The Taylor County News. (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 12, Ed. 1 Friday, April 30, 1897 Page: 2 of 6
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eva "btilde the ocean's pebbly
Wliera a-patr of patient oxen ilomly drag
their aaarr load.
Aat a barefoot urchin trudres on before.
Yet Tm tnimhm o'ar It smllli s and my
' thoifkta ara faraway
'lM-th ginto SMer SMMhlao long
Ami film a happy careless boy. In
Bsemory I stray
'Dowa' little country road I used to
I hear the role of "father" as he drives the
lamberte steers.
And' the pigeons coo and flutter on the
shed.
Walls all the simple homelike sounds
come whispering to my ears
Aad the cloudless sky of June Is over-
head i
And again the yoke Is creaking as the oxen
swing and sway.
The old cart rattle loudly as It jars
Then we pass beneath the elm trees where
the robin's song Is gay
Aad go out beyond the garden through
the bars.
Dowa the lane behind the orchard whero
the wild rose blushes sweet.
Through the pasture past the spring be-
side the brook.
Where the clover blossom press their
dewy kisses on my feet.
And the honeysuckle scents each shady
nook.
By the meadow and the bushes where the
blackbirds build their nests.
Up the hill beneath the shadow of the
pine.
Till the breath of ocean meets us dancing
o'er his sparkling crests
. And our faces feel the. tingling of the
brine.
And my heart leaps gayly upward like the
foam upon the sea.
As I watch the breakers tumbling with a
roar
'And the ships thnt dot the azure seem to
wave a hall to me.
And to beckon to a wondrous far-off
shore.
Just a simple little picture yet its charm
Is o'er me still.
And again my boyish spirit seems to
glow.
And once more a barefoot urchin am I
wandering at will
Down that little country road I UBed to
know.
Joe Lincoln in L. A. TV. Bulletin.
EOMANCE OF A BUNGALOW.
HE dak bungalow
of Kubara in the
Himalayas may
be termed in its
humble fashion
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head of the valley
in which it stands
is a famous junction of ways.
About 11 o'clock on a certain August
morning- the weary traveler was rep-
resented by a young lad- who was
struggling- up the stony track carry-
ing on her back n solid red-haired boy
who appeared to have an excellent pair
of legs of his own with which from
tinieo time he kicked her vigorously.
"Oh Tommy dear" she remonstrated
"your poor horse is doing her best.
Please don't beat her."
"Perhaps you will allow me to re-
lieve you?" said a pleasant voice be-
side her and turning her head she
found thnt she had been overtaken by
a bronzed black-bearded man riding
a stout Jihootiu pony.
".Xay nay!" objected the boy in a
Ehrill peevish voice. "Nay nay nay
mungta" (don't want).
"Thank you very much" gasped the
lady suddenly sitting down on the
bank and depositing Tommy coolie
fashion. "I shall get on all right
but Tommy you really must let me
rest for a few minutes."
She was slight and fair and young
though her face had lost the look of
youth. Jt was a face from which all
light and mirth and hope and color had
been erased by care and climate.
A lady unquestionably and too young
to be the mother of that grent selfish
sack who with his arms clasped about
her throat was glaring truculently over
her shoulder.
"Little bcastl" muttered the traveler
ns he followed leading his steed
He had been on a shooting trip into
Thibet had parted that morning with
his two soldier companions who were
hastening to rejoin their regiment.
This girl staggering up the hill before
him was the first European woman he
had seen for three months.
Just before sunset there was a great
bustle at the bungalow a commotion
among the servants betokening an im-
portant arrival. Two ladies had ap-
peared followed by a whole cloud of-
coolies. One rode a pony the other
occupied a dandy piled with red silk
cushions borne by four gay jampan-
neis and carried in her lap a blaek dog.
The veranda was soon stacked with
chairs tiffin baskets boxes ai.tl an rir
of vitality and luxury seemed suddenly
to overw helm the entire promises. The
lady who stepped out of her dandy
giving rapid orders in vileHindoostnni
was a tall fair good-looking woman
with a long horse-like face and quick
imperious manners.
The stranger promptly recognized
her ns Mrs. Eliot rassinghnm. Ten
years ago when an impecunious sub-
nltern he had been jilted by her cousin!
Her present companion was a dark girl
of about five and twenty with a pair of
restless black eyes and a4 bright color
who would have been handsome but for
her thin lips and expression of rooted
discontent. She began patroling the
veranda.
