The Mexia Weekly Herald (Mexia, Tex.), Vol. 10, No. 37, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 16, 1909 Page: 2 of 8
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Bolivia should *top and count 100
Mor* going to war.
Aa ret tb« aeroplane men cannot go
up for an all-day picnic, taking their
lunch along.
As the list of summer tragedies
grows larger the need (or greater care
grows plainer.
New York is evidently harboring
too many Chinamen who look on mur-
der as a pastime.
CAR RUNNING AT HIGH SPEED
CRA8HE3 INTO WAGON
NEAR EL PASO.
MAN, WIFE AKD DAUGHTER
King Edward is getting to be a vet-
eran ruler, (or he has entered upon
the ninth year o( his reign.
Now that the hot-weather record
has been broken, it is to be hoped it
will be mended and stay so.
A Virginia woman shot her husband
b«cause he insisted on playing a phon-
ograph. This is a record case.
Through dissensions and the lack of
funds the movement In New York to
build a children's theater has been
abandoned.
Isn't it annoying that now, Just In
the finest time of the whole year, the
charity people tip off the fact that
then are Jobs for everybody?
Ia Prance, as in this country, it is
ths wealthier families that are
shunned by the stork. Maybe the
haughty footman scares the timid bird.
Now that canned fresh air is to be in-
troduced into mines as a safety de-
vice, the canning idea appears to have
reached its height—or, to speak cor-
rectly In this case, its depth.
A man in St. Louis has Invented a
vice which he claims will make air
flights safe. But this will detract
largely from the excitements of seeing
them if curious crowds are assured
nobody will be hurt.
A girl in Pennsylvania who aimed
at a rat with a rifle shot her mother.
It Is time that feminine sharpshooters
should learn something by experience.
If the girl in question had aimed at
her mother, she would have stood a
.better chance of shooting the rat.
Women ought to know by this time
that they go by contraries.
A man in New York brought his
wife Into court because she had sucb
a mania for hard work that he could
not restrain her from doing it all the
time. This one remarkable case Is
enough to balance the many which
women bring against their husbande.
because the latter compel them to do
tard work all the time.
The Turks have started to fight the
Greeks with the boycott—that blood-
less weapon of modern warfare which
causes more devastation and brings
speedier results than all others In the
array of improved armaments, and
whose victories are caused by the un-
endurable agony it Inflicts upon that
most sensitive of ail organisms, the
pocket nerve
Uruguay is joining the progresslvei
In South America. That country is
now In the market for a loan of $6.
000,000 for pubMc works purposes, and
like other countries in that quarter
turns to the United States to get the
money. Another Indication of the
strengthening ties between this and
the South American nations, a rela
tionchlp that eventually must b« high
ly advantageous all round.
Aeroplanes having shown capacitj
for going swiftly and for iong dis-
tances, the problem next to be at
tacked Is how to make them fly high
It Is obvious that an airship to be of
generally practical use must be capa-
ble of ascending to a considerable dis-
tance. One of the inventors says
"good motors and nerve" will meet
the difficulty. And who can doubt
that these requisites will be forth-
coming?
Curiosity Is not confined to any on*
nation. The phlegmatic English ap-
pear to have their full share. The
daughters of the czar landed at
Cowes and went on foot for a shop-
ping expedition, but the crowd which
gathered about to gaze at them be
came so much of a mob that the po-
lice came to the rescue and induced
the little grand duchesses to take car-
riages in order to avoid ths annoy
ancs.
It Is no "cinch'" to be a suspectei
sympathizer with fallen monarchy or
even a relative of the "down and out"
nowadays. News comes from Teheran
that Zlll-es-Sultan, an uncle of the de
posed Shah of Persls, has been fined
1600,000 In favor of the state treas
ury and expelled from the country
And a military escort will see that he
go«s. He might exchange condolences
With Abdul Hamld of Turkey, now an
•x-aultan, who also had to "give up.'
Parisian scientific enterprise has
•volved the "germ kiss ' a fair Pa
rlslenne allowed herself to be kissed
by a>*niooth-Bhaven man and then b\
a bearded one; and the consequeni
microbes were collected by a steril
faed brush. It was found that the
beardless man had depostlted only th*
sweet germs of affection upon hei
lips, while the other had left besides
bacilli of tuberculosis, diphtheria
pnuemonla and a few other addenda
X«w It seems that the osculating
UmMan misses nil aorta of troubles k;
• alnai ahava,
Wagon Totally Demolished and One
Horse Killed—On the
Ysleta Rood.
