The Bastrop Advertiser (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. 45, No. 8, Ed. 1 Saturday, February 20, 1897 Page: 4 of 8
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REPREHENSIBLE HABIT8.
W. H. PALMER,
Ktll'ili'lltNi Malvli l l. \ **l. 4-'.
Orm t UuiMiug ) i i t e t "i st n k*' Hi<>
Kill I Oli * M ' I'KO-
WATERLOO. IOWA
8«< d From the Horrort of N«r*ou Pros-
tration" by Dr Milat' Ner«in«,
THUS. C. CAIN
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■*wuuil < Mailer.
BaSTROP. TCXAS. FE8 20.1891.
Hi.- present ('<i >ire t
next NN t'lliH'mlaV *'*"k.
will adjourn
lUe Senate k i I In 1 lli" hill to | re-
vout Sunday hull playing.
The I louse coiiimillt; kills all bills
on stock raining. before it.
( **\. >*ii u-! Nn*', that #ou mil.
well. Doesn't it'f—Brenhaiu Man-
ner.
A tiil! to prohibit tin- employment
of i'liil«ir«*i> under Hi wars of a^e hut*
been rejected in tlii' Colorado l«*>ii> -
lature.
A lull has been introduced in tlif
Tenm-scc legislature prohibiting tin-
sale or ^ivinji away of cigarettes or
cigarette paper.
The remains of the late ex-con-
federate general. J. * >. Shelby, were
burled in Forest Hill Cemetery, Kan-
sas City, on the 17th.
An Oklahoma state-man ha- intro-
duced a bill in the legislature of that
territory which provides for staying
the collection of all debts for a year.
The San Antonio Light, (republi-
can) says that there i- hardly a
prominent republican in 1 cxas who
has not his eye on the Federal pie
plate.
t here are three habits coining un-
der the above heading against which
no Is a eould be too t>ev ie, -a\ the
1'i-rrell Index. 1 hey are pointing a
g in, loaded or unloaded, at another
person ; pouring oil fi< m a can or
jug upon :t burning tire and lucking
little children in a house during the
ab-eiice of parents or guardians. It
«eein- to be almost impo-sgitde to
pick tip a newspaper in which fatal
aci idenls from one or more of these
crimes, for crimes they are, is not re
rcorded. Loved ones, usually the
nearest and dearest, are almost al-
wajs the victim- in nucli cases and
yet fools, both male and female, will
' persist in Mich reprehensible conduct.
I'lie fact that these sins are errors of
the head rather than the heart '
makes them none the less heinous.
The fool who points a gun at wife or
-ister, (or for that matter anv on. Influence of opiates. For four months I suf-
frrocl atron1*** and prayed that 1 tula).I die
else) in palyful glee, and tln-n when and t>u ut rest. One
he has shot some one's head off. I yj^V^ pliysliian sulci 1 had
« i •«(.„« ZM ooitHuruptlon, for I hud
tears Ills hair in the exces- of his M . <■ count! that «uve mo
grief invariably pleads pitifully, "I ff-ri©f"Vin6 3 n<> rest. Itut a (mod
■ • . * , i i ,, i i P- ^(>ntores iS "Kl physleiun whose
didn t luio > it w a - loaded. Loud wr. ~OBTOre" -JH . ,, ,, , , . .. ,
Health nwui* iuo iu<i raiii u,
ed or not lie i- a menace to the com- frnfa /.,. , vvjBHI a*M-eti m*- to u.o l r
... . , . 'III. V K ■■ > i. r;t t t v «•
'"unity and should be comleu.ued fot j Nl.rvln„ nn(1 , thlinU t,l4t „ ,1;W ljr,pllt.
willful murder and hanged by the I ened my days, lengtlu'tiod my life and saved
i .;i i i i w ..,,i., i tne from lie liorr.irsof in rvous prostration."
neck until he was dead. Sowiihlht ... „ .,, .....
I ir. Miles Iti'mcdles are sold t.y all drug-
tiioughtle.-s woman who imperils her gists under a positive guarantee tir-t'iottle
.. i; ,i . i „ i ,i i ,.i i benefits or money refunded. It > >k on Heart
I own life, those oi In r children, and 1V * M
and Nerves sent free to all appli oits.
j the home of her husband, by pour- I UK. MII.KS MKIWAL CO., Elkhart, Ind.
ing coal oil upon a burning lire. Sin
coriil! tines not always Indicate
consumption. Mr W. II. t'almer, of
Waterloo, Iowa, writes: "I was taken
with a nervous stricture of the bronchial
tulies, which developed Into nervous pros-
tration, I was so weak I could not sit up. I
got no sleep for days except when under the
BEER MEN AGITATED.
