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[VOLUME IV.
PALACIOS, TEXAS, FRIDAY, JANUARY 12, 1912
NUMBER 2
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JPy Cyrus Townsend'Brady
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CHAPTER I.
i
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The Younq Lady From Philadelphia.
Miss Enid Maitland was a highly
specialized product of the far east. I
say far, viewing Colorado as a point
of departure, not aB identifying her
with the orient. The classic shades
of Br£n Mawr had been the "Groves
of Academus where with old Plato
she had walked.” Incidentally during
her completion of the exhaustive cur-
riculum of that justly famous institu-
tion ohu liOu aCQuacu at icaoi a uun-
ing acquaintance with other masters
of the mind. >
Nor had the physical in her educa-
tion been sacrificed to the mental. In
her at least the mens sana and the
t corpore sano were alike in evidence.
- She had ridden to hounds many times
on the anise-scented trail of the West
Chester Hunt! Exciting tennis and
leisurely golf had engaged her atten-
tion on the courts and greens of the
Mericm Cricket club. She had buffeted
"Uid Ocean’s gray and melancholy
waste” on the beach at Cape May and
at Atlantic City.
Spiritually she was a devoted mem-
ber of the Episcopal church, of the
variety that abhors the word “Protes-
ant” in connection therewith. Alto-
gether she reflected great credit upon
her pastors and masters spiritual and
temporal and her up bringing in the
three departments of life left lfttle to
be desired.
Upou her graduation she had been
st. nrre renalviail unit neplnlmo/l hy the
“Assembly Set” of Philadelphia, to
which indeed she belonged unques-
tioned by right of btrfh and position—
.there was no other power under
avert by which she could have ef-
ted entrance -therein, at least
t is what tho outs thought
his brother and the one ewe lamb of
his brother’s flock, to-wit, the afore-
mentioned Enid. He had been struck,
as everybody was, by the splendid
personality of the girl and had striven
earnestly to disabuse her mind of the
prevalent Idea that there was nothing
much worth while on the continent
beyond the Allegheny except scenery.
“What you need. Enid, is a ride
across the plains, a sight of real moun-
tains, beside which these little foot-
hills in Pennsylvania that people back
here MW U1UVU VI XVUiUU b I/O
noticed. You want to get some of the
spirited, glorious freedom of the west
into your conservative straight-laced
little body.”
“In my day, Robert,” reprovingly re-
marked his brother, Enid’s father,
"freedom was the last thing a young
lady gently born and delicately
nurtured would have coveted.”
"Your day Is passed, Steve,” re-
turned the younger Maitland with
shocking carelessness. “Freedom is
what every woman desires now, espe-
cially when she is married. You are
not In love with anybody, are you,
Enid?”
“With not a soul.” frankly replied
tbe girl, greatly amused at the col-
loquy between the two men, who,
though mothered by the same woman,
were as dissimilar as—what shall I
say, the east is from the west? Let
it go at that).
“That’B all right,” said her uncle,
relieved apparently. "I will take you
out west and Introduce you to some
reai men ana—"
"If I thought It possible,” Interposed
which it is not well to cross. To per-
mit any intermixtures of er—race
or—”
“The people out there are white,
Steve," interrupted his brother sar-
donically. "I wasn’t contemplating in-
troducing Enid here to Chinese, or
negroes, or Indians, or
Enid. "Always excepting the su-
premacy of woman,” he addod.
“How fascinating,” exclaimed the
girl. “I want to go there right away.”