El Paso, Sept. 11.—Five people were
Injured, three fatally and two serious-
ly, In an automobile accident seven
miles east of here on the Ysleta road
last night. The car was running at a
high rate of speed when it crashed
Into a wagon and team and was de-
molished.
The injured: Judge Henry J. Dar-
wood, one side of face torn off and
skull fractured; will die.
Mrs. H. J. Darwood, nose broken
and internally injured; will die.
Thomas N. Finney, concussion of the
brain and Internal injuries; will die.
Mrs. T. N. Finney, daughter of the
Darwoods, scalp wound and internal
injuries; may recover.
Herbert Galles, chnffeur, internal In-
juries and scalp wound; may recover.
One of the horses was killed.
County Attorney Killad.
Orange; The passenger train crow
of the Orange (tnd Northwestern Rail-
road coming down from Newton Sun-
day told of a shocking tragedy happen-
ing at a turpentine camp In which
County Attorney A. K. Nicks of New-
ton County was killed. A negro who
Is still at large is charged with the
deed.
Galveston Channel Has Deep Water,
Galveston: For the first time in the
history of the port of Galveston there
is thirty feet of water over the bar at
the entrance of the harbor. A recent
survey made by the Government en-
gineers reveals the fact that there is
a depth of from thirty-two to thirty-
four feet through the bar, and a nav-
igable depth of fully thirty feet.
Robbers Loot Malakoff Bank.
Malakoff: Heavy explosions follow
ed by repeated reports of gun shots
aroused people at 1:15 a. m. Friday
when upon investigation it was dis-
covered the safe of the Farmers and
Merchants' Bank at this place had
been blown to pieces and looted oi
$3,500 in cash.
Died at 121 Years.
Waco: Capt. Isaac Brock, aged 121
years, died Friday night from general
debility caused by old age. Te de-
ceased was born March 1, 1S88, in Bun-
comb County, N. C., and came to Texas j
in the early days. Ha resided for sev-
eral years in Falls County, maving a j
few years ago to Bosque County. Find-
ing his health failing, he came here,
where he had friends and relatives. By
trade Capt. Brock was a blacksmith,
and worked a( his forge after he was
a century old. Two married daughters,
grandchildren and great-grandchildren
survive this veteran of four wars.
Hands Caught In Gin Saws.
Denton: Denton County's first giL
accident of the season occurred at
Krum Thursday, when James G. Steen,
an employe of one of the gins there,
had both hands caught in the saws.
As a result it is feared he will have
both arms amputated at or above the
elbows.
Husband Shoots Wife.
San Antonio: While Ed Black and
wife of this city were visiting her fa-
ther, Ed Bifford, near Lytle, in the
south part of Bexar County, the cou-
ple engaged in a quarrel. Black
shot his wife twice and she will die.
Dallas Gets $166,737.50
Dallas: The total amount of money
that will be received by Dallas county
from the state school fund this year
is $166,737.59, and the apportionment
is $6.25 per capita, which is 50c per
capita less than it was last year, when j
the per capita was $6.75 and the coun-
ty received $161,169.75 from the state
school fund. Although the per capita
is less, the county receives this year
$5,567.75 more than it did last. This,
it is said, is due to the increase in the
copulation of the county.
Farmer Gored by Bull.
Cleburne: Jinks Lee, a prominent
stock man, proprietor of a large dairy
near here, was nearly killed by an
enraged bull which attacked him late
Wednesday. The bull gored him, in
flicting several long gashes.
Jones County to Vote.
Stomford: The County Commission-
ers of Jones County have ordered an
election lor Oct. 2 to decide whether
bonds shall be issued for a $100,000
court house in Jones county.
Hogs Bring High Price.
Fort Worth: Again the record was
broken for high prices on hogs at the
Fort Worth stock yards, when Tues-
day eighty-nine head from Oklahoma
brought $8.02Ms per 100 pounds.
Fatally Burned by Tar.
El Paso: One man was fatally
burned and t^o seriously injured and
another died of hemorrhage of the I
lungs brought on by excitement at the I
plant of the El Paso Grain and Milling
Company Friday. Ygnacio Oratio,
with two assistants, were applying a
coat of tar to a building. The scaf-
fold broke, throwing them to the
ground. Oratio was covered from
head to foot by blazing tar and was j
fatally burned.
I
Oil Situation in Shackelford.
Albany: The Texas Oil Company
unload Friday the balance of their j
machinery to go to the J H. Nail
ranch, where they have contracted to j
bore for oil. W. H. Page, manager for i
the company, both at Albany and I
Moran (where they will sink several
wells), said that they would at once
commence the erection of the derricks. !
Corporation Value $1,601,900.
