The Alto Herald (Alto, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 23, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 11, 1911 Page: 2 of 12
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WHY, YES. SHE GOT THE NOTE
Beautiful Roses Appreciated, but
There Was a "Fly in the
Ointment."
A youriK man whose gallantry Is In
excess of his meanH sought to remedy
this defect uud to hhvo the expense
of the money required for the pur
chase of flowers for his lady loves by
arranging with a gardener to let hint
have a bouquet from time to time, In
return for tils cast-off clothes. Ho It
happened that one day he received n
buncli of beautiful roses, which ho at
once dispatched to her bouse. In
sure anticipation of a friendly wel-
come he called 011 tho young woman
that evening He got a frosty recep-
tion.
"Did—er -did you get tny flowers
today?" lie was finally forced to ask.
"Yes, and the note that went with
them."
"Note? Why, did I send a note?"
"You did. A disgraceful note,
scrawled with a blunt pencil, on dirty
paper. Here It Is. I don't understand
It, and I don't think you are very
humorous."
The note read as follows:
"Here's your flowers, but you owe
me a pair of pants for 'em."—Clove-
land Plain Dealer.
GOOD ITEMS OF NEWS
• NTIRE WEEK'S HAPPENINGS
THAT ARE WORTH PASSING
NOTICE.
WHOLE WORLD THE FIELD
Current Domestic and Foreign News
Boiled Down to Readable and
Small Space.
Breaking a Hobo's Heart.
Manager Gus Hart!! was standing
hear the opera house box office when
one of two panhandlers who had en
tered the lobby approached lilm, and,
holding out an addressed and sealod
envelope, begged for the price of a
postage stamp.
"It's for me mudder, boss," he sniv-
eled. "You'se wouldn't turn down er
guy fer de price er de stamp, would
youse?"
"Never," said tho manager, deftly
grasping tIn■ envelope and throwing It
through the box office window. "Here,
Fred," ndresslng himself to Treas-
urer Fred Coan, "stamp this and have
It mailed."
The velocity of the proceeding fair
ly look the panhandler's breath away.
Then, backing away to where Ills part-
ner awaited him, he whispered: "Noth-
In' doing, bo the guy's wise Cleve-
land louder.
A Classic Note.
"Archimedes," read the pupil,
"leaped from tils bath, shouting, 'Eure-
ka! Eureka!'"
"One moment, lames," the teacher
says. "What Is the meaning of 'Ku-
n-ka!' "
"'Eureka' means I have found It'"
"Very well. What had Archimedes
found?"
James hesitates a moment, then
ventures hopefully:
"The soap, mum "—Christian Intel-
ligencer.
Out of Date.
"I am going to ask your father to-
night for your hand in marriage."
"How dreadfully old fashioned you
are."
"In what way?"
"Don't ask him; tell him"
FOOD IN SERMONS
Feed the Dominie Right and the Ser-
mons Are Brilliant.
A conscientious, hard working nnd
Successful clergyman writes: "I am
glad to bear testimony to the pleasure
and Increased measure of efficiency
and health that, have conio to me from
adopting Grape-Nuts food as ono of
jny articles of diet.
"For uev '-ral years I watt much dis-
tressed during tho early part, of each
day by Indigestion. My breakfast
teemed to turn sour nnd failed to di-
gest. After dinner the headache and
other symptoms following the break-
fast would wear away, only to return,
however, ne*t morning.
"Having heard of Grape-Nut* food, I
finally concluded to give It a trial. I
made my breakfasts of Grape-Nufs
with cream, toast and Postum. The re
suit was surprising in improved health
and total absence of the distress that
had, for so long a time, followed the
morning meal.
I "My digestion became once more
satisfactory, tho headaches ceased, and
tho old feeling of energy returned.
Hlnco that tlmo I have always had
Grape-Nuts food on my breakfast
table.
"1 was delighted to find also, that
whereas before I began to use Grape*
Nuts foo<l I was quite nervous and be-
camo enslly wearied In the work of
preparing sermons and In study, a
marked improvement In this respcct
resulted from the change In my diet
"I am convinced that Grape-Nuts
food produced this result and helped
me to a sturdy condition of mental
and physical strength.
"I have known of several persons
who were formerly troubled as I was,
and who have been helped as I have
been, by the use of Grape-Nuts food,
on my recommendation " Name given
by Postum Company, Xtattle Creek,
Mich.
