The Democrat. (McKinney, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 26, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 6, 1891 Page: 4 of 4
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OLD LONDON PICTURED. I
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OOMPARED WITH THE city 0
, TOCAY TWA8 A SORRY SIGHT.
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Were Dwarfy, Squalid Uriel-
m* Easily Fulled Oown—Th* Cll-
ItM Vu Colder aud Mora lu-
IdtiHt—FaBslae and Pestilence.
Wbo eu rebuild before the eye of the
• ringle ordinary dwelling of the
Loudon of the middle of the
ith century? It wue n i3warft h,
■tmcture of ncb crazy unaub-
ity that, with a stoat iron crook
two strong cords, provided by tho
it migh be palled down and
off speedily in case of tire; a
of one story jutting over a
ground floor, with another jut of
■bore, its roof perchance engrailed
its front bearing an odd re-
_ to tho back of a couple of
. stairs, and the whole a most rick-
tumbledown, top heavy, fantastical
Chimney* were fairly in vogue I
Men, *0 it had them—squat, square, |
«rtd« mouthed, faced with white plaster.
Md tiles or gray pebble work.
I Bed tiles covered its roof. Its wall*
were rough plaued planks or a wooden
framework filled with a composite of
Itraw and clay, buttressed with posts
Mut crossed this way and that with sup-
potting beams, the whole daubed over
with whitewash, of which the weather
toon made graywask In front was a
stairway—sometimes covered, sometimes
not—or a stepladder set slant wise against
tbe wall for an entrance to tho upper
itory.
I The doorways were narrow and low,
fha windows also, and the latter, dark-
ened with overbrows of wooden shut-
tan, propped up from beneath and
■ticking out like long, slender awnings,
were further darkened by sashes of
parchment, linen or thin shaved horn,
for gisss came from Flanders, and was
costly and rare.
. ROMANTIC) BUILDING.
Such, joint and seam and tile being
loosened into crack and cranny and crev-
loo everywhere, was the dwelling of the
London citireu as the oye might see it in
the middle of the Thirteenth century.
Multiply that dwelling into a tortuous
and broken perspective of liko buildings,
joined by party walls, sorno with
between, all pent roofed or gable
peaked, heavy eaved, stub chimneyed,
narrow latticed, awning shuttered, stair-
cased, post buttressed, beam crossed,
dusky red roofed, dingy white walled,
and low under the overhanging vastnesa
at the sky, and you hare an ancient Lon-
don street, which shall bo foul and uar-
, with open drains, footways roughly
and horseway deep with slushy
mire, overstrewn with ashes, shards anil
Offal, and smelling abominably.
There were indeed at that period,
thinly interspersed hero and them,
booMS of somewhat better description,
solidly built of stone and tiinbor, though
at beat strangely deficient in comfort
nnd convenience, according to tho fitsh-
tan of that most inconvenient and uu-
corafbrtable age. Hero and there, too,
for thoM were the times of the feudal
soldier and priest, rose in dreadful beau-
toous contrast with the squalid city
the architectural grandeur of church
and cathedral, or tho stately house or
palace of bishop or earL But all around
stretched dwellings which our poorost
modern house excels, and on those
dwellings all evils and discomforts that
cm befall had their quarry.
Light came dim and sunshine dimly
glimmering into their darkenod rooms
Summer beats made ovens of them. The
old gray family of London fogs rose
from the marshes north of the city wall*,
from tho city's intersecting rivulets,
from the Thames below, and crept in at
•very opening to make all dark and chill
wfthln. Down their squat chimneys
swept the smoke, choking and blinding.
Bains such as even rainy England knows
not now soaked them through fcr weeks
together.
A TF-RRIBU: PICTURE.
Cold such as English winters have for-
gottou now pierced with griping blast
and silent sifting snow to their shiver-
ing inmates. Foul exhalations from the
filthy streets hung around them an air
of poison, or rising from the cesspools,
of which every house had one within,
discharged themselves in deadly mala-
dies. Lightnings stabt>ed their roofs or
rent their walls, hunting for thoso they
sheltered. Conflagration, lurking in a
spark, upspread in dragoonish flame and
roared through them devouring.
Whirlwind swept through tliera howl-
ing, and tossed them down by fifties.
Pestilence breathed through them in re-
curring seasons, and left their rooms
aghast with corpses. Civic right or in-
testine war stormed often near them and
brougbt them death and sorrow, fam-
ine arose every few years and walked
through them on his way to England,
leaving their teuants lean and pale, or
iifeless. Often into them broke the
midnight robber, singly or in gauge,
often to them came the gatherer of
taxes or of tithes: upon them hung per-
petually all the bloodsuckers, every
vampire which an age of ignorance and
tyranny could spawn, and in them
Herded fiendish bigotries, crazy super-
stitions, brutish illiteracy, aud all that
darkens and depraves the soul
For that was the mournful midnight
of our mortal life centuries ago. The
old, sad stars that governed our con-
ditions still kept their forceful station
above the brawl of brutal and internal
dreams, and one alone, now risen from
Ueber's tot bung dewy bright with the
world's hope rind promise, while science,
builder of life that is holy, beautiful
and gay, was bur a wondrous new born
child in Roger Bacon's oell, dreaming of
tbtags to come.— Atlantic Monthly.
