The Mineola Monitor (Mineola, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 25, Ed. 1 Saturday, March 17, 1888 Page: 4 of 4
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To L. L. Rhode?, of l'rovidene<,
Van Zandt County.
Pitiuble Sir:—W< have
spent Bomo days in tin- task of
fathoming your mysterious < '>nimu-
ni cut ion which recently appeared
in the Labor Organ, in which you
assume to be the "mouth-piece"
of the Providence community. \\V
Cannot nay that we have been
J wholly BucccBsful, but we linp(<jpve
have, at least, gathered a part of
the hidden meaning of your words.
We readily discern your intention
j v to elect yourself unanimously
£> j. N by your single vote as "nioutli-
picce" of the Providence commu-
nity ,jind we here beg leave to in-
tend otr heartfelt sympathy and
condolence to Maid community over
the result of >said election. And
we further discern that you desire
to fly to the rescue of your well
^beloved organ ut. Wills Point. That
you Bhouhl feel free to write in the
Labor Organ we cannot doubt Ibr
^ you are certainly in congenial so-
cicty—among those who will for-
13 *«Jgivc your errors (and when it
^ <3 ^ comes to English and orthography,
God knows they arcs many), for il
5 c has been truly said, "a fellow feel-
3 ^Mng makes us wondrous kind."
< . Homy dear Rusty Cuss—as you
1 Stfcrm yourself-—we withdraw all <>h-
C Ejections to a continuation of your
^ jf 4 efforts to "rescue the perishing."
^ «S rl Butnowwecomc to that part of
C1 your lottcr wldcli is like unto the
r>J fteace of Qod inasmuch ns it pass-
• oth all understanding." We quote
$ literally from your esteemed fa vor
tho following remarkable lines:
"And let mo thank the Monitor
through your valuable and highly
appreciated paper4 that there is a
paper in the county which a rusta-
cus feels free in writing for. But
thank God it is not wrapped up in
"her," used as a tool by a party
that through its secret Jobbings of
congrcBS, the great monetary power
was wrenched from the government
and conforred upon corporations
and individuals find in the secret
caucus the substance of the people ,
was given to railroads and other
corporations, and in the''secret
councils of those same law mak-
ers, the English land lord system
which haiB blighted Ireland and
made it a reproach to the world
and yet the Monitor would have
shut our eyes and folded our arms
and sink quietly to rest, and say
times are good enough yet . When
his desifed tariff is piling up mil-1
lions upon millions monthly, ami
if we insist that is our money, lie
is ready to throw out some of his
slanderous epithets and say we]
should not be free. But I will say I
for Providence and Van Zandt, thai
we have been beast of burden long
* enough. And we are determined
to have a change, a. radical change
and wo expect to ell'eet the change
by routing the old party dema-
gogues out."
Under the above remarkable
flow of hitlderhash we sink in eon-
fusion and despair. We have not
been able to wade through the in-
tricivcies and labyrinths of that gush
of language hurled upon us in the ;
iqcond sentence. We did not know
that the Monitor owned the (a rill'
Bystem, or tl/at it had been throw-
ing any "slanderous epcthcts" or
any other kind of missiles at any
one, or denying freedom to any one.
Our dear Mr. Rhodes, let us mildly
protest that we are in no way re-
sponsible for the Pandora's Box of
evils abovo enumerated. We plead
"not guilty" to evorv count in the
- v. bill of indictment an d demand the
t>roof. As to the "rooting" busi-
flA ncss we have no doubt that you are
well fitted for that delicate task in
1^, its literal sense. But if you mean
you and your crew are going to do-
feat tho Democratic party or any of
its candidates, you will only sutler
tho tortures of disappointments We
could refer you to some of yonrwit t
of "JadkSOniart Democrats" in this
i. • v - county.who have^bcei) engaged in
that little "rooting.out" game who
could give you some pointers. They
havo been rootity? mrtfor some time
I nnd arc as far from the It:
test an ever. Ta-ta, "rustacu
the sword of Dain-
The Ag<
oeles a- follows:
The la rill" reform bill that reform-
er Mill H has introduced to the com-
mittee on wajrM and mean? proposes
to reform such Texas industries as
sugar, wool and lumber production
out of existence, if any Texas con-
gressman votes for such a bill it
Were bettor I'oi Tiiiu that a millstone,
were hung about his neck and he
were cast into the sea.- (ialveston
News.
