The Free Lance. (Cleburne, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 9, Ed. 1 Wednesday, July 20, 1887 Page: 2 of 4
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The Tomato*
E. P. Roe In Harper’s Magazine.
The tomato has a curious history.
Native of South America, like the po-
tato, it is said to have been introduced
into England as early as 1596. Many
years elasped before it was used as
food, and the botanical name given
to it was significant of the estimation
in which it was held by our forefathers.
It was called “Lycopersicum,” a com-
pound term meaning wolf and peach,
indicating that, notwithstanding its
beauty, it was regarded as as a sort
of “Dead sea fruit.” The Italians first
dared to use it freely, the French fol-
lowed and after eyeing it askance
as a novelty for unknown years, John
Bull ventured to taste, and having,
survived, began so eat with increasing
gusto. To our grandmothers in this
land the ruby fruit was given
as “love apples,” and adorn-
ing old bureaus, were devoured by
dreamy eyes long before canning
factories were within the ken of even
a yankee’s vision. Now, tomatoes
vie with the potatoe as a general ar-
vicle of food, and one can scarcely
bisit a quarter of the globe so remote
hut he will find that the tomato can
tas been there before him. Its cul-
ture is so easy that one year I had
bushels of the finest fruit from
plants that grew here and there
by chance. Skill is required on-
ly in producing an early crop, and to
secure this end the earlier the plants
are started in spring the better. Those
who have glass will have no difficnlty
whatever. The seed may be sown in
a greenhouse as early as January,
and the plants potted when three in-
ches high, transferred to larger pots
from time to time as they
grow, and by the middle of May
put into the open ground, full of blos-
soms and immature fruit. Indeed,
plants started early in the fall will
give in a greenhouse a good supply all
winter. They also grow readily in
hot-beds, cold frames and sunny win-
dows. We usually can buy well for-
warded plants from those who raise
them for sale. If these are set out
early in May on a sunny slope, they
mature rapidly, and give an early
yield. The tomato is very sensitive
to frost, and should not be in the
open ground before danger from it is
over. Throughout May we may find
plants for sale everywhere. If we de-
sire to try distinct kinds with the
least trouble, we can sow the seed
about May 1, and in our climate en-
joy an abundant yield in September
or before. In the cool, humid climate
of England the tomato is usually
grown en espalier,like the peach along
sunny walls and fences, receiving as
careful a summer pruning asthegrape-
vine. With us they are usually left to
sprawl over the ground at will. By
training the vines over various kinds
of supports, however, they can be
made as ornamental as they are use-
ful. The ground on which they grow
should be only moderately fertile, or
else there is too great a growth of vine
at the expense of fruit. This is espe
dally true if we wish an-early yield,
and in this case the wannest, driest
soil is necessary
But comparatively a tew years ago
the tomato consisted of little more
than a rind with seeds in the hollow
centre. Now the only varieties worth
SAYED
BY A
WONDERFUL
SURGERY.
PIECE OF
A Man Who Was Found More Dead Than
Alive, With Both Arms, Thigh Bones and
Seven Ribs Broken and Elis Skull Badly-
Fractured.
Says a New York special to The Cin-
cinnati Enquirer: Thomas McGuire, the
foreman of the night-sliaft. Shaft Two,of
the new Croton Aqueduct, is a patient
at the Bellevue Hospital. He met with
a terrible accident several months ago.
He was coming up in the iron cage,
and had got within arfew feet of the
top of the shaft when the cable snapped
and he fell to the bottom, a distance
of about ninety feet. Some men were
standing in a niche in the wall fixing
some crib work, and heard the crash.
William Hopper jumped upon the scaf-
folding in the hope that he might stop
the foreman’s flight if he should hit
the scaffold. McGuire struck the
scaffold, and in the rebound carried
Hopper away with him, and both land-
ed on a mass of broken rock. Hop-
per was killed. McGuire was breathing
faintly when the workmen got to him
and the blood was pouring from a
wound in his skull, and from
his nose and liis mouth. There
was a long delay in getting him
out of the shaft on account of the
broken cable.