I Drawing th* Una.
• ▲ native New i&ealander was induced
to wear a shirt, a paper collar, ehoee and
a hat, and be almost concluded to eat
with a knife and embrace Christianity
Then they asked him to wear suspend* n,
and ha went oot and hanged himself. It
was poshing civilisation too last. — De-
fruit Free Press
lf"W III* I'aMij.lr .,r Snfiglr K|T|I Tim#.
The people of Sangir, an i land of the
Malay Archipelagic. kn|# time by tlm aid
«>f an hour g)nm formed by arranging
two bottl"* neck mi k The sand run#
out in half sn lion?, w lien the bottles
are reversed. (' i.-e b> i hem a line is
stretched, on wlurli l..iug twelve sticks
marked with uotcheg fniin one to twelve,
wii.h a hooked stick, which is placed be-
tween the hour last struck and the next
one. One of tb< v; gln-ses keeps the time
for each village, for which purpose the
hours are sounded on a gong by a keeper.
—London Tit-Bits.
A l.urliy liny,
A lad at Annn| >lN was lying on a
lounge rending a novel, when a bullet,
fired a quarter of a mile away, came
through a door, fell upon his chest and
slipped down into liis vent pocket, where
bo found it half an hoar later. He
thought his brother had hit him with a
■pool.—Detroit Free Press.
TWa I'rsvallleg *HBUl.
"Yon look tired."
"I am."
i many social i
Hot ououfih."
on the italian coast. i KINGS OF THE ANCIENTS.' FACE 10 FACE_ W|™
Pul. ewnfog pAtiMri ou a |>tiri l« |**k
To irrri't t lie uu «r« bo Mink to r,e t;
Her brow* lie kii nc<l, and her cLoelU
And Iffi * bltiftk on her Utuky brva t.
Tht'U vtow)u •oftly threw
Around flu) tun s*of all living t Itinera,
liriimitttf lhem home in tbr tiviliirlit blue,
A in id |att«r of feet and flutter of wii-gi-
luto the blue And out of the guldi
Sen turd* home to their
Lowing tierd* to the humble fold.
A ltd • It i Id r«-ii hoiue to their mothers4 breanU.
Tonl 'ht 1 | on a purple |m*«K.
W'li it duv Hjfht db*d on the darkling mam.
And wMiM • .oou te:.e i my Henry check
An tlioi ifht* lobtf deal came to Hfe attain.
Milt there v.iTU no Ianmm mf blr«ln to draw,
M> blitU, m> lu*r Ii and iii> children home.
TSie uttflit alone and Iter attar* 1 caw.
And uliauowy .fctim'* w Jul dome.
O rv 0#a miiiII Can nothing restore
The pride and promlae of former /wir ?
Or art thou a - urge on yon Iron «dioro
Which break* and forever dl appoar 7
— William K. Fa lee in New Vork World.
Admiral* 111 vain In ltliyuu.
A London friend semis uie quite u
pretty story anetit the daughter of Sir
Kdwin Arnold. She is her father's sec-
retary and his comiumion in most of the
journeys round the world. During her
recent stay in Japan her majesty's China
squadron ships and the American Pacific
fleet were in the harbor of Yokohama at
the same time. Sir Edwin and his
daughter entertained the admirals of
Uitli fleets nt luncheon, and in return
were naturally invited on board tho
ships. The American fleet was llrst vis-
ited, and u]M)ii leaving the gallant Amer-
ican admiral presented Miss Arnold with
a beautiful bouquet, tied with ribbons
of the ship, as a token of tho respect of
himself and his officers.
This American courtesy came to the
ears of the English commander, and not
to be outdone by his American brother
he presented Miss Arnold with a larger
bouquet and doubled the number of rib-
bons. Then the American admiral sent
Miss Arnold a few verses of his own
composition. This was going a little
further than the English officer was cap-
able of, but he had some verses written
to Miss Arnold and dispatched them to
her three days afterward. The daugh-
ter then told her futlier, and she imme-
diately found a third contestant That
same afternoon brought her another
beautiful bouquet aud attached was a
card bearing the following lines:
TO MY DAU01ITKR.
Oli. li«|i]i>' mailt, whom two great tints* conspire
To Imiiiir - tili-mllng rich inclusions i« ir.i,
Wltun admirals rhyme, tbu muse uuntrlugs licr
lyro
To bind In pride llietr inuy flowers and their
rii i~. EDWIK Aiuoui.
—Philadelphia Times.
.Mm. (iluilslmiii.
She is one of the most charming look
iug women you ever saw—a sweet, kind
face framed in full, soft, lovely hair and
top|H'd by a cup of velvet and lace. A
gown that fulls in artistic folds and
doesn't rustle, aud !i way of looking at
you as if she were interested in every-
thing you said—that's Mrs. Gladstone.
She does not care for society as it is
meant by tho round of balls and recep
tions and the giving and going to them,
but she is delighted when she is at the
head of her own dinner table and has
alsmt her a circle of friends who know
and lovelier and Mr. Gladstone. Unlike
the wife of any other prime minister, she
never went iu for having a salon, for sur-
rounding herself with rich and powerful
friends who would simply ;'ure to lie re
ceiveil at the house of a prime minister,
and yet have no real interest in the cause
which he so thoroughly and entirely
cliai 'pinned.
ln t ad. she has given her time to ear
ing for him, to seeing that he was under
ntiv and all rircumstauees as coniform
hie as possible, and that in this way
his health was preserved for the nation
for whom he did so much good. Mer
happiest moments are when she is with
her husband at iiawarden, but on every
imiHirtant occasion she has always been
by his side. Just remember that this
means going over the country in rail
way traiuH, being for hours on open air
platforms, aud then you will understand
why the js-opleof England worship Mrs.
