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A THANKSGIVING INCIDENT.
Right tip to the market stall strode he,
And bought a bird that was ten pounds three.
Then quickly home to his wife he sped.
And told her all that the man had said
Of how t o pick and stuff and cook.
And so with loving hand she took
That tough old bird that was hard and gray.
And into the oven she stowed him away.
And then—for their married life was young-
With joyous hearts they sat and sung
Until, as around the clock hands spun,
She said with a smile that the bird was done.
And he laughed aloud, and his joy was great,
For his stomach told that the hour was late.
And he kissed his wife and he cried in g’.J
At the fine old bird that was ten pounds
. said, “1 will cut him now in two:”
rook his knife that was bright anc
joked away for an hour or so.
i HE DAY IN BIG CITIES.
HianksgUiiig Day as Observed by
Scions of Wealth.
Thanksgiving' day in large cities is
Twuys anxiously looked for by the
l or and needy.
n this day of all others do the rich
let loose their pocket-strings. That is
their way of returning thanks.
n New York the members of wealthy
and charitably disposed families go
about the highways and byways, leav-
ing a little with this poor family and a
little with that one. In this way all
the poor are given a mater ad. Teason
to also join in the Thanksgiving.
The offerings generally consist of
money. The distribution of clothing
and food generally takes place on
Thanksgiving eve.
Gf course the money finds its way
into the coffers of the saloon oftener
than that o? the grocer.
But what matter it to the giver? lie
or she has done a kindly act.
The amount distributed among the
poor by the rich of New York Thanks-
giving Day is enormous. The Vander-
bilts never give less than .1$50,000. The
Goulds give a like amount. The As-
tors often give as much as $10,000.
Perhaps the total amount would run
into the millions.
Chicago millionaires always see that
the poor within the city’s gates are
well cared for on the National Thanks-
giving Day.
Statesmen and politicians seldom
forget the needy on this day. Prob-
ably the most liberal figure in political
life is Gen. Alger of Michigan. He
manages to spend between $50,000 and
$100,000 a year among the poor of De-
troit and other cities. The great por-
tion of this is distributed on Thanks-
giving Day.
Thanksgiving Day
TLinksoi^- ~N.
And then, with prayer and a moment’s rest,
He took off his coat and then his vest.
And hacked away till twilight came,
And his arms were sore and his back was lame.
And the hours wore on and the weeks sped by,
And still, with a sunken cheek and eye,
He worked away, and his wife sat there,
With patient face, in the same old chair.
Until one day, as his knife blade broke,
And his withered frame sank down, she spoke,
And said, with a smile that was half a sneer,
“I should think you would learn to carve, my
dear.” Thomas Lansinq.
THE WRONG THANKSGIVING.
| Copyright, 1891, by American Press Associa-
tion.]
HEN Abner
Farmer enlisted
in the army the
people of his vil-
lage on the
Litchfield hills
as with one voice
declared that he
should have
staid at home.
‘‘Farmer he is
by name and farmer he is by nature;” that
was w hat they said of him. And the old
men said to one another that some of the
young fellows should remain to till the
fields, for the soldiers must eat and the old
men could not raise the crops that would
be surely needed to feed them
tenderly because of his wound.
Abner perceived that the rough Litchfield
hills were no place for a farmer with one
arm, and when he heard from one who had
ventured that way of the glory of the
western country, of soil untouched for
ages and black with the rich juices Of the
earth, of “oceans of land” smooth as a
barn floor and yearning for seed and the
touch of man—then Abner said to Anna,
‘‘1 will go there, for the country is as good
as one arm and I can do there with one arm
better things than 1 can do here with two.”
The maiden fixed a tender, sad glance
upon him, and her lips trembled and her
chin quivered as she tried to smile. Yet >f
he thought well of anything she thoug *
well of it, too, though she was heartsick u»
think again of separation.
She bore the parting nobly, and she even
waved her hand quite merrily at him just
as he turned the bend in the road on his
way to the distant railway station.
One day nearly three years later Anna re-
ceived a letter from her lover that gave her
such joy as is relieved only by the most
glorious manifestation of joy, which is
tears.