The ambulance surgeon who was
waiting for him said there was no use
in taking him to the Hospital, he would
live only a short time, and he was car-
ried to a shop and laid on blankets. He
did not die as had been expected, and
after several hours the ambulance was
called again and McGuire was
TAKEN TO BELLEVUE.
There an examination of his body
showed that both his arms were broken
near the shoulder, both thigh-bones
were broken, his skull was fractured in
the frontal region and several ribs
were broken. He was the worst broken
up man that had ever been brought to
the Hospital alive, and was in a com
atose condition under the influence of
the deep shock. There was no hope
of his recovery, and he was put in a
cot and left alone to die. Nothing was
done for his injuries, and the only
treatment given was an occasional dose
of morphine, to make his passage to
the unknown country easy and quiet.
The patient was alive after forty-
eight hours, much to the surprise of the
surprise of the attending physician,
and was breathing without making
noise. The high bodily temperature
had been reduced, and it dawned on
the physician’s mind that something
ought to be done for his relief. Tlie
patient was still unconscious. He had
had a magnificent physical constitution,
and this carried him tlirogh the hor-
rible ordeal that he had to pass. Dr.
Hopper, the consulting surgeon, con-
cluded that the best thing to do was to
OPEN THE SKULL.
raising cut as solid as a mellow pear. The hair was shaved off the top
The following is Gregory’s list: Liv-1 of the bead. The scalp was raised
ington’s Beauty, Alpha, Acme Cana- !frcm the frontal boue and revealed a
da, Victor, Arlington, General Grant, i , . . . . , .
I will add Trophy and Mikado. Ifafmarked impression in the bone. A
variety is desired, try Golden Trophy, trephine was sunk through the skull
about where the hair grows on the fore-
Sermons for Sale.
I am acquainted with a man who
began life as a divinity student, writes
a New York correspondent. An ir-
regular life has been his bane. He
lives by writing on general topics for
the press, and for a long time has
earned $15 a week by furnishing a
clergyman of this city with his ser-
mons. I have had the discourses read
to me in manuscript by the author,
and have often seen portions of them
quoted and credited to the preacher
who presides over a wealthy congre-
gation and is in receipt of a handsome
income.
I made the acquaintance of the man
who furnishes the clerical impostor
with his rhetorical ammunition ten
years ago. He was then, as he is now,
addicted to drink, but be has always
preserved considerable personal digni-
ty, and his brilliant intellect would-
captivate anyone. He once borrowed
some money from me, telling me the
etory of his ministerial employer in ex-
cuse. He read me part of the sermon
he had written for that week, and as
I doubted his story I went to the
church on Sunday and actually heard
it preached. A number of times I
have suggested texts to him and read
or heard afterward of their delivery
in the shape he worked th< m into. I
fully believe the author in his asser-
tion that for more than adozen years
his patron has never preached except
from a manuscript of his providing
and that in all that time he has been
obtaining a fine salary from hie con-
gregation under false pretenses.
The Power of Poker.
There was a poker game up the
street which came to a final end for
want of funds to carry it on, although
when the six participants started over
$200 was on the table. When the
chips were shoved into the box one of
the players was $6 ahead, and he had
•I. 0. U.’s for that. The rest of the
head. A button of bone about an inch
in diameter was taken out, and the in-
ner table of the skull was found press-
ing into the brain. It was elevated
with great difficulty, because of the
large extent of the depression, and the
opening had to be enlarged to the size
of a silver half-dollar before it could
be done. As soon as the bone was
raised and the pressure removed from
the brain the patient became conscious,
but he was in such a dazed state that
the operation was continued and finish-
ed without the vise of an anaesthetic. He
rallied from the shock in a few hours
and was able to talk, but he had no
recollection of the accident. Atten-
tion was then given to the broken
bones. They were put in splints and
kept for several days and were
then put up in plaster of Paris band-
ages. The patient suffered greatly
from pain in the right side, which serv-
ed in a measure to locate the fractur-
ed ribs. It was decided that at least
six ribs and probably
SEVEN, WERE BROKEN.
