The Refugio Review. (Refugio, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 18, Ed. 1 Friday, April 24, 1903 Page: 4 of 4
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GEWUS IN CONVICT GARB.
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Msrsy Useful inventions Are Due to
the Invent!', eness of Criminals.
It not infrequently happens that
men immured behind iron bars in our
prisons give to the world inventions
whose value it would be difficult to
estimate. One of the most impor-
tant of recent minor inventions is
credited to the ingenuity of a convict
in the New Jersey ■ state prison—
Charles Filer. It is a blind lockstitch
sewing machine which will enable one
operator to do the work of many. The
device was invented by f iler while
he was at work in the clothing shop
of the prison. Outside capital was in-
terested in the machine and Filer re-
ceived as his reward a cash payment
af $5,000, a block of stock, his parole
and the promise of a position with
he company at a good salary.
Other convicts have figured in pat-
unt office reports as inventors. One
whose name is recalled was Melchior
Far car, who, while confined in a Hun-
garion penitentiary m 1892, devised
a mechanism for giving a man a clean
shave in twenty-live seconds. The ca
hie report assured vs that the gov-
ernor of the pen iter iary bad tested
the machine and <•'<?>• Jared it a suc-
cess, but what came of it is unknown.
A convict ef a mechanical turn of
mird is apt to find bis confinement
and his isolation from deterring iniiu-
ecoes most helpful in enabling him
feVf acquire greater facility. The exhi-
bition by the prison association of ar-
.iicies mad© by convicts' contained
specimens of high-oass work done be-
iuxui the prison bars. Among them
were an elaborate iron door grill, a
richly carved oak staircase, chairs,
■ : .--os, bar joes, cabinets, iron hod-
steads, plaster casts, etc. A piece of
f'oth woven at Auburn came in for
rho highest praise, Richard Barker, a
iiiv convict at Auburn, made a box
eut of 11,7T.y stup’ate pieces ot wood
vnich jvas|a'inavvei of skilful cabinet
work. It require"', a glass to see where
the d-iicrent fragments of wood were
hR ed together In the year 1885 the
goods manufactured by the convicts
of the state of* New York were valued
ox ye.23d,320.
H ouse-to-H:c use M i i! i n e ry.
A woman will never throw an old
a,, aside, or even give it. away, ‘as
iong as she believes there is a chance
ot making it over. She is ashamed
to send it to a millinery store; in fact,
s number ot. milliners discourage such
a. custom by charging prices quite out
of proportion with the work done. In
vsorae of the up-town residence dis-
tricts and in Brooklyn young women '
$<> from house to house restoring bril-
oancy to faded headgear at nominal
Hr ices. Some, of them, with a taste
for millinery, htoveffitrt tt-im a-regular.
V custom trade and have all the work
UiCy war:I: to do. In a few hours they
will transform an old hat or bonnet
into one that looks “as good as new.”
Oirls will hfjp along'The family in-
come im this way, where they can
-Tix-ose bh^.c :->,-,mers gn(] rjiep. time,
YkenypAtking v o iH persuade them to
•fork in a millmbry store or go be-
hind a counter,—New York Times.
EVENTS OF EVERYWHERE,
The expenses of th<§ legislature of
Oklahoma which recently adjourn' ,1
footed up $18,888.
The Bristow National bank of Bris-
tow', I. T., has been authorized with a
capital stock of $25,000.
Oklahoma will /send three military
companies to the dedication of the St.
Louis World’s Fair.
Mrs. Annie , Arnotte is in jail at
Guthrie, Ok., on a charge of having
violated the postal laws,
A passenger train on the Frisco neat
Oklahoma City was derailed. Charles
Brown of Kansas City wras severely
bruised.
While mounting his horse last Sat-
urday afternoon, Clyde Lightfoot of
DeLeon, lost, his hand by the accident-
al discharge of his gun.
The South Conche river is out of its
banks and hag washed away the abut-
ment, of the, water power company’s
dam at San Angelo. „
Mrs. Robert Fitzsimons, wife of the
former heavyweight pugilist, died Fri-
day at her home in Brooklyn. She be-
gan sinking the night: before:
The National park designed for Sul-
phur Spring, I. T„ will contain 62?
acres and will make Sulphur the most
beautiful town in the Southwest.
While riding on a delivery wagon at
Belton Wednesday, Jesse Whitman, 14
years okl, fell off and one of the wheels j
ran over his head, inflicting painful, j
though not serious .wounds.
