The Schulenburg Sticker (Schulenburg, Tex.), Vol. 15, No. 21, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 21, 1909 Page: 4 of 8
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rAYMOND WINFREE, Editor and Publisher
Entered at the Schulenburg postofflce ae
seoond-class matter. /
SUBSCRIPTION, $1.00 PER ANNUM
The Sticker iayltes the public to keep it
posted concerning the goings and cominga of
the town. If you are leaving town or have
friends visiting you or departing, drop us a
line that we may make note of it. But be sure
tosignyournameto.it as an evidence of its
genuineness.
THURSDAY, JAN. 21, 1909
The cold spell didn't lasi long
and we are again enjoying sun-
shiney days.
another kind. The Stickcr is olad
to see quite a.u addition of names
to the list alreadv signed up to
plant truck and hope* to sot? the
factory a reality.
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Why should Texas people eat
Texas products canned in sjine
northern factory?
As the situation looka at this
writing the submission question
hasn't any show at all.
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Let every busiuess men put his
sboifider to the wheel and give tlie
canning factory proposition a
boost. *
Let every farmer in a radius of
10 miles of Schulenburg pledge!
themselves to plant truck for our !
canning factory. !
How times have changed! says
an exchange. When we were
young people had colds, soaked
their feet in hot watsr and got
well. Now they have grip, take
quinine and feel sick all summer.
Then they had sore throat, wrap-
ped a piece of fat pork in an old
sock at night and went to work the
next morning. Now they have
tonsilitis, a surgical operation and
two weeks in the house, Then
they had stomach ache and took
castor oil and recovered. Now
lh<>y hav9 appendicitis, a week in
the hospital and six feet due east
and wesi and four feet perpeudicu-
lar.^ Then they worked; they la-
bor now. in those days they wort-
underclothes, now they wear lin
gerie. They went to a restaurant,
now they go a cafe. Then they
broke a leg, now thev fractured a
limb. People went crazy then,
they have brain storms now. Pol-
iticians paid good hard cash for
support, now they send govern-
ment seeds. Yes, times haye
changed! and we ail change with
the times.—Graham Leader.
The
Lament of
the Foolish
Hen
As a produce market Flatonia
is right in the front ranks of Texas
towns.—Flatonia Augus.
And Schulenburg has all the
cities skinned a country block.
Only 9 pore days in which to
pay your-poll jfcax. Are you going
to be put in the class of idiots
and criminals. They and those
who fail to pay their poll tax can
not vote, i •-- '
CAN'T BE SEPARATED
Some Schulenburg People Have Learned
How to Get Rid of Both.
Why shouldn't the Schulenburg
canning factory supply quite a
number of towns with can goods?
Every grocery merchant in every
city in the state must buy canned
goods for his trade. | It will de-
pend mostly on the farmers of our
vicinity whether we will be ab|e
to do so. The more truck raised,
the more eanned goods can be put
up and the more people can be
supplied.
Of course it is an unintentional
errror upon the part of the Hallets-
yille New Era but they will do
Senator Bailey a great injustice if
they do not correct same. In a
little squib about the senator's ex-
pression in regard to the submis-
sion it said he thought the legis-
lature should submit the prohibi-
tion [question [to a direct vote of
the people but that be would vote
for the amendment when it should
have said that he would not vote
for the amendment. That is just
what he said. As a platform de-
mand he thought tne question
should be submitted but he would
not vote for the amendment.
Baekache and kidney ache are
twin brothers.
You can't sepai ate them.
And you can't get rid of the
backache until you cure the kidney
ache.
If the kidneys are well and
strong, the rest of the system is
pretty sure to be in vigorou
health.
Doan's Kidney Pills make strong,
healthy kidneys.
H. S. Schmond. Schulenburg,
Tex. , says: "'My back was so
lame at times that I could hardly
get about. Though I did not have
difficult work everything I did
was only with a painful effort. 1
had headaches and was bothered
by a frequency of the kidney secre-
tions. Take it altogether, I was
in a miserable condition, aud when
Doan's Kidney Pills were brought
to my attention I was led to try
them. 1 I procured a box at Brsy-
mann's drug store and through
their use the pain in my back w?s
ended and the headaches and other
kidney troubles became things of
the past.
For sale by all dealers. Price 50
cents. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffa-
lo, New York, sole agents for the
United States.
Kemember the name—Doan's—
and take no other.
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HE times are good—they are I
vow.
Such wealth of corn as we
have now
I never saw; there comes
Aunt Jane
To toss us out our meal of
grain.
A few months back I was so thin,
But now I have a double chin
And feel as though I was tight laced
When I put on my corset waist
☆ ☆ ☆
Aunt Jane comes out at early morn
With her blue apron full of corn,
And with a friendly, clucking sound
She throws it on the frosty ground.