If the Age will count noses it
will find that the number of con-
sumers of wool and sugar consid-
erably out number those engaged
in producing these articles and
when the vastness of their interests
is considered the insignificance of
the claims of the producer is mani-
fest. Texas has no fears of any
lumber competition. The extreme
The military preparations of
Russia still furnish the European
journals with cause- for alarm. The
Deutsc he Ileeres Zeitung thus des-
cribes the awangements Russia is
making to feed an army on her
frontier: Large quantities of pro-
visions for man and: beast are be-
ing sent forward. At Rovno, in
Volhynia, there is already 120,000
hectoliters (a hectoliter is 2 ii-4
bushels) and more is arriving all
the time. Rovno is situated not
far from the Galieian frontier and
upon the great trunk railway
stretching from Kiew to Varsovie.
At other points the construction of
new storehouses is being rapidly
pushed. From another source it
1 is learned that infantry camps arc
being established at various points
i of the railway, a hundred or two
aimely of tho Ago oft the question | Inil|.B fmm 'th(, (i(,hon]ov>
" within sight of the frontier," as
they say, and ready at a moment's
ol'IVee lumber becomes ludicrous
when you consider that Canada is
practically our only competitor and
that in order to get, to our markets
the freight would be an insur-
mountable obstacle. Lumber was
notice for the alarm of war. Since
Bismarck's recent admission that
Russia has certain rights 111 Bul-
garia, under the Berlin treaty, it
put 011 the live list, as ^ we under- woll|(] |,m]{ as if these preparations
meant little more than a dctermi-
stand it, iu order to cheapen the
g of the homes of poor peo.
nation on the part of Russia not to
pie in sections adjacent to Canada 11)0 napping again, even if
where Ihe home product is inade-1 tho un0Xp0ctcd should happen.—
quato and expensive. A number Scientific American.
of Texas : 1 *~
papers have seen lit to
criticize Mr. Mills' tariff measure,
forgetting that he is only one mem-
ber of the house and one member
of the ways and means committee
and notwithstanding bis statement
that the measure was not what he
desired but the best that could be
done. We have entire confidence
in the ability and the patriotic mo-
tives of Col. Mills and we are will-
ing to abide by his action in this
matter and you can mark the pre-
diction of the Monitor that the
people of Texas will endorse his
actions notwithstanding the efforts
of some of the,papers of the state
to detract from his popularity with
the people.
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llather severe, criticisms on our
navy are appearing in the English
journals. The critics admit we
have as good naval ollieers as any,
but say that what ships we have
are manned by Englishmen, Irish-
men, Germans, Scandinavians, and
negroes. This is true in time of
peace; for lirst-ratc American sailor
men can make more than $"21.50
a month ashore. Ilut once the
signal of war comes, and th
isc of prize money and adventure,
and there would be little room for
much of the poor material now
manning the yards. The great
Meet that Karragut led past the
Mississippi forts was manned with
Gloucester fishermen men who,
He was talking so loudly to his
companion at the Thomas concert
that the leader heard him, raised
his baton, and the music stopped
short.
"When the gentleman has fin-
ished his conversation," he said
with chilling sternness, "we will
recommence."