And this was the train of events
which wrought tho change. Behold
the young lady astride of a horse for
the first time in her life in a divided
“Don’t you see,” said Mr. Stephen 1 sk,rt- that fash,on prevalent elsewhere
but as Stephen
I don’t blame
my daughter," with a perceptible em-
phasis on the "my,” as if he and not
the daughter were the principal being
,, J . , __ under consideration, “should ever so
that most exclusive circle. The fap foPget what belongs t0 her station
home of the Mainlands over- in „f0 and hcr famlly as to aUow b6r
king Rittenhouse Square had affect!ops to become engaged by any-
one who. from hia hirth and upbring-
ing in the er—oh—unlicensed atmos-
phere of the western country would
be persona non grata to dignified so-
ciety of this ancient city and—”
“Nonsense,” interrupted tho young-
er brother bluntly. “You have lived
_ . here^wrapped up in yourselves and
loanee such golden madness. During your dlixky little town s0 long that
the scene of her debut. In
^tne renned and decorous galtles of
^ladelphia’s ultra-fastidious society
H' had participated. She had even
ldked upon money standardized New
14'k in its delirium of extravagance,
Jleast In so far as a sedate and well-
ijrn Philadelphia family could coun-
1
Jyfk,
year she had ranged like a con-
fer—pardon the masculine appella-
i—between Palm Beach in the
th and Bar Harbor in the north.
;ladelphia was proud of her, and
was not unknown in those un-
^junate parts of the United States
"4ch lay without,
l all this she had remained a frank,
unspoiled young woman. Life
,3 full of zest for her, and she en-
£efl it with the most un-Pennsylva-
ian enthusiasm. , '
The second summer after her com-
ing out found her in Colorado. Robert
Maitland was one of the Mg men of
the west. He had departed from Phil-
adelphia at an early age and had set-
tled in Colorado while it was still in
the formative reriod. There he had
grown up with the state. The Phil-
adelphia Maitlands could never under-
stand it or explain it. Bob Maitland
must have been, they argued, a rever-
sion to an ancient type, a throwback
to some robber baron iong antecedent
to William Penn. And the speculation
was true. The blood of some lawless
adventurer of the past, discreetly for-
got by the conservative section of the
family, bubbled in his veins unchecked
by the repressive atmosphere of his
home and immediate environment.
He had thoroughly identified him-
self with his new surroundings and
l|had plunged Into all the activities of
tW^west. During one period of hlB
life he had actually served as sheriff
of one of the border counties, and It
was a rapid “bad man” indeed, who
enjoyed any advantage over him when
It came to drawing his “gun." , His
skill and daring had been unques-
tioned, he had made a name for him-
self which still abides, especially in
the mountains where things yet re-
mained almost as ifrimltive as they
bad been from the beginning.
His fame had been accompanied by
fortune, too; the cattle upon a thou-
sand hills were his, the treasures of
mines of fabulous richness were at
his command. He lived in Denver in
one of the greatest of tho bonanza
palaceB on ths hills of that city, con-
fronting the snow-capped mountain
range. For the rest he held stock In
all sorts of corporations, was a di-
rector in numerous concerns and so
on-jtthe reader can sup|gf.J&e usual
catflwue, they are all
mar late in life and
little girls and
tn Biixteen and the yi
-\ ffl 01*1 Iftf wtilaV
-imetfl infrequent
Renewed bis
mental asphyxiation is threatening
you.”
"I will thanl^you, Robert,” said his
brother with something approaching
the manner in which he would havs
repelled a blasphemy, “not to refer to
Philadelphia as—er—what was your
most extraordinary word?”
“ ‘Dinky,’ if my recollection serves.”
"Ah, precisely. I am not sure as
to the meaning of the term, but I
conceive It to be something opprobri-
ous. You can say whp,t you like about
me and mine, but of Philadelphia, no.”
“Oh, the town’s right enough,” re-
turned his brother, not at all im-
pressed. “I'm talking about people
now. There are just as fine men and
women In the west aB in New York or
Philadelphia.”
“I am sure you don’t mean to be
offensive, Robert, but really the asso-
SSSJ.
'“Your Day Ha* Pasted, Steve,” Re-
turned the Younger Maitland.
elation of ideas in your mention of us
with that common and vulgar New
York is er—un—pleasant,” fairly shud-
dered the elder Maitland.
• “I’m only urging you to recognize
the quality of the western people. I
dare say they are of a liner typo than
the average here.”
"From your standpoint, no doubt,”
continued his brother severely and
somewhat wearily as if the matter
were not worth all this argument. “All
that I want of them Is that they Btay
T, Cwl. »’ ..V. 1 U iuvf UUIUUB U—U UUI.
strive to mingle with the east; there
13 a barrier between us and them
Maitland, stubbornly waving aside
this sarcastic and irrelevant com-
ment, “from your very conversation
the vast gulf that there is between
you and me? Although you had every
advantage In life that birth can give
you, we are—I mean ycu have changed
so greatly,” he had quickly added,
loathe to offend.