"And how is my own darling cherub
my angel my goldy locks?" cried his
mother as Tommy precipitated him-
self into her open anus.
"I want my things unpacked" com-
piaincd Lilla. "I want to get into a tea
gown. Where is that creature Jones?
Why is she not here?"
"Jones! Jones!" called Mrs. Tassing-
licui imperatively and the girl in-
stantly appeared carrying a tea tray.
"Pve been getting you some tea" she
explained.
"Well well put that down and do
for goodness' sake hurry up those
coolies and get my box open. And
here come and pull my boots o!" So
aaying she stalked into her own par-
ticular hoii: or dea.
So that pale ladylike girl was Flor-
snee Passinghams maid.
The sisters dined on the veranda;
a did also the traveler. They drank
champagne and made merry and "the
Igirl with the boots" as he mentally
Iffioed her hod every reason to be
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arm Ja arm om tat acorea4ra talk-
Inf a !od!jr aadas coafidtfatiallj aa if
taeir audience merely coaalsted of two
latuffed firurea
' "My-dear Lilla" n.d Mr. Pfcaaing-
ham haltinr to peak aad speaking
with distinct emphasis "you must re-
member that you are 28-sthat we go
borne ia February aad taat yoa can-
not pick aad choose. You played your
cards Tery stapidly with If aj. Facke
let him slip through your Angers and
thai horrid 8pratt girl snapped him up.
Take my advice "
The stranger dared -not wait io hear
it but plunged hastily into his own
room where he remained a close pris-
oner until the two ladies had with-
drawn to bed and he heard them call
ing "Jonea."
The following morning he vwas
awakened by the rain descending in
torrents. The roar upon the roof the
splashing in the veranda announced
the last and worst burst of the mon-
soon. Impossible io travel on such a day.
He must remain read write letters
smoke and face Florence Passingham.
There she was calling.
"Jones Jones do look aft er this child.
His feet are sopping. Hebxvs been out!"
Then came a scream aim tt-e usual
cry: "I yant I want!"
Shortly before tiffin JrVs. Passing-
ham burst into her sisterM room while
Jones was dressing her hslr.
"Who do you think is here? Paul
Sherwell who was once engaged to our
cousin. Tiny Fleet."
"Whatr-not that loafci. with the
beard T
"Mj dear he has cut it AfT! He aas
smart and handsome a man as you
could wish to see. His uncle died about
five years ago and he has".succeeded to
the title and estates and is Sir Paul
Sherwell with a splendid place and
15000 a year." i
"I should think Tiny is rather sorry
for herself now!" scoffed her cousin
Lilla.
"Sorry years ago! Toifc Fowler is
an unsympathetic brute. Paul bears us
no ill-will. He is coming to Tiffin as
the bearer is sick. He h:s been shoot-
ing in Thibet and is on his wa3 home.
He will travel down with us of course.
You know you are said to be HkcThry"
and she nodded. "Wear j our new tailor-made
and as the day ii.so damp put
on your toupee!"
"Is it not disgusting whither?" said
Miss Moray when Sir Plul had been
presented to her. "And have you heard
that there is cholera somewhere?"
"There is alwajs cholerf in these hills
in the rains" he answered "and it. is no
wonder when one sees the way in which
the coolies devour raw melons and cu-
cumbers." "I notice that j-ou have a lady help"
observed the guest.
"Oh you mean my maid Jones?"
"Yes."
"She is I believe a sort of lad. She
does not flirt with the Tommies which
it a great comfort otherwise I much
prefer the ordinary Abigail. I disike
"1 KNOW THEY YVII.I. SEND BACK
FOR ME."
having to order her about as I would
a common servant but I engaged her
with the complete understanding that
she was to keep her place. 1 daresay
she has seen belter days. 1 fancy she
came out to friends-and did not get on
and poor thing she is so painfull
plain!"
"Only painfully pale I call it. 1 sup-
pose she has been in the plains."
"She has been in the hills for the. last
six months so if she had a natural color
we should have seen it" returned Miss
Lilla sharply.
"1 like Jones." volunteered Tommy.
"She never pinches me like Aunty Lilla
and the tells me stories."
"Ugh! What an afternoon and even-
ing of halma and hospitality! Six
hours oi! Miss Lilln's thin-lipped inces-
sant gabble had made .Sir Paul feel as if
he had porridge for brains. He beat an
enrly retreat to his own quarters hav-
ing promised to be ready to do escort
duty the following day and soon found
himself in bed where he slept the deep
sleep of profound exhaustion.