The National Association of Mann- j
fachirers adjourned after a three days' j
session at New Orleans. A. M. Parry, j
the great buggy manufacturer was re- j
elected president.
Some of the people of Durant, I. T., J
interested in protecting the fish in the j
streams about Durant have organized !
against the dynamiters, and will wage
a war on this class of fishermen.
Quite a quantity of new strawberries
are going into Mineola every day. The
crop is fine, one of the finest ever
grown here. Shipments will begin in
earnest in a few' days.
The seventh annual convention of
the Square Bale Ginners’ Association
of Texas is called to convene in Bryan
Hall at 10 o’clock Thursday, May 5, in
the city of Houston.
Burton Parker, a sorter in the Chica- ,
go postoffice, was arrested Thursday
night on the charge of robbing the
mails. He confessed that he had been
opening letters and taking money from
them for several weeks.
Miss Gannon, Sec’y Detroit
Amateur Art Association, tells
young women what to do to
avoid pain and suffering caused
by female troubles.
“I can conscientiously recommend
Lydia E. Pinkliain’s Vegetable
Compound to those of mv sisters
suffering with female weakness and
the troubles which so often befall
women. I suffered for months with
general weakness and felt so weary
that I had hard work to keep up. I
had shooting pains and was utterly
miserable. In mv distress I was ad-
vised to use Lydia E. Flnkham’s
\ egretable Compound, and it was
a red letter day to me when I took the
first dose, for at that time my restora-
tion began. In six weeks I was a
changed woman, perfectly well' in
every respect. I felt so- elated and
happy that I want all women who
suffer to get well as I did.” — Miss
Guila Gannon, 359 Jones St,, Detroit,
Corresponding Sec’y Mich, Amateur
Art Association. $5000 forfeit If original of
above tetter proving genuineness cannot tie produced.
It is clearly shown in this
young lady’s letter that Lydia E.
Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound
will surely cure the sufferings of
women; and when one considers
that Miss Grannon’s letter is only
one of hundreds which we have, the
great virtue of Mrs. Pinkham’a. medi-
cine must he admitted by all,
HOUSTON PACKING COMPANY..
Packers and Jobbers of Beef and Pork
Products.
t Houston, Texas, April 13, 1903.
We are in the market regularly for
fat cattle of all kinds. We are also
In the market regularly offering the
manufactured product. We invite
your attention to some of the advan-
tages of this market; to. the shipper
of live stock, short haul, you sell di-
rect to the packer, cattle are weighed
immediately on arrival, no delay jn
making settlements, no commission,
no yardage, and as the market is near
at home you are not obliged to be
away from home more than one day
in marketing your cattle. To the buy
er of the manufactured product we
r
It is reported from St. Petersburg
that a perfect mine for the manufac-
ture of counterfeit money has. been
unearthed in the deepest recesses of
a forest belonging to the Countess
Ataxina, quite near the Russian capi-
tal.
Santos Dumont, the aeronaut,
seems determined to be “up in the
air ’ at all times. The furniture in
his house is built to exaggerated
heights, and when he sits in his- favor-
ite chair he is elevated about ten feet
from the floor.
The Tremont Temple church, Bos-
ton, recently extended a call to the
Rev. Clarence A. Barbour, D. D., of
Rochester, N. Y., to its vacant pastor-
ate, It was so nearly unanimous as to
be practically so.
The Rev, Albert Stroebele, the
American missionary at St. Andrew’s
island, off the coast, of Nicaragua, has
arrived in this country to observe
the twenty-fifth anniversary of his or-
dination as a priest.
FASTEN AGE MARKS.
Sick Kidneys make people look older than they are f hasten the evening '
days of life; fasten the marks of premature old age. The world over
Doan’s Kidney Pills Is the recognised Kidney Specific,
Aching backs are eased. Hip, back, and
loin pains overcome. Swelling of the
limbs and dropsy signs vanish.
They correct urine with brick dust sedi-
ment, high colored, excessive pain in pass-
ing, dribbling, frequency, bed wetting.
Doan’s Kidney Pills dissolve and remove
calculi and gravel. Relieve heart palpita-
tion, sleeplessness, headache, nervousness.