Gladstone as a heroine.—Cor. • Ladies'
Home Journal.
A Nolile Work.
Mrs. James S. Gibbons has turned her
tieneticence in the channel of charity
ami her large contributions to the Worn
en's Prison association have done much
to make its standing .solid and sure.
Mrs. Gibbons was one of the fuat found-
ers of the h Hue, and it has been mainly
through her untiring efforts that a law
has been passed demanding that women
prisoners should be seurclied atul looked
after by women. Mrs. Gibbons visits
all the prisons and tulks with the worn
en. When they leave the prison she
gives them a refuge in the home until
they get started, and oftentimes she finds
them situations.
"Mine isn particnlur calling, that ol
helping I lie female |iri oners," she said
"Such a woiiiim is the luoat unhappy of
nil litiii.'.'tn b< ings. Unce a criminal al
* ax'. tie. ard the world has not a tew
for her. imr prison association hunts
all th> .u worn* n up ii ml leads tliein to a
higher aud noldur purpose in lifa."—Ne w
Vork Recorder.
The great plagues formerly filled na-
tions with terror: but they are uow well
nigh conquered, and are known mainly
n matters of history. Smallpox wus a
frightful ilisraw, even within the pres-
ent eeutury, but is uow powerless to gain
a fuothohl anywhere in G'lulst£H<lom.
There are two prominent occupations
in which there seems to be no distinc-
tion of sc* in regard to honor or coin-
(lensation. On tho stage and iu the tield
of literature men aud wijiueu meet as
equals.
Lucca, tho singei, will hereafter de-
vote In r.elf exclusively w teaching, and
she will receive only eight, pupils and
such as show that they have a good fat
lire liefore thesa.
table
styles worn by the egyptians, 1
romans and hebrews.
rids> .t'« lii-garilvd lllfferculljt Now
Tlinn Formerly— Worn Not Ho Ulueli for
Ornament a for Tl «lr lulrlutle Value.
Vome I anion* lltug* Iu History.
Looking at the exhibition of modern
finger rings, the old timer is forcibly
struck by the fact that, whereas in th"
good old days the decorative art and d
sign were almost wholly cx|xmded o.:
the gold hand itself, modern jeweler*
confined themselves almost exclusively
lo combinations of \aluable stones. It
is a very ungrateful task to spoil a ro-
mance. but cold truth compels the ad-
mission that this is a practical n^e, which
look-, largely 10 the matter of i .iverti-
bility in rings, watches and valuable
presents.
Actors aud act relies on their travels
are seldom seen without a diamond pin,
brooch, nccklacH or solitaire ring, be-
cause these articles re present, u condensa-
tion of money in biuuli bulk aud uude-
precinble form. The finest workman-
ship ou the gold itself goes for uothiug.
It is simply "old ,;old"—sold by weight.
It was very different in "the days of
old," though there were plenty of pre-
cious stones available if they hud been
needed. The I'liaruohs and their states-
men, the princesses of Egypt and their fa-
vored attendants, undoubtedly wore
rings, for quite a number of mummies
have been found with a dozen finger
rings lil>enilly distributed on the eight
fingers, besides the indis|K'iisalile thumb
rings, For it is a singular fact that foi
hundreds of years after the Christian
era the custom still prevailed of wearing
the wedding ring and thu masculine
token of weulth aud power on the thumb.
Ein PTIAN ill Nils. suined. aud 1 could detect no physical
1 lie ring is so frequently a 1 ude.l to in of th(, visitation, which was terri-
the Old IcRtumeutas to make it plain bly renl and awful while ;t lasted, and 1
that tho greatest imiiortaneo attached to | Ml0|| f(,rget Jt_.
it, even in the pastoral age. In Gen. i ..j reminded her of fomo versos of
xii, 4'J, it is stuted that "Phnraoh took ^vidHcli on a similar mbject. where,
off his ring from his hand aud put it while the carriage waits at the door for
on JuHeph hi hand, an a Mgiml mark of milndy' forgotten fan, the hnsban/1 or
Estli. ill, ID, mention is made | iover j,, confrouted in tie same dismal
No |i«w than 17,000 young girls as.
women, iioiik l.*ss, frl<-ndUws, helpl.-ssai.
foodl« s., flecp in th«open-all-nixht *.
tors of Stepuejr Qresn, London, in a V* i
A ITiinl l'l enoin«non.
("apt. Cirri*-, of the Drittsh ship Way
farer, which arrived in Oakland, Oil., a
few days ago, 1CI days from Antwerp,
nqsirts a weird phenoiuenon on the nl^lit
of i*ov. 1The Wayfarer was then in
lstltudii ii-4 deg. 3(1 miu. south, longi-
tude tli deg. 90 mill. west, it h«ul
been blowing several days, but with
nightfall the sir become perfectly calm
ami the km as smooth as glass. Over-
head tho jkywas as black as ink from
the dense nrissi.-s of heavy clouds, and
wilii the liaroineter at ffl.50 a ruin storm
was bs.ked for. The ex])e(tb'd dowu-
pour did not occur, but Instead the sea
glowed with u piewphoresii.no" bey'ttd
anything the oldest mariner hud ever
seen.