The crops are gathered in; the days
Are soft with Indian summer haze,
And Jack, the chore boy, feeds the stock
While chips fly at the chopping block.
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The city may have its delights,
But these delightful days and nighta
Upon the farm are, full for me
Of the serenest ecstasy.
Since back there in September they
Have added to' our fare each day
Until, to fullness thus inspired.
There's nothing left to be desired.
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A word about Aunt Jane, that serve#
To pay the tribute she deserves:
Since first I broke my shell to see
The world she has been good to me.
When foolishly in youth I strayed
In the wet grass, she often stayed
Long after dark to bring me in
And dry my wet, goose-pimpled skin.
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I always h^,d a roosting place
Secure from danger by the grace
Of hex-, and many days and nights
She treated me for parasites.
Her care of me, someway, has stir ed
The thought I am no common bird,
And some day I will take, I know,
A ribbon at a poultry show.
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When I go strutting o'er the yard
Aunt Jane peers through her glasses hard
And I can see and not half try
i The admiration in her eye.
And Jack, the choreboy, when he slips
From barn to pump, will smack his lips
To see me wax so fat—lie knows
How Aunt Jane loves me, I suppose.
☆ ^ it
Old Gobbler there, so lank and lean,
Is full of jealous musings 'mean.
He barely eats and is so thin
His bones are sticking through his skin.
RUHMANN-BUTLER.
In our rounds in search of quail,
doves and rabbits Sunday last we
stopped at the residence of Mr.
Wm. Schlottmann and had the
pleasure of a little chat with that
gentleman. Just before leaving
he took us to see his fine pigs*.
He has 6 shoats about *6 months
old and they are nice looking fel-
lows. One of his "pigs", which
he says is a little over two years
old will weight something like
350 or 400 pounds. She is a
whopper. Mr. Schlottmann is
a successful farmer and does not
depend altogether on cotton for a
livelihood as the number of chick
ens, turkeys and hogs he now
has goes to prove.
Mr. Farmer, don't you know a
canning factory in the city of
Schulenburg, will establish a ready
market for ail the tomatoes, corn
okra, cabbage, sweet potatoes,
and fruit of several varitias you
care to raise? Why keep in the
same old rut and have cotton as
your main crop, when you may
make it a secondary consideration?
Of course eyeryfarm is not adapt
ed for all kinds of truck,j|but some
farmers can raise one kind and one
Mr. G. C, liuhmann and Miss
Bertha Butler were united in the
holy bonds of wedlock at the home
of the bride's parents east of low n
last Thurday evening a1* 8 o'clock,
Rev. Thompson officiating, aud
only the relatives of the contract-
ing parties being present. The
bride is the youngest daughter of
Mr. and Mrs P. B. Butler, among
the most prominent citizens of
Karnes county, and a most charm-
ing young lady; while the groom
stands in the front ranks of
Kenedy's most enterprising and
prosperous young business men.
The ^happy young couple will
make their homo in Kenedy where
everybody joins The Advance in
extending best wishes for a life's
journey of gladness and prosper-
ity.—Kenedy Advance.
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"1 Do Not Care to Talk with Him."
He tried to whisper something once 5
To me, the scrawny, half-starved dunce.
But I passed on with figure \rijn,
I do not care to talk with him.
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☆ ☆ ☆
Torturing eczema spreads its
burning area every day. Doan's
Ointment quickly stops its spread-
ing, instantly relieves the itching,
cures it permanently. At any drug
store.
Mr. Howard Campbell of La-
Grange was in the city one day
last week on business.
Subscribe for the Sticker.
Aunt Jane one morning cooped us In
The yard, the stout ones and the thin,
We are so tame, and she has made
Us love her so we're not afraid.
And then she caught us, one by one,
And petted us, and ere 'twas done,
She felt my body, my plump side.
Till I could scarce contain my pride.
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Old Gobbler sat neglected quite,
So thin he was a sorry sight.
And she passed him by nor did stop
To stroke his side or feel his crop.
! Again he sought to speak with me,
Again I scorned him haughtily.
And he brushed something from his eye,
A tear, I think, as I passed by.
☆ ☆ ☆
T^ast night I had a horrid dream,
I thought I heard Old Gobbler scream:
"Don't eat! Don't eati" until the words
Waked me and all the other birds.
Old Gobbler sat there Tike a sphinx
And watched me as a hungry lynx;
It must have been a dream, and then
I closed my eyes in sleep again.
☆ A "S>
'TIs morning now, here comes Aunt Jane,
Her apron full of corn again;
But what grim person that with her
So like an execuUoner?
He bears a glittering ax and bright.
In truth, a most revolting sight.
But passes by—Ah, me, the fright
Near took away my ajtpetite.
•ft it it
Now stoops Aunt Jane to bid me be*
For corn. She grabs me by the leg!