"Sahib" said the voice of the khan--aroah
entering the room the next
morning with his ten and a mtost sol-
emn face "the cholera has come."
"What? Here!" springing out of
bed.
"Yes. Four coolies died last night
and the sergeant's wife an houriago.
Her grave is dug."
"Goodness! And my bearer?"
"He is better but th mem-sahibs
have run away."
Sir Paul walked over to the stables
empty every hcelropc was loose.
"Where is my pony?" he demanded.
"The mem-sahib's ohuprassi took him.
He will send him bnck from the next
xesthouse. He will not forget."
"Aj'e and if I ever catch him he will
never forget me" said Sir Paul with
angry emphasis.
Having visited his bearer he was re-
turning to the bungalow again when the
khansamah accosted him.
"The sergeant's wife is about to be
laid in the grave. Will the sahib see
it?"
"Yoa mean read the burial service.
Yes of course but' hivs; no book."
"Xhe miss-sahib may liavc one."
Turning his eyes to ihe eraudn he
saw that It was no longer vacaut. He
beheld what he mighthave taken for
the ghost of Miss Jone.t. She rose in-
stantly and called out': "Keep away.
Please keep away."
"Miss-sahib was with the tergcant's
wife all night" explained the Ubansa-mahf
"Why
SJrPauL
Agaia taa'lcaaaaaatah made aaawar.
"The mem-aaaib and his sister took
the two ponlew aad left dandy" point -lag.
No coolies ao one to call it. Mem-
sahib ride pony and take boy Miss-
sahib take dog chubrassi take jewel
"I call this a pretty fix you are left in"
said Sir Paul addressing the girl his
face red with auger.
"They could not
tested. "Mrs. Pass!
help it" she pro-
ngham was terri
fied and so was Miss Moray. They were
nearly crazy." I j
"Well they are not too terrified to
remember the jewels and tbe dog."
"I know they will send back for me
they promised to do so."
"Send!" with angry scorn. "Who
would come here? There is only one
way out of it. You will hate to walk-
The khansamah will accompany 3011
to the next bungalow. I would go with
you of course only I don't like to leave
my old bearer alone."
"I cannot walk" she answered with
tears in her eyes. "I upset a kettle ol
water this morning and scalded myseli
very badly" and she held out a shoeless
foot swathed with bandages.
Sir Paul was literally at his wits' end.
He stood speechless.
"You want this" she continued hold-
ing out a prayer book open nt the serv-
ice for the burial of the dead. "And 1
will come with you if you will help me"
and she hobbled down the steps.
Later as they sat together at either
side of the veranda table he said:
"Your name is a very familiar one to
me I saw it in your prayer book."
"Jones it is a familiar nnme to
everj'one I fanc3."
"I mean your Christian name Ar
morell. It is a family name?"
"I am called after my godmother
Lady Vane."
"Lady Vane Is my aunt." A pause.
"Does she know thatyou are out here?"
"Oh yes. She hears of me fre-
quently." "She shall hear of you again very
shortly from me."
"Oh no" with a face of unmistaka-
ble distress. "Please do not mention
me or say how you have met me."
"Why not? if I may presume to ask
godsister; for she is my godmother
too!"
"I suppos? I shall have to tell you"
she said leaning her head on her hands
and looking down at the table "and
then you will understand."
"Well I must ronfi-ss that I should
like to understand."
"My father ::s a rector of the parish
where the Yam's live she is my moth-
er's cotiMti. The living was small and
he had a large family. 1 nni the eldest
of five girls. I am L2. And there are
two boys.
"When 1113' father died my mother
was left very badly off and we had o(
course to leave th dear old rectory.
My mother took a little cottage In the
village and friends were very kind to
her and helped her to send the boys to
college. My father's sister who is the
wifeofa planter out here offered to take
me and 1 came out nearly three years
ago.
"My aunt was not the least like my
father. She is a woman of ungoverna-
ble temper. She look an imeterate
dislike to me which increased day by
day and finally came to a eliina- when
I I refused to marry to please her- a
man I loathed. She then turned inc
adrift and washed her hands of me.