"Thank you, sir!" said the gen-
tleman, cheerily; "wont keep you
long. Well, Hoopenhefmer, I'll
take 'cm at 37, six months; but
them goods has got run 47 yards
to the piece, or every blamed case
goes back as soon as it gets to Cin-
cinnatta. That's all. Much obliged
Mr. Man," he continued, bowing
politely to the leader: "ain't got
but a few days in town, and can't
help mixing a little busiftcfw'-with
pleasure. Won't detain, you no
further. Let her go, Gallagher,
and take it out of the catgut all you
like."
The clipping below comes from
the Waco Examiner, and is intend-
ed for Senator Coke; but aside
from its intention to lyt X'oke it
prom- ^"s some sound truth:
The people discovered last sum-
mer that big politicians are not
essential to success. The memo-
rable victory of last August tore
some very large sized scales from
the people's eyes, and hereafter
they will be to follow men with the
blue jacket com- courage and brains of leaders, rath-
i nt 1
luring.
unlike 1 lie average
bine a intelligence with ! <''' than big names and loud sound-
strength and during. The day < f j >«ig titles. Twelve months ago to
the "square-rigger" is gone bv,
lor the modern war ship has no
sails, and a quick hand at the gun
sight and block, tackle, and gear-
ing is more in demand than one
thai can hand, reef and steer. In-
deei
it is a curious study to watch litical
how, in the war-ship of to-dav,
the sailor is declining and the en-
gineer and machinist advancing.
Perhaps in the future the crew of
a war ship will be composed of
three classes only: scientists, en-
gineers and coal heavers or oil
feeders.- Si icntilic American.
criticise a governor, senator, judge
or congressman was base sacrilege.
Ilow suddenly have the people
discovered that our great political
fabric does not crumble when the
short-comings of one of these po-
unds is exposed.
The recent publication of tin
Astro-I'russian agreement,
action of llussia in massing troops
on her frontier, havo so convinced
the ftalian press that war is immi-
nent, that it is demanding the re-
call of the expeditionary corps sent
last autumn against King John and
Abyssinia. This corps, composed
of bet ween (100 and 700 of the best
ollieers of tho Italian army, and
nearly "20,00(1 picked troops, has
not as vi t shown any inclination
to u'o alter the blai
A Pitiable Case.
Brown.—There's a family down
our way who are so poor they can't
I send more than one of their chil-
dren to school at a time. They
I haven't clothes enough to go
! 'round.
Jones.—Talk about poor people,
1 you ought to see the folks who
j lived in my barn last summer. If
j it hadn't been for my wife they
ind the I wouldn't have had a square meal
from June to September.
Robinson.—You fellows don't
know what real grinding, bitter
poverty is. There's a family down
our way that just make my heart
bleed. Why, they're so poor they
keep seventeen dogs, and
Rules of Courtship.
Don't disagree with tho girl'b
father in politics, or her mother in
religion.
If you have a rival, keep an eye
on him, if he is a widower, keep
two eyes on him.
Don't put too much sweet stuff
on paper. If you do you may hear
it read in after years.
Go home at a reasonable hour in
the evening.
If on the occasion of your first
call she looks like an iceberg and
acts like a cold wave, take your
leave early, and stay away some
time.
Tn cold weather finish your Bay-
ing good night in the house. Don't
stretch it all the way to the front
gate, and thus lay the foundation
for future asthma, bronchitis, neu-
ralgia and chronic catarrh, to help
you worry the girl to death after
sh(i has married you.—Ex,
Latest advices from Washington
indicate that tho power and influ-
ence of tho republican party will be
brought to bear in behalf of War-
nioth in the Louisianna election
soon to occur. His party thinks
his chances good for election and
in the event that ho succeeds he iB
to be placed on the ticket for Vice-
president in the hope that his name
will carry Louisianna for the re-
publican tickct and break the Solid
South.
Caddo Mills, Hunt' County,
May 30, 1887.—I desire to say
that I have been in bad health for
some time. I was really so weak
that I could scarcely do any work.