Cambxh, Wyoming.— Previous to taking
the sample of Doan’s Kidney Pills I could
scarcely hold aay urine. Now J can sleep ail
night and rarely have to get up, and that ach-
ing across my back a little above my hip*
gone.—-Isaac W. Stephens, Cambria, Wyo,
FREE—TO BETTER KIDNEY HEALTHv
The latest remedy for seasickness
is chloretone, a product of chloroform
and acetone. Five grain doses at
four hour intervals are said to control
the worst cases in very rough
weather.
Mother Gray’s Sweet 1‘owcler* for LIslMren,
Successfully used by Mother Gray, nursa
in the Children’s Home in New York, cure
Constipation, Feverishness, Bad Stomach,
Teething Disorders, move and regulate the
Bowels and Destroy W orma. Over 30,000 tes-
timonials. At all druggists, 2oe, Sample
FREE. Address A. 8. Olmsted, LeRoy, N. Y.
A recent count in Switzerland
snowed that there are- now in use in
that country 387 automobiles and 126
motorcycles.
flue Klean.Kool Kitchen Kind” of stoves
maKe noysmoke, smell, soot, ashes or ex-
cessive heat. Always look for trade mark.
The first Union flag was unfurled
on January 1, 1776, over the camp at
Cambridge.
rii>KKi°^A310?,‘San<lIndividuals wlioneed
reliable Detective Service Employ RS-eCanea
Detective Agency, Houston, Texas,
The phrase “single blessedness” was
coined by some anonymous married
man.
Salem, Mass., March 31, 19C3.—I received
the sample of Doan’s Kidney Pills, and with
the use of one more box from mv druggist I
am entirely cured of & very lame back.—W.
A. Cleveland.
Galesburg, III., March 30, 1903.—The sam-
ple of Doan’s Kidney Pills came to hand. I
also got one 50-cent !«* from our druggist,
and I am thankful to say the pain across the
small of my back disappeared like a snow
bank in hot sun. Doan’s Pills reach the spot.—
Elmer Wakfel.
Rose Glen, Pa., March 29, 1903'.—The free
trial of Doan’s Kidney Fills have been of great
benefit, to me. Since using them I have no oc-
casion to get up so often at night. My com-
plaiut affected the bladder more when catching-
cold.— Joshph Lepperal.
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Doan's
Kidney
fill?
: PotnrSR-Mii.BCAW Co., Buffalo, H. Y.
j Please send me by mail, without charge.
: trial box Doan’s Kidney Pills
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Brain and
Muscle
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MORPHINE, Whiskey habits cured in 20
cK. SLfXT SdbaSthpwV«*“IS
A woman thinks she is a good talk-
er when she is able to entertain her-
self.
Mother Was Satisfied.
During a Tittle flurry in- the senate
over''.an . -appointment, some New
Yorkers approached Senator Depew
and icnuirqd whether there was any-
thing serious in it.
“Hardly,” replied the senator. “It
makes me think, of an ojd woman
The had a son in the railroad busi-
ness. He left New York without let-
ting her know and disappeared en-
tirely. She was so very fond of him
that she called every day to find out
aboHi. him. Finally it aroused our
sympathy and we traced him to
South America, and found he had en-
listed in a regiment and was taking
-;art in a revolution. We told the old
lady ami she calmly replied:
" ‘So lie’s in a South Ameriky revo-
hdsqr, is l;e? Thank God for that!
**T'thought he might be rushing into
come danger.’ ”—New York Times.
Fil Live for the Living.
A new mound rose near the foothills,
And my heart was underneath;
My friends were good, for they strewed
it
D
With
bloi
ISOm and clinging wreath;
voice
i:-h borne on the stillness: v
“Tbov.!
jgfli
the way seem hard, be true;
: til
y life for the living,
As t..hi
sad have'lived for you.”
raised
m;
,• hand unto heaven
And a
r,U
■dge I made that day,
’he V;.
had shown me my duty
Harry Kennedy. Guthrie, Ok., aged:;
thirteen, was shot Wednesday night by
Wesley Herrington, a colored boy. Ken -
nedy died and Herrington was arrest- j
ed. It was the old story of not know- j
ing the gun tvas loaded.
Owing to the great rainfalls in the '
Laguna, Mexico, cotton district, plant-
ers expect to raise a crop amounting i
to approximately 3,000,000 this season, j
or about 50 per cent more cotton than j
was raised last year. .j
While Nell Pattison, who lived with,
a brother near Lake Creek, was out la -
the -woods hunting Thursday he- acci- I
dentally shot himself. The charge en- I
lered his side, resulting in his death at 1
2 o’clock next morning.’ The deceased
was a brother of State Senator James j
Pattison of Cooper.