The vote for Mayor at the recent
election held at Shu Antonio, as otli-
cially counted, shows Ncweoinb, l.'i;
Callaghan, ,'1,07S; Lewy, -,) 1 I ;
Kluuidurf, ^,2"^.
King Humbert, of Italy, is the
most heavily in-tired man in Kurope,
the amount curried being $7,.'iOO,(i(iO.
The late C/.ar Alexander III was in-
sured for $5,000,000.
Win. K. l)«vyer, l>r. II. T. l'ohl
and .1. 11. Hutchinson, are applicants
for the llrenham I'out OlBce, with
chances in favor of Dwyer, for re-
publican endorsement.
W. I*. St. John, treasurer of the
1 )emocratic National committee, died
suthleniy from a complication of
Kidney and stomach troubles, at his
home in New York, on the 15th.
The governor ha- signed the bill
appropriating $5,t)00 to defray the
expenses of publishing the constitu-
tional amendment voted on at last
• •lection. 1 he law became effective
at once.
j should be incarcerated as insane. As
for the man or woman who lock help-
less infants in the Iioum by them- ; Au„lln .|H|,
' selves, exposing them to danger of Among the most important meas-
death by lire from within ot without. ur,.H n,)W pending in the legislatuie,
. wordv fail in power to co:i.le nn him ,,r al |(,ast un„ U).u uil| ,M. {i.u |ui)1.t.
or her successfully. I he very thought t,v oeri in corporations, is the bill
is appalling, yet it is of daily occur (,r. vi.jin- for the abolition of what i,
j retice. Legislative action in these |uimVn as the state beer tax. In
matter.- i- an imperii* ive neee-su\. ,wotds, the bill now pending in
no law can he too severe, and no t|,e h-gislature provide- that beer
mistaken sympathy should prevent |,cense shall be placed ut S.'U'ii pel
the enforcement of the law, mid we
i trust tuat but few exampUs would
have to be made before these bane-
I tul habits would be most effectually
suppressed.
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1 lie legislature of Illinoi- is to con-
sult r a bill w hicli provith s that bank-
shall secure their depositors with a
bond representing double the amount
of their deposits. The names of the
bondsmen ami the amount of the bond
-hull he conspicuously displayed in
the bank and published semi-annual
Ip in a newspaper of general circula-
tion in the county in which the bat k
annum, which is the same a- that n -
(juired lor whiskey license. 1 lie bill
practically places beer on the same
footing a- whi.-key and, a- might be
expected, the beer men of the state
are up in arms. Ihe bill will phi\
havoc witli their interests if passed,
and us might be expected they will
exert themselves to see that it is not
passed. A- the matter now stands,
however, the state i- playing a losing
game by letting the license sta\ at
$50 annually. 1'nder this law the
half-dozen breweries in the state dur
ing the |*.ist year only paid the state
some S-iOO lax. while they paid tin-
is locate,1. l'emling the approval of ft.,|t.r!,| u,)Vl.rninent >1 per keg. or
the bond banks must conspicuously SOIllt.,|,jn,, ,)Vt.r giuo.noo for tieer
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There are Others
But none Cheaper or more reliable than
P. 0. EbZNER, Elzner~Corner.
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I never make efforts to induce people to vi-ii mv store in st arch
of mythical advertised bargain* which do not exist or which are
"ju-t out." "s'lcli metli >ds are dishonest and are certain ulti-
mately to prove futile. What I advcitise, I have, and it is al-
ways exactly as represented.
I here is a more certain method of entertaining the average
people than by spreading before them it surprise in bargains lo
In- had at Minkrupt Stores. Clearance Sales, Cost Sale*, ami the
in any pitfalls left open to catch the average mat,, on which are
realized large profits. 1 never do that because it is absurd and
untrue, but I do -ell mighty dose to cost.
To th3 partner:
We have to sav
CORNER is now
that the ELZNER
if possibly, bet-
ter fitted to supply the farmers of
Bastrop County, with every article
needed on their farms. We have the
well-known DISC PLOWS, also Cot
ton and Corn Planters, best make of
Cultivators, Mowers Hay Presses,
and in fact, everything you need and
should have.