The ship's surrouudiu;;* were lit up m
..Suit it was po ililu bi read on dick.
Nobody carnl much for rending, how-
•v.rj tho toBtr.ut !-! :: tho light
from the sea aud the inky clouds was so
grewM.mu that all liuiids could not help
feeling that som>. ut)nulurAl catastrophe
was about to occur. The otww were
much relievcl when a breese dissipated
the clouds, ami the phosphorescence dls-
anwared at the aatm time.—San Fran-
cisco Examiner.
A You ii j Horlety WoiAati'e R«
K perleaice lie fur* a Mirror.
"At the bail last night," said a man
talking to a companion at his club din-
ner, "a girl with whom I sat out one of
the dances told me of a rather curious
experience she had earlier in the evening.
Bhe said she wus in tho bauds of her
maid for the ball, was Heated before her
dressing table having liur hair done; the
room was warm and flooded with light;
her ball gown was in her sight. She
was reading duriug thu process some
1; lit society novel, and, as she rather
shamefacedly confessed, munching bon-
bons between times.
"All at once shu grc ■ tire 1 of candies
and ti< tion, and, putting both aside, sat
looking in the glass while the maid
worked. Khi* was thinking of the ball
and various sntici|>ntlous shu had con
ccruing it, when, i-uddenly, without
warning, and from uo apparent cause,
she found herself face to face with lier
own death.
"She put it very graphically: 'It was
personal death I was struggling with,'
she said, 'not the ubMruct deutli that we
read of in the newspiiiHira nor the future
loug-to-be-postpoued mortality which we
more or less indifferently accept as ouo
common destiny. It was the actual end
of my life, thu finis of everything for
me, and the going out from my hoMe
and friends to the darkness aud horror
of the unknown beyond. What religi-
ous faith 1 had forsook mo completely.
" 'I trembled aud a cold dampness
gathered on my forehead, 1 choked ami
started to iny feet. My maid, alarmed,
asked if I were ill. I Baid yes, and 1
was—ill with dread, but nothing more,
for 1 was conscious of feeling perfectly
well. Shewimtto fetch a glass of Water,
and before she returned tho vision, or
whatever it wus. had gouo in quickly as
it had come. The hairdresslng was re-
way, but she had never seen or heard of
them. Her experlenc* was evidently
very genuine and had made a consider-
able impression upon
Times.
!ier."—New York
favor. In
of King Almsucrus taking his ring from
his hand and giving it to Hainan, and
the context shows that certain written
documents were "sealed with the king's
ring."
The old time rings were made of all
sorts of material, l'liny mentions that
iron rings were commonly worn by be-
trothed [mtsous. It seems tolerably cer-
tain that rings of gold and silver were
worn only by kings, princes and nobles,
while less expensive circlets of brass,
Ivory, Iron and porcelain or glass were,
worn by the average citizen.
The oldest gold Egyptian linger ring
actually preserved belonged to Ainu-
noph III, who reigned over Egypt four-
teen centuries before Christ was born.
Kings of the date of Osirtasen and Thoth-
mee HI, who were contemporaries of
Joseph and Moses, have been found, but! the earth
they are of common material aud doubt. The great reservoirs of natural gas
fill authenticity. The scarabaeus, a beet U were first taliped in the process of boring
|)l envery of X*tnr tl tin*.
The first that was heird of natural gas
in the states waa in th> year 1815, when
it was found in Charltstowu. Some six
years later, a. story is told of a woman
going out ono dark night to draw water
at a place called Fredonia, in New York
stute—when slio put *>wn her lantern,
much io her consternation a spring of
gas by the well took fire. In 182-1, when
Lafayette passed through tho same neigh-
borhood, in honor of the occasiou, Taylor
house, where he staid, was illuminated
with the gas laid on by pipes direct from
which formed the Egyptian token of im
mortality (fro* being a sexual) is a coin j
nion emblem in Egyptian finger rings,
and one of Poe's most extravagant "u.l •;
of mystery, imagination and humor''ha*
a well established foundation, so far
the scarabaeus ring is concerned. It
seems to be tolerably certain that lvgyp
tian women wore as many ri:ig:i us the/
could crowd on their lingers. 1
anttvritv or kings.
The Egyptian . and lloinans undoiibt
edly prefi rivd tin- 1 f t hand f • ring pur
j loses, while t'.csar, Livy and T**it us all
seem to insist that the Gauls andP.i'iton-
wore their rings on the right. }am1. In
any case, it seems to have been tacitly
agreed that the tl'itd finger was the place
of honor.
The Hebrew rings worn in tliose good
old days were very ornate and beautiful.
Quite a number of tliein have been pre-
served, ami they put the art of the mod-
ern jeweler entirely *.o the hlusii. Th
most beautiful were the pledges of lie-
throthal or wedding gifts. The ceremo-
nies in connection with these rings seen
to lie foreshadowed ill the redemption
process specified in Ruth ir, 7. The
workmanship of these Hebrew bethrotii.il
rings grew still more elaborate in the
Middle Ages, when towers and min irets
of gold were most exquisitely built up
on the hoop. The Jewish bride of this
era wore the wedding ring on the first
finger, but in later days shifted it for
convenience to the third.