"My 'Hint and uncle went ott to Aus-
tralia for siv months and left me to
shift for myself. A school fellow took
me in for a time but 'die and her hus-
band were obliged to go to England. I
could not go home for 1 hod no money
and I was determined not to add to my
mother's burdens.
"I seemed to have no foothold in the
world when I found myself with '25
rupees in a third-class boarding house
in Calcutta. I had advertised in the
Pioneer for a situation as go ernes or
companion. No answers it ended in
my remaining 011 in the hoarding house
as bookkeeper and help in exchange
for board and lodging.
"1 was there for more than n year--for
two whole hot weathers! The lay
fat old Eurasian landlady left all the
management to me and oh. the heat
the stifling atmosphere the quarreling
and complaints of the boarders!
"I advertised for a place as maid or
nurse. Mrs. Passingham engaged me
and here 1 am!"
"Here you are. indeed!" emphatical-
ly. "And what do your people say to
ii?"
"They know nothing about it. My
mother believes that I am on 11 delight-
ful visit as a sort of companion to Miss
Moray. My sister Uose is in the secret
and it is such a relief to tell her the
truth. In a year's tim- Hobby will be
out in the world ami then 1 shall go
home. Now you know why you must
never tell Lady Vane that you have
come across Amorell .Ione."
Ily dint of enormous bribes the khan-
samah allured sullieieiit roolics to con-
vey away that evening Miss Jones and
the bearer. Sir Paul accompanied the
party on foot. They went by a goat
track over the hills thus avoiding the
valley of the shadow of death and ur-
rived nt the next bungalow ere mid-
night. At the first rest limine Sir Paul en-
countered an old Indian friend a Mrs.
Copper P.ench. and under her motherly
care Miss Jones traveled the remaining
four days' journey. At the railway ter-
minus Sir Paul found his trusty Ithootia
jony tied casually to a tree and in the
waiting-room Mis. Passingham and
party who received him with effusion
as a long-lost friend.
"We got your chit two days ago. So
good of you to have looked after poor
Jones for us!" said Lilla who had
missed her sorely.
"Pray don't thank me." with a smile.
"1 have been looking after Miss Jones
for myself. She has promised to be mv
wife." Ladies llenlui.
I)irnrir DctiTPncp.
In a recent published book Beginald
Brett of England siys that Queen Vic-
toria once impatieitly remarked: "I am
no longer queen. Mr. Gladstone is king."
The grand old man always had an air of
aloofness about him even when he was
in the presence of royalty. Beacons-
field on the other hand was always
a. cleome at Windsor. The queen didn't
like him at first it i.s true but he gradu-
ally won her ovw. How? Mr. Brett
puts it pithily and wittily: "In tritlea
Disraeli never forgot the sex of the sov-
ereign. In great affairs he never ap-
peared to remember it"--Iowa Stte
Eegiater
PITH AND POINT.
There ia oaly one part of a man that
feels better oa Monday than it felt on
Saturday and that is his corns. Atchi-
son Globe.
Teacher "Give an example of the
use of the word 'contagious? " Pupil
"Street cars are not contagious. They
are hard to catch." Boston Transcript.
De trouble bout er man's makin'
a reg'lar practice o' flndln fault" said
Uncle Eben "is dat he gits mo' an mo'
expert in 'is business de demand foh
'is goods gits less an' less." Washing-
ton Star..
Gadsby 1 suspect they've got a
baby up at Norris' house." Wadkins
"What makes you think that?" Gads-
by "Oh nothing in particular; only I
haven't heard him brag about his dog
for a day or two." Boston Transcript.
Over Styx. "Socrates" said Solo-
mon "you are known as a wise man.
What really did you know?" "Noth-
ing" said Socrates. "And that my
dear Solomon is my only reason for
saying that I knew as much as you did."
Harper's Bazar.
The men-haters say that when a girl
lights her parlor fire stated evenings
and curls her hair that she is going on
h "wolf hunt" They claim that she
is likely not to get anything in the
round-up and that if she doe get any-
thing it will be as useless as a wolL"
Atchison Globe.
The Doctor "Mrs. Brown has sent
for me lo go and see her boy and I
must go at once." His Wife "What ia
the matter with the boy?" "I don't
know; but Mrs. Brown has n book on
'What to Do Before the Doctor Comes'
and I must hurry up before she docs
It." Household Words.
Flannignn "I met a man Inst week
and bedad I'd have sworn it was your-
self." O'Toole "And wasn't it?" Flan-
nigan "Never a bit! But he was your
very image barrin he was a trifle gray.