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JUST ARRIVED!
A Car Load of the Uest
* Cane Need, ami three Varic-
tie- of sieed Com, t'ats and
Millet
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We ar selling about
all the corn that is sold
in Bastrop county, there
fore our price is the low
est. Savy? We. claim
to be the farmer's friend, therefore,
with proper security, we will furnish
all the ccrn wanted by reliable men.
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The ELZNER CORNER is with you for 1897, and is willing to
furnish every good and reliable farmer in Bastrop County.
P. O. ELZNER, PR0P-
i'HURCH DIRECTORY.
John Hums, the Knglish labor
leader, has made his will, by which}
he leaves his best love to his wife, n
sound constitution to his son. his
books to hi- parish, and hi- debts to
his country.
The following states have never
been represented in any president's
cabinet; California. Florida, Idaho,
Kansas, Montana, Nevada, North
Dakota, Khode island, >outh Da-
kota. lexas, Washington ami Wyo-
ming.
Mrs. Hobbs, an intimate friend • >f
the tir-t duke of Wellington, has just
died in Ireland at the age of 1 )
years. Her husband was badly
wounded at l^uatre llras. Five of
her fourteen children and -ix of tier
forty-four grand-children are serving
in the British army, and she had tie-
sides thirty-two great-grandchildren
and two great-ureat•grandchildren.
< n her looth birthday the duke >f
( atnhridgc congratulated her in be-
half of the army.
There is a lady in Augusta. Ha.,
who has never been from under the
confederate Mag. H<-r name i- known,
but by request it is w ithln Id. NN lu-tlu r
walking, eating, or sleeping, there is
a!wa\- a confederate flag over her
h -ad. While walking on th<- streets
there is always a tlag in Ijer hat, and,
no matter how many Irits or bonnet-
she has there is alwa\- to be found :•
Hag pinned on the inside of the < rown
11(1 ' je |ie-idp <'f her betl I -i
ly faslt ru I a large flag of th<
federate -tutes. Jh Hag i- a- ne-
ees-an f r her a tin> t menl a v.
She s'iys ihe it us in u-r surrendered
uud UCV t.1 w ili.
di-play on the front door and over the
receiving teller's window the words;
"Depositors are not secured." One
bank can not become surety for an-
other. "NN c do not know ," says the
American Hanker, "whether it is the
intention of the author of 111i. re-
markable measure to suppress state
and private banks in Illinois or not.
but his bill, if it were enacted, i- a
manufactured. 1 hi- in itself |> u
wonderful discrepancy in favor of
the federal government, ami some of
the legislators are of the opinion that
the sooner the law is ci.anged the
better it will be for all parties—ave 1
possibly the lit t r manufacturers.
1'he breweries are now operating
under a c.'iO annual tax. and under i
this law they would have to plank
tep iu that direction. It is not like- | ( ()VVtl s-j,Vi additional a year, but it
would also aboli-h the present s\--
ly that the legislature would adopt
- e h a measure.--(lalvestoii News.
r salooi s and
The bill introduced by repicaenta
tire M< Farlarid to advertise sheriff -
sales should become a law without a
dissenting vote. In many counties
there are a number of sharks always
ready to take advantage of a man's
misfortune and these people haunt
the court house and hid in property
from the sheriff- hammer for a s ing
-imply
because the notice of sale
tem of Minning
keeping whiskey bottles on a bet r
icense.
The bill i- ont that promts* - to
wake the solons up when they get
hold of it, and the introduction <d
tip I il for consideration bids I.or to
wake up a li\ely debate.
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I he editor of the hunis Democrat
claims to have seen u great deal of
hard linn - during hi- pilgrimage In n
fai!e<l to obtain publicity. In order below, ami has witnessed a great
to prevent a hardship from being many business failures -ince lie came
imposed on the defendant the bill ti> tread tliM mundane sphere, but
provided that where the defendant admits that the failure of that collin
in inter* st re* j nest« it the notice <>1 house at Tyler i - the first instance
sale shall be postetl instead of |>;iii- of the kind that he has known, and
lislied and a- tin- defemlant is the -ollhxpii/.i - thereat: "We want it
only one w ho can tie affected by a*l- distinctly underslooil that while we
voted against MiKinh-y, rl.at sine*
his i It * lion we have gom out of our
wav to meet and entertain his wave of
prosperity, but if his election is o-
«♦> ■■ jug to get us where we can neither
Ihe Tvler Democrat ie-Report *r hve or die in as g*to*l style as wt
-ays; "Ihe game law n*iw before |)aV(. been use l to, then we are l'o-
the Texas legislature -tart- in by jn^, to—go slow- very -low, on M*-
d-' laring all kinds of wild ga^p the Kinlev."
