The Refugio Review. (Refugio, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 51, Ed. 1 Friday, December 25, 1903 Page: 1 of 4
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THE REFUGIO REVIEW.
Only Paper In The County.
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Published In The Interest Of Refugio County.
Subscription fl,Q0 per annum.
VOL. 5.
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REFUGIO, REFUGIO COUNTY, TEXAS, DEC. 25, 1903.
NO. 51.
Mission Ealoon.
-FRANK JECKER, Proprietor.-
FINE WINES, LIQUOR, CIGARS
Billiard Hall
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RACE TO IHIOWNS.V ILLE. A NICKLE FOR THE LORD.
Rcfug’O
Texas
Big Jo Flour.
<J> Best That Ever Went in an Oven 0
Buy it! Try it! Eat it! Beat It!
G. E. Cochran & Son
(Sole Agents,)
Beville,
Te as,
C. E. SIMPSON Furnitur C o.
Refugio, ten as.
-DEALERS IN-
..Fueniture of Every Description..
also a i ll and complctf stock of
Coffins and Caskets
Which may be haa at all hours, day or night.
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GUADALUPE ACADEMY,
CUERO,
TEXKS
H Gstabisbed 23 Years. §g
A thorough Academic course taught, and young ladies and young
gentlemen prepared for col'eges and universities. Tuition rea-
sonable. For terms apply to the undersigned
D. M. MASH,
Cuero, Texas.
LAW LUMBER CO.
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Beeville
Carry the largest stock
of Paints in Southwest
Texas. Also a large line
of Screen Doors and
Windows.
Texas.
Sap and Col. Uriah Lott Have
About Abandoned Their
Interesting Fight.
When the Sen Antonio & Aran-
sas Pass announced that it pro
posed to build a line from Alice
to Brownsville, the charter of
the St. Louis, B ’ownsville and
Mexico, headed by Mr. Yoakum,
was immediately filed.
There was a big scramble by
the interests_ involved in each
project to get to work first, and
to build to Brownsville quickest.
The race attracted attention
Throughout the United States.
Now, however, the fight has
about ceased, having been de-
cided in favor of the St. Louis,
Brownsville and Mexico. Both
roads are working towards
Brownsville, but the St. Louis,
Brownsville and Mexico has ac-
complished more to date and
portions of 1*l-ie track already
completed are being operated.
The Yoakum road will reach
Brownsville first.
The San Antonio and Aransas
Pass has announced that in-
stead of continuing the fight to
reach Brownsville first, it will
take its time, and when it docs
have its line into Brownsville it
will be the best roadbed in that
territory. Time will be sacraficed
for excellent roads.—Corpus
Christi CalFr.
TO BEGIN WORK ON LOTT
ROAD AT BROWNSVILLE.
Brownsville, Tex.,—W. »J. Pit-
man, in charge of the grading
outfit for the St. Louis, Browns-
ville & Mexico railroad, arrived
in the city last night and is at
work making preparations to
begin the grading from this end
of the Lott road so as u#t to in-
terfere with tne planting and
flooding of the rice fields which
the road traverses.
There is no time to be lost in
the work of grading now as the
planting of rice begins very ear-
ly in March and it will inconve-
nience the builders of the load
as well as the rice planters after
that time. Every indication
points to the completion of the
Lott Road iu the specified time.
HNK'GF-GOLIHD
|oliad, Texas. %* %* *#* Established in 1891.
L.Ia. Maetze & Brother, ) - [Safety Deposit
wr\ a _ ) Proprietors.-{ Boxes Free
W*A L'etUS, - - - ,-J (To Patrons.
Gen®ral Bonding Business Gondueted}^-
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Accounts of the Public Respectfully Solicited.
R.\ C. HATDOXT & Co.
\ -Dealer In--
Roi\igh and Dressed Lumber.
Doo s, Sas\h, Pickets, Laths, Cement, Lime, Brick,
' O PaiVis Oils, and gu lder’s flaterial. $
Igent for Wootd Star and Eclipse Windmill ^
......................................... WanKegan Bark Wire.
-o— TEXAS. i
OHIO COLONISTS ARRIVE.
Will Locate on a 10,000-Acre
Tract Near Victoria.
Victoria, Tex., Dee. 20.—The
first body of Ohio colonists who
are to locate on the ten thous-
and acre tract near Keeran, ar-
rived last night. Moling Bros.,
who are at the head of the enter-
prise, expected to have houses
ready on their arrival, but owing
to delays in receiving lumber
and other materials, it will be
about a week before the houses
are completed. The men in the
party, who number about thirty,
will go out in the morning to
assist in the work. There are
about Rixty in the party, all
from Cleveland and the vicinit.y
They are of different, nationali-
ties, Hungarians, Armenians and
Germans predominating and
most of them appear to be intel-
ligent, industrious and prospe-
rous,.
The following article from the
Toronto Star so admirably fits
the case of many nieu that it is
here reproduced:
Yesterday he wore a rose on
the label of his coat, and whe»
the plate passed he gave a nick-
le to the Lord. He had several
bills in his pocket, and some dr\
change perhaps a dollar's worth,
hut he hunted about, and find-
ing his poor little niekle he laid
it on the plate to aid the church
militant in its fight against the
world, the flesh and the devil.