When I tried to work I would give
down in a few minutes, and havo
to quit and sit down and rest. I
had lost my appetite, lost my ener-
gy, and almdst everything else, it
seemed, that it takes to constitute
a sound man. At length I was
persuaded to try Dansby's Cotton
Patch Bitters and am proud to say,
after taking one bottle, I have been
made to feel almost like a new
man and can plow as much in a
day as anybody. And will you
accept my thanks for putting forth
such a remedy.—John Pepper.
A woman in Key-West, Florida,
imagining herself under the con-
trol of tho devil, murdered two of
hor children by chopping off their
heads with a hatchet, and drown-
ing two others by holding their
heads in a tub of water until they
Ave re suffocated.
A Tim- South—Mr. L. M. Martin, a
prominent Iowa railroad man and Su-
perintendent of the St. Louis, Des
Moines & Northern R. R. says: "On
my return from a recent trip south,
where the water was very impure, I was
attacked with a violent caso of cholera
morbus. Having heard a great deal of
Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diar-
rhoea Remedy, I concluded to try it and
with the most beneficial results; within
six hours I was completely cured." No
well regulated household should ever be
without, a bottle of Chamberlain's Colic,
Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. Sold
bv C.\(ii: & Co.
It's a Wise Father that knows
his own Family.
"Yes," said the principal of the
Young Ladies' Seminary to tho
proud parent, "you ought to be very
happy, my dear sir, to be the fa-
ther of so largo a family, all the
members of which appear to be so
devoted to one another."
"Large family! Devoted?" gasped
the old gentleman, in amazement:
"What on earth do you mean,
ma am
'?"
Brown and Jones.-
it.—Puck.
"Why, yes, indeed," said the
Principal, beaming through her
glasses: "no less than eleven of
Gussie's brothers have been here
this winter to take her out sleigh-
riding, and she tells me she ex-
pects the tall one with blue eyes
1 airain to-morrow."
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The Size of Texas.
The area of Texas is more than
equal to the area of all the New
England States—New York, Penn-
sylvania, Ohio, Illinois, New Jer-
sey and Delaware combined.
Texas contains more than four
times the area of all the New Eng-
land States.
Texas would make 241 states as
large as Rhode Island, or nearly
six states aB large as New York, or
nearly nine states as large as South
Carolina, or nearly seven kingdoms
as large as Portugal.
Texas is as large as Great Brit-
ain and Ireland, Turkey in Europe,
Portugal, Greece and Switzerland
combined.
Texas would make more than
three states as large as Kansas.
Texas is as large as the German
empire and Alabama combined.
" The land in actual use for grow-
ing Indian com, wheat, hay, oats
and cotton in the United States
now consists of 272,500 square
miles, or a little more than the
area of TexaB."
" The entire wheat crop of the
United States could be grown on
wheat land of the best quality se-
lected from that part of the area of
TexaB by which the state exceeds,
the area of the German empire."
" The world's present supply of
cotton could be grown upon an area
equal to only 7 per cent, of tha
area of Texas."
The man does not live who can
compute the possibilities of this
grand empire, and the probability
is that, after the census of A. D.
2000, Texas will have a greater
number of Congressmen than any
Btate in the American Union.—Ft.
Worth Gazette. '
IMPROVED LAIDS FOR SUB I
Uolnproied Lands (or Sale I
City Property for Sale.
Mr. C. W. Battle, a traveling man
representing Messrs. 8. Collins'Sob 4
Co., printing inks, New York, alter suf-
fering intensely for two or three days
with lameness of the shoulder* and
back, completely cured it with two ap-
plications of Chamberlain's Fain Balm.
It cares lameners and rheumatism when
all other treatment foils. Guaranteed
and sold by Oaqm & Co.
But He Never Did*
There are no words than these mote sad—
"I could have done—if I had had."
The man who chanta this aad refrain
Has always failed to catch the train.
"He coula have bought" the corner lot
Cor fifty dollars—like as not—
Which some two weeks or more,
You'paid eleven thousand for.
