Wise County Messenger. (Decatur, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 766, Ed. 1 Friday, December 13, 1895 Page: 3 of 12
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HANNAHS SILK DRESS.
The Results of Bilious Fever.
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cents.
this ’ere
Miriar, and
bring me a silk dress that I’ve sold eggs
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SHOKTENED ONE HOUR IN TIME.
HAS
ashamed of the mud-splashed
you,
Gaston MESLIER,
TAKE
They had packed
what was still better, from the time he
It’s surely my subject, Miss Hanner,” raising his voice
Who knows
but this lover is a burglar in disguise?
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SAx FEANTCISCO, CAL. ATLANTA, Ga.
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God and eternity alone can measure not be good for the women to try it. I
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an octave higher, “I’m a man of few
words, but you’ve knowed me sence I
wagon
buffalo
mosa for the information of his sub-
jects. telling them that the Japanese
army and navy has been totally anni-
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duty to call Uncie Moses.
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As she waited there the clerk made
one more attempt to attract these shy
customers.
"It’s a splendid piece of silk,” said
he, giving it a flowing sweep over his
cago and New Orleans.
For tickets, rates and further informa-
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tongue!” hilated, together with some seventy
battlesnips and 80,000 men that for-
They have ceased entirely, and there has
not been a recurrence of them in the two
years that he has 1 een taking the Pink Pills.
Notwithstanding this great benefit, he is net
yet, and may never be, entirely well, though
this, I take it, is not the fault of the medi-
cine. He is a boy of bright mid and active
I’ve heard Uncle Moses say half a dozen was knee-high to a grasshopper, and
__I I’ve got a good house and farm, and the
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as he had a ravenous appetite. After these
spells he would be ill-natured and disagree-
able for several days. This state of things
G. P & T. Agt.
Dallas, Tex
Deathly, Sallow Color of the Patient. Who
Was Also at Times Subject
to Fits.
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bility. You want the one that "
is easiest to manage and is
FOR SALE BY
LILLARD & CO.,
DECATUR. Tex.
NEW Home
It has Automatic Tension, Double Feed, alike
on both sides of needle ipatented)y no other hat
it; New Stand {patented}, driving wheel hinged
on adjustable centers, thus reducing friction te
the minimum.
WRITE FOR CIRCULARS.
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V. WINKLIG
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J. W. McDaniel.
do not be deceived by alluring advertisements
and be led to think you can get the best made*
finest finished and
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and his nervous system very much de- i
ranged. I consulted several physicians, but
none of them could benefit him any to CANNON HALL I’ KAIN
speak of. He had a good appetite and i
would eat heartily, but would takes sad- l
People and determined to try them on my
son. The effect was at once apparent in (
various ways. As long as he would take
the remelies according to directions his
bowels would be regular in their action, and
for a mere song. See to it that
you buy from reliable manu-
facturers that have gained a
' reputation by honest and square
dealing, you will then get a
Sewing Machine that is noted
the world over for its dura-
continued till about two years ago, causing agent.
L S. THORNE.
3d Vice-Pres. & Gen. Mgr.
Offers the public
The Best Passenger Service
. . BETWEEN . .
THE EAST
and SOUTHEAST.
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me and my family great uneasiness. At
this time I happened to see the advertise-
ment of Williams’ Pink Fills for Pale
the frori's
I the cost of
any branch
and repairs
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monestha,
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mixed afte4
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and Feed
II name one
urnish until
also makes
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da, Chicazo
From Texas
. . . TO . . .
St. Louis, Kansas City
and Chicago,
Making close connection with fast trains o>
Eastern and Northern lines for
. . . AND . . ,
Free Reclining Chair Cars
nervousne s with a deathly. sallow color, all
of which finally culminated in spasms, or,
as they are usually designated, "fits.’’ _________
These camo on after a spell of overexertion Butfett Sleeping Cars to St. Louis, Chl-
or excessive eating, which were frequent, --- - ■
Light Running
There is none in the world that
can equal in mechanical con-
sruction, durability of working
parts, fineness of finish, beauty
in appearance, or has as many
improvements as the
meal a cream layer cake, waffles and has been served. I take fish as I pro-
plum preserves were brought forth in ceed along the hall and up the second
lavish profusion. | Hight of stairs. On the third floor I
Buffalo, Montreal and St. Paul.
The “Katy” now runs to St. Louis over its
own rails. And is the only continuous line
from Deep Water to
St. Louis, Kansas City and Hannibal.