The bones h-M been forced so far out
of position by the force of the impact
that it was very difficult to bring them
into apposition, especially as the
slightest pressure caused intense pain,
and it was not deemed advisable to
give relief by using ether in the
patient’s exhausted condition. After
much labor the bones were brought to-
gether and strips of adhesive plaster
were carried over the chest and
brought around the body to tho back,
so as to prevent the movement of the
bones. 'There was an interference in
the patient’s breathing that appeared
*fter a fewN^ays, but this was" thought
to be due to tli§ restricted movement of
the chest. The dilUculty in breathing
increased, and was adeYvUnpanied by a
OPENING THE CHEST
And finding, if possible, from an ex-
amination, if there was not something
that could be done. The patient was
told of the seriousness of the operation.
He gave his consent willingly, and said
that if he could stand the fall of a
hundred feet ho thought a little cutting
by the surgeon would not amount to
much.
The patient gave signs of heart
trouble, but this was thought to be due
to sympathetic action rather than any
organic difficulty, and ether was given.
The patient was carefully watched
during its administration. When the
surgeon was satisfied that there would
be no heart failure he began work. An
incisiori was made from the throat to
the end of the heart bone downward,
following the line of the ribs for several
inches and along the collar bone.
Then with a sharp knife the flesh on
the chest was dissected free, and a
large flap was turned over on the right
shoulder. The extent of the fracture
was then seen, and it was much worse
than it had been thought.;
SIX RIBS WERE AFFECTED.
Two of them were united, but the
other four were in a terrible condition,
and showed certain signs of decay.
There was considerable inflammation of
the pleura. Without hesitatimg for a
second the surgeon determined to re-
move the cause of the evil. Bone nip-
pers were put around the ends of the
ribs after the connecting tissue had
been divided and the diseased portions
were cut away. This took nearly all
of two ribs and about half of two
others, which was indeed a dangerous
thing to do, and about equivalent to
jabbing a knife into the heart. A fine
splinter had been thrown from the end
of the ribs and was found sticking into
the lung.
Every fragment of bone and dust
that could be seen was removed, and
as the patient showed signs of the col
lapse the wound was speedily washed
with an antiseptic solution and the flap
was returned to position. Stimulants
were freely given while sutures were
made, and after two hours of surgical
experimentation the patient was landed
in his cot more dead than alive. The
strong constitution got in its work and
combatted the advance of death. It
was a toss of a cent either way, but
finally the grim monster was knocked
out and went away to seek a less ob-
stinate victim. The struggle has been
a long one, but the patient’s condition
. is such, at present, that it is Bafe to
predict his recovery.
Frowns and Tears.
Before the days of clock in hall,
Or watch in pocket or on wall.
The ancients told the time of day -
By measurements of sun and shade,
Just as you do you forward jade, , ■.
Who can be everything but gif.
They set up in a public place
A dial with a painted face,
Whereon a figure like your nose,
Or like your threatening angry, rose;
And, when the sun went up and down,
Pointed the hours, as you do now,
With sullen humors on your brow-
For every hour a different frown l
When the sun set, or hid his light
In cloudy days, and in the night
They told the time another way.
By water, which from vessels dropped,
Till they were emptied, when it stopped
And this they called the clepsydra.
You use the same old measure yet
For ever more your eyes are wet,
You leaky creature, old and sour,
Whose life is a perpetual shower 1
Strong should he be, and in his prime,
To whom, as wife, you treasure time.
How he can tell with you in sight,
Whether it he the day or night,
Has puzzled me, I own, for years,
Your peevish tempers change so soon;
Your frown, as now, proclaims it noon,
And now ’tis midnight—by your tears!
—Ii. H. Stoddard, in Harper's Magaxine.
jN AN ENGLISH HOTEL.
What Is *fonsIdered a I‘arS5° Business.
Bullfinches as Pets.