But he mistook the light in his
brother's eyes; it web a twinkle, noj a
flash. Robert Maitland laughed,
laughed with what his brother con-
ceived to be indecorous bolsterous-
ness.
“How little you know of the bone
and sinew of this country, Steve," he
exclaimed presently. Robert Maitland
could not comprehend how it irritated
his stately brother to be called
"Steve.” Nobody ever spoke of him
Maitland. “But Lord,
you,”' continued the
westerner. “Any man whose wioinn in
barred by a foothill couldn’t be ex-
pected to know much of the main
range and what’s beyond.”
“There Isn't any uausei ul my fail-
ing In love with anybody," said Enid
at last, with all the confidence of two
triumphant social seasons. ”1 think 1
must be immune even to dukes,” she
said gaily.
"I referred to worthy young Amer-
icans of—” began her father who, to
do him justice, was so satisfied with
his own position that no foreign title
dazzled him in the least degree.
"Rittenhouse Square,” cut in Rob-
ert Maitland with amused sarcasm.
“Well, Enid, you seem to have run
the gamut of the east pretty thor-
oughly; come out and spend the sum-
mer with me In Colorado. My Denver
house is open to von; we have « ranch
amid the foothills, or if you are game
we can break away from civilization
entirely and find some unexplored, un-
known canon in tho heart oT the moun-
tains and camp there. We’ll get back
to nature, which seems to be impos-
sible in Philadelphia, and you will see
things and learn things that you will
never see or learn anywhere else. It’ll
do ycu good, too; from wnat l near,
you have been going the pace and
those cheeks of’yours are a little too
not having been accepted by tho best
equestrienne* of Philadelphia. She
was riding ahead of a lumbering moun-
tain wagon surrounded by other .'id-
wagon and out of sight of those others
of the parly who had elected to go a
horseback. There wbb perhaps a tacit
agreement among the latter not to
break in uron this growing friendship,
or, more frankly, not to interfere In a
developing love affair..
The canon broadened here and
there at long intervals and ranch i
houses were found in every clearin'?,
but these were few and far between
and for the most part Armstrong and
Enid Maitland rode practically alone
:: SUGGESTIVE QUESTIONS ii
Mr. Stephen Maitlant In his most ------- -------------- -----
austere and dlgnifled raap.nen, *’that.5j pate £op-ta. y<m-4i#afe-
too tired under the eyes for youth and
beauty.”
"I believe I am not very fit,” said
the girl, “and if father will permit-
“Of course, of course," said Stephen
Maitland, “you are your own mistress
anyway, and - having no mother—1
Enid’s mother had died in her in-
fancy—“I suppose that I could not In-
terfere or object If I wished to, but
no marrying or giving in marriage.
Remember that."
“Nonsense, father," answered the
young woman lightly “I am not anx-
ious to assume the bonds of wed-
lock.”
“Well, that settles it,” said Robert
Maitland. "We’ll give you a royal
good time. I must run up to New
York and Boston for a few days, but
I shall ba back in a week and I can
pick you up then.
“What is the house In Denver; is it
er—may I ask, provided with all mod-
ern conveniences and—” began the
elder Maitland nervously.
Robert Maitland laughed.
* “What, do you take us for, Steve;
do you ever read the western news-
papers?”
“I confess that X have not given
much thought to the west since I
studied geography and—the Philadel-
phia papers have been thought suffi-
cient for the famlly since—'
“Good Lord,” exclaimed Maitland.
“The house cost half a million dol-
lars, If y6u must know it, and If there
is anything* that modern science can
contribute to comfort and luxury that
Isn’t in It, I don’t know what it iB.
Shall It be the house in Denver, or
the ranch, or a reai camp in tbe
wilds, Enid?”
"First th3 house in Denver,” said
Enid, "and then the ranch and then
the mountains."
“Right-0; that shall be the pro-
gram.
