetite.
About 1 o’clock yesterday one of the
ircus attendants brought a lot o
could have died easier than to have attached to Sells’ circus, which has
At Stage Robbing. Hut No Good as
Beach the other day and
genuity of adverse fate to its utmost, I him that he had been there an hour, and
and he had enough misery on hand to ....
6,050,880 miles. Assuming that the
heart beats 69 times in a minute, blood j
travels at the speed of 207 yards in a
minute, ce seven miles an hour, mak-
ing 168 miles a day, and 61,320 miles in
a year.
The Chinese pheasants which were in-
troduced into Oregon and Washington '
a few years ago and protected have
spread all over the States, and sports-
, men are looking forward to rare sport
in the near future. There is no reason
why these fine birds should not be in-
troduced over a much wider field.
Sporting clubs should look to it. The
entire tier of States from the Ohio
River to the Gulf are admirably adap-
ted to them.
I when you desire. You will
Thanks.
hour, and bring excellent sounding
reasons to his side of the question.
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movec Hat It Was Too "Long-Drawn-out te
A few weeks later the English boys
were closed out. They had lost every
cent of their capital. ‘Buck’ came tc
1 me and said: ’I can’t understand this
I at all. Those Dutchmen bought all
their stock and paid their bills when
they came due and made money. We
stole all our stock, never paid a bill, and
still we lose. It’s too much for me. I
guess I’m no business man.’ I suppose
his failure in business enterprises drove
him into questionable pursuits.”
the inclosure. and his companions stood
_____e ! eyeing him curiously to see what he
day. But now do with me what yot was going to do with the chain.
""Would you mind putting these things .They were not left long in doubt,
back into your pocket?" inquired his He at once began to make a meal of it.
"Now come with me.’ I Link by link it disappeared I own hit
Prof. Crooks thinks that if the elec-
tric lights were universal to-day, the
candle, if suddenly introduced, would
be thought a wonderful invention, as
it enables a person to obtain light in
its simplest and most portable form,
and without the use of cumbrous ma-
chinery or the necessity of attaching
the lamp to any fixed point by means
of wire before it could be lighted.
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PL HE4-—* philosopher and
fatalist. As Prof.
“ —— Smythe, musician,
piano tuner
ivangelical literature may be estimated dress ran lightly down the steps, seized
from the report that more Bibles have him by the arm and said briskly:
been printed and circulated in the past i "My dear sir, excuse me, but would
twelve months than were produced in ‛°pd. smnstnrrorgovedraw into his
shell, so sudden was this attack. He
stood still, like the wedding guest in the
he had just dined. Not for worlds
The bin
This Is a New Fad Which Hie Medical
Profession May Adopt.
"The funniest theory I ever heard
regarding drunkenness as a disease,"
said Dr. Henry S. Trigg, the brilliant
ox-chief of the Bureau of Contagious
Diseases, who is making a special
study of alcoholism in its varied and
interesting, if not exactly plasant.
Progress,” now running in London,
wears some striking and up-to-date
"A likely story. Turn your pockets
inside out," commanded the host.
"I refuse to do it."
"Then I will send for the police. I
was willing to give you a chance, but
if you refuse to be searched, you are
guilty."
“I am not a thief.”
"I do not know. Your actions are very
suspicious. You can explain matters to
the chief of police. There must be
reasons why you refuse to be searched;
if you are honest, you can have noth-
ing to conceal.”
“Wait!” cried the unfortunate profes-
sor, "I came here to-night at your ear-
nest solicitation to do you a service,
and you trap me as if I were a burg-
lar.”
“You are caught prowling in a dis-
tant part of my house—you refuse to be
searched—an innocent man would be
glad to clear his name from suspicion
—how do I know what valuables you
have secreted about you?”
A hollow laugh rang through the
room. Was it possible the bold intrud-
er dared to laugh at them. It was the
laugh of despair, and as such it smote
upon the heart of the host, who looked
troubled and perplexed. His enforced
guest saw the look, and it suggested a
line of action to him.
"Send those men away,” he said,
pointing to the group of alarmed guests
crowding in at the door. He was glad
the women had remained below stairs,
and not come to gaze upon his discom-
fiture. He did not know that they were
locked up in fear and trembling in a
distant parlor.
We won't go," chorused the group;
he may want to murder you.”
"I don’t think he will," said the host,
who was really soft-hearted. “I’ll trust
him, and you fellows can go to the la-
dies. I'll call If I need help.”
They went, rather glad to be out of
it, and the two men. left together, eyed
each other, one waiting for the other
to speak. They were exactly opposite in
appearance, one rosy and rubicund. the
other thin and anxious—a meager
travesty on a successful man.
"I refused to let you search me," said
the professor slowly, “because—oh, my
der my protection from this time. and triumph was short-lived in a few
you will all agree with me that we are moments he was seized with par-
sxtrimelzvorcguthat..such a mistake oxysms of pain, and. as . .11 ostriches de .
Of course they all agreed with the when sick, he lay down on his stomach
sentiments of their host, whatever they on the floor of the pen and stretched
were, and Prof. Smythe was allowed tc out his neck as far as it would reach
At the same time a man in evening
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reality.
But the striking of the clock reminded I
knows that he knows he knows how to him upstairs into a guest chamber,
do things effectively. ' bolrcdnmwhisremoreshssshasYt°inh
a silver handled brush, taking Its
An Illinois State Senator named Ful- threadbare glint for dust. It was well
ler went to Chicago recently with his he was engaged to play, otherwise he
pockets full of money, and he landed would not have been In evening dress,
in the police station the fullest man in He was beginning to enjoy the little
town. He was simply doing his gram- aomordy in which he was himself an
mar lesson in giving an adjective its | “IThere was no introduction. His host
degrees—full, I tiller, fullest. / motioned him to a seat between the
maiden lady and a severe matron who
“is held by a gentleman who runs a
somewhat celebrated retreat for so-
called dipsomaniacs not far from the
city of Hartford, Conn. This genius
holds—and he has been many years in
the business—that drunkennes is con-
tagious. just like measles or typhoid
fever. He believes that the disease
can be communicated directly from one /
who is infected with it to one whose /
system is in a condition to receive the a - »
mfection. According to his theory, a Fel.
drunkard should be locked up, not K •Cad
alone for his own good, out because 4. .. 7
he is a constant menace to others C! , -r”
when permitted to go at large. Sounds
comical, does it not? Yet the good
doctor can expound his theory by the
arm and led bin elastic oesophagus. It was v try evi-
“I came here to get my
And now they say that young Chaun-
cey M. Depew is in love and going to
marry an $8,000,000 heiress. It was
popularly supposed that Mr. Depew
was only in love with humanity in gen-
eral.
now as you would hope for yours 1 wouldn’t have killed her with-
. out lettin’ you know. Good-by, Jim.'
la an “That’s all Jim ever got for his cow.
$250,000, they discover that most of the The professor followed his host in a
tanks won’t hold water, and in the few ' state of absolute subjection, as if he
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