There i3 no animal with which I am
acquainted, not even that “friend of . of charging dinners is tc
man,” the dog, that forms so firm, so * a print0d blank, upon
devoted, so tender an attachment for - have ordered is writ-
its master or mistress as the bullfinch ‘ 5 , . .re rising from the
-f» rty and wood-loviDg 1md JQrt ^ jt bj
bullfinch, that always dies in terror . before the waiter carries il
when first caught, but becomes more - be chare,‘° Yol,r ac-
readily reconciled to captivity than any t0 the casaiel 10 “e oll!y»' , ' , ,
-MI know. counhand.fstaymg attha hote fora
A word, however, to mv readers here ew You are l,er,mlttk orP
-do not buy one of these too fOT whs‘ OTd“ leav1"*- °
charming birds unless you have ieis- remaining more lan a wee ,
ure and love enough to make it yOTr end of each week when he huge b. '
, , ,, of items is handed in. It is of course
eompamon, to keep .t on yom .Mr . 1(J W1 thett a th0 charge,
table or in vour boudoir, talk to it, ^ A
whistle to it, feed it with tidbis, and I fOT «“ meal3' et0” have a11
teach it to love you.
When you have won its confidence,
which with gentle words on your part,
will not take long, your care and your , .
attention will be more than rewarded th»™ wlth make da.lj
by theempressment with which it will ;?COTd f everything they ordered in
greet your return from your business ’Is Poc naemoran a, >y w nc e
been made correctly, unless one is
blessed with a memory not vouchsafed
to ordinary mortals, or does as the
friend of the author did, who was stay-
or your pleasure; it will hop down to
discovered an error of account.
the door of the cage as soon as it sees | *utuie» said ho to the book
tiw* sinri invite vn,i keePer’ “I will pay the waiter for each
you enter the room, and invite you
with the most fascinating of bows to
let it out and perch upon your finger,
where it will talk to you in its sweet-
meal as I finish.”
“Quite impossible I assure yah, sir.”
“Why so? I observe people do il
est tones, and rub its dear black velvet eveL7 daY-
I < _vro
poll against your cheek or on your
hand, purring^the while with the 'pur- |
‘Er—yes, beg your pardon, but those
could n’t—we—ah,
enormous
business, doncher know?’
, , , , . , A | “Enormous business! What do you
lady who wrote to me used the word ",
vWnnnfW.- C£l11 an enormous business?” said the
est and most unalloyed pleasure. It
will even try to feed you, and, instead | ba™ ’l”!™'
of feeling offended or annoyed—one
‘disgusted”—by this profoundest
mark of its affection, feel correspond-
ingly grateful and bless your stars that
now irate American.
‘Why, immense dinner trade; why,
’’ ‘ , . , , , . , we often have to dine 250 persons a
you have indeed a friend, one who ,, r
would die for you, and who will, too,
doy hyar!” and the young man leaned
., , , ,, i back as if half expecting the Americai?
if you are cruel enough or thoughtless . . , * °
, . m * . ., would reel under the announcement.
enough to slight it or forget it.
I do not say that there are no other
birds capable of bocomng devotedly
attached to their owners. But I do
“How many?” said the latter.
“Two hundred and fifty a day!”
“Now, look here, young man, don’t
~ ,, , , , ,. _____-i .. ever tell that to any other American
bulZchtaThUrcspcct True, I have if [ou do he wil! lanSh ta ,a01' fot
i i „ calling it a big business. Why, 1- am
known parrots that displayed quite a ° f . , J ,
‘ a, ,. . I from a second-rate city, where, atone
romantic affection for the.r master or . , t . *7 „ ’
, , , ... . ^ of our regular notels, from five to six
mistress, and vet when parted from * ,.
— *■ Ini n i» /-i r hn/iH rl n i I rr w tin r II T'O (1
them sulked perhaps for a few days,
hundred are dined daily, while three
who°r!nS thethplacf r8and provided bf?kin" couSh and g^ea^ain. Mor-
liquors, cigars and meals for the play-
ers. A ten-cent chip was tolled from
every “jack-pot,” and when a suffi-
cient number had been played, drinks
were ordered up. There were 2i7
“jack-pots.” Nine royal flushes were
shown, fours were held fifty times, and
flushes, straights, fulls and threes
bobbed up almost every hand. Three
of the players dropped out, and the
others continued until want of shekels
compelled them to stop. When the
players came to settle there W'as less
than $2 in cash in the crowd—Denver
News.
phine was given in great quuntnfcies to
jnable the patient to get any rest arftU-
From the symptoms it was concluded
Shat the right luog had been injured
md perhaps penetrated by a piece of
bone. Arnica was freely given intern-
ally and applied externally. There
vas an intense heat, and the extremi-
ties were ice cold. Despite every
thing that was done the patient sank
rapidly, Dr. Hopper felt justified by
3y the urgency of the symptoms in run-
ning the risk of
Literary Piracies.