“Will my daughter’s life be perfect-
ly safe from the cowboys, Indians and
desperadoes?"
“Quite safe,” answered Robert, with
deep gravity. “The cowboys no longer
shoot up tho city and it has been years
since tho Indians have held up even
a trolley car. The only real desperado
in my acquaintance is the mildest gen-
tle old stage driver In the west.”
“Do you keep up an acquaintance
with men of that class still?” aBked
his brother In great surprise.
“You know I was sheriff In a bor-
der county for a number of years
and—'
“But you must surely have with-
drawn from afl such society now.”
"Out weft,” said Robert Maltlqpd,
“when we know a man and like him,
when we have slept by him on the
plains, ridden with him through the
mountains, fought with him against
some border terror, Borne bad man
thirsting to kill, we don’t forget him,
we don’t cut his acquaintance, and it
doesn’t make any difference whether
the one or the other of us Is rich or
poor. I have friends who can’t frame
a grammatical sentence, who habitual-
ly eat with their kniveB, yet who are
auBuiui.eij' ueruieu to me and i to
them.* The man is the thing out
there." lie smiled and turned to
ers, which was loaded with baggage, gave for the passago of an occasional
drawn by four Bturdy broncos and fob j lumber wagon
lowed by a*iumber of obstinate little1
burros at present unincumbered with j
packs which would be used when they
got further from civilization and the
way was no longer nracMcable for any.
thing on wheels.
Miss Enid Maitland was clad in a
way that would have caused her father
a stroke of apoplexy if he could iiavt
been suddenly made aware of hor
dress, if she had burst into the draw-
ing-room without announcement, for
instance. Her skirt was distinctly
short, she wore heavy bob-nailed shoes
that laced up to hcr knees, she had
on a bright blue sweater, a kind of a
cap known as a tan -o-shanter was
pinned above her glorious hair, which
was closely braiUeu and wound
around her head. She wore a silk
handkerchief loosely Med around her
neck, a knife and revolver hung at
her belt, a little watch was strapped
to one wrist, a handsomely braided
quirt dangled from the other, a pair
of spurs adorned her heels and most
discomposing fact of all, by her side
rode a handsome and dashing cava-
lien
How Mr. James Armstrong might
have appeared In the conventional
black and white of evening clothes
was not quite clear to her, for she
had as yet never behold him In that
obliterating raiment, hut In the ImbUT
of the west, riding trouserB, heavy
boots that laced to the knees, blue
shirt, his head covered by a noble
“Stetson,” mounted on the firy restive
bioncho which he roue to perfection.
“You can’t think," began the man,
as they drew rein after a splendid
gallop and the somewhat tired horseB
readily subsided into a walk, “how I
hate to go back and leave you.”
“And you can’t think how loath I am
to have you return,” the girl flashed
out at him with a sidelong glance from
her bright blue eyes and a twitching
smile from her Bcarlet llpB.
“Enid Maitland,” said the man,
“you know I just worship you. I’d
like to sweep you out of your saddle,
lift you to the bow of mine and ride
away with you, I can t keep my hands
off you, I—’’
(TO BE CONTINUED)
QUIT! PRODUCE GROWERS
I DEPARTMENT
CINDUCTED BY AND FOR THE
PALACIOS FRUIT i PRODUCE GROWERS ASSOCIATION
13^
Mr. James Armstrong Was Desperate-
ly In Love With Enid Maltlantl.
he was ideal. Alas for the vanity of
human proposition! Mr. James Arm-
strong, friend and protege these many
years of Mr. Robert Maitland, mine
owner and cattle man on a much
smaller scale than his older friend,
was desperately in love with Enid
Maitland, and Enid,, swept off her foet
by a wooing which began with pre-
cipitant ardor so soon as he laid eyes
on her, was more profoundly moved
by his suit, or pursuit, than she could
have imagined.
Omne ignotum pre magnifleo!