"'There's a ren-son."
Read the Utile book, "The Road to
Wolivllle." In pkgs.
Bvrr rend the «bo*« lfttfrt A new
•a. nppMm from tlmf to time. Ttiry
arc Krnulor, Irnr, (nil of fcamae
■alereet
A creamery is projected at I.ockhart.
Cut worms are damaging cotton
around Herdalr.
A $3500 candy factory has been
established at Bryan.
The recent cold snap brought frost
to many places In north Oklahoma.
Wharton is receiving bids on tiO.OOO
square feet of concrete sidewalks.
The Baptists at Port. I.avi a will
erect a new house at a cost of about
$6,000,
The Citizens' State Bank, El Campo,
is erecting a handsome brick bank
building.
A garage and aato repair shop is be-
ing Installed at Mexla at a cost of some
$0,000 to $17,000.
Work oti the new sugar mill at liar-
llngen is well under way, and the
plant will be ready for the new crop.
Many trains have been recently
wrecked and bridges destroyed in
Mexico.
From January 7 to March 7, the pe-
riod between calls, twenty-one State
banks were authorized in Texas, with
a capital stock of $700,000.
The McKinney business men nro ar-
ranging for a "hog club day" in that
city. The purpose of the event Is to
encourage swine raising in the county.
The franchise has been granted by
the town of McAllen to Colonel A. I,.
Stung of El Campo for an up-to-date
electric light plant. Arc lights are to
be placed on all prominent streets.
The money Is now on hand for the
Sabine-NecheB waterway, and enor-
mous operations will soon be under
way.
The city council of Bryan has closed
a deal with the Bryan Water, Ice, Eight
and Power company for the distribut-
ing system of their electric light plant,
the purchase price being $7050.
The news comes from Waco that the
Cot tun Belt will soon begin an exten-
sion from Ktephenvllle to Tliurber, for
tne purpose of taking advantage of the
coaling advantages offered by Tliur-
ber.
Mr. Price of the Price-Booker Manu-
facturing company of San Antonio, has
selected the site for the pickling plant
at Smlthville, and the contract will be
lot right away.
The State treasury begins the month
of May with approximately $1,21)9,683
to the credit of the several funds. Of
this amount something like $600,000 is
the general revenue while the balance
Is to the credit of the available and
permanent school funds and other |
funds.
The outlook for the new canning fac- I
tory at San Benito is good for this sea-
son. More than 350 acres have been !
planted to tomatoes, besides many I
acres of beans, okra, sweet potatoes |
and other vegetables. Four carloads of
cans are now on the way to the can-
nery.
information is given out that the
new battleship Texas, to cost $11,-
00(1,000 '.-ill be launched in tho early
summer of 1914.
Dr. .1. W. Burns lias awarded the con-
tract for erecting a $6000 sanitarium
in North Cuero. It Is to be built of
brick, -lOxs:: feet in dimensions. It will
be heated with steam and equipped
with modern electric appliances.
The school committee lias accepted
the plans and specifications for tho
erection of a manual training school
building at Navasota, to cost $30,000.
The contract has been let for same to
lie erected on the campus In connec-
tion with the Navasota high school.
A train with ten Pullman cars and
hauled by one of the new superheated
engines recently Introduced on the
New York Central, made the run from
Buffalo to Syracuse, US.43 miles, in
two hours and forty-one minues, one
minute fnster than the schedule re-
quires of a flve.car train.
The Louisiana and Texas Rice Mil-
lers' Association, at the annual meet-
ing at I.tike t haries, decided to create
a fund of $250,000 for the purpose of
advertising the cereal.
William Clark, about forty-two years
old, member of the Bartenders' union,
committed suicide In San Antonio by
taking carbolic add. lie had recently
gone there from Houston.
With the close of the fiscal year,
April 30, the treasury of the city of
Dallas show* a credit balance on the
city's aide of the ledger of $1,084,.
105.25.
First ripe peaches were reported
from Greenville and Bowie Monday.
The steamship Wlttekind arrived at
Galveston last weeu with 4.*>4 immi-
grants.
Dallas has as a candidate for city
physician Mrs. Phillip*, a regular prac-
ticing physician.