The old stylo ogeminel" or "geinmon"
ringlfvidently associated with tie- French
juiueau juuielle, uncommon, meaning
artesian wells. As soon as one of the
drills reached a certain depth the whole
apparatus was blowu high up into the
air. and the gas escaped by thu veck with
a roar that could be heard from afar.
One American gentleman lioring for
water met with this experience, and, hav-
ing no other use for tho gas, stuck a tall
pipe into the hole, applied a light to tho
top, wh< n tho flame shot upward, anil
thus created a beacon firo which illumi-
nated t he country round for miles. Yearn
afterward this light was still burnit^g,
and probably may bo seen to this day.—
Chambers' Journal.
Why SoMIrm lli-puk It ..uk*.
There are very few bridges in the
world over which troops nro allowed to
march in regular step, fn general, when
coming to a bridge, particularly n mis-
pension bridge, the drums or bonds are
stopiied, the array is broken and the sol-
diers pass over without keeping step, or
rather taking pains not to keep step.
The reason is found in the fact that a
very slight initial vibration, if continued,
isimpnrted to the whole structure, and
in a short time becomes so strongadown-
ward strain at every recurrence tut speed-
ily to endanger the safety of the strong-
est bridge.
The same principle is illustrated in
some li" ise-, which can bo made to
tremble from roof to foundation by per-
sistently and regularly pressing with the
foot on a loose board in one of tho floors.
A similar curious circumstance is seen
iu the case of certain churches in which
it is dangerous f> play the heavy pedal
"twin") is not at ail au object in col-! pipes of a grand organ, for the reason
lections of antique rings. ! that thu vibration becomes so great us to
The meaning of the indivisible links is j shatter tho panes of glass in tho win-
self evident. Usually at the marriage of dows, and even to imperil the safety of
the parties the links were severed, each | the roof.—St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
party wearing ono of the rings. George
IV gave a gemuiel ring to Mrs. Fit/.-
herbert. " be toadston,. ring wr.sanother
quaint tiled .evil conception. It was an
outcome of superstition and 01- 4 when j
superstlliot died. The io i of the to.id-
stone rinif was to prevent mother* and ;
small children from the evil i i.l -:ic - of
the fail ies. The smallest weddi...; l iug
ever fashioned was that used at tiio mar-
riage of Mary, the Infant daughter of
Henry VIII of Engluud, to the Dauphin
of France, soli ■ f Francis I. The marring'
was performed by Cardinals Wolsey and
Campeggio, tho bridegroom oulng t:
months uld and the bride I year aud IU
months old.—Boston Globe.
S|iider« Are fuduntrioti*.
No small insect ever e.HcnjX'H from tho
web of a spider, a fact which is not to
lie wi l.red at when it Is .considered
thit.au ordinary sued snare mnycon-
t.;in us many us 120,000 viscid globules.
Tun spinner is constantly engaged in re-
pairing in jut ies to the web inflicted by
wind, stray leaves or captured insects.
Once a day tho whole snare is subjected
to rigorous examination, and any broken
or looreii'-d threads are adjin ted.—Corn-
hill Magazine.
Tliti Why of 11.
When snip" one bragged that only ono
public execution hail taken place iu
Turkey iu livi yearn, an Eiifcllsl.uiaa in-
vestigated and discovered that no culprit
who could ratsefiOO to brilie officials had
sutler-.'.I death duriug the labi twenty
years. There i* always u good reason for Journal,
anything that happens in Turkey.—De-
troit Fri o Press.
In Open fneln*tire.
The following was related by the late
Judge Bruckeuriilge, of western Penn'
sylvauia: "I once heard a Virginia law-
ver object to an expression in one of the
acts ol the assembly of Pennsylvania,
which read, 'That the state boose yard
in the city of Philadelphia should be
surrounded by a briuk wall and remain
au oiien in closure forever.' "—Providence
New York is ahead of all the othor
cities U individual riches ruiiuiug up
into seven o" more figures are mount. Jt
Off ami On.
Those are not your clothes,
is said tlmt New York has over 1,000 \ them for?
Ring way-
nre they!!
Featherstone—No, my tailor's.
Ringwuy ~ What nre you wearing
millionaires, while London bus 000, Palis
SOU. Berlin ~'00 and Vienna loo.
{•>ton>4o' t'rnlty ItPMitliiK Clerk.
Anna M. Kt'11" of Denver, may lie
fouud today anl hereafter until the close
of the session oc nip) ing th" -L'sk of read-
ing cl-rk in theColorados nuto, to which
ofllce she has lieen chosen. The coil't st
over the election of this offkitd waasharji
and interesting while iu progress. It
ended in a victory lor a woman. Tlie
rights of worn 'ii are at least jMn tiall)
vindicated in tl. ■ i -ult which places a
member of t'esgi" ler sex It} an office
FeathursUine—My own nre l -i
paired.—Clothier and Fumishei
it re-
Will rein lliiniiiiu. Huri>ni« Wheat.