Dallas: At the office of the Tax As- !
iessor Friday it was stated that the
matter of the assessments of the pub- j
lie service corporations of Dallas |
County for the year 1909 has been i
finally adjusted, showing a net in
crease over all amounting to $1,601,- I
900 for the year 1909 over that for i
1908.
Depot Burned at Tioga.
Denton: Catching presumably from
a spark from a passing engine, the
joint track depot at Tioga, twenty
miles north of here, was destroyed by
fire Thursday morning.
Engineer Is Killed.
Sweetwater: Engineer T. A. Pope
was accidentally killed Monday night
in the Orient yards here while trying
to make a flying switch with seven
cars of steel.
Warmest For 1903 at Texarkana.
Texarkana: The heat record for
the present summer was broken when
at 4 o'clock Friday afternoon the
thermometer registered 108 in the
shade.
m Bottle Explodes in Boy's Eye.
Waco: A bottle of sodawater ex-
ploded in the hands of Harry Ber-
lowitz, a boy of 12, Wednesday, de
stroying one of his eyes.
Big Fire at Austin.
Austin: At an early hour Sunday
morning fire from an unknown cause
destroyed the Tips foundry, entailing
a loss estimated at $50,000.
River at Brownsville Falling.
Brownsville: The river at this point
continues to fall slowly.
Both Arms Amputated.
Denton: James G. Steen, the em-j
ploye of the Fleming gin at Krum,
who had both hands caught in the gin |
saws Thursday, had both arms ampu-
tated above the elbow Friday aftQr- j
noon. He has a wife and four chil- j
dren.
San Angelo Offers $75,000.
San Angelo: In mass meeting as-
sembled the citizens of San Angelo
have accepted the offer of Morgan
Jones to build a road from this city
to Ballinger, where It will connect
with the Colorado and Southern, fox
a bonus of $75,000.
Fire Damages Oil Mill. j Land Suits Pending.
Denison: Fire originating from j Austin: At this time there are
an unknown cause at Whitewright pending forty-nine State land suits for
Friday morning did damage estimated recovery of public school lands and
at $14,000 to the Whitewright Cotton other lands to which the State bo
Oil Company.
Canadian Bridge In Danger.
Amarlllo: The Santa Fe officials
fear damage to the Canadian River
bridge by high water. The structure
Is a new one and quite substantial, but
the rlvur in this section is unusually
high and threatens to carry the bridge
away.
lieves It is entitled.
Brady-Menardville Line.
Brady: The Frisco surveying party
began Monday on the line from Brady
southwest to Menardville. This is
said by the railroad people to be a
final locating survey.
List of Forfeited Lands.
Austin: Land Commissioner Robin
son has for free distribution printed
copies of the list, of school lands for-
feited for nonpayment of Interest, and
which will be sold In October. Some
desirable land has been forfeited by
lversight of owners.
Chinamen Deported.
Ft. Worth: Three Chinamen ap-
peared before IJinted States Commis
sloner Dodge Tuesday on the charge
of being in this country unlawfully.
The case against one was dismissed.
The other two were ordered deported.
Texas Spiritualists Meet.
Galveston: The annual convention
of the Texas State National Spiritual-
ists opened Friday morning at tht*!r
temple. About forty members and
delegates are In attendance, represent
Ing the various Texas cities.
Texas Leads In Rural Routes.
Washington: Texas leads the South
In rural free delivery service with 1,-
835 separate rural rovtes, according to
a report Issued by Fourth Assistant
Postmaster General Degraw.
Contract for School Building.
Ovalo, Tex.: The contract has been
let for a 16,000 school building for
Ovalo to J. G. Olson of Cisco. Tex.,
work to begin at once.
No Execution; Negro Kills Self.
Conroe: The legal execution ol
Frank Majors, the condemned negro,
which was scheduled by Sheriff An-
derson for 2 o'clock Friday, did not
occur. The prisoner killed himself
5 o'clock that morning.
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SUBJECT TO CONDITIONS.
Gimlet—Flbba claims to have caught
a catfish weighing 50 pounds down
In the creek, does he? Well, It's safe
to say he's lying to the extent of about
40 pounds.
Hammer—Not If he hears you say It
CUTICURA CURED HIM.
Eczema Came on Legs and Ankl
Could Not Wear Shoes Becaus*
Of Bad Scaling and Itching.