She had been wooed in the conven-
tional fashion many times and oft on
the sands of Palm Beach, along the
cliffs of Newport, in tho romantic glens
of Mount Desert, in the old-fashioned
drawing-room overlooking Rittenhouse
Square. She had been proposed to in
motor cars, on the decks of yachts
and once even while riding to hounds,
but there had been a touch of same-
ness about it all. Never had she been
made love to with the headlong gal-
lantry, with the dashing precipitation
of tho west. It had swept hcr from
her moorings. She found almost be-
fore she was aware of It that her past
experience now Btood her in little
stead. She awoke to a sudden realiza-
tion of the fact that she was practical-
ly pledged t.o James Armstrong after
an acquaintance of three weeks in
Denver and on the ranch.
Business of the most important
and critical nature demanded Arm-
strong’s presence east at this juncture,
and will-he-nill-be there was no way
he could put off his departure ionger.
He had to leavel the girl with an un-
easy conscience that, though he had
her half way promise, he had her but
half way won. jila had snatched the
ultimate day ftom hla business de-
mand to ride with her on the first
stage of her journey to the mountains.
CH|APT£R II.
The Game Played in the Usual Way.
The road on which they advanced
into the mouiitainB was well made
and well kept up. The canon through
the foothills yas not very docp—for
Colorado—and the aue*»& was goalie.
Naturally it wbund in every direction,
following the deviouB course of the
river, which il frequently crossed from
one cide to the other on rude log
bridges. A brl Ik gallop of half 4 nolle
or so on a convenient stretch of com-
paratively level going put the two in
the leAd far a|read of tha lumbering
Farmers Association Meeting
Last Friday.
Jan. 3, 1912.
The meeting was opened and
called to order by president E. C.
Bovd. who briefly stated the object
of the meeting.
Minutes of the previous meeting
were then read and approved.
The cucumber question was taken
up for discussion. It was found that
several members present bad made
good money last year out of this*
•crop, even after paying the heavy
express charges. A canvas as to
the number of acres each cue would
pledge to plant among the mem-
bers present rooted lo acres, it ie
hoped, that this uUmber will at least
‘ e rais$4Jo4^^-^
45 acres. It was found best to bold
another meeting in two weeks to
gain time to work up tbe sentiment
and continue the canvas, and also to
agree on the variety to plant and for
what purposes, either for pickling
or sheers.
A letter from State Commissioner
of Agriculture Kone was read urg-
iag the farmers to keep up the In-
stitute, promising all the assistance
the State fund would allow in furn-
ishing lecturers and agricultural
bulletins.
The corn growing content was
then given consideration. Tbe pres-
ident, Mr. LaRosh, Mr. Hatcher,
Mr. Solem, Mr. Chris. Johnson and
others all Bpoke highly in favor or
such a contest. The President ap-
pointed a committee of three to draw
up rules and regulations governing
the contest, to report immediately
after the meeting to the secretary.
Mr. Hensel addressed the meet-
ing in behalf of Mr. Sisson in regard
to handling the watermelon crop next
season, assuring the farmers the
best possible prices. Mr. Hensel
expects to attend to tbe selling at
the other end of the line and,* ex-
pects to leave for the north some-
time in May to look up the markets
and make arrangements for the best
shipping facilities. One hundred
and fifty acres of melons have been
pledged so far, and parties desiring
to plant watermelons should see Mr.
Sisson at once and make arrange-
ments for seed at wholesale prices.
The committee appointed for the
corn contest reported, making tbe
following general rules: The
amount planted shall be not less
than one acre in the natural trade
territory o f. Palacios, from a
line east and weBt seven miles north
of Palacios, and from the Tres Pa-
lacios river west to Carancahua bay,
including all territory south to Mat-
agorda bay. Prizes will be given
for the largest yield at the minimum
cost of production. A full report
will be required as to methods of
planting and cultivation. Contest-
ants should report at the next meet-
ing which will be held on Jan 20 iu
the Hill hall at 2:30 o’clock prompt.
Q. J. Backen, Secretary.
| pflj Alias. I
Pleurisy pains are located just be-
low the short ribs. Lumbago affects
tho same region but toward tbe back.
BALLARD’S SNOW LINIMENT is
the remedy in either case. If rubbed
in thoroughly it eases pain, relaxes
the muscles and the patieht can move
about lreeiy and comfortably. Price
26, 60c. and 01.00 per bottle, Sold by
Palacios Drug Company.