The u.uiana belongs to the Illy family,
and is ii developed tropical lily, from
which by ages of cultivation the seoda
liuve beeu eliminated and the fruit for
which it was cultivated greatly expand-
ed. In relation to the bearing qualities
of this fruit Humboldt, who early saw
the wonders of the plant, said that the
ground that would grow ninety-nino
pounds of potatoes would also grqw
tr
Cij
■U v
.ado
•Iced man in the history of
nater.—Denver flepu1 iican.
Although tha I .it
Was emntkil,
the coffin the)
nl. the dtike l;av
n piec • of lend •
fin with a -Intel
case, if the coll
hence, th n v'e
rone eiuiJ;u his <.
Dnko of Podforil
when the bearers rn's id
Iomul it as heavy m usn-
yl ;g left iiutruuijons that
• dd be put Into hit cot-
t 'tit ol the •. remation, In
. were opened centuries
il l arise ftjint susjlcim
surh.
never bf f iro be d by any other than a thlity-three pounds of wheat, but thai
the same ground would grow 4,000
pounds of bananas, consequently to tliat
of wheat is 138 to i and to that of pota-
toes 44 to 1.
The banana possesses all of the essen-
tials to the sustenance of life. Thesavage
of tho sen isles aud tho jungle owes what
ho has of physicVi strength to this food.
Wheat alone, potatoes alone, will not
do this. When taken as a steady diet it
is cooked—baked dry In the green state,
pulped and liolled in water as sonp, or
cut in siloes and fried. I do not know
whose beauty I odmlro the most, tho ina-
jestlo cocoa palm, with its heavy crown
of great fringed leaves, or the graceful
banana, with its great leaves, which ate
N.:1th..- the
tior the endless r
ibtnerged chain y«t< ui
pe s;. stem of raMtlbna'
hanla.je has proved satisfactory iu
many, so thai experiments are ii; w i Wrt*
iti
i
a wk rvAM j)
AND Those FARMERS That read
TEXAS FARM and
■
H
Ml i r
GENERALLY HAVE A WAGON LOADED WITH THE CHOICEST
FARM AND STOCK PRODUCTS FOR SA-E.
THU I'.inn AND KTOI H nHI'tHTMUNTS ronliiln cOiilrllMitluns
from tLiu iiiiwi, suci-i ssfnt, intellii < tu anu si*-ntlflo far«, ■ ri ,u I ■ I'milei -
TIIIC OIK II \ It M A.N U U,tBIIKN IIKPAH JI.X'IS iiro u I ways
fllkst with iirui'tlciil nrtlcloa from sum - tul ami nblo wiv > .
THU Pill ITHl UKPAItrilRNT tnu *|HTt;il u III ill f ' feat are.
THU HUINKIIOLD AND « IUI,I MU>'N tllilMII I hum's uro
presided over by alilu auit competent tslltors.
TEXAS FARM AND RANCH
Vubllshrtl 0tf /itillm , Tern*, i.i th*' elratu-Bt ttwf «# •!
§tt rf{ paper §nthUahrtf in thv South, ami nhontit «i
rcyuUtr vlnttor to vvrrj/ home.
TEXAS FARM AND RANCH Is oditorially strong and fcArlcso in Us efforts to oducats
(ho peoplo and protect and promote thilr beat lnten-, s.
It r«£u?ofi to screiit fraudulent or uucloan mHwtlHoraeiit*. It i n frlnnd lo Uao
IHJoplf. an ! I- i'ihioijacmI bjr thfiu. If you r«' uot i Htibsorltwr, uow
the duiu lo becomo oo «. Hubacriptlon n yrsr.
til'- AdUtll. It Ilfti
\
(
0
Texas Farm and Ranch i"x!',;-m '•? '"."r.
with larao t> j><' • m i. m l«h k u «■!< u l t-•"•«! !'■ *• •
li s*-lf fitrvlbly on et.-rv nubj«<? t< tin- wi'lrn * 1
Hint la pat" •' «iv«ry w ord if which may al' tul In thi- fatuity «in*tw
mamlMr- It It piihtinhiii <>n tlio Ut an t iMIi <>f «a« h iiituith H nti«
practtcal and ii|* ^ if It tt « pr* «r. i of lh«' RKV I' IMimlwm aoi"iu( M- flrm
iMirter* tha n "it ltiMli((*|tt mud (turOMHTut fnriuchi tn tha HiniUi. aud tl
Itn ooitytan Mi iiiB (r« m tin* i- imiIi w « *•• now It* ittont iuiIiumiuiUo
ihvucinJ i'. t i i * 'iti'tif .I.utuarv lau HuImv-rlptlon $l.iQ u >< ur.
•. cliAfly prlBlwl
tli nt lu utii rMiiaa;
rvs* « f f.iruntr*,
th i mrtt to every
ti.- (luirniiKhty
•st |i)«-nd>i nutl U|i-
• ;i< who .• i <■••ii
^I 4*sirU'iia. tl coin
For Sale or Trade.