property of the state, and then pro- - • -
eee ls in the way best calculated to I he Harrisburg
pr*-*-rve and take t are <>i all such "Pennsylvania gave
gatm- -deer, antelopes, geese, tluckl, ari not familiar with
prairie chickens, etc. The chief fen- tics will b. -«irpri-*«I
lure of the law is that it allows no i"0 more volts for I try :i r lhan l*-x-
' ind of came to b* captured or kill*-*l a- did. < 'or -I • t*■ sta'nds i i I. . V
vt-rlised charges, this provision should
remove any objection that n ii_rht ex-
i-t against the enactment of such a
law . —-Houston Herald.
I'atriot s \ - .
a- many w ho
i led ion -t at i •
'o know, 7/ •
t llltl- I IAN t. Ill Hi 11.
S t > 11 < I it v ScIidiiI. 'to every -u.iil*iy inoniliiK J
M Ktiuern Stl|>erl"teii'lenl 1 K l.esier A--I-
Wilt. Ml** M mic isle M rrl*. OricsiiUi M: «
l.'lliit Kviilit"l). A KslVlniit. I . W . i Hill I *■• •
urer Mi * *'**rs Krlinr*!, -c*-n-wry.
PrciicliiiiK 11 it in iei'1 ^ P in . titl. '.'nil tnel
Snl siiii<Ih> s ill e**' ! month Mot. 'I .' TiIl-
■ irt'Ki.li"!.
I turn in it n ion. 11: l"> it. hi
Jitni'ir ChriKiiiiii t'i'leiivur I p. m Mr* A.
t' I rh.ii'l -ii|l* rlllteii'l* ;.i
TihcIht!,' Meetiiitc uii't ''holr TrH'-U'e. everj
Moinlay nliclil
Senior nn'! I ot.-r:in•• I t't < ht -t.. ii I ii'lenv
i>r< r* id* • f oV"r> 'l iie- lny nifcilit.
I'rityerineetlnic, over; lhin l«> night
J > '*' ri.i. I lo * ki l'nslor.
Ml III'>1 >1 -T * ill l!< II.
R. . ■, r - ■ : v ".every - ' ,y n, t ■ ■ 1
cvrilillK. i" 'I i* I" H"'1 1 I'
suii'liiy -■ ■ I.o«11. ever* -iiii'Ihv mortiinir *t '■
Oel'l'k t H|.! It. |l.*lr(C*ti' - U|" rl II I*-! I le'it.
I:< ,'iilnr I'rio -er', i-veiy Wnii:, - Ib>
'•Vt'lllllk' ut V: •'
Kjiworth l.eiotue meets iwr suii'lrty iiliei
noon ut l o elfM't.
WniniiM Korei rn Missionarv -.ii-i inreis
!i r-! I '. ar-'lity ■ " h uioiil! «t I m O.i
ii fleriioou.
I.H'I.'H Al-l -'ii'letv mi ' is hi-i-oi'.'! Thiir- lity n
en 11 in*>||t1 Hi I o i lot k In the iflernonii
Tub. I'.nn- M!i I'onii' Sor-ii'tj ineei« tir-t
I 'le-'lay in each tin" |h ic I |> in
II." nim« miu ,111 free u-i'l t-V"! \ lo ly liivltct
lo Hlteliil lie servl' e«.
Il II ll'iHIIKtss I'n* tor
I I' I - * of VI * III Id II.
—,■ rr . . ( ., r \ -' • on'l ie; 1 K<.1111h **11M'Iw ^ a
eleven u in i,11■ I eiit Ii I p in
Suinliiy -' hool esi-r1 Siiiiitny inortiinic ut i*-n
0 -s Mr A M< l.iiiiy. sii|wiuil*'n>lfiil.