Saturday a wreck occurred on the \
Frisco near Comanche. Several per-:!
sons were hurt. The train was load-
ed with stock. Nine cars were off the
track, hut little damage was done to
stock.
offer the inducement of low cash
prices and first class goods;.our hams
and bacon are as sweet as a nut and
go direct from our smoke houses to
the consumer. We offer a full line of
sausage, lard, dry salt and smoked
meat. To truck and berry growlers we
recommend our blood, bone and tank-
age fertilizer. We solicit your corre-
spondence.
HOUSTON PACKING CO.
Up in Oregon the students have a
hew method of hazing. In Lane coun-
ty they compelled the initiate to sit
with feet and legs in ice cold water
for au hour. Both legs had to be am-
putated.
TEXAS TO THE FRONT AGAIN.
We note from observation and inves-
tigation that Texas has another valu-
able resource of which she may well
be proud, a superior mineral water.
Mineral wrells of Palo Pinto County,
which has become so very popular of
recent years as a health resort, has
done so entirely through the many
cures effected by its medicinal waters,
Crazy Well water and Gibson Well
water. These two waters are to-day
being shipped all over the South, and’
literature about Mineral Wells, may be
had by writing to either the Gibson.
Well Co. or the Crazy Well. Water Co.
or both.
If you don’t get the biggest and
best it’s your own fault. Defiance
Starch is for sale everywhere and
there is positively nothing to equal
it in quality or quantity.
Women figure to advantage when
administering to a man who is illL
MoCANE’S DETECTIVE AGENCY,
Houston, Texas, tor trained and reliable de-
tective service.
1
•ml/
Russian journals declare that Japan
has sent spies and agitators in great
numbers to Manchuria.
You never hear any one complain
about “Defiance Starch.” There Is
none to equal it in quality and quan-
tity, 16 ounces, 10 cents. Try it new
and save your money.
pit shone on the way.)
the words of the promise,
constant guide shall be;
";y life for the living,
cad have lived for me.'’
since the. earth was created,
jy not for you and me?,
i the world that we live in
Such a glorious place, to be!
fake mine for your, life’s motto—
It will make you strong, and true;
md live your life for the living.
as the dead have lived for you.
And 1
these
Thn
“I’ll
live ;
As-
fhe c
lead
Liv.i
.id ti
if hey
mad
Diseases Known by Numbers.
Cu the larger city hospitals the
young doctors on the house staff anti
the visiting physicians never use the
nine or ten syllable words that they
■mploy iikmaking a report of a'clinic
for a medical journal or at a meeting
of the County.. Medical society. They
refer it> diphtheria as a case- of “dip"
iu sonfe. hospitals, and other' com-
plaints, such as typhoid fever or pneu-
monia, are abbreviated in the same
way, so that the physicians and nurses
understand them, even if relatives who
visit the patients do not. But in most
of the hospitals numbers ape substi-
tuted. for names. The visiting physi-
. cian is told that a patient is suffering
from a case of No. 1, No. 2, or No.
I, meaning thereby smallpox, typhoid
JWQS*, Off diphtheria, respectively. As
such they m ieML m
books.
While Pekin is not open to foreign
commerce, there are in it two Ger-
W. M. Joiner, at Hillsboro, was load- raan concerns which do a retail trade,
, , . : their principal lines being articles for
K'a s me sacks oi sorSbum seed on his daily use and provisions for the for-
wagon and a sack fell out of the'wagon eigners in that city.-
and his arm was caught under it and ' ---------——
broken between the wrist and elbow.
ft is difficult to convert a man uk
/ess you practice what you preach.
Oil has been struck near Newark,
Ohio, at a depth of 1200 feet.
George J. Gould, who has returned
from a trip over the Missouri Pacific-
and Wabash lines, is convinced that
the present era of prosperity that
the west is enjoying will continue for
at least another year.
Jim Williams was convicted in dis-
trict court at Greenville on a chai’ge of
assault to murder and given a two
years’ sentence in the penitentiary.
Williams was accused of assault to
murder Squire R. B. Long of Com-
merce.
Narcisse Gague, aged thirty-eight,
chile insane killed his wife at his
home in Holyoke, Mass., Sunday night
and cut his own throat. He is likely
to die. The man had recently been
acting strangely.
A. warrant fox the surrender to the
Mexican government of Dr. Charles S.