Fisa prairie farm w. at of McKittiiwy, 200 aores, w«U
proved |«
Fine prairie furtii west of MoKitiney, 108 aorets, Walj'
jiroved
Fine I'itrtu east of this city 160 mr«b
Fine farm :I2U uores, Deuton Co., bi« bargaiu |-j
liuuse and lot in this city, a bargHin
I'lcttieBt buildinK lofc in the city, bi« bargain '
i rettieat building lot in the city, bi* bargain
Jiriok busiuesa liouie iu the city i
t'.fittu acrea rich farming lund in Bnie Co., Texan, in tr*ct«i
is nil ut per acre. If®
20,000 acrea rich farm land in Be; Co., Texas, for #u|e|
body at $ts per acre.
11.500 acrea rich farm laud neur lb evilV, 'IVxan, for^i
u body at !?". Kith^r of I he above tracts ultVr a li rm Hpecul,
#•1 per acre can In made t y cutting into fauna. Also
other choice piecea of town and country property.
It yon want to buy, aell or trade anything in ihn sh«p
lmi'la or housHBo dl on us.
Money to Loan,
On Ileal Kstate security, anywhere In Texas. We liuy .vendor's
ami loan on city property. If you are buying we will help you tops
proper! ; il von tue selling wo will make 11 easier Tor you to sell, if (
'when noti s are ti. be given, see us before deeds are drawn.
Sfej' Ilere Is a ohanoe of your life. You can get for one year the Iil-.MO
CHAT and the Farm ltanch for only a frl .10. Avail j our self of this opdottun
Ity and tell your neighbors abont it. \\ rite or call on the Pkmocuat, MeKlnney.
WILL A. WATKIN MUSIC GO.
?.'!7 Mam a id 10.) Murplty Striate.
Texas.
Dallas, -----
PIANOS & ORGANS.
Guitars, Banjos, Violins, Mandolins, Strings &e.
Piutios and Organs so!d at tlie luweai ea^'eru | rice" fi>.•
casli or 'may rayntpntrt. Write for pric<-H and tertif .
before bti\ ing elae«vhere.
J. A. EVANS, Attorney at
and Notary Public,
OFFICII OYlSlt ( OKI.I.IN COUNTY HANK.
F. EMERSON, T. T. EMERSON, T. H. KM Kit
President. Vice-President. (,'a
First National Banl
OF M'KINNEY, TKXAH.
CAPITAL and SURPLUS - - $125,(
Hit) h and aella exchange on the principal citiea in Eu
First class oaper discounted.
l )i itK<" i'oih : Francis Erueraon, T. T. Etueraon, T. 11. Kme
Jno. I.. Lovejoy, t'. 11. Welch,
Httsineas hours—9. a. in. to 4 p. m.
K WILSON,
t m.
Dallas,
T exas.
A. T. Wilson &
Confectioners, Grocers and Proprietors
THE-
THE
-OF THE-
BUCM BREECBg COTTOfl BELT ROUTE
-ARB THE *
BEST MADE,
BEST FITTING,
BEST WEARING
JEAN PANTS
IN THE WORLD!
Manufactured by J. R. GOODWIN & CO.,
EVANSVILLE, IND.
ttxs ron rRllK Lint ui TKIUlS (vr IM USITK HI*.
' (Si, liouis, Ark. A- T. v. R'y.).
TO
SI. LOUIS. CAIRO. MEMPHIS
And nil point* lioyoml.
Free llenliuinvr Ohalr t'.i's
and Pulman BulFet S!«epern
The Only Line
KItO.M TKX AS, I!1 NNINt.
Thro up Ii Coacltes and
Pal man Huffet Sleeptira
TO
Memphis,
: And ileliverlng pas pn«:er tu depou of
connoctinp Hiipd without n liniir na
illgagrefftble onuilbus tramsfur mrn -
the cltv.
SI RES
BUBINESB COLLKOEB-OMia, IV<
•ml ( Fdionlii In lit* ath. lium In win
Mnaout uatlon TMrt. Tli oul KlionlnUmltinv*
Jik n Kola mr.!*!* ni M m I at r Kor nntt CMVlonul
ftn.l yterlnipn? ,-,r im.i; ivr .hip r. l.tr. n.
I'UKIJI IT. V.n Worth , tl«l!>*
The liftllA* Biisli « h C.' 1 io.*. auooo,.^ t
*Vr«nM C..BTTVW4I I..".., W
REMEMBER, MY LOVE,
that thare Is no allmrut priH.iic'.tve of
(renter Utucomfort or inciuier fuellues tban
CHILLB
ac.4 >«ver. H nna broken up irrnny a love
match and mode runny a brart daaolata.
It hu been a barrier to aucceaa In bualntu
AMD
a drawbnek to earneat endeavor ntnt liomest
ambition. When ono enjoy* good health
opportuntttea are srrnpod and >iicc.:<« ut-
tMntii wltb aoomltyjly little effort, and the
fevkr
of apecutatlon and money making le Indeed
exhilarating. But who feel* more miserable,
tutleea, and llfeioulhan one vrlio has the
cbtlla and fnver. And yet they can, one
and alt, without a single exception, I*
permanently
cured by nslng that old and reliable remedy
known ** Smith's Tunic Syrup, n medicine
that Is not bad to take and stands without
•a equal iu a sure, sufe, and quick cure for
•It disease arising from malaria and all
other prostrating influauce*. Try it It Imi
cured
thouiandt of grown pvopli. ns well as child-
reft of Uil* dlstresaful ultmeiiU It I* lb*
greatest tonic known for ul I deliltttut Ing and
exhaustive disc*«>■*. It r< ttoies it fueling of
health, strength, and buoyancy, und Is very
frequently iiiesciibeU and recouimonded
BY
many pliystcliins, not only for chills and
fertr, but to fortify aud streiiKltmn tha sy*.