I suppose now ye haven't such a thing
as a twin brother a few years oldei
than yourself ?" Tit-Bits.
A WOMAN'S LAUGHTER.
It la .More I.Ike n Chlld'n Tlinn n
Man'M.
Women do not as a rule laugh at
jokes. They generally laugh to reward
the teller of a good thing and not for
mirth at the thing told. In this way a
woman fulfills a most definite duty for
she laughs even when the story does not
come off well. Her laugh would not be
so temperate or so punctual if it de-
pended upon a sense of humor. It is
somewhat between a child's laughter
and a man's but most like a child's.
At almost every stage of his early years
a ehild lauglus for mere movement and
not for comedy or derision at all. A
little humor there may be in the earlier
sense of the word. He laughs at thu
humors and antics of a rather elder or
rather more enterprising child; but al-
ways from gayety ami for interior rea-
sons of abounding breath and biood.
Granted that a woman has a small
sense of humor she still owes her laugh
to 'he humorist- even to the unsuc-
cessful. It is a positive debt. If she
were held to the duty of criticism it
would be otherwise; but as it Is she is
committed to nothing. Her laugh is
no evidence in the connection of humor
and wit and it is but just that in this
too public opinion should relieve her of
responsibility. For nothing but an ex-
pected silence or a half-hearted smile
should le held really answerable. If
she were to enter upon the way of criti-
cism she would be more or less unready
it might be necessary to explain things
to her which confessedly would be very
dull.
Besides the laugh of judgment and
criticism is apt to be on fit occasion
also a laugh too much from the heart;
it takes deeper tones and is no longer
the treble note undrowned. No; men
who invent the jokes may laugh at them
the open Jaugh of appreciation: women
if they would be kind must be more im-
partial. A feminine laugh too has to be dec-
orative and so should be the laugh of
gayty rather than of humor. There
can hardly be a question as to the
sweetest laugh to be heard among na-
tions of women it is surely the French
woman's. She has the softest warble
of all. If doves were not so serious
they might remind us of Parisian wom-
en laughing together. The Italian
laugh is happy enough but. it is not
quite so independent of the subject of
laughter: it has a jolIUy all its own. It
is somewhat uncivilized but needs no
civilizing. But its principal character-
istic is the contralto tone proper to the
woman who is to the last somewhat of
n peasant. The laughter of Hnglish
women is too various for any brief de-
scription. For English women lnu?h.
not according to their race but aeeord-
ir.u' to their caste as caste has Iatel
been revised and redistributed. It may
be said that in caste also the treble
note the ready the immediate flits up
to its own place the toi ami is audi-
ble there for all its splendid quality.
X. Y. Advertiser.
Pre! dentin I l'cpnllnrltlpv
Lincoln was the first president of the
United States to wear a full beard. Lin-
coln vetoed three bills. Cleveland in his
first administration vetoed 21. Lin-
coln Jefferson Van Buren and Polk
were not church members. Jefferson
was an atheist almost up to the time of
his death. Lincoln was deeply reli-
gious. Of all the presidents" signature
Lincoln's is the smallest. In his in-
augural address (fir-t term) Lincoln
used the letter "I" 43 times. Arthur
used it only once. No other president
used it so frequently as Lincoln. Lin-
coln's birthday is a legal holiday in
only five states New York. Minnesota
Illinois New Jersey and Washington.
Cincinnati Enquirer.
Afrnld nf (inni.
Blinks I thought Bluffer challenged
you to a duel. You didn't weaken did
you?
Jinks Not much! I accepted.
"What weapons?"
"Guns."
"Eh? He's a dead shot! Wouldn't he
fight?"
"No. I chose old-fashioned musketfl
of the kicking variety and he backed
out." N. Y. Weekly.
A Mutter of Life nnd Denth.
Asbury Park Drug Clerk We'll let
you have this whisky as you say It's e
matter of life and death but mum's
the word. By the way what's tht
case?
Departing Messenger There's a
nke at Alderman Flvn's. N. Y.Thses.
Explained.
Hewitt This is nn imported cigar.
Jewett I don't wonder they couldn't
Mil it on the other side. N. Y. Trot.
FOREIGN GOSSIP.
Morocco's sultan has engaged at:
Aberdeen man to play the bagpipes a
his court.