The carriage team you bought in town-
Planking eleven hundred down—
"He could have got," along last fall,
For just four hundred, rig and all.
"If he had had"—when Jonea went in—
Tho Congressman he'd now have been.
"If he'd of had" yonr schooling, aay—
A Supreme Judge he'd be to-day.
"If he had had your a tart and health,
Milllions would scarcely count his wealth
"If he had" read theologo,
A second Beecher he would be;
"If he had" turned his thoughts to
rhyme,
The ages with his muse would chime;
"If he had had"—what crowns to winl
"If he had had"—he could have been—
"If he had had"—how high his thronel
"If he had had"—he now would own.
Stale, filet, unprofitable, Bad—
"If I had had-if I had had."
Robust j, Bvrdstts.
Yes, the senior editor of the
Monitor can appreciate the grim
humor of the foregoing lines, Rob-
ert- "If he had had" about! 1,500
insurance on his valuable law li-
brary, on the 28th ult.—tho morn-
ing of the big lire—the senior edi-
tor would feel somewhat more
"peart" to-day. But he won't
make the same mistake again,Rob-
ert. Monitor.
The Italian fleet
ready for immediate serviet
in the arsenals at Naples and Spe-j&Co.
kinir. hut on /in work is iroiii" on niixht and dav,
-That settles i
1 Whooping Cougli may he kept under
complete control and all danger avoided
is being got' hy frequent, doses of Chamberlain's
' 1 Cough Rcmcily. No better treatment
con be prcscrilied for it. .Sold by Cage
Mills has announced that lie will
he a candidate for re-election to
The highest elevation from the
BUrfafce of the earth ever reaMied by
man, was in nballoon— <'"i i,
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Or Over Boven miles,
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tin■ rontraTy has remained cooped ■ preparing material for repairs to
ii[> in tin fortified town ol Masso-,the ships. The principal rondez- . .. . . ,
wall, on_.l,,' coast, apparently wait- vous of the fleet is at Madalcna, a j "'"P™ ^ district. And
in;;'for Iti in to seek theni out and splendid anchorage protected bv a "inv >011u 1 u u*u 0 L
allni'b III,'111 ivliilr III. v III'.' Miinil ..r„im „f small Mniul*.—Souaili IU-! 1,"">u 1">>">K wlw Jim tlovc Mills
llH'i, «,., !< . >Si ii'itlilic An,Al„„i,'i,„. ;«*, <™>;i«™tll.g on the fravlty
ti ti ■ of tho crime should Mills offer for
Are you made miserable hv in- C. E. Vance says you may talk ■ the Senate. But Reagan did that
digestion, constipation, duziucw. as much as you please, but it takes' very thing less than two years ago.
ln'-s of appetite, yellow skin? Shi- tine 'liquors and polite bar-tenders It is safe to say Mills will do as ho
\h's Vitalizcr is a positive cure. to bold down a saloon patronage, 'sees tit.
The Af e of Fishes.
Crows are commonly uid to live
for a hundred years, and turtles
arc reported to have even longer
life; but if Professor Baird be right,
the greatest animal longevity is
possessed by fishes. Professor
Baird says that as a fish has no ma-
turity, there is nothing to prevent
it from living indefinitely and grow
ing continually. He cites in proof
a pike living in Russia whose age
dates back to the fifteenth century.
In the royal aquarium at St. Pe-
tersburg there are fish that have
been there an hundred and forty
years.—The Swiss Cross.
The Monkey Threw Back.
The fire at Wakefield, Mich.,
which destroyed forty buildings,
started in tho theatre. Somebody
threw a frozen cabbage at a monkey
which appeared in the play. Tha
animal in retaliation threw a light-
ed lamp toward the audience. The
lamp struck tho stage and set it
afire.
We can sell you any kind of land you \
want on any kind of terms.