to generally. One real SCPd |>c.t«t obmii
SMITH'S TONIC SVRi'P
Is that one bottle will uirc whole family,
fof, being lo muob more powerful than other
remedies, the dos««ls small aud goes nrouiul
Among a good many, immediate good rrmlit
alwai/i fMowing,
AU Dr. John .Bull's Barsaparttta Is put up
In larger bottle* and In a more eonc. titrated
form than any other saniapnrilln. Il Is the
beet and *tronse t alterative nnd litoot| u.oa-
Joins made.
br. john
WORM DESTROYERS
•ACC1 sure I TA8TKQOOOI
esiaraluleed to re«ovs worms from either
children or grown people. Try I bras. t Vm*
may ttlhttautmj voir iU-hml'h. Ptii .as cents,
■old at drug (lores, or cent by mall on receipt
of price, by
Jons d. Park A Song, Whoimle Ajmtt,
W, 177, and 17 Hycamore StU, Clnolnuivtl, O.
No. 1 B Wost Louisiana Street, Bingham Block,
Respectfully solicit your patrc
110 A Iti AM) I.OIIGI.NU, I'KR DAY .
" " WKKK
" MONTH.,
M'itlf, an> lidiir i)Hiwft n 0 a. m. and hp. ui.. for 28 <
— ,p .ii j!..
Money to Loai
ABSTRACTS OF TITLE FURNIS]
Mon«y at t ht* lowest rat a of intfrfst, and on long or
t tiniH. Interest annnaily or H«nii aiiimally. I have ibtt c
Tht* Shortr>«t 1 abstract books in Collin county, showing all ti
no onu, ICS.. Kouie mim tlie time the land was patented f>y the state of 1
I'O AM, points in mi; the pr^s«nt owner. When contracted for, a McKinnej
tiM - ili tcjve a legal opinion on all abstracts furnish^! b;
1 arties wishing a $1000 loan or mora will act greatly to
own interest by Becurittj; ihe loan aud abstract through nw.
M. H. BY]
Of the Collin County Abstract Co:
SOUTHEAST.
All Texas lineslinvt through tickets on
utile via
The Cotton Belt Route,
Kutcn. intij.a. time lahieK and a;
Hitortuntlon will be cheerftiliv ltirnlf<lt
i-ll on ttl>|i|lrlitliili t(« ally ng, Jit of till"
c mjinny, or
It. H.cnrter, W. H. Wuk«>lleld,
H. Worth 'I'i'xiirkftnH
H. ii. FLEMlVt;,
Manager and (llilof Enuln^er, l.tncs In T-.-t
UAIS HTLflror.WO* rAfLRCB.
siiiiiem nuu tn
rviitiT ft rwraty-l . liberal. Tlae. s
IWiK rdtrs fr .:.i . ennsle, leo Mia««. i «t*.
Ilrslihlel liMiielit,!'. iSsrly epplMvailon I
Sep. i im uiJ lor liiuetratwi fiouveoir.ltijwrrj
Mas. I. F. COX, Presldeat, I
ci1s. c. COX, PriaUpal,
" EDUCATION
?tSTKv
Dr. Warner's celebrated
Coraline Health Corsets have
one peculiarity which pertains
only to corsets of their make.
The bust retains its shape to
the end, and the corset im-
parts to the wearer a well-
proportioned and beautiful
ttgurc. The corset is boned
with Coraline, a substance
superior to the finest whale-
bone. Made in short, medium
and extra long waists.
Tboft «re many imilKtt«,u *. .. .e.
finil '• Or. Wn-c,', c r.11 yn"A
tlio inil.'i, C p"n"rdw0n
,' * >' 8rn'J"i« ii«et. Tht*
Ire sold l,y yotir nturtt dry dealer.
WAUNEK imos. Mnfnt.,
New York ami Chicago.
WANTED.
Ein.illAHMA*#.'!
VkHTm n !l Hind :• '
tiMiih'nt aii4 SimtttlM , *
*|mi : « t I |«*1UQ
i * f...A (nlnKcWi
UDI£S.robt.irwin,d.i
Mexican
Mustang Linimeni
I his old and reliable preparation instantly sub-
ilii^s nil surface pains and is a sp edy relief for
Neuralgia, Rheumatism and kindred diseases,
even in their chronic stages. Invaluable in ^
case of accident or sudden illness. It is
strictly a home remedy.
Tried and Ttuc.
Keep it on Hand.
Apply it Vigorous^
> (lie universal panacea, wonderful in its heal* j
intf powers, exerting an effect almost magical.
In many families for upwards of half a cen-
tury the only medicine, always a household
favorite, with a prominent place in the confi-
dence of the people.
Sold everywhere.
bottles.
" ' "V
up in 25c., 50c. and $1.00
—
' ■ r : fed ' i
!; ^ ,rT ' '
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Thompson, F. C. The Democrat. (McKinney, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 26, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 6, 1891, newspaper, August 6, 1891; McKinney, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth191688/m1/4/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Collin County Genealogical Society.