Karle, now held in arrest at El Paso,
Texas, on a charge of being an acces-
sory to a murder committed in Chi-
huahua, Mexico, was issued by the
state department at Washington.
Win. Vallance, the famous lightning
calculator who could do any sum in
mathematical calculation mentally
and with but an instant’s hesitation, is
dead, aged thirty years; the result of
mental strain.
To Cure a Cold In One aay .
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. AH’
druggists refund money if it fails to cure. 25c.
Finley Peter Dunne, the celebrated
“Mr. Dooley,” is said to have been
offered $40,000 a year to write <’ex-
(clusively for certain American pub-
lishers, Only a few years ago he
worked on a Chicago newspaper for
$12 a week.
Women like to be considered the
most serious part of man’s thoughts.
Defiance Starch is put up 16 ounces
in a package, 10 cents. One-third
more starch for the same money..
There is a place for everything, hut
few people have access to the index.
Now somebody is asking, “Which
makes the better husband, puritan or
penitent?” Oh, any old thing,, as^ long
as it’s got a bank account.
MXlTA'VITA
THE GREAT WHEAT AND MALT FOGS
Flaked, Cooked and Ready to Serve.
It is the Original Malted, Flaked and Toasted Wheat
hood Manufactured under Letters Patent.
Beware of Half-Cooked, Starchy Imitations.
Remember that our process of malting converts, the. starch of the wheat
into maltose, or natural sugar, thereby pre-digesting the food which can be
readily assimilated by the most delicate stomachs,
M ALTA-YIT A meets every requirement of science and hygiene both
m its substance and in the process of its manufacture;. It is; an ideal food, in
every respect. It furnishes a greater amount of nourishment than any other
cereal food and is destined to become indispensable in- every household.
Insist on getting the Genuine, no matter what unscrup-
ulous dealers may say.
FOR SALE BY ALL GOOD' G'RDGERS,
MALTA-V1TA PURE FOOD COMPANY
TORONTO, CANADA BATTLE CREEK. HICH.
February is the month for pressing-
olive in Spain. The oil product of
1902 is estimated at. about 12,789,000
gallons.
■ Just the .same as ever
St. Jacobs Oi!
continues to be the sure cure of
Rheumatism
si Neuralgia
Peiee, 25c. and 50c.
At
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fes
*ev£ra££^aace
The>-atio„.
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WEAR
ffi. & m. HFG. CO.
W. St. U. HOUSTON, NO. 17-1903
the best rubber collar;
M.; liberal terms; excli;
rltory. Send stamp for catalog.
1st Street, Springfield, Hass.
TAYI ftP,IJ-,Cherokee Remedy of Sweet Gum and Mullein
U«C till Lilli 0 Coughs, Colds, LaGrippe.£
nature’s Great
for
Farmer Fredricks:
" Weil, there she is, tell
safe and sound; wem-
der if I got what, [
ordered.”
Who pays the freight?
Xow is the Time to Think
»bnut Mo Tiers. Kay Rakes and Feeders. Sickle Sharp-
en -is, L -Y Carriers and Suckers, Waterproof Can.
Covers for Haystacks. Implements, etc.. Wagons. Ca
I>oa’t wait until the last ir.inu
vers 1
is. Groceries-,
-!.!Uv what you will need sooi
you will tel! us what you want to buy we will send yeu a
spcci-A catalogue on that article or articles free of charge.
eras
Thv
on, and write us TODA^i
it to buy we will send '
to-. „
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You do and always will. Every article brought into your
town has had the freight on it paid by somebody so if you
don’t pay it who does ? Goods sent “prepaid” or sold in your
home town have the freight charges and a profit on the
same included in the price to you. When you buy your sup*
plies from us you pay but one small profit We save you
the profits of the agent, jobber and dealer. You pay the
freight and get the lowest rates%
SEND FOR CATALOGUE No. 7t
Containing /too /rages with pictures eusd wholesale prices on practically every,
thing you eat, wear or use. Send rsc to partly pay postage <the bock itself Is free.)
Write name and address on slip at
the right and send to us today. '
Watch this space next month and see
if Farmer Fredricks was disappointed.
Montgomery Ward Sr Co. H&frt Chicago
CUT OUT THIS COUPON
Send for Catalogue TODAY and save money on your supplies.
Montgomery ipard fr Co., Chicago,
Kudosed hr.d 15 cents, for which please send cs# Catalogue No. 71
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