Most people suppose that Mrs. Har-
riet Beecher Stowe received a small
furtune from the sale of “Uncle Tom’s
Cabin.” As a matter of fact she never
realized anything but a very incon-
siderable sum. The story was origi-
nally written for a periodical, and was
published against the advice of Henry
Ward Beecher, who told his sister that
the time for publishing such a work had
not yet came. However, she went
ahead, and the book was published here
and afterwards printed hi a London
firm and put in book fpfYn. - But it
failed to take in Eugland. Even the
critics of the newspapers could not be
prevailed upon to notice it. Tim entire
edition was left upon the pubi.shers’
hands, and they put it up in the trade
sales. The first copy went off at a
penny, then another and another, until
the whole number went off at tho
same price, amid the laughter and
plaudits of the spectators. But it proved
the best investment the publishers ever
made. The books v/ere read, and then
there came a demand for it from all
parts of the Kingdom. Edition after
edition was printed, until 1,000,000 cop-
ies had been sold. But not a single
penny did Mrs. Stowe recoive from the
gallant Britishers. It was the same in
other countries—for the book was trans-
lated into every European language
not a publisher thought of paying
authoress. In these later days we
hav^v heard a great deal of Charles
ReadX. and otker English authors
about ‘-“American pirates” and the
Yankee lF>vefor the “Almighty dollar,”
but no skLck specimen of conscience-
less greeds’33 ever been found here to
match that \of thc London publishers
of “Ur.ele To Vs C&hin." — Pltiiaddiphia
Record.
butiuthe end acc'eptod accomplished °r four clubs of thirty to tor y mem-
tacts, and acting upon thc advice of the beas eaob ar« ba™f dlnnar3diffel"
poet, when they could not be near the P»rt» of tbe hou3e at the sam‘
ones they loved, made love to those ’ ,
that were near, which under the cir- ..v6?. fX ^01
cumstances was doubtless the most sen- x laoi °> 3111 iav® sa
sible thing they could do. But “Bui- down “ a dming-room at Saratoga
!y” is composed of far other clay, and Springs where over a thousand were
I again entreat my readers not to buy d'”ad at with not half the tronbl.
him unless they mean to love him, for of Kf1*”? tbat there *3 ‘
to neglect him is to torture him, and | cohntry.”-Bes(o» Commercial Bulk.
most cruelly kill him too.
What a pretty bird he is! And yet 1 Sport as a Means and as an End.
some writers have described him as At no time in the history of oui
clumsily made. Fie upon them! Can country has more attention been given
anything be more symmetrical than to the subject of physical training than
bis form or more quietly beautiful than is given to it at the present day.
