The Bastrop Advertiser (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. 48, No. 35, Ed. 1 Saturday, September 8, 1900 Page: 5 of 8
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n s has been customary for the past twenty years, on August 1st, 1900, the books at the
**■ Elzner Corner were closed to all credit business, and from the above date until Jan-
uary 1st, 1901, our immense and complete stock of
Dry Goods, Dress Goods, Clothing, Shoes, Hats,
Furniture, Carpets, Farming' Implements, Etc.,
Will be sold only for the Cash. Tremendous bargains are being offered in all departments,
We are not overstocked in any department, but as this is the beginning of the
Strictly Cash Season at the Elzner Corner,
We have adopted this method to rid ourselves from season to season of strictly first class mer- ift
chandise. By doing this each season it enables us to have fresh, new and up-to-date goods each si^
season. It will pay you to visit the Elzner Corner, as among other inducements, we are ....
Knifing All of Our Summer Goods.
THE ELZNER 00118.
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The Bastrop Advertiser
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Which -hall it In-? Which it >" J
I look*'.I at Boiling, Boiling lo..k< I at
Bertha.
Poor undecided Boiling who v' • h' '
yet,
For well you know her 1*an y t,
llcr nyi's an' tn ■ • wn her titer i- fait
Of beauty 'tis certain sle ha- hei i !•'.
And when I found that I WM left,
I Mood there tpeaohtoM, my thoughtt
Ijeref;.
Tell utr a. tin, what Bolc.ng
And then I sorrowfully bent my le ad
Thin hi- proposition.
"I will ki\my (cart and hand while I
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K iii return e protfcy lively awMdoa
Will agree i" keep my table richly laden,
The house must bi promptly and cleanly
-wept,
Ami all tli1111- III their pla • l!"|'t,
Thing* in'. * " w 11 • •11 ti-1. i,.ii
brown,
Whon my hours ov< r l return from town
1 wish my huttw happyi cheerful and
bright,
My wife i|aint i!y 1 ' deal 'V -i il
bright,
Bvor ready to smile and sweetly enter-
tain,
My friend I it ■. it** and to supper de-
lain."
1 looked at Boiling's fine iaee, and
t hoii|jrht
( if the hooks and pleasure- to nut he had
brought,
Of the happy evenings, the confidential
talks,
A moon-light ride and some pleasant
walks,
Of the times when he a true friend had
l een,
If a few occasions he a hypocrite did
Hflein,
Hut thoughtfully searching over the
past,
I find we were friends, true, tender and
fast,
And let me hold mi/ no/dent friend,
t'njuihjnl, accepted, trunted to the eml!
"Come Hertha" said I, "we will to Mo-
ther Kldridges hie,
And see if she cannot help Holling de-
cide,
Which as "daughter-in-law" with her
shall abide,
We donned out best and mad- great
show,
Thus two linle ii; mlcie did i wooing
Each gaily chattered ami tried toga
favor,
Truly oui talk only <d nonrsense did
savor,
/fi« true, 'tis a pity, pity • • 11 *' •
Mv Hilly eon-tee* I -oicercy rue,
For Hertha won the dear mothers' heart
So Holling and I very seren,,!y nuistpait, I
()f all sad words of tongue or pen
The -addest are the.-e "who / might hav
1een!"
P. K. M.
.Inly 16th, 1IMH , Monday afternoon.
The man who is always looking
fur ;i hotter country than he lives
in. will < u• 1 his days in destitu-
tion. It's the man who sticks it
nut through thick and thin, ha I
times and good times, who ac-
cumulates the Ion- vi !vet to pro-
vide the necessities anil luxuries
of old age .... There is a time
in almost every young man s lil<
when he inuerine* that he is really
;t warm number. When he grov.
I'll* f w Vv/i h KToriM HH ty r .
"The Treasury Department is
willing to "own up" to an expen-
diture of S! sfi,tiTs.ooti nn the I Miil-
ippine war account. The War
I icpartment admits the death of
liL!ou soldiers and the wounding
of L'OTM more. And for what?
Our entire export to the Philip-
pines last year were only $2,<' 10.-
otto, and three-fourths of this was
of articles for the consumption of
our army. The entire imports
from the island for :t year will not
equal the receipts from Kurope
at tiiis port in one good steamer
■ lay."
\n ('klahoma M-year old eliiM
drank ear-ache medicine, eon-
older .'slid by < \|•* ri«n• gains a tainitig laudanum, and in a few
small .-ilo''k id' I'ummon sense, he was pronoun* • <! dead. The
views (lie Maine class o| l.uys w h mntlici' of the child, however,
disgust, lie nt' ! it ate- on li. would not give up. hut drove six
pa-t and wonder !' he was ever miles to a doctor's office with the
such a i nloundi d d. A .-mai' ,.|)j[< 1 in her arms. At tirst, tne
Alex is al nit the most despisalde (,|)((.(,,r failed to discover any
mortal that ever drew l>reath, hut pulse or heart heats-. 1 >nt after
the law forbids killing them ind producing artificial hreathing for
the people are eompelled li grin nearly two hour.-, symptoms of
and I'ear their place in the coin- |jft. wore noted and the child re*
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A Sensation
Has been created among all the house-
keepers of Bastrop, owing to the fact
that Perkins & Cope, the Grocers, are
furnishing patrons with the . . .
. Purest and Freshest Groceries..
ever handled by a firm in this section.
Country Produce bought and sold
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munity. Ilcni]isteail Ilearhl.