"Ho, Jack!" she cries. "Come, hurry!
run!
I've got the very fattest one!"
He cornea across the yard and takes
Me to the chopping block and ehakea
His gleaming ax—Old Gobbler, near,
Goee "kyouck!" and wipes another tear.
☆ it
How cold and treacherous is fate!
I see it all, but 'tis too late.
Old Gobbler's whisper was to warn
Me of the fate of too much corn.
He loved me! Hear his mournful
"kyouck!"
I close my eyes upon the block.
Forgive me, Gobbler! Stayed I thin
I bad esc&ped thla guillotine.
LtiGrange Journal.—Hon. C. J.
von Rosenberg left for Austin
Monday night to be present at the
opening of the 31st Legislature,
,'!?Mrs. M. R. liobson and the
children, here for several weeks,
visiting with Mrs. John Schuh-
macher and other relatives, have
returned to their home in Houston
Geo. L. Haiducek left fo- Sey-
mour. Baylor c junty, to continue
in the practice of iaw, and if con-
ditions permit, conduct a land
agency. George recently toured
that section of the state and was
favorably impressed with the hi om
now on and decided to locate there
The Journal wishes hnn success.
MRS. MATT IE NORTON HATHAWAY.
Mr?. Mattio Norto Hathaway
of Needles, ("aI., age 24 years
died yery suddenly at the home of
her father, Mr. Jim Norton of
Houston Tuesday and her remains
were conveyed to this city Satur-
day and tenderly laid to rest by
loving hands in our silent city of
the dead; Rev. Worrell of Weimar
in .i very solemn and impressive
maimer officiating,
Mrs.Hathaway was born ami rear
ed hero and spent inoit >f her life
among our citizens until about six
years ugo when she accompanied
the family to Houston where later
she was happily married to Dr.
C. B. Hathawav of California
They resided m Arizonia for a
short time and then removed to
Needles, Cal.
Deceased wss on a yisit to home
folks in Houston, when death so
suddenly came,
Funeral services were delayed
until her grief stricken husband
could arriye from his far a way
home.
Deceased leaves a husband, fa-
ther, four sisters, and one brother
and a host of relatives to mourn
*her untimely death.
Those from a distance who at-
tended the funeral were Mr; Jim
Norton, and Mr3. Nellie Mann of
Houston, Mrs. Eve Folks of New
Orleans, Mr. Jim Norton, Jr., of
Arizonia, Mr. *John Anuon and
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Mrs. Coltermann of Weimar, Mrs.
T. B. Edgar, of Edna, Little Miss
Virginia Norton who was living
with her sister, Mrs.- Hathaway
and Mr. Monroe Garrett of Eagle
Pass.
The Sticker joins the many
friends of the bereaved ones in ex-
tending sincere condolence and
heartfelt sympathy in lhe<r sad
fiour.
THE REASON WHY THE OLD AND
MHfflLE AGE SHOULD USE THE RIFLE
^ TELESCOPE.
From the age of forty and up,we
are all afflicted with what the learn-
ed Oculistj, would call Prebyopia,
or in plain English, old sight. The
muscles that operate the accom-
modation of the eye for different
distances become hard, and no
longer able to perform their office.
While we are able to sae distinct-
ly at a distance—objects close to
the eye become blurred or in-
distinct. As we aim at the bulls.
Eye 200 yards away with the old
peep and globe sight, the Bull's-
Eye is fairly clear but the pin
head or aperture is blurred and
our aim i3 uncertain.
With the STEVENS TELE-
SCOPE we see not the Bull-E ye,
but a minute image of it formed
bv the object glass and magnified
by tne eye piece. The formation
of the Bnll's-Eye is at the place
where the cross hairs are laid—
both on the same plain, and equal-
ly distinct, enabling the old to see
just as plainly as the young.
You have said and we have
heard you say it—"If we could
only be set back thirty years that
we might compete with the young
men without a handicap." Well,
this is exactly what the Stevens
Telescope will do for you.
Be sure to send for beautifully
illustrated 32 page catalog, deyot-
ed to the extensive line of Stevens
Hides and pistol Telescopes.
Write to the J. Stevens Arms &
Tool Co., Chioopee Falls, Mass ,
for this valuable book of reference.
Forwarded b REE upon applica-
tion.
Southern Produce Co
Schulenburg, Tex.
PAYS VOL CASH FOR
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Butter, Eggs, Chickens,
Turkeys and Pecans
SEPARATOR
PROPOSITION
We have an Improved Ameri-
can Separator No. 1—350 lbs
capacity, as a sample here in
our store Come and look at
this real fine Separator. •
If you want an Improved
Separt'T, after you see' this
sample, you pay us the follow
ing low. prices in CASH, we
will order you the machine,
guarantee will be made di
rect to you\
Tfo. /. Skimming 350 lbs.
or J 65 quarts per hour,
you to pay freight, <$37.75
9/o. 2, Skimming 500 lbs.
or 240 quarts per hour,
you to pay freigh.', <$42.50
9/o.<S, Skimming 7CO lbs.
or 340 quarts per hour,
you to pay freight, $47.50
Come and See lis.