the varied tints oi his many-colored Schools, colleges and Christian as
coat, or, I should sa}', costume? Yel- sociations are building costly gymnasia,
vety black and rosy red and delicate while athletic organizations, ball dabs
lavender gray form a charming combi- boat clubs, tennis clubs, etc., are
nation of colors, not one of which is forming in many of our towns and
obstrusive or “kills” another, as the cities,
ladies say, but it is rather enhanced by Fifteen thousand dollars ig expended
the rest, the three different shades annually to bring the Yale and Harv-
forming a tout ensemble that is simply ard boat crews together at New Lon-
perfect.—.Harper’s Magazine. | don> and it j3 estimated that $20,000
does not meet the yearly expenses of the
Symmetry and Achievement. I athletic organizations of these
A small, well-made engine, with all jwo vmiyersaries. Add to this sum the
parts adjusted, will do more work than C0S{. athletic sports to the smaller
a larger one with parts loosely con- coneges aad city clubs and the total
structed and great disproportion be- would foot up in the millions,
tween the important members. So a The Objoct of this outlay is to van
small man, compactly built, with sym- qUisb some rival club, to win a cham
metrical proportions and a well-bal- p^^p, to beat the record, or to
anced organism, can accomplish more furnish recreation and amusement tc
than a larger man less solidly made, those who are willing to pay for it
with all parts wanting in symmetry With the representatives of our insti-
and shapeliness. This law of adoption tutions of learning, and with a portion
and harmonious adjustment of parts o{ the intelligent puplic, the object oi
prevails throughout the greater por- encouragement given to athletics
tion of the animal kingdom. I counteract the enervating ten-
Among the civilized portions of the I deacy of the times, and to improve the
human race it is controverted by spe- healtll) strength, and vigor of youth
cial laws that tend to foster inharmon- This being the fact, the questions at
ious development The division of Qnce arige> bow large a proportion of
labor, for instance, has made it possi- yOUng men in the land systematically
ble for a man to earn a livelihood and pract°ce athletics?
to maintain a foothold in the world by Probably less than one per cent
T Z'itl r &£ How large a proporttou o, those who
ntr's Magazine. are members of athletic organizations
--»—--- • take an active part in the sports foster-
’Tis the Lady Wasp That Stings, ed and patronized by their respective
The male wasp never stings. But clubs?
so long as he and his sister are twins Probably less than ten per cent
and dress exactly alike this bit of In the opinion of the writer th<
knowledge availeth nothing to the care- cause for so little active interest
less man who does not know it is the athletics is an increasing tendency wit!
lady who is approaching him, until it us, as people, to pursue sport as ai
be that she siniteth him with her bus- end in itself rather than as a means t<
tie. What humanity demands ot sei- exoolleI)co in the achieve,
ence in the ease of the wasp is the in- men{. tbe prjmary object of athletic ex
vention of some prompter method of erC;Ses, we robtehm of half their value,
distinguishing between monsieur and —D. A. Sargent, M. D., in Scribner’/
madamwazzle at forty jards.—Science Magazine.
Gossip.
----- A Crawfish m His Knee.
The Frontiersman. j ^ remarkable surgical operation wai
The frontiersman is a pretty tough perf0rmed in Oglethropo county tin
specimen of the American citizen. He J 0t]ier day. Joshua Sims, a negro man
has a cast iron constitution and the bag for some time been complaining
physical courage of a lion. A walking tbafc be fed: something crawling in his
A Nervous Woman. 1
A nervous woman, on board a rail*
road train in Missouri, called the con*
ductor and said:
“I would like so much to take $
sleeper for I’ve been up three nights,
hand amnia’, but I am afeerd,”
“What are you afraid of, madam?”
“W’y, I’m afeerd that the trail!
mout run off the track.”
“But will your staying awake keep
it on the track?”
“Wall, do you know I hadn’t though I
of that? W’y, my settin’ up here with
my eyes open kain’t have the slightest
effect upon the train, can it?” /
“None that I can see.”
/‘Then, if you was in my place you’d
g0 the sleeper an’ git a good night’a
rest?”
“I certainly shouid.”
“Well, I Fill, ibut whenever yoa
think there’s any danger of the traia
runnin’ off, w’y. I wis.h you’d have m#
called.”
She went into the sleeper. About
three hours later while fc.'16 conductor
was passing through the train, h®
found the woman sitting o.n the seat
which she had occupied during the da}\
“Why, madam, I thought you had
taken a sleeper.”
“Idid,” she replied, “but the .fetch*
taked train kep’ a threatenin’ art’ •
threatenin’ to run off the track till l
thought the safest plan would be fuF
me to git right out an’ set here wher®
ken watch everything, bat do you
know that when I got up that fetch*
taked nigger in there that tuck my
shoes and sloped off with ’em? Well,
he had done that very thing, an’ I had
the hardest sort of work gettin’ ’em
back again, fur the cussed rasacl had
put a little dab of blackn’ on ’em an*
wanted to charge me ten cents. X
paid the conductor two dollars for the*
shelf—or berth as he calls it, but I
reckon he’ll give it back to me in tli®
mornin’.”