M,-< tli . of -.In \ • -1r ; r.' Mon lry in May
\-,rf>|.* Novell Ner 811*1 I . • > r * i«i v. iu four
!■ in Mi A Ml'.\ -en! W ir'l. i
.1 ti 1 if.- II. M liiifwoo-l Junior■ Wnr.1"*:
M •. 111 -• of I „'ll, ■ *. in I Wi •!:' 1 it>' nf'er the
Se'i'i 'l iin.t l oiirih SuH'Ifi; m e\.-rv niouili
Mrs I oi.i ii. 1'r. -I I. in
———, I'nvlor
Ilair- Gr*'.v Discovery,
(In*- -iictll I • 111' • * if II ill - I. real 11 i - -
iiivei\ en res all kind- of KiiIik'.v ami
lllait'li-r n *ubles, remove- gravel, cures
dialietl-. •••iiiit' il ii!iil-si*iti«. w • ik ind
1 inn- liaeks, ami all irregularities of Hie
kidney - ami bladder, in I • I Ii men and
w(irtieti. n-gnl.at* - bt eld.-i ti"iilil*- Iu
chihlr*'ii. It ti'*i -i 11 * I !*.'• voiir driiggi-i.
will I.* -eiil b\ in nl mi !.-1•*• i| t m( sl.un.
Due -mad bottle i- tw.i month'-treat-
ment. anil will cure any ea-e .ilms*-
menl ioned.
K. W. Itiii. -oh' Mfr.
|'. t l. Ii"N J I -. W . * . I * \a .
Ilastrnp. I *-xii-. M-pt. .'i. |s! * —In . I
\\ . ||ai.I., \\ hi * i. hear Sit; ilav*'u-etl
\oiil Halt' til-eat hi fnrKhlliey
i li d 111 a d. I e i tnuil'le Mot cat. fully !*••
coIIIUkIi ' I 11 t *i the public.
\ A. M iititis.
I .,r -ale h\ W , .1. Miley and t . I.r-
| .-it'll A Soil, IliMliip, and I leelial d.
Mlllthville.
bill k It'll s \ III ir ;l Sh I ie
! I,. I'.. •' "-alve H Hie vorhl lm ent-.
| s ^ I ... >>>!'*•-. I leel'-. Salt I; 11 ell III.
| , | -sol* -. '1*11. I'. * hllp|i"d II lll'i-,
i'liiIblaiii■. • 'ortis. and all Skin Krup-
ii,.' i,j ! i .snivels cur*'- I'll*"-, oi tin
" r* unit ed. il i- k'li'iranteeil l<* give
|. feel sal -farlion IiKUH'V t* -1U It* )•< I.
■.*.". c 'i - *"* 'my, ! >1 -.,1" a! W.
i Miley . I* Krhai'l ,V s, v . htug
More#.
The Midland Hotel,
Ki.i'Ks i l.'i tin ii* * i ki.
Mrs. R. B. Wilkes, Proprietress.
BASTROP. TEXAS.
THE MIDLAND is Centrally Located.
TREE SAMPLE ROOMS. RATES, $2.00 PER DAY
I 1 e Iioii-o lias lieel; I In.11iiij'lii\ I enoy aletl. I'e-furili-heil at' I
generally ililpl'iveil, lllaklllg it tlei'ld • lly Hie llio-t plea-ant
and coinfur'ahh' iu Ihe . 11\ .
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DRESS GOODS AND NOTIONS.
Miss K. ClmiiilNT- iV (u. ;irr <l;iil\ rc-
i-rivdii^' tin* Mm>I \ iirictl :iim! iii| |c*1«'
Stock ttl'
Millinery, Dress Goods and Notions,
hver In< ti il11 hi Bii«stro| . I'in' (itntti-.
11:i\«* liccii I«hili'Iit ;it l.'iu I'rict'n. ;uk|
will I m • -i ili I Mt't'i d'< I i 11 ;_i 1 \.
MISS F. CHAMBERS & CO.
GET YOUR GUN
J. THIELEMANN,
(THE GUNSMITH.)
l> jn -1 ill rccfipt nl it liir^f imil <•<>m11"It'lc line of
RIFLE, SHOT and TARGET GUNS, PISTOLS, ETC.
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We liave nil -i-'.t" aii'l ni;il\e> of Jinir.nition. All kinds
oi' li-ltin iiickle. In liiet. c\I'rvlliinu' earrietl in tlio
>jiort'n;.'. line, ( nil and in peel st<h• k.
ftf n
J. THIELEMANN.
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