Out of the'thousands of acres of land
and a number of pieces of desirable
city property in our hands for sale, we
select and publish below some extra bar-
gains. We invite correspondence from
anybody desiring homes in the best)
county in Texas, and will take pleasing
in giving all information derired:
No. 4. 320 acres, W. H. Malone head-
light in Smith county, 6 miles south-
west of Mineola, and is known as the
Scrivener place. This is a fine piece
of land and has about 60 acres in cul-
tivation.
No. S. Sixty acres, a part of the Hobb's '
survey. 6 miles north-east of Min-
eola, partly improved, good water and >
all fine farming land; Will be sold
cheap. One-third cash, balance in .
one and two years.
No. 8. 160 acres of firat-clasr land, nn- '
improved; good timber; in good neigh-
borhood; S miles south-east <6t Quit-
man and about 12 miles from Mineola;
price, 98 per acre, one-half cash, M- .j ,
ance in one and two years with 10 paf*"*
cent, interest. • • ( . . f* jj 'I
o. 9. Onk or thk Best Baxo«x9 If
Texas—160 acres of first-class land,
75 acres in cultivation, abundantogpod .
water, splendid bam and out-houea,.
2 tenant housea, one of the beat dwelt-
inga in Wood county, well flni%iA
inade and but, a nice office in yard
well fiiroished for a physician, in heat'
settled neighborhood in the county, 2
achoola within a mile and a postoffice
on the place, 12 miles from Mineola,
12 miles from Winsboro, 6 and one-
half miles from Quitman. Just the
place for a physician where he can do
a practice of |3,000 par annum; price,
$2,000, terms easy.
JNo. 10. 600 acres, Thos. P. Pisa ted sur-
vey, about 8 miles south-east of Qmt-
man, Texas. One of the finest tracts
of unimproved land in Wood county.
Plenty of water and good timber. Ex-
tra inducements on this land in price
and terms.
No. 18. 200 acres, on Big Sandy, known
as the old Spragging's place, near F.
L. SpragginV present residence) mv- 1 >
enty-five acres on this place not sob" \
ject to overflow; terms, one, two and
three years. ;.
No. 19. House with plenty of ro^m on
one-third acre lot in the city south of
railroad, at a bargain.
No. 20. 1 acre in best neighborhood in
city aouth of railroad with two good
residences, one of 7 rooms and one of
5 rooms with all conveniences—bams,
ont-housea, Ac., at a great bargain. \
No. 22. 107 acres of land 1 mile weat at
Mineola, 46 acres in cultivation; at a
bargain on eaay terms.
No. 28. Residence with plenty of room
and all conveniences, on Broad street
near business portion of the city, at a
bargain. . ; .1 • a
Call and seo us. Land business in
any part of Texas promptly attended to.
GATE ATEAGARTKN,
Land Agents.
Executor's Notice.
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State of Texas, )
Wood County.)
The undersigned, having been
appointed executor of the estate of
Sarah Dale, deceased, at the Janu-
ary Term 1888, of the County Court
of said county, therefore all person*
holding claims against said estate,
are hereby notified to present them
to me within the time prescribed
by law. My residence it Wood
County and my postoffice address
ilAlbia. W. T. Burleson,
(No. 28 4ts.) Executor.
Albia, Tex., Feb. 14, 1888.
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Notice.
All persons who are indebted to
me will find their accounts in the
hands of R. L. Terrell, at Mineola.
A short time will be given to settle
these matters. Pleaso attend to it
without delay and save cost and
trouble.
No. 28 4 ts J. W. Faulk.
Administrator's Notloe.
All persons having claims against,
the estate of T. J. Turman, dt
ceased, are hereby notified to p
sent them within the time specifiec
by law. I was appointed adminia
trator of said estate on the 14th day
of January, 1888, and my residence
and post office address is Mineola,
Texas. J. F. McDaniel,
Administrator of Estate of
T. J. Turman, deceased.
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