Two young women have donned
overalls and gone to work as housd
| painters In Fort Worth.
It is officially confirmed that the
government has accepted with cor
dial thanks $130,000 in the form ot
steel bonds from Andrew CarnegU
for the purpose of establishing a Swiss
hero fund.
The severest sentence ever imposet
on a violator of the local option law
in Douglas county, Illinois, was giver
Horace W. Sorrels, who was sentenced
to 360 day* in the county jail, lined
$-1000 and must pay $566 court costs
1'nlted States Judge Trleber at Kit
tie Hock lias made tho lnjunctlor
against the Arkansas railroad com.
mission in the two-cent passenger rate
and tlie freight rate cases perpotum
and at. the same time retained Juris
diction in_ the case. The cause of ac
tlon came on an act of the leglsla.
ture of 1907 providing that railroads
in Arkansas should not charge more
than two cents per mile for pas
Bengers and an order of tho railroad
commission promulgating certain
freight rates in that State.
A dispatch from Hongkong says tin
Insurrection at Canton Is ended and
that there Is no fear of a renewal ol
the rioting. Tho viceroy has appealed
to tho governor of Hongkong to as
slst him In tho suppression of tha
smuggling of arms.
The Presbyterian board of foreign
missions at Ix>ndon has received a
cablegram from Its missionaries In
Canton, China, assuring the home of.
flee of their safety.
The registration at A. & M. College
this year has passed the 1000 mark,
nnd It is expected that next year will
show an Increase of at least 200.
The eight-hour law will go into ef
feet for all telegraphers employed In
Western Union offices, beginning June
1, according to a statement from the
offices of the Commercial Telegraphers
Union of America.
Arrnngement are making to pave the
Denton public square.
Four C ousanu carpenters have—atl-
bulldlngs ' led up In St. l/otils because
they demand 7u cents an hour. The
present price Is flo cents.
The Texas Slate Fair-has added sev-
en and a b ^ acres to the grounds
by purchase at'a net sum of $11,164,
sylvaula railway between Pittsburg
and Altoona walked out Monday.
Ten cars for Galveston-Houston
trolley line have been received.
F. Charles Hume, Sr., of Houston,
was named chairman of the board to
purchase, install and control the tuber-
cular colonies provided by the last leg-
islature. Charles U. Connellee of East-
land and Frank 14. Bushick of Corpus
Chrlstl.ja new-Bpaper man, are the
other a Jlntees.
Adjutant General Hutchlngs has an-
nounced that the annual encampment
of the Texas National Guard will bo
held at Catup Mabray, Austin, August
7-16.
B. B. Fowler, owner of valuable farm
land near Frederick. Okla.. nnd who
went from Texas six years ago, bung-
ed himself at his farm. He leaves a
large family.
Representative llandell last Monday
reintroduced Ills widely discussed anti-
graft bill, prohibiting Senators and
Representatives from receiving gifts,
fees, employment or compensation
from public service corporations and
others Interested in legislation.
Falling out over hiring hands, J. T.
Walker shot and killed Bob Johnson,
near Anson, Jones county. Both men
were representative citizens and the
affair is a most deploable one.
A busybody is a pestilence, but somo
l>estUence8 are slightly useful.
An assembly of leading Japanese
statesmen celebrated the anniversary
of the Japanese-American treaty in
Toklo Monday night. There were 00
guests present.
Mary Hecht. 15 years old. of St.
Thomas Station. West of St. Ixuils,
who had been dumb for two years,
strangely recovered her power of
speech at the bedside of her dying sis-
ter, Monday. Doctors ascribe the re-
covery of speech to the shock at the
death of her favorite sister.
The battleships Minnesota and Ver-
mont sailed from the Philadelphia navy
yard Monday for the Gulf of Mexico.
Pensacola, Fin., Mobile Bay and Gal
veston will bo visited.
California bankers declare In favor
of postal banks, declaring it will stop
tho hoarding of money and Its conse-
quent curtailment of a circulating
medium.
Mr Hoosevelt has given It out plain-
ly to those friends who have been
trying to Inveigle him Into a presiden
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last night.
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Allen, E. E. The Alto Herald (Alto, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 23, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 11, 1911, newspaper, May 11, 1911; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth214143/m1/2/?q=%22~1~1%22~1: accessed August 15, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Stella Hill Memorial Library.