Fort Griffin Echo (Fort Griffin, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 31, Ed. 1 Saturday, August 7, 1880 Page: 1 of 4
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THE FORT GRIFFIN ECHO.
I'ttbUslied "very Saturday Morning
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PORT GRIFFIN, SHACKELFORD COUNTY. TEXAS, SATURDAY. AUGUST 7, J880.
NO. :U.
professional.
J, jr. BROWNING,
iTTORHEY AT LAW,
GRIFFIX,
SbMkelford County, - - - Texas.
j.S. STEEL,
Justice of the Peace
IX-OFF1CIO NOTARY PUBLIC.
• - : Tom*.
A. A. CLARKE,
v lawyeb ahdxaih* agent
Albany, Texas.
Bm tortile oyer a quarter of a million
* «f aom *« • l«nd belonging to the
maoo-Tsran LandCompany.
PETER HART,
Attorney at Law & Land Agent,
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—■ Connty, Texas.
r & WEBB,
eye at Law,
akd
estate agents,
hensCo., Texas.
I to ail the courts of Ste-
' inland adjoining counties,
jme&nd Appellate courts.
Eton given to land and col-
;w*££tJBR & POSEY,
;IM^P^S:-AT;::la:W,
idge, Texas.
Federal Court at
istrlct courts Of Ste-
|U>d Young counties.
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WOLFEOM,
." GRIFFIN BAKER.
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TEXAS.
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tutd Stage Stable
RPPfi-lU'—
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ITS ;
HOTEL.
new parts for any 8ew-
be hadat Dr. Lignoskl's
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J. P. B0ZEHA5,
- ■ ■' ^Proprietor • .of
■Bi . .
Pllp, *exan.
i F. B, Conrad's Store.
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RELIABLE
PRESCRIPTIONS A
SPECIALTY.
B. Conrad's, two doors
irk ft Co.
GRIFFIN, TEXAS.
BYU8 & KUMPK.
EXCHANGE."
WORTH, TEXAS.
' JORS & CIGARS.
Cattle JMten "round-up"
W&ktSv?-:' ' V ' • ' ..... • "
IIINKS CI. ARK.
U<>88 of tliii* ltannhe.
M^ERLY H0U8E' ■ '
Fort Worth, Texan
msr from Depot; 8trp<'t ears paw
w® house every Ave minute*.
pi C. 11Y1)K, Pkoviiixtor.
I Itonse liun lieen vepaiied nnd re-
gWt«idU One of I ho. Int. I 1 lutein in tlic
leave tills Home ev/.ry morning-
lata. v.'n:!
THF. ECKO J03 OFFICE
I - wi. i :icv. !} |ie ::ml i luinu to
IliiVe
;tl.
The Best Press in the Country.
Ourprii.es for.Iol> Work are as low rs
any country oilier eaii work for ami live
sqxa of the mo thru elel'ha st.
Let me lio'.il you in jay trim!;. .
■ Uaby lnihe, l);iliy iiii|io,
for witli linpuluiiss i'm ilnmk,
Jiuby mine;
Anil I't'wl that up to date
No maiuuilforoiiH vertebrate
Kver reached my l«lisst\il .state,
Baby tnlne.
I belioid inyOu the germ.
Baby mine, Imby mine,
Of ii noble paeiiyderm,
Baby mine;
j |For you're sweeter tlian ft yam,
And as pretty as a latnb, ■v*
' Most lis prettyjas I am,
Baby mine!
All your elephantine ways,
Baby mine, baby mine,
lytll bowatciied jn'doep-Smajie,
Baby mine;
And they wouldn't, sell you now
Far your Weigh t in gold, 1 tro w,
No ; my popsy-wopsy-wow,
Baby mine!
. You have knocked the hist pretense,
Baby mine, baby mine,
Out of scientific gents,
Baby mine;
Who presumed to say what cari'tt\
And what can be done—or shan't-^- ;
By a female elephant,
Baby. mine.
-' -;A. Lesson .fir. Texas. . ■■
[From the Waco Telephone.]
Statistics of the tenth census
are now complete enough to
demonstrate two propositions :
First, that Texas, while showing
a doubling of population will
yet fall half a million short of
the amount popularly ascribed
to her. The estimates of 2,000,-
000 tb 2,{>00,000 mus t submit to
revision—1,600,000 will proba-
bly the miximum. The .second
proposition is, that Kansas has
outstripped every State in the
Union—not alone in the increase
iu population, but in taxable
values; In : the ten years com-
mencing with 1870, while Tex-
as has barely doubled, Kansas
has more than trebled her pop-
alation and quadrupled her
taxable wealth. These are
stern and unpalatable facts, but
they cannot be explained away
ojr disproved. They should set
people to thinking. Up to 187(J
Texas was gaining population
at a rate that astonished the
world. Had the ratio of in-
crease that existing in 1875-6
been maintained up to the pres-
ent time, there is no reason to
doubt that to-day there would
be three million people, bona
fide residents, in , tbis State.