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He was not confined to his bed, but grew
thin and was nervous and excitable, with
occasional looseness of the bowels. He was
hardly able to go about for several years,
bt by degrees grew a little stropger, but
with hisim reaseof strength cameinereaod
(From the Herald, Hamiltcn Texas )
Canuros, Texas, June 8. 1995.
With an earnest desire for the relief of
suferipg l make the following statement:
I live near the head of Honey Creek in
Hamilton County, Texas, where I have
been for the last twelve years or more,
about seven miles west of the town of Hico.
My son George was a stout, healthy child,
now a young man of sixteen years of age.
In 1882, when about three years of age. he
had a severe spell of bilious fever by which
he was confined to his bed two or three
months. The abatement of the fever left
his stomach and bowels in bad condition
A Great nig One.
The emperor of China has issued an
official bulletin on the war in For-
sense came over her that she had been and reveal the result.
he’s come to
dress I wanted so bad. But I shall have
four silk dresses, all of the very best,
when I’m married to Capen Milo Peck!”
“And all on ’em smugled!" chuckled
Uncle Moses.
and butter to pay for. It comes cheap
"Well, I hain’t been up to this time,”
said Cappen Milo after a few seconds of
consideration; “but sence I see how in-
different you treat her here, and what
excellent butter she makes, and if she
hain’t no obection to the sea, why, I’d
as soon be her beau as any one else's."
“My gracious me!” said Aunt Hannah,
“Always provided,” added the cappen,
“that there ain’t nothin’ said 'bout them
smuggled goods; that ain’t nobody’s
business but mine and Miss Hanner’s.
If a seafarin’ man can’t oblige hisself
’cause there ain’t no duty to pay on it.
Aunt captain Milo he brought it over for his
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den sickness at the stomach while eating Leaves Fort Worth 7:05 a. m.; Dallas, 8:05
and throw up the contents of his stomach, a m . Union Depot, 8:15 a. in., arrives at
then would eat again vigorously »« before. St. Louis, 7:25 a. m next day.
LIMITED EVENING EXPRESS
Has been quickened 8 hours to St. Louis
and the East, 4 hours to Memphis, 1 hour
’ to New Orleans.
Only Two Days
profit of $1200 a day These cents
I are going to Chicago and St. Louis to
buy the one-cent papers with.
Between Texas and New York. Pullman
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“Didn’t I tel! ye I wouldn’t disappoint
you” said the voice, in a carefully re-
strained roar.
“I 'most made up my mind you
wasn t cornin’,” said Aunt Hannah.
“I said I’d be here, and I’m here!”
"I dunno whether I can trust what ye
say or not,” hesitated Aunt Hannah.
Phoebe’s heart beat quicker than ever.
“I guess it’s just the other way,’’spoke
the Romeo. “It’s me has put confidence
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“Moses, do hold your
snapped the bride-elect.
fee and a cigar.” New Yorkers are
clever people when they can rent a
furnished flat and live on the smell of
their neighbors.
floor, all I really want is a cup of col-
sleazy stuff?" said the farmer, shifting
uneasily from one foot to another. "Our Whey Farmhouse,
mother never had a silk dress, and she । “It can’t be possible, thought Phoebe,
lived to be eighty. And my departed with a throbbing heart, that
partner, she never so much as asked for Hannah has a lover. Aunt Hannah is
a silk dress! Alapacky and merino was fifty. and wears spectacles and false
good enough for her. Why ain’t it good teeth. But I mean to see who it is.
enough for you’” Noiselessly she crept around the cor-
Outside the store door the old horse ner of the weather-beaten old house,
stood hitched to the post in a most de- keeping well in the shadow with her
jected attitude, as if he were heartily ' lips apart, her eyes sparkling with
strange excitement.
and his neighbors once in awhile 1 ,, . ,
"Oh, dear! oh, dear!” thought Phoebe, i dunno who can. And now we’re on the took tie irst ose -e asnever a laspasm.