On the Sunday School Les-
son by Rev. Dr. Linscott
for the International Press
Bible Question Club. : ; : :
Jan. 21st, 1912.
(Copyright, 1010. by Rev. '1. S. f.inscott. 13.U.)
The Birth of Jesus. Luke H: 1-20.
Golden Text—For unto you Is bora
this day in the city of David a Savi-
our, which is Christ the Lord. Luke
ii: 11.
(1.) Verses 1-2—Wh' were Caesar
Augustus, and Cyreniua?
(2.) Verses 3-4—What was the polit-
ical or national status of the Jews at
thiB time?
(3.) Judah had neither kina nor
law-giver at this time; what prophecy
is these which intimates that Messiah
was to be born under such conditions?
(4.) Why was Bethlehem called the
city of David, and what does the
name of the city signify?
(5.) Verses 5-6—What would be a
rorrect designation of a man who does
not willingly pay his taxes?
(6.) Why were Joseph and Mary
not to bo censured, for travelling
fihroad ov oii^h o mCIUCHtOllS Ulld
critical time?
(7.) Verse 7—Do we need to do any-
thing special, except doing our every
day duty, to help God bring to pass at
the exact time and place whatever he
has planned for us? Givo your rea-
sons.
(8.) Why was it the plan of God
that Jesus should be boru tn Bethle-
hem In a stable, and cradled la a man-
ger?
(9.) Does God have more interest
in the masses or the classes, that
Is In the poor or the rich?
(10.) How do you account for it
that no person gave up his room in
the inn, and that no private citizen
offered hospitality to a woman of
such respectability, in such a serious
condition?
(11.) Verses 8-10 — Which method
assures us of the more Divine revela-
tions and why, specifically seeking
them, or devoutly attending to our
every day duties?
(12.)' May any godly person in these
days ever expect, to ua yaattfra by an
V * ■ -
*BgelT rfrfr
ernattuH_
ing God ?
(14.) Verses 11-12—Why was the
birth of Jesus good tidings to the
shepherds and to all men?
(15.) Does wealth, or social posi-
tion, or education, make people more
ieiiuuive iu the supernatural, than the
opposites of these things?
(16.) Verses 13-14—Did this host of
angels come at this moment, or were
they already there and the eyes of
the shepherds “suddenly" opened, and
their ears attuned, to see and hear
them?
(17.) What if any reason is there to
believe that we are constantly sur-
rounded with a host of angels?
(18.) Verses 15-16—How much hurt
or help would tl)is revelation have
been to the shepherds, If they had
gone to Bethlehem to see for them-
selves?
(19.) Verses,17-18—How much obli-
gation rests upon Christians, to make
Jesus known to the world?
(20.) Verses 19-20—How is it that
when we find out the facts concerning
Jesus, that our hearts are so mightily
stirred? (This is one of the questions
that may be answered In writing by
members of the club.)
Lesson for Sunday, Jan. 28th, 1912
The Presentation in the Temple. Luke
11:22-33.
W. C. T, U. DEPARTMENT.
Supplied by Palacios W. 0. T. U.
The ladies of the W. C. T. U. Will
meet at the home of Mrs. A. L.
Feather, Jan. 17 at 2:30, Come
and hear a good program.
Our State President will work in
our district from Jan. 25th tn March
10th, and as she promised at the
state convention to visit Palacios
this year, wo shall expect her some-
time between the above daces.
■sCorne to the next meeting and help
prepare for her coming.
Balancing Accounts.
A thick-set, ugly-looking fellow
was seated on a bench in the public
park, and seemed to be reading some
writing on a sheet of paper which
he held in his hand.
“You seem lobe much, interested
in your writing,” I said.
“Yes; I’ve been figuring my ac-
count with Old Aicohoi, io see boyy
we stand.” ‘ . - . " ' t
“And he comes out alkead, I sup-.
•• s
“Every time, and'he has lied lika
t — 4 4 4 A-/j 1
oiaiy«
“How did you Come to have deal-
ings with him, in the first place?”