Horseflesh is norv sold in Londot
for beef and goat's flesh and mutton
according to the report of a government
meat inspector.
An almost complete set of the Sport-
ing Magazine from 1792 to 1S70 brought
$1150 recently at a London sale. A set
of Gilroy's caricatures brought SS70.
A telephone wire eight-hurrdredtha
of nn inch in diameter and 7900 fees
long has been stretched across the Wal-
lenstadt lake in the canton of St.
Gallen Switzerland.
A bronze figure just discovered in
the Amsterdam museum is believed by.
the director to be by Michael Angelo.
It represents King I)a id dancing naked
before the ark.
Sheffield has been given up as one ol
the bishop's seats in the proposed dio-
cese of York because the wealthy lay-
men of the town refuse to contribute to
the support of a bishop.
A guard on the Great Western road
in England who had traveled over
4.000000 miles in 40 years recently re-
ceived a purse of 100 guineas for being
the greatest traveler in the world.
A female burglar 21 years of age
recently sent to jail in London was
proved to have worked her way through
tin opening 0y3 inches square and on a
previous occasion had wriggled through
n hole eight inches squnre.
A Mosaic map of Palestine. 30 feet
long by 15 broad has been discovered at
a village between Salt nnd Kerak east
of the Jordan. The pavement is believed
to belong to the fifth century after
Christ.
DOG DRIVES A BARGAIN.
Prefer One Kind of Ilrend nnd Al-
vrnyii Get It.
I was going down a little side street
In the French quarter in New Orleans
the other morning says a correspond-
ent when I saw a dog apparently a
cross-bred setter that had come down
in the world trotting gaily along the
banquette in front of me carrying a
partridge in his mouth. Presently he
came to n queer little bake shop letting
upon nn old-time court. Stopping be-
fore the shop window the dog reared
up on his hind legs and tapped with
his forepaws upon the closed pane
whereupon the baker came and raised
the window.
"Bon jour monsieur" said the man.
quite cheerily as if he were speaking tc
nil old acquaintance. At the same time
he took a small round loaf of bread
from the shelf and put it down on the
sill.
The dog. wagy-ing his tail the while
deposited his bird on th- window ledge
picked up the loaf and trotted bach
the way he came.
"You are wondering at my queer cus-
tomer?" asked the baker seeing my
astonishment at the transaction. "Well
nJI I can tell you" he went on "i.s that
the dog has been trading with rue for
nearly a year now. Where he comes
from and to whom he belongs I know-
not. 1 think it is more than likely that
he is stray making his own living. 1
have fancied sometimes that he must
rob the stalls in the French market
frr the things he brings me. But I dc
:.ot know ami nobody complains. Some-
times he brings a bird as you see; some-
times a fish or a crab; now and then
only a potato or a sprig of parsley or
thvine. Now and then although very
r:rely he comes without anything at
nil. Then I know poor fellow he ha?
bad a hard day so lie gets his loaf just
the same. Why not? Even n dog must
live ami often he overpays anyhow
so it all comes right in the end."
"It is queer though" the man con-
tinued "he always imw have the -aiiie
sort of bread: no other will he take
See . keep his loaf here always and
if 1 start to get one from another shelf
1 e barks you don't know how and will
not put down whatever he has Wrought
till I get the right bread. Oh. he is
sharp that dog." adds the little baker
and I think most people will agree with
him. -Phili'Ielphiu Time.
REMARKABLE LAWS OF NATURE.
The Mnrvelonn Uelleney of Hie Sennc
of Totieli.
A man w ill die for want of air in ia
minute. tor want of sleep in ten days
tr want of water in a week and for
want of foot! at varying' periods de-
pendent on circumstance.
The delicacy of the sense of touch is
mnrvclou.o. The fourth jewel wheel-M-nws
of a watch though they have
-'"h threads to the inch look like dust.
They are foiir-oiie-thousandlii of an
inch in diameter and a lady's ordinary
thimble would hold UiO.OOt) of them;
3-et after l:.iig hardened and cut they
are placed by the hand very rapidly in
frame.- with their heads up. This is
done by touch alone.
When one 'ills asleep the order of
Furrendr to the spell i-: sight taste
smell hearing touch. The sense of
touch is the lightest sleeper and most
easily awakened then hearing then
s:ght. vvh:!. .-Niggard taste and suiel'
wak it last.