Toward the close of 1877 immi-
gration hitherward had dwin-
dled to a feeble stream. In
1878 it g:rew weaker; and for two
years it has not amounted to
anything. There must be a
cause for this. It will not be
contended by any one that Kan-
sas has superior advantages
Over Texas to offer to the immi-
grant. so far as soil-, water and
timber, the first three disidera-
turns in any country, are con-
cerned. And as regards climat-
ic considerations the Lone Star
State is far in the lead. How is
it, then, that Kansas has been
enabled to outstrip Texas in ac-
quiring inhabitants and popu-
lation I The secret may be told
in a few words, and Texans
should heed the lesson. Kan-
sas has courted immigration _
and capital. Like a lover woo- would again recover the cigar.
houses stand open ten trtontlis
in the ypat, open to every child,
tree and without price. Tliis
policy litis givwn her ilie hew
population and wealth above
stated, and will .give her after
the next apportionment, ten in-
stead of three representatives
in the lower house of Congress!
Is Texas too proud to learn a
lesson from this bleak, unat-
tractive land of Kansas ? Rut a
few years ago the home of the
.iayliawker, it now teems with
every evidence of civilization
and progress. Railroads grid-
iron it, school houses stand like;
mile stones and all is thrift and
advancement. Whether justly
or not we shall not stop to con-
sider here, the news has gone to
the world that Texas opposes
free schools and immigration.
On hundreds of thousands of
the immigration pamphlets, that
have been sown broad-cast over
the land by the railway com-
panies whose lines led into Kan-
sas, have been stamped the dec-
laration of the present govern
or of Texas: '"The best sys-
tem of schools we ever had was
before the. war, when the state
aided the indigent scholars by
a small bounty."
And his declaration to Gen.
Gano: "I would not give a
dollar a family for immigrants."
Not alone in America, but ren-
dered into the languages of
Europe, these expressions have
found their way across the At-
lantic. The governor of Texas,
on education and immigration,
is known an&dnOted.in Prance,
Germany, | jPgland, Ireland,
wherever people migrate. Is
this state of things to be cOn^
tinned ? Are our people never
to learn that population and
wealth must be sought, if we
are to gain them! Will it be
contended that Texas has pop-
ulation enough, wealth enough?
Latest Dodge In the Metropolis.
At Broadway and Duane
street, on Saturday, the butt of
a cigar lay on the sidewalk and
a thread of purple smoke went
up • from its asheB. A well
dressed man, wearing a silk hat
that showed! evidence of recent
hard usage, was eyeing the
half-consumed cigar, and was
evidently making up his mind
to recover it. He had every ap ,
pearauce of a drunken man,
Keeping his eye on the stub, he
straightened himself Up, pulled
his tall hat down oyer his eyes,
and stooped to reach the cigar,
smiling complacently as he ex-
tended his hand toward the
butt. In the meantime many
persons had halted, and when
the wind caused the cigar to
roll away just as he was putting
his fingers on it, the knot of
observer^ laughed. ■■ The man
again Srraightened tip and he
frowned indignantly on those
wlib wer« aroiind him. Ho ,oak• — - - - ,
edat the staff on °fKv|licil artranaot excel,
the Western Union building
and up and down Broadway, as
in doubt whether he
book Witd mis'siog. About that
time the man who had■beeti' ah
object of so much interest V\'!is
aiao iuissing. "Go on, go ont"
said a polifletuan to the crowd ;
"that's the latest trick."—i\V'io
York Hun.
Significance of Personal Beauty.
[Home Journal.]
A beautiful person is th<?
natural form of a beautiful Soiil.
The miiid builds its own house.
The soul takes precedence of
of the body and shapes the.
body to its own likeness. A
vacant mind takes all the mean-
ing out of the fairest face. A
sensual disposition deforms the
handsomest features. A cold,
sellish heart shrivels and dis-
torts the best looks. A mean,
groveling spirit takes all the
dignity out of the countenance.