“That’s what I’ve been writing.
You see, he promised to make a
inan of me, but he made me a beast.
Then he said he would brace me up,
but he has made me go staggering
around and threw me into the ditch.
He said I must drink to be social.
Then he made me qusirrel with my ^
best friends, and to be the laughing
stock of iuy enemies. He gave me
a black eye and a broken nose.
Then I drank for the good of my
health. H.,? ruined the little I had,
and left me sick as a dog.”
“Of course.”
“He said he would warm me up,
and I was soon r*early frozen to
deatn. ; He said he would steady ray
nerves,^ but instead he gave me
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Beautifying Palacios.
Tree planting is now the order of
the day in Palacios. Since the stock
law became operative many citizens
arq planting shade and ornamental
trees along the streets in front of
their residences. Many others have
ordered trees, and more will soon
place orders for them, and by early
spring the streets in the principal
residence districts will be lined with
shade trees. The season could not
be better than it is now, with the
good soaking the soil got from the
recent rains the newly trees planted
will make a remarkable growth dur-
ing the summer, and the city wilj
show a wonderful transformation by
nextfall. There may be some prop-
erty owners who have not vet arrang-
ed co plant trees in front of their
properties. If there be such the Bea-
conurges that they do not let this
fine time for planting pass without
putting out a few trees. There will
never be a better time than now for
planting. Let everybody join in the
good work, and let us make Pala-
cios “the city beautiful” by the sea.
To prevent pneumonia, % cold set-
tled In the lungB should he attended
to at once. Ppt a HERBICF S RED
PEPPER POROUS PLASTER on the
chest, and lake BALLARD’S HORE-
HOUND SVRUP internally, It's a
winning combination. Buy the dollar
aixe llureiiounu Syrup; you get, a por-
ous plaster free with each bottle. Sold
by
Palacios Drug. Company.
me helpless.”
“To be sure.”
“He promised me courage.”
“Then what followed.”
“Then he made me a coward, Ioi\J
I beat my sick wife and kicked my
little child. He said he would
brighten my wits, but instead he
made me act like a fool, and talk
like an idiot. He promised to make
a geutleman of me, but made me a *
tramp.”—Temperance Advocate.
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Dunbar Dots.
C. B. Viets and O. A. Ellis returned
from Pay City Friday where they have
been serving as jurors.
S. A. Nail’s have moved on R. T.
Phillips farm for the coming season.
While Lonnie Nail was chopping
wood at the school house Monday the
ax accidentally slipped and cut his
foot but did not prove serious.
One of 0. B. Viet's horses accident-
ally got his head caught under the
manger and died from the effects.
J. E. Raulerson and family, R. A.
Snedaker and family ate a delicious
dinner at S. A. Nail’s Sunday.
Wili Danuels moved Saturday and
Monday across the river on tho place
where Mr. Green formerly lived.
W. E. DeBolt and C. W. went to
Bay City Monday.
R. A. Snedaker"’ and son Warren,
took a load of cotton to Paiacios Sat-
urday. They had to face a norther
coming home and said the diHtaneo
seemed hs though Palacios had been
blown ten miles farther south.
On account of bad weather Itev.
Israel did not fill his appointment
Sunday.
Friday tho Thirteenth.
Some superstitions die hard. If in-
deed they are dying at all. Twice this
year the thirteenth day of the month
has fallen on a Friday. It Is Impossi-
ble not to connect this combination
with certain observation* made lu Bar-
fs ami London.
On Friday, Oct. 13, there were no
marriages in I’arla, and a reference to
three London papers, the Times, (he
Morning Post and the Globe, shows
that none was recorded on that date,
and u wedding is hardly a wedding if
it is not put on record in the Morning
Post und the Times.
In France tbe effect of Fridny, the
13Lh. was even more widespread.
Thousands of French people must
have abstained from traveling. Tho
receipts of the General Omnibus com-
pany iu Pnfls showed a shrinkage of
10.000 franca, or $2,000. The Midi
Railway company suffered to the ex-
tent of 15,01)0 frnflca. while the Wagons
Llts fell 12,000 frunc3.—New York Sun.
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