The human hod is an epitome ir.
nature of all mechanics all hydraulics
all architecture all machinery of everv
k'uid. There nv more than .""10 me-
chanical movements known to mechan-
ics to-day. and all of these are but modi-
fications of those found in the hmii.11.
body. Here are found all the b:n
levers joints pulleys pump-- pipe-
w heels ami ave.. ball and socket move-
ments beams girders trusses buffers
arches columns cables and supports
known to science. At every point man's
best mechanical work can lw shown tc
be but adaptations of procevwes of the
human body a revelation of fir-t prin.
ciple- used in nature. Ladie- Home
Journal.
Ivn Norciiinr).
The voung matrons who were taking l
course in housekeeping principally be-
cause it was a fad had been listen in?
more or less intently to the lecturer
when the latter startled them by inquir-
ing: "What is t'e first thing to lv done in
trtining u waitress?"
"Convince her that she is not already
trained" promptly answered the one
who had had the most experience and
the lecturer said: "Quite right." Chi-
cago Post.
llrerklni; It Gently.
"And how did he die?" asked the lath
who had come west to inquire after
her husband who hud been lynched.
"Kr by request ma'am." said the
gm'le cowboy as mildly and regret
fully as possible. Indianapolis Jour-cal.
! seres Btoter
Seven sisters came my way.
Crowned with gxld and shod with gray.
Traveling In single file.
Each abode with mo awhile.
Each brought nothing tn ker hand
Save a passport to the land.
And the promts soon to bring'
Each a present to her kins'.
"When the first one left the door.
In her (rractous hand she bore.
Fairest gift of all the seven.
Incense made of prayers to Heaver
A f ter her another sped
With a gift of wheaten bread.
Two a little garment took:
One a poem one a book
Over which an ailing child
Half forgot his grtef and smiled.
So In turn the sisters passed.
Each one laden save the Inst.
She stalked sullenly away.
Clad from head to foot in pray.
Soven sisters came to seek
Each a good gift from the week.
Six returned with what they sought.
Something said or something wrought:
But the sister clad In gray
Was a little wasted day.
Ola Moore in Youth's Companion.
The .MnW lie Wore.
Wen marvel that one life should seem to be
So full of Joy so crowned with sweet suc-
cess. And envy him his bouyant happiness.
His mrry ways and laughter light and free.
To every heart he holds the master key;
And. even children seeking a caress.
Climb on his knee In sclf-forgct fulness
Blind to the sorrow they cannot see.
Last night we together. In his room.
Sat face to face and talked till midnight's
hour
Struck from the belfrj In the city hall;
And I liihc!d. laid bare In all Its gloom.
The bitter pain that holds him In Its
power.
And nore but death may loose him from
its thrall.
Georce Edwanl Day la Springfield
(Mn5s.) Republican.
A Fair I'xehnncrc.
One cvonlnc as I walked with Flo
Along the lane whero lilies grow.
She cried in fear: "What can this mean?
I've lo-t my heart! O. havo you seen
It lylnu anywhere about?
I only just now found it out.
I've It it sinee you came. I know
You've stolen it! Your eyes say so!"
I s.ild: "Now -len't hq cross my dear.
Though I've your heart yet nev r fear
I'or. -ine I h".ve no need of two.
I'll j-:ve you mine. Will not that do?"
A smile -bone in her tearful eyes.
A rainlxtW over stormy skies.
She answered. "Since I must confess! "
The r.-t 1 cannot tell you. Ones-:
i'rncsl Neal Lyon. In N. Y. Sun.
A I.uekj .Man.
"Oh maiden can you twang the lyre?"
I a.-ked. She made reply:
"I lo not twar.K. but I am great
Un making apple pie."
"Oh. maiden can you slm;?" I a-ked.
"No not a note." she said:
"But I can make doughnuts ami bake
The Ugliust kind of bread."
"Oh maidnn. what's your pedj:rc. ?"
I asked; and she returned.
"Noam estorof mine e'er ate
A rookie that was burutl."
I nln ! ht r tr leenn;e ir.y vif;
M h- at ;rd hard ! !ti'k.
At! I Ki'irh i'i y nrn ther-n vho
Complains about his mK
Cleveland Lader.
Cftiirncv.
How rtrange this eontliet of our dally llfn.
Thl. human life with all its lovey m.d
a:ns;
V:th all Us hfavy losses ami Its sains.
"With all Its joys and with Its grW ana
strife.