“We’re to be read in meetin’ next find the roast, and on the fourth a
Sunday,” complacently observed Aunt dainty desert. When I reach my own
Hannah, when he had finaily taken his '
Multiply your power for good by ..
led and used by Him. Work with God, Mrs. Chariesienrotten. of Chicago, THE HEW HOME SEWING MACHINE CO.
and let God work with you, for by being has been telling a woman's club there Oz-xaneACaSFirB°srooya,%r28VX2S3As.".K
in harmony with God a man increases . that after all women can hardly get
his ability by an infinite factor, and‘along without men. and that it would
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behind him, with its faded
DERANGEMENT OF THE STOMACH
AND A SHATTERED NERVOUS
SYSTEM.
wondered how long Aunt Hannah
would be about her shopping. When
Uncle Meses was summoned to assist in
the deliberations, she had nearly de-
l spaired.
amt ■ Phoebe was not well that summer and
•U her mother had eagerly accepted for
‘ her the invitation given by Aunt Han-
nah to come out to Whey Farm and try
the efficacy of country air, thick cream
dress’” said Moses ing out the money in that leather bag
Means scornfully. after he'd gone to bed. I’ve heard him
"What on earth do do it before now; or its Aunt Hannah
you want of laven- scatting the cats out of the dairy.”
der silk dresses? But it was not Uncle Moses at all.
Ain't goin’ to be Uncle Moses’ reverberating snores is-
married, are ye, 1 suing from the keyhole of his door sum-
Hanner?” ! ciently contradicted that theory. And
“How ye do talk, although Aunt Hannah's muffled voice
Moses Means!” said was plainly to be heard still it was not
the elderly spinster, the cat whose counter-accents rumbled
Yes, there was Aunt Hannah leaning
robe'S, and the various boxes and pack- i out of the window, whispering and ges-
ages stored in the rear. Phoebe, the ticulating: and there in the catnip bed
little city niece, held up her palm-leaf below stood a stalwart form. also whis-
fan to keep off the sun, and secretly pering and gesticulating.
temperament, but headstrong and self-
willed about taking the pills and regulat-
ing his diet as directed.
Sometimes he goes for a number of days
without taking the remedy and indulges in ro ALL points
too violent exercise and eats to excess, • * • 1° A-- ” _* ' ’
xx hich the directions forbid, and thus par- _ fl _ _
tially relapses into h's old condition. As NAP™ and ET iff € v?
soon, however, as he resumes the use of the i 8 % • r 4 n Gn "» • ■
Pills as directed he begins to mend again. 1 "
While his improvement has been gratify-
ing. I cannot say that a complete cure has
been effected, from the fact that a fair test
of the efficacy of the pills has not been had.
I am satisfied, however, that if properly
taken and other directions strictly adhered
to, the Pink Pills would cure him entirely.
So confident am I that they would do so
that I unhesitatingly recommend them as
the best remedy ever given in such cases,
and I believe an absolute and permanent
screamed Hannah. “Put down that
Here was a mystery. All her life gun, why don’t ye? It ain’t no high-
foolin' | long this romantic little girl had been i wayman; it‘s Cappen Milo Peck, of the
longing for a mystery to unravel, and | ship Lucy
here it was directly under the eaves of
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command of as good a sailin' vessel as
ever flew the Stars and Stripes at her
masthead. And there's lots o’ silk
dresses as good as that in the bundle
in the late Mrs. Peck’s wardrobe at
home.”
“Silk dresses!” repeated Aunt Han-
nah. “Well, I do declare, the thing’s
worth considerin’!”
“Wal,” slowly spoke Cappen Milo
Peck, “I’ll give ye until four o’clock
to-morrow arternoon to think the mat-
ter over, and then I’ll call for an an-
swer."
“It’ll be ‘yes,’ ” whispered Uncle
Moses. “Them silk dresses cettled the
question.”
The cappen’s white teeth gleamed in
the starlight; he slowly retreated to his
times that Aunt Hannah had no more
knowledge of the world than a child.
And there's the leather bag of money,
and all the silver spoons, and the little
old teapot that belonged to Grandaunt
Zerniah.”
And spurred on by these recollections,
Phoebe flew to rouse up Uncle Moses,
who slept the sleep of the just in the
little three-cornered bedroom over the
kitchen.
“Eh? said Uncle Moses, when at last
tie was made to comprehend the exigen-
cies of the case. “A burglar! A-mak-
ing love to your Aunt Hannah? More
likely a crazy man escaped from the
I asylum!”
Phoebe clasped her hands.
“Oh, uncle, I never thought of that!”
fluttered she.
“Get the broom and the poker and
the blackthorn walkin’-stick," said Un-
cle Moses. “And you stand back o' the
door so no one can come in, and I’ll jest
take the old musket down from the pegs
over the fireplace and go around to the
back."
Even while Phoebe obeyed these
hoarsely muttered directions, a guilty
and new-laid eggs.
wife, and she’d been dead six weeks
afore it reached this ere kentry and he’s
goin’ to let me have it half price.”
"Je-ru-sa-lem!" uttered Moses, letting
the gun drop heavily to the ground.