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BLOCK SIGNALS.
App reciating the importance of
throwing every possible safeguard
around travel, several years ago
the Sunset lines adopted the policy
of equipping a portion of their
main lines, each year, with auto-
matic block signals. The first of this
work was done between Honston
and Crosby on the Texas and New
Orleans railroad and between Avon-
dale and Raceland on the Mofgan
division in Louisiana. The work
has been followed up year by year,
with the result that on the 1st of
January, 1909, the entire line of
single track between N3W Orleans
and Houston has been equipped
with these automatic signals, and
on the Galveston. Harrisbnrg
and San Antonio signals were in
operatiou as far west as Columbus.
The work of extending ,the signals
from Columbus to S vguin. a dis-
tance of ninety-one m'.les, is now
being carried on, aud it is con-
fidently expected to Jvive this fin-
ished by the end of tiie fiscal year,
June 30, 19')9. It is hoped to
take up tnat part of the line be-
tween Seguiu ana San Antonio
early in the fiscal year of 1909, or
shortly after July 1, and complete
same, and also to begin at Del
Rio, where the country is quite
rough, and extend the automatic
signals for forty ir fifty miles
west.
There is a great deal of work
necessary in the proper construc-
tion of these signals. The electric
circuits are carried both on wires
alongside the track, and also
through the rails of the track it-
self. It :s necessary at each rail
joint to" bore holes through the
rails and put in what are known
as bond wires, these being small
copper v uuections so as to insure
exact electrical contact between
each rail.
In order to prevent any interrup-
tion from other electric currents
or circuits which may exist in
telephone or telegraph systems
along the right of way, it is neces-
sary, for the perfect operation of
the automatic block signals, to
build an independent line of poles
and wires for this purpose. The
poles used by the Sunset lines are
creosoted wood, and it require
for the. pole circuits three and
four, and often as many as five,
wires between certain combinations
of signals to operate them proper-
d-
in erecting the signal posts it is
also necessary to exercise great
care and precision so as to keep
them perfectly straight. The
foundations of these signal posts
are generally made of concrete,
and where the nature of the soil
is swampy or unstable it is neces-
sary to drive piling on which to
rest the concrete base. The sig-
nal posts are all of metal, the bot-
tom of same for four or five feet
above the ground flaring out into
metal boxes in which is kept the
electrical storage batterier which
opperate the signal blades. These
electrical storage batteries haye to
be charged periodically, and fre-
quent chaiging stations are located
along the line for this purpose, the
batteries wheu weak being^gent to
the charging plant for recharg
and fresh, strong batteries put
their places. v
Every switch is protected
signals on each side of the t
and the signals generally avi
one for every two or two anil o
half miles along the entire li
depending on the physical co
tions.
In the operation of trains over
lines covered by signals, if the
block ahead of the engineer is clear,
the signal arm so indicates by re-
clining at an -angle, which the en-
gineer can see for a great distance
ahead. As soon, however, as his
engine passes the signal post, the
blade immediately assumes a posi-
of danger and £ protects £the train
just entering the block, while at
the same moment the signal at the
far end of the block also goes to
danger, showing the block is oc-
cupied and preventing any train in
the opposite direction from enter-
ing it.
The signals are held in position
of safty by the action of an electric
magnet, and they go to danger en-
tirely by gravity being swung on a
pi vot, and the moment the electric
energy is released the counter
weight pulls the blade to position
of danger, Any failure, therefore ,
of the electric current, while possi-
bly resulting in delays to trains,
can not result in any accident, as
the failure is always on the sid e of
safety.
Should a rail in any block be-
come broken, the signals on each
side at once go to danger and stay-
there until the trouble is cleared;
and should a switch point be
thrown even one-eighth of an inch
from its proper location against
the rail, the signal'will go to dan-
ger and stav thero until the defect
is remedied. So that these signals
showing at safety, not only indi-
cate to enginecis that there are no
trains iu the block ahead, but al&o
that there are no broken rails or
or disarranged switches.
Tha operation of these bignal®
gives to all train employes a feel-
ing of security in the operations
of their trains, and should also af-
ford a feeling of like security to
passengers. At night the automa-
tic signals show a bright greet*
light for safety and a brilliant red
light for danger, and the positions
of the signal's lp this way are as
easy to identify at night as they
are in the daytime.—Houston
Post.
The crew putting up the signal
poles are now working the prox-
imity of Schulenburg, the poles
having alreadv been distributed.
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