A nation strup-ilcs thro' mistake and -In
Brave lives are lost and fiercer grow a tho
llsht.
Thro" d.rlc snd years men Krop toward
th light.
And tbro" the clouds th-y Jee the d.iwr l'e-
Kin. Rise up. my soul to fight thine own good
parr.
For everywhere is victory lorn ef pain;
ltlr- o'er theaslisof thy pa'tdm- slam.
Be strnc to bear ind to-'iidure. In art!
C. K. Bancroft. In Youth's Companion.
Tbe t'se. .
It Is hard to shout when tilings po wrong
And th- world wcihs a heartless place;
It Is hard indeid to whistle a song
Or 1:0 with a sniilin; t'.iee!
It is h ird. 1 know to endure ah me!
Wh.ii we ! 1 th javelin:
But if all went rluht then there would be
No '. i--tory to win!
Aed -o I think 'twere better to take
'I'll- li!r as vvtll as th -sweet.
And l.rively bear though the h art must
.. he.
And : muit lw the fet:
For. -. re all th::. life f.l( ;y
V. i:b m v r a ::- fr nn n.
Oh. -aI. r- r.'.iiM !. th ". k lory.
Or ti e j: I of lir.r.i n. thcn7
Woman's Nerves.-
Mrs. Piatt Talks About Hysteria.
When a nerve or a set of nerves supply i
any erg-an in the Iwvly with its duo nutri-
m'-:it prows weak that organ lnnjjuishrs.
When the nerves become exhausted and
de. so to speak the organ falls into de
cay. What is to be dne? The answer
do mt allow the weakness to progrv
stop the deterioralin;- process at onee I
Do you experience tits of depression al'er-
nathitr with restlessness? Arc your sprits
easiiv a fleeted so that one moment vou la ih
and the net fall into convulsive
Again do you feel something-like a
in your throat and threatening- to e'e.I.e o;i
nil tho senses perverted morbidly-.sensi'ive to
Hgiit and sound pain in ovary &nd patii t -peeiully
between the sho.ilders sometiiins Iss
of voice and nervous dyspepsia ? if so :i n re
hysterical your uterine nerves are at fault.
Yon must do something to restore their tone.
Xothln-' is better fur the purpose than Ltlin K. I'inkhatu's VtWt frn-
pound; it .' il work a t ae. I f you do not undei -ind your .symt.-ui&. write to
Z??e -Nri 1'bikham Lynn Mas- and she will yir.'yon honest
- . i--5ii expert adviee
Miss.
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color in mv fieo tban I have had for a year and a half. I ''ease accept .-; y
thanks. I lu pe all wh read this an I who suffer from nervousness of this
kind will do a I have done and be cured."
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package and the
on the back.
NONE
Walter Baker
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Blond
Purifier
It Host Saiwyiflli as srorsd by its wos-
oerfal safss si scrotals kip dlsssM aad all
forsMsr hasorssload. ResseatiMf
Sarsaparilla
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Snrni? Medl-
cine. C J. Hood Co.. Lowell. Mass.
Haa'c Diflc cure Liver Ills: easyto
riOOU S rl US taket eMy to operate. 25o.
She "If you were to find that I had Iort
nil my fortune every penny of it would
vou hesitate to carry out our engagement?
lie "I would hesitate at nothing." Indi-
anapolis Journal.
. . .
Xo-To-llac for Flftr Cent.
Over 400000cured. "Why notletNo-To-Bao
regulate or remove your desire tor tobacco?
Saves money makes health and manhood.
Cure guaranteed. 50c and $1.00. all druggist.
-
A man's importance cannot bc deter-
mined bv the number of initials before hU
name. Atchison Globe.
True Bearings
Perfect bearings are of vital
imporfance in your bicycle.
Waverley bearings arc true
and remain true. A new nnd
simple principle. Dust proof
too.
The
'de
noo
'07 Wavcrlevs arc built for
those who desire the finest
producfof mechanical skill
regardless of cost.
For thojo who want a good bicve'e at a
low price we continue making 6 V.'kv-
erleys improved and perfected $60.
Catalogue free.
1spia;a fttCYCXK Co. Indianapolis Ind.
MAPS OR PLAYING CARDS
Send lricts. in postage
to th'j undersigned and
vou will receive cither
a splendidly mounted
lnnpofthalTnitedSt.-Ues
or a pack of bct njalitj
Playing Curds.
IIUWI
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