"I have been successfully cured of
dry eczema. I was Inspecting the re-
moval of noxlouc weeds from the edge
of a river and was constantly in the
dust from the weeds. At night I
cleansed my limbs but felt a prickly
sensation. I paid no attention to It
for two years but I noticed a scum
an my legs like fish scales. I did not
ittend to it unt!l it came to be too
•tchy and sore and begau getting two
running sores. My ankles were all
sore and scabby and I could not wear
shoes. I had to use carpet and felt
illppers for weeks. I got a cake of
:he Cuticura Soap and some Cuticura
Ointment. In less than ten days I
:ould put on my boots and in less than
three weeks I was free from the con-
founded itching. Capt. George P. Bliss,
Chief of Police, Morris, Manitoba, Mar.
!0, 1907, and Sept. 24, 1908."
Potter Drug & Cheoi. Corp., Solo Prop*., Boston,
The Doctors' Orders.
A lady whose husband seemed to be
iolng little but lie in the hammock
tnd eat apples, was asked by a sym-
pathetic neighbor what the trouble
with him was. "Doctors," she replied,
adly. "No, he hasn't come into a for-
:une." A writer in To-Day's Magazine
:elle the story.
"You see," explained the wife, "he's
oeen having some sort of matter with
Ms stomach, and he consulted two dlf-
'erent doctors about it. One told htm
to eat a ripe apple every hour, and
the other said to rest an hour after
sating. So he's trying to do both."
Why We Are Stronger.
The old Greeks and Romans were
freatadmirers of health and strength;
their pictures and statuary made the
muscles of the men stand out like
cords.
As a matter of fact we have ath-
letes and strong men—men fed on
fine strength making food such as
Quaker Scotch Oats—that would win
In any contest with the old Roman or
Greek champions. 2
It's a matter of food. The finest food
for making strength of bone, muscle
and nerve is fine oatmeal. Quaker
Scotch Oats is the best because it is
pure, no husks or stems or black
specks. Farmers' wives are finding
that by feeding the farm hands plenti-
fully on Quaker Scotch Oats they get
the best results in work and econ-
omy. If you are convenient to the
store buy the regular size packages;
If not near the store, buy the large
size family package; If in a hot cli-
mate, the hermetically sealed tins.
A Useful Baby.
Speaking of tricks to win the sym-
pathy of juries in criminal cases,
Judge Williard M. McEwen, in a re-
cent address before the Illinois State's
Attorneys' association, said: "I know
of four cases where a baby played a
prominent part In getting the acquit-
tal of the defendant, and I later
learned that the same baby had been
used in each of the eases, although
the supposed mothers in each case
were different women."—Law Notes
They Should
"My honest conviction, based upon
my own experience and that of my
friends, Is that 'Hunt's Cure' will cure
a larger per cent of skin troubles, espe-
cially of an itching variety, than any
other remedy. Certainly those afflict-
ed with any form of itch should try it."
J. O. Moore,
60c per box. Atchison, Kas.
Industrial Education.
For training the workman the tech-
nical school can never supplant the
workshop. The system that is likely
to give the best results Is a combina-
tion of part time apprenticeship
and compulsory attendance at tech-
nical schools.—London Electrical Re-
view.
Rough on Rata, unbeat able exterminator
Rough on Hen Lice, Nest Powder, 25c.
Rough on Bedbugs, Powder or Liq'd, 26c.
Rough on Fleas, Powder or Liquid. 25.
Rough on Roaches, Pow'd, 15c.,Llq'd,25c.
Rough on Moth and Ants. Powder. 26c.
Rough on Skeetera, agreeable to use,25c.
B. 8. Welle. Chemist. Jersey City, N. J.
When a girl orders (lowers sent
home lt'e a sign that she expects the
neighbors to think some man sent
them.
Don't think Wrlgley's Spearmint
only helps digestion. It perfumes the
breath.
Plans are being made for the elec-
trification of the more Important state
rallroadB of Sweden.
Oonrtlpfttlon eaniwa and man? Mrtanw
JlftrnM ft. It In thoroughly cured br l r. Plnrca's
PLaitaant PailcU. The l vorlw family
■ In .Madagascar everyone wear* silk,
which la cheaper than linen.
LOW COLONIST FARES TO TNI
WBST AND NORTHWBST.
Union Pacific Paasenger Depart-
ment announoea that Colonlat Fares
will be In affect from Sept. 16 to Oct
l&, 1809, to all polnta In the Weat and
Northwest.
This year the Weat looks more
promising than ever. Now la the time
to aecure land At low prices, and. at
the aame time, to rlalt the many inter-
esting points In the West and North-
west, at which liberal stopover ar-
rangements may be made.
A better estimate of raw lande ean
be made now than formerly, becauae
these lands are In proximity to new
farms that are producing wonderful
cropa.