A cherished hatred transforms
the most beautiful lineaments
into an image of ugliness. It is
as impossible to preserve good
looks with a brood of bad pas-
sions feeding on the blood, a
set of low loves tramping
through the heart, and a selfish,
disdainful spirit enthroned iu.
the will, as to preserve the
beauty of an elegant mansion
with a litter of swine in the
kitchen, a tribe of gypsies in
the parlor, and owls and, vul-
tures in the upper "part. Bad-
ness and beauty will no more
keep company a great while
than poison will consort with
health or an elegant carving
survive the furuace fire. The
experiment of putting them to-
gether has been tried . for thous-
ands of years, but With one un-
varying result. There is no
sculptor lifee the mind. There
is nothing that so refines, pol-
ishes and • enobles face and
mien as the constant presence
of great thoughts. The man
who lives in the region of ideas,
moonbeams though they be,
becomes idealized. There are
no arts, no gymnastics, no cos-
metics which can contribute a
t'ithe so much to the dignity, the
strength, the ennobling of a
man's looks, as a great purpose,
a high determination, a noble
principle, an unquenchable en-
thusiasm. But more powerful
still than aihd of these as a
beautifiier of the person is the
overmastering pnrpose and perr
vading disposition of kindness
in the heart. Affection' is the
organizing force in the human
constitution. Woman is faker
than man because she lias more
affection than man. Loveliness
is the outside of love. Kind-
ness, good will, a pre vailing de-
sire and determination to make
others happy, make the body a
temple of the Holy Ghost.
The soul that is full of pure
Saved by his Wife's (.ottor
In a recent wise in llm record-
er's (Kjurf, attorney J. VV. l)«. ;i-
novan told the fuliowiny story.
It hails from Texas :
On a hot day in July. 18(10, «
Ijerdsman was moving his cattle
to a new ranch further north,
near Helena, Texas, and pass-
ing down the bank of a stream
liis herd became mixed with
Other cattle that were grazing
in the valley and some of them
failed to be separated. The
next day about noon a band of
about a dozen mounted Texan
rangers . overtook the herds man
and demanded 'then cattle
which they said were stolen.
It was before the day of law
and court houses in Texas, arid
one. had better kill five men
than steal a mule worth $5; and
the herdsman knew it. lie
tried to explain but they told
him to cut it short. He offered
to turn over all the cattle not
his own, but they laughed at
the proposition and told him
they usually confiscated the
whole herd and left the thief
hanging on a tree as a warning
to others in like cases.
The poor fellow was com-
pletely overcome. They con-
sulted apart for a few moments,
and then told him if he had
any explanation to make or bu-
siness to do they would allow
him ten minutes to do so and
defend himself.
lie turned to the rough fanes
and commenced: "How many
of you have wives 1" Two or
three nodded. "How many of
you have children?" They
nodd&d again, "Then I know
who I am talking to and you'll
hear me," and he continued:
"I never stole any cattle; I
have lived in these parts three
years; I came from New Hamp-
shire; I failed in the fall of
1857, during the panic; J have
been saving; I have uo home
here; my family remain in the
east, for I go from place to
place; theSe clothes I wear are
rough aud l am a hard looking
customer; but this is a hard
country, days seemAjke months
to me, and months like years ;
married men, you know that
but for the letters from home,
[here he pulled out a bundle of
well worn envelopes and letters
from his wife] I should get dis-
couraged. I haye paid part of
my debts, here are the receipts,
[and he unfolded the letters of
acknowledgment.] I expected
to sell out and go home in Nov-
ember. Here is the testament
my good mother gave me ; here
is my little girl's picture"
and he kissed it ♦endejiy and
continued: "Now, men, if you
have decided to kill me for
what I am innocent of, send
from home tinder stich trying
circumstances^ the sudden deliv-
erance from death had combin-
ed to render him helpless as a
child, lie sank to the ground
completely overcome. An hour
later, however, he left on horse-
back for the nearest staging
route, and. as they shook hands
and bade him good bye, they
looked the happiest band of
men I ever saw.—Denver flews.
ACoidDeck.
and generous affections fashions . , , ....... ,
the features into its own angelic
likeness, as the rose, by inhe
rent impulse grows in grace j
as you can from the cattle
when I'm dead. OanU you sy#i<J
no," half the value f My family will\
need it. t I
i "Hold on, now; stop right i
thar!'' said a roti^h ranger.