‘He won’t give it back.”
‘He won’t?”
•No.”
‘Not If I tell him I am a pord
widder?”
‘That won’t make any difference.”
•Wall,” bouncing up, “I’ll jest go
back there an’ lay there waitin’
fur the train to run off, fur I’ll bu
bound if I’m goin’ to be beat out of
my money thater way. Whenever th<»
train starts to run off you mout call
me, an’ if ymi hear a awful rumpus in
there you may know that the cussed
nigger is airier my shoes again, an*
that I am defendin’ my rights.—v*
Arkansaw Traveler.
The Whole Story.
The Boston Transcript tells of a lit*
tie gril in that city who wandered
away from home and into a neighbor’d
house and how her*! mother told a largd
Newfoundland dog which was in the*
habit of playing with her to go and
find her. The dog obeyed, ran to tin*
neighbor’s house, and when some la*
dies went in, in the words of our Bos-
ton friend, “rushed up to Nellie, seized
her dress with his teeth and begun
dragging her to the door. An attempt
was made to drag him off, but he growl-
ed and held his place. The little girl*
beginning to be frightened, gave up all
resistance and trotted home by hij
side, and lie delivered her, with an aif
of triumph, into her mother’s hansd.”
We cannot understand why our con-
temporary at Boston should not tell
the whole story. Modesty must prob-
ably, however, be the real cause. Th®
facts are that this large, intelligent
dog, when he arrived at the house,
after glancing up at the number and
throwing away his cigar, rang tba
door-bell, and to the lady who re-
sponded, said:
“Madam, I believe there’s a littl®
girl here whom I want.”
“I guess not,” replied the woman,
“and unless you go away I shall call
the police.”
“That’s all right,” continued the in-
telligent Boston dog, as he brushed
past her into the room, “but this is tin*
girl I want, and she must come rigid
along with me.” She accordingly trot-
ted away with him and he soon deliv*
eved her to her mother’s hands witfy
these remarkable words: “Here’s you#
k d—now gimme a bone.”
Thus we see that if the Bell had no!
given the facts as above just at tin*
right time, a good story would havci
been spoiled by Boston modesty.-f
Dakota Bell.
arsenal, he can draw lus pistol or use
his long bowie with tho rapidity of
lightning. He never crawls on the en-
emy, but faces him boldly, and literal-
ly fills the air with bullets before a
man can wink twice. — New York Her-
ald. _
Nucleus of a Navy.
The cruiser Chicago has at last made
her first trip. The navy now has four
vessels that can be safely left out in
the wet, and foreign powers will here-
after refrain from mopping floors with
the American flag.—San Francisco
Dost.
leg just above his knee. He declarer
it was a crawfish, and said he cculd fee
him biting him all the time. Physician!
made an examination and laughed ai
Joshua, telling him there was nothing
wrong with him. He would not bi
satisfied, however, and he consulted ;
negro hoodoo doctor. This doctor per
formed some kind of an operation, and
sure enough, brought forth a live craw
fish from Joshua s leg. That is the ne
• groes claim he did, and say that Joshu;
has the crawfish to show for itself. H
has at ail events made no complaint
since.— Atlanta Constitution.
Character Reading by the Eye*
“Black eyes deno'e a fickle disposi*
tion,” says a writer in an article deal-
ing with the color of the eye as as
index of character. The writer is un-
doubtedly correct in hs conclusion.
When a boy we had a disposition occw
sionally to knock out some other fel*
low, but with the first black eye, tkQ
disposition became somewhat shakyy
and when tho pair had changed colo®
the d spos tion usually “tickled” alto-
gether. Yes, black eyes are the sign
of a fickle disposition.— Boston Budget*
The Deceased Kentucky Jurist,
Men like the late Craig Tolliver bav*
an advantage over their more sedat*
fellow-citizens in know ug just how the;#
will eventually die. Judge Tolliver’
idea of a decorous departure seems t<i
have been to go hence in a hurry with
clothes and boobs on. gun and pistol ii}
hand, ana a belt full of revolvers.-f
Washington Post.
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