Home curious facts concerning
trees have been discovered. A
' single oak of good size is sai'l to
lift ll!li tons of water during the
months it is in leaf. This mois-
' lure is evaporated and rises to
I form rain clouds. I'mm this es-
timate of the labor of a single <>ak
we can gain some idea of the im-
mense force which the forests ex-
ert in equalizing the evaporation
and precipitation and preventing
periods of inundation and drouth.
—Cincinnati Enquirer.
In response to a request from
the press for a sentiment on La-
bor Pay, Mr. Bryan wrote the
borer is worthy
covered.
(>n Monday Inst, at Ihallas.
I Ion. Ihirnett ' !ibbs paid the tax
pnl lee tor of I >a II as. S11.02M.07. for
all taxes due from him to the city
of Dallas up to and including the
year lsW), The amount paid was
the sum fixed by the board of ad-
justment as the amount due the
city, (.itiv. Gibbs says it was the
first time the city had treated
him fairly in many years, when
he begun to entertain it proposi-
tion to settle with the municipal
corporation.
territory, but no taxes -hall lie levied
nor indebtedness created in any district
until authorized by a two-thirds vote ■ if
the resident land owners therein whose
lands are xuisceptiblc of irrigation from
the proposed works.
The (ievernor is hereby directed to is-
JOINT HKSOI.tlTION, amending arti-! *' «« the neces ary proclamation for sub- ,
cle s, of the Constitution of the State 1 nutting 'his amendment to tin qualified j
of Texas, by adding thereto Section i voter* of Tuxa*, on the first Tueudav af-
UU, providing for the organization „f I Nuvemher,'iWIO,
irrigation niHlruMH, ami fortho lovyinjar I * 1 *
AMENDMENT TO THE 00NSTITU
TI0N or THE STATE OF TEXAS,
TO EE VOTED UN TUESDAY,
NOVEMBER 6, A: D- 1900.
(II. .1. K. No. .'ITi.
lielative to the Ne\\ N'urk ■
mobliing the other day. a south-
ern exchange, after doing a !ittU>
criticising of northern mob-vio-
lence allows its pent up poesy to
gush forth in the following very
and collection of a tax for the con-,
at which election all voters favoring the
The set policy of tin
party for years has lieen to gi\e ■ districts in
struction of reservoirs, dams and ca- amendment shall have written m printed
„l(]Si ion their tickets "For amending Article
, i i i ji i i .# c n,„ 8, of the Const itution of Tex.i-, so as to
He it renolred In/ the J.eaiHlatvre o f tin■ ' .... . .■ ' ,.
" '' permit the formation of irrigation dis-
Stat> of Texan: I tricta in An her, Baylor, Clay, Wichita
Phut Article w, of the < onstitution < f j antl Knox counties," and tho^e opposed
the State of Texas, be amended hy ad- to said amendment shall have written or
ding thereto Section 2U, as follows: j printed on their tickets "Against amend-
Section 20. In addition to the powers ihtf Article s, of the Constitution of
of taxation granted in the foregoing sec-1 Texas, so as t< permit the formation of
11ions, it shall be lawful for the Legiala- irrigation districts in Archer, liaylort
ture of Texas Ui authorize the land own- 1 Clay, Wiel.ra and Knox ronnties."
Hanna !''rs "f the counties of Archer, Haylor,
I Clay, Wichita and Knox to organize ir-
• '' *-i - i- iideountie-without
following: "The
of his hire. < >n this day set apart
for the consideration of wage
workers let each one in
whether the man who inils c
a fail share ol lie pi Is «
labor, and if ict,
reinody."
protection to tile employer by leg- >"K.id toeounty line...
1 In making provisions tor the
, . i in iiiiihih^ |. i u, ■ -t O t
islative enactment, and then let eon-trtiction of irrigation work- within
lawful to levy
luess to rest
as a charge on and lie secured by a lien
on the irrigable land for the use and l>en-
efit of which said irrigation work- have
been or may be constructed. The le g-
islature may authorize ueh t.ics and
indebtnefi as may t •* n < t . to
construct irrigation w> ' v hin suid
the working man get what pro- said territory, it dial! be■ l.e
" . , . | taxes and eii'ate an mdehtci
tection Ilia employer might lie
pleased to give him. Its policy
i iys in effect has been t • ha ve the gov -
I'ds nf his ernment take can
t him apply a j That's how the Hep
I is working today.
f the poor.
ili< an party
Yo' see do mote in my eye,
But yo' don't see do beam in tli
Go home, sweep out yo' own h hi-c
And den come sweep out u. i '
Sad to say there is much truth
in the following: "A change in
geography at this time will neces-
sitate the expenditure of about <'>((
cents per child. Next year a
new book will be written cover
ing present events and of c urso
in order to have the schools ip
A clear complexion i- a sign of good
health, which is generally obtained by
use of Re i Te t. It regulates the liver ... .. ,
andpurif.e- the HP ■ d All druggists j '- -«ate another geography ;.ml
be adopt'd,
which means another •><> •'■ t-
expenditure."
•* - .
—''You will lui\ e ti • bun \ i
get those "I'ree Silver Mat at
• inly 5(i cents, ;it the Ki
ner.
an-autliorued t<> refund the money in history will have to
any ease when l{ea Tea fails to do what
is claimed for it. I'ri<
W. J. Mtt.i.v, l>rnggi
At Clnctnnatti
teens was killed
wire running o\
mother, when ti
news of her - >n's
!.p e a package,
a boy in his
by an electric
■r him, and his
■legraphe I the
death, fell dea I.
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Cain, Thomas C. The Bastrop Advertiser (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. 48, No. 35, Ed. 1 Saturday, September 8, 1900, newspaper, September 8, 1900; Bastrop, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth205511/m1/5/: accessed July 3, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Bastrop Public Library.