His silk hat was beneath the
seat, and his gloves and cane
were besides it, and the niekle
was on the plate—a whole nick-
le.
On Saturday afternoon lie had
had a gin rickery at the Queen's
and hia friends had had a fancy
drink, while the cash register
stamped thirty-five cents on the
slip the buy presented to him.
Peeling off a bill he handed it to
the lad, and gave him a niekle
tip when he brought back the
change. ,
4 niekle for the Lord and a
niekle for the waiter.
And the man had his shoes
polished on Saturday afternoon
and handed out a dime without
a murmur. He had a shave
and paid fifteen cents with equal
alacrity. He took a box of
candies home to his wife, ami
paid forty cents for them, and
the box was tied with a dainty
bit of ribbon. Yes and he also
gave a niekle to the Lord.
*Y ho is this Loi d?
Who is he? Why, the man
| worships Him as Creator of the
universe, the One who put the
stars in order, and by Whose
immutable decree the heavens
stand. Yes, he does, and he
dropped a nicKle in to support
the church militant.
And wnat is the church mili-
tant?
The church militant is the
church triumphant of the Great
God the man gave the niekle to.
And the man knew that he was
but an atom iu space, and he
knew that the Almighty was
without limitations, and know-
ing this he put his hand in his
pocket and picked out the niekle
and gave it to the Lord.
And the Lord being gracious
and slow to anger, and knowing
our frailitv did not shy the man
for the meanness of his offering,
but gives him this day his daily
bread.
But the niekle was ashamed if
the man wasn’t.
The niekle hid beneath a quar-
ter given by a poor woman who
washed for a living *
Kathleen had been put out to
service, and Mrs. Berry liked the
rosy face of the young Irish girl.
One day Kathleen was sent on
an errand to town. She was
longer than usual, and Mrs.
Berrv stood on the porch as she
cable through the field. Kath-
leen was happy, and Mrs. Berry
observed: “Why,
KISSES ON INTEREST,
A father talking to his careless
daughter said: “I wau't to
speak to you about your mot her.
It may be that you have not no-
ticed a careworn look on her
face iately. Of course it has
not been Drought there by any
action of yours, still it is your
duty to chase it away. I want
you to get up tomorrow morn-
ing and get breakfast and when
your mother comes and com-
mences to express her surprise
go right up to her and kiss her.
You can’t imagine how it wii!
brighten her dear face. Besides
you owy tier a kiss or two. Away
back when you were a iittlegfri,
and she kissed you when no one
else was tempted by your fever
tainted breath and swollen face.
You were not as attractive then
as now. Anod through those
childish years of sunshine and
shadow she was always ready to
cure, by the magic of a mother's
kiss, the dirty chubby hands
whenever they are injured in
those first skirmishes with the
rough world. And then the
midnight kiss with which she
routed so many bad dreams as
she leaned over your restless
pillow, haye ali been on interest
these long, long years. The con-
trast would not be so marked.
Her face has more wrinkles than
you.i8 and yet if you were sick
that face would appear more
beautiful than and an angel’s
as it hovered over you, watching
every opportunity to administer
to your comfort, and every one
of those wrinkles would seem to
be bright wavelets of sunshine
chasing each other over the dear
old face. These she will leave
you one of these days. Timse
burdens if not lifted from her
shoulders will break her down.
Those rough, hard hands which
have done so many necessary
things for you will be crossed
upon her lifeless breast. Those
neglected lips which gave you
your first baby kiss will be for-
ever closed and these sad, tired
eyes will have appreciated your
mother but it will be too late.—
Selected.
A preacher at the conclusion
of one of his sermons said: “Let
all in th3 house who are paying
their debts stand.” Instantly
every man woman and child,
with one exception, rose to their
feet. The preacher seated them
and said: “Now every man not
paying his debts si and up.”
The exception noted a care worn,
hungry-1 ooking individual, cloth-
ed iu his last sumuiei’s suit,
slowly assume a perpendicular
position. “How is it my friend”
asked the minister, “that you
are the only man not to meet
his obligations?” ‘T run a news-
paper,” he meekly answered,
“and the brethern here who
stood up are my subscribers,
and-” “let us pray” exclaim-
ed the minister,—Exchange.
LAYING TRACK RABIDLY.
Corpus Christi, Tex., Dec. 20.—
Up to date fifteen miles of track
Kathleen, | have been laid on the St. Louis,
what a rosy, happy face to-day. | Brownsville & Mexico railroad
You look as if the dew inid kiss-j The work is progressing satis-
ed you.” Kathleen dropped her j factorily with a t rack laying
eyes and murmured: “ludade, ! machine at the rate ot two miles
uium, but that wasn't his per day. A new tr i k la cr s
name.” 1 expected.
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Gaffney, J. F. The Refugio Review. (Refugio, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 51, Ed. 1 Friday, December 25, 1903, newspaper, December 25, 1903; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth739095/m1/1/: accessed June 27, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Dennis M. O’Connor Public Library.