“The silk-dress question agin! I don’t
believe a woman would be happy in
heaven ef they don’t wear silk dresses
there. Then you ain’t no burglar?"
"No,” shouted Cappen Milo Peck.
“Nor no beau o' Hanner's?”
“Moses, how can you,” remonstrated ,
his sister.
bartered
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them to
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cases.
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her little valise at ten minutes’ notice, in you. I you was to 8° back on me
and here she was on her way to an un- ’ I d be ruined
known land. a little elated and a good “Well,” hesitated Miss Hannah, “wait
deal frightened out there a minute and I’ll come down.”
rising moon, thougat she near voices.
“I must be mistaken," pondered she.
“Nobody ever comes up this road after
dark. It must be Uncle Moses count-
“Well, I guess I’d better,seein’ I don’t eign nations had sent to the assist-
want no arrests made at the weddin’,” ance of Japan.
said Uncle Moses. "But I never did ----------------
see a courtship rattled through in such 1 Py*, However.
short order.” The Philadelphia mint is making and
“Yes,” said Hannah, approvingly, issuing one-cent coins at the rate of
"Cappen Milo Peck is a man of few $150,000 a day. It is a small busi-
words.”—Helen Forest Graves in Peo- ness, but it. pays the government a
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LAVENDER silk
departure. “I shall have to get your
widowed sister, Phoebe, to come and
keep house for Moses when I’m gone.
I ain’t so sorry for him as I should be
if he properly appreciated me all these
years. Or if he’d give me Lat silk
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1 a faint shade of color rising into her mysteriously on the air.
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disloyal in thus betrayinz good Aunt '
Hannah.
“I shouldn’t have liked it if I had a
lover,” thought Phoebe. “But then
Aunt Hannah is so different, and he
may be a burglar or an insane man
come to kill us all."
"Hal-loo!"she could hear Uncle Moses
bawling. “I’ve cotched ye, hev I? Bag
and baggage, hoss and wagon. What
be I doin'? Jest stir one step and I’ll
pepper ye over with birdshot. Why,
I’m keepin’ ye from elopin’ with my
sister Hanner, that’s what I’m doin’.”
“Be ye crazy, Moses Means?” shrilly
Eft arm. "And reduced half a dollar
• yard! Better take it ma’am. You
won’t have another such a chance."
I Hannah lingered, but Moses Means
nudged her with his elbow.
| "No,” said he, “we don’t want it.
Come, Hanner. it's a-past sunset, and I
Won't admire to drive through Racket
Swamp arter dark. Come. I say.”
Miss Means sighed deeply.
“I’ll hev a silk dress yet before I die.”
said she, as she climbed into tha clumsy
equipage.
“Not if I know it,” said Moses.
“Pretty you'd look in a silk dress,
wouldn’t you? Get up. Sorrel."
Whey Farm was a wild and solitary
place,where foxes slunk along the stone
walls by day and whip-poor-wills sung
at night; but Phoebe liked it. She
gathered wild roses and helped Aunt
Hannah with the household duties; she
rode to mill in Uncle Moses' ox cart,
and took long walks in the fern-scented
woods. She listened patiently to Aunt
Hannah’s complaints as to her brother's
parsimony, and mended Uncle Moses’
blue overalls until there was more
patch than material on them.
But one sultry summer night Phoebe,
jilting late at her casement to finish in
er own brain a little poem about the
Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills contain, in a
.. , condensed form, all the elements necessary
wagon. Uncle Moses came back into to give new life and richness to the blood
the house rather sheepishly with his and restore shattered nerves. Pink Pills
gun over his shoulder are sold by all dealers, or will be sent post
"I guess, little he t Phoebe .rldoxersrorpcopricyvecgntversoxan y. p. .
■we won t say nothin more about this.” bulk, or by the luo by addressing Dr.; New York, Boston, Philadelphia,
“Oh, uncle, you won’t tell auntie Williams'Medicine Company,Schenectady,
teat----” N. Y._____
“That you giv her away? No—no! « tever People,
Mums the word: chuckled Uncle •‘When I open the front dcor upon
Moses, and he went straight to bed. my arrival at home at night,” said
Aunt Hannah was dressed in her best Mr. Flatby. I inhale the fragrant
black stuff gown, with a peacock-blue odor of a delightful soup. Passing in
ribbon at her neck, the next day at four a leisurely manner up the first flight
o clock, when Capen Milo Peck drove of stairs, I finish the soup at the sec-
up. He stayed to tea, at which festive ond Eoor, and then I find that the fish
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