For descriptive literature, write
to E. L. Lomax, G. P. A., U. P. R. R.,
Omaha, Neb.
Anything But That.
Little John Is the youngest of a
family of five boys, says the Deline-
ator. One day his mother said to
him: "O, John, Isn't it too bad I have-
n't one little girl? I could curl her
hair and make such pretty little
dresses for her. Don't you wish you
were a little girl?"
"Why, mother," he said, "I'd rather
be most any other kind of animal you
could mention than a girl."
It's Everywhere
The huts of the poor, the halls of the
rich,
Are neither exempt from some form of
Itch;
Perhaps a distinction may be made In
the name,
But the rich and the poor must scratch
Just the same.
Oh, why should the children of Adam
endure
An affliction so dreadful, when Hunt's
Cure does cure?
All forms of itching. Price 60c.
Guaranteed.
ijiiiyii j r n' "' if
from Co
Hervoua troubles, the arhsa are
rellevod by Capudlne.. It's
ant
ived by Capui
He at^Drvg'
rJd!ne. It'e IJquli
fleets tmme
•tone.
Where Rica Excela.
"My mamma says that rice la a be*
ter food than wheat"
"Why 1a It?"
"Because of the food elephant* B
contains."
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Z5 "Guara^
Sub Rosa.
She—She told me you told her that
secret I told you not to tell her.
He—The mean thing! I told her
not to tell you 1 told her.
She—I promised her I wouldn't tell
you she told me, so don't tell her I
told you.
It Keeps Them Off
They are pretty bad this year—no
mistake—and they bite viciously. We
refer to Mosquitoes, but a little Hunt's
Lightning Oil applied to the Irritated
places takes the sting away. It keeps
them oft if used in time.
If a girl admires a young man and
keeps him at a distance, it's either be-
cause she is bashful or because she
has been eating onions.
Don't think Wrigley's Spearmint
only perfumes the breath. It helpa
digestion.
At a rose competition in Paris re-
cently, 69 entirely new varieties of
roses were exhibited.
Smokers nlso liltc Lewis' Pintle Binder
citrar for its purity. It is never doped,—
only tobacco in its natural state.
Your fellow countrymen bought $11,-
000,000 worth of patent medicine.
GlblCr
SICK HEADACHE
Positively cured bf
these Little Pills.
They alno relieve Dt
treat* from Dyspepsia, I
digestion and Ton Hearty
Eating. A perfect rea
edy i Dt/.zinesa, N
tea, aJrowBineaa, Bat
Taste In the Mouth, Coat
ed Tongue, Palu In th«
aide, TORPID LIVED*
They regulate the Bowels. Purely Vegetable*
SMALL PILL. SMALL DOSE. SMALL PRICE.
Genuine Must Bear
Fac-Simile Signature
REFUSE SUBSTITUTES.
CARTERS
PILLS.
CARTERS
ITTIE
IVER
PILLS.
Apples apples
everywhere,
a no indigestion
WRIGLEY'S .
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PEPSIN GUM
prevents it
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SuetdLotu
" Do you know of any woman who ever received any
benefit from taking Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com-
pound? "
If any woman who is suffering with any ailment peculiar
to her sex will ask her neighbors this question, she will bo
surprised at the result. There is hardly a community in
this country where women cannot be found who have been
restored to health by this famous old remedy, made
exclusively from a simple formula of roots and herbs.
During the past 30 years we have published thousands
of letters from these grateful women who have been cured
by Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, and never
in all that time have we published a testimonial without
the writer's special permission. Never have we knowingly
published a testimonial that was not truthful and genuine.
Here is one just received a few days ago. If anyone doubts
that this is a true and honest statement of a woman's experi-
ence with Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound write
and ask her.
IToiiHton, Texan.—"When I first began talcing Lydia E. Pink-
ham's Vegetable Compound I was a total wreck. I had been
sick for three years with female troubles, chronic dyspepsia,
and a liver trouble. I bad tried Beveral doctor's medicines, but
nothing did me any good.
" For three years I lived on medlcincs and thought I would
never get well, when I read an ndvertifunent of Lydia E. Pink-
bain's Vegetable Compound, and was advised to try It.
"My husband got me one ltottle of the Compound, and It did
me so much good I continued Its use. I am now a well woman
and enjoy the best of health.
"I advise all women buffering from such troubles to give
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound a trial. They won't
regret it, for it will surely cure you." — Mrs. llessle L. Hicks,
810 Cleveland St., lloustoii.
Any woman who is sick and sufferin
not do her as much good as it did Mrs. Hicks.
not to give such a medicine as this a tria
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lal.
is foolish surely
Why should it
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