Florence, the actor tells this "Now. I say boys." he con tinned,
story of the elder Booth : "lie("I say let liim go ; give us your
ing his heart's mistress, sheiias |Th«%he pulled his hat over his was playing Hamlet in Virginia hand, old boy ; that picture and
wooed the hardy and inifus i^^nce nfore, and renewed one -Might, and had no skull.;fchem;lettv^ did the btisiness.
feni,9 tl,« thrifty and intelli-iM eliWt. lie fell on his knees. . A little darkey volunteered to You can go frei-; lnu you're
cjl* . ...
IwnS' Ameriel'' inrEu^ie.^piWl ed'o-ver on- hjs race, arose get one. When B n.'-h was lucky, mind von.
For five rears iier leMsiature ^o his knees tigain, and poised leaving, the theatre l,.. felt pome . We'll do more
has aiiuroPriated SijO.OOO per; his head over the coveted butt, one tugging at .his .coat tail, said aman with a
Annum as -in imini-r-ition fund. I The knpt of observers had been He looked; around and saw the Texan garb and
wlia^a return Xr an annnal.increased ten (M, nnd Ms ii.tie Wtnette: -VVh,,, Ml en.nnnan
•••• • r i.vinoo' A'were offered that the cigar you have, sonny f . rieas.e. his beit.
;^d ^ ni^hu^U .ad,^:o^ again elude him. Stid- >>ah, I want d;i,ld,'s ^.,1. ,,, '
oled assessment rolls. Kansas denly the interest of the throng 'Daddy s skull f -\e,. s:vU
has caused it to be made known ^ "nmed in another direction
world that the ~A^Trnnf shouted "stop tlu-f;, headj-in
watch!"' nnd a wo kicked him, "an .iiiamu'.j 'il 'i<
that her pocket- -me ter nigs <■! I 1 ■ si* il.
throughout the
immigrant will be welconie on
her soil ; that her public school
d
to be
a fori
fler.l.
(].•
inati s
mewi'l
I've lost my
man cried out
here ate t I
'I i 11.'v li i
yy v. ;i - | ..
alunit Yu s
to c!.-.;. i.
Kojic.i aii'i
than thai."
■big' lii-art in
cany ing the
• biitfe, of pistols iu
"let's buy .'his cattle
f t Ii.im go."
i-. and '.i.lii-li i!r- i:11>n-
: 1 uvi-r, ai-.'i l-i.'e man
tail
a.i.
1.. • w.-t-
.•:irs.
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[Nevada (Cal.) Transcript.J
Tsing Slam, a celestial, and
"Old Persimos,"a Digger Indian,
both adepts at the business, got
together in a Cttmmercial street
den and wrestled each other at
draw poker, They played for
small stakes awhile and neither
won or lost much. Finally Old
Persimmons had three kings
dealt out to him.
"Ugh, him welly bad. Gib
me one, two klards," remarked
his chiefship complacently.
Tsing Slam shuffled out the
two and one of them proved to
be the last king in the deck.
Old Persimi'il<a^1^filts-oppo-
nent on warily and pretty soon
they had thirty dollars apiece
on thf board..
"Mb call 'um," murmured the
red man,rjSi hegot to the bottom
of his wallet.
It was the same old story of-
misplacecLconfidence. The Chi-
naman held four aces and
scooped up the coin.
"You heap cheatnm," yelled
the Digger, making a lunge at
his queue.
They ran out of the door and
down street. The man of the
fourkings was whipping out a
knife, and the Chinaman was
feeling for a pistol, when Officer
Scott dropped in and the fight
was indefinitely postponed.
It was a sad occasion. The
doctors said; the inan couldn't
live, aud weeping friends gath-
ered around his bedside. But
he was not reconciled to depart.
He was young and there was
much to hold him to life. He
struggled hard, mentally to ac-
cept the situation, but lie
couldn't feel right about it. At
last he opened his eyes, and
asked in a feeble whisper if the
leader of the village band was
at home. If so, he desired, an
a last dying request, that the
band be brought out and allow-
ed to play one of their favorite
airs, number 6, he thought, un-
der his window. The request
was granted, and before the
concluding strain was reached
a ; submissive smile hovered
about the shrunken lips of the
departing one as he murmured!
I'm resigned. Nothing—worse
—can— happen— now." Then
his .light went out.— Cincinnati
Saturday. ■ ; _
The State board of education
has apportioned $782,000 for
the support of public schools
tlie ensuing year. This gives a
pro rata of about $3 for each
pupil. It is thought the amount
appropriated will occasion a de-
ficit. V_
Hon. W. W. Lang lias with
drawn from the race for the
gubernatorial chair, leaving as
the only aspirants now promt-
neiiiiy before tin public, the
juesent governor and lieutenant
governor.
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