Her father saw only the tears, and he ex
claimed:
“What is it, Anna? Has anything hap-
pened to Abner? He hasn’t changed his
mind about you, has he?”
But the mother read another story be-
neath the tears, for she said: “Be still,
father. Can’t you see she’s heard good
news?”
The girl could not speak, but gave the
letter to her mother, who with much pa-
tience and frequent rubbing of her specta-
cles and following of the writing with her
knitting needle at last deciphered it.
“What is it?” asked the impatient father.
“It’s the only thing that could make a girl
like Anna cry. Abner has got a whole sec-
tion of land and he’s coming to marry
Anna next Thanksgiving day. Dear me.
It’s dreadful short notice. It’s only six
weeks off.”
Deacon Williams could only crack bis
finger joints. That was his way of giving
vent to strong emotion.
On Thanksgiving morning there were
great goings on
The fragrance^rt;he kitciien was in the
The neighbors sent baked meats and there
was great rejoicing, and at 6 o’clock on the
wrong Thanksgiving day Anna became
Abner’s bride.
You have heard of the great wheat farm
of the Missouri valley, where thousands of
acres yield their goodly fruit; where are
scores of reapers and hundreds of laborers
and miles of granaries. It is the noble
place of Abner Farmer’s husbandry, and of
| all his possessions, they say, none compares
j In worth or beauty with her who became
i Abner’s bride on the wrong Thanksgiving
day. E. J. Edwards.
Give Thanks Every Day.
While presidential proclamations
fix
Thanksgiving day as an annual festival
for us, it comes not only on the last Thurs
day in November, but on every day in the
year, or as frequently as the heart attuned
to gratitude and a sensitive conscience will
dictate it. __
A Bright Side.
First Turkey (on the fast freight)—Well,
1 don’t think that we have much to be
thankful for.
Second Turkey—You forget, my dear fel
low, that we are goiug to Boston to die.
IN ANCIENT TIMES.
_ TUTTkea ~upon''d^m3rasa marvel.
They did not wholly understand him, and
they thought the minister had spoken with
the truth when he once said that when
Abner smiles upon the growing grain or
passes by the meadows, it is worth more to
the crops even than sunshine and showers.
This Abner Farmer was to the fields
what the geniuses of commerce are to the
markets, and even when he was a child
they said of him, “He will . wonderful
things with the soil, and will teach the
world lessons about the fruits of the earth
someday.” .
After Abner had said his goodby to all
his friends, one summer day in 1861. as he
was leaving to join his regiment, he went
to say farewell to his betrothed, sweet
Anna Williams. He had not wooed her,
as the other youth of that vicinity had
been used to do. He went with her here
and there among his crops and through
his fields, and he taught her to love the
soil and to feel the majestic mystery which
hides the secret which from the seed brings
forth the harvest.
Once when he was walking with Anna,
and was looking at the field of growing
grain just touched with the first golden
promise of the harvest, he said to her:
“Anna, sometimes I think even if 1 had
no Bible I should know God, for I seem to
realize his power in the life that is hidden
in the seed until the earth gives birth to it,
and I am very sure I sometimes hear the
music of its growth; and it is a sweet
music, Anna, but there are no words to de-
scribe it.” .
The gentle maid heard these strange ut-
terances, which were not like the common
conversation of the other youth, and they
gave her joy, for she said to herself: My
betrothed has a great soul, that sees some
things the rest of us cannot see. bo be
will love me with a greater love than even
I can understand.” . .
Abner led Anna by the fields on this day
of parting wherever his grain and fruits
were growing, and he bade her not to be
sad while he was away, but ever to have
hope of his return. And if she would think
of him he said that she might go where he
had planted shrubs and flowers, and to the
fields where it sometimes seemed to him
that the earth recognized and greeted him,
for he thought these things might make
him seem nearer to be?
time, Anna, wherever I am, wheth-
-. ——----------u af. vnu. that 1
the day when I can come bacl
yofT^
The maiden by his side smiled as he said
these words, though tears gathered in her
eyes, and it seemed to him that sweeter
than that sweet mysterious music of which
he once spoke, dearer than all other joys
he ever knew was that smile, and he said,
“There is one better revelation of God’s
kindness to us even than he gives us in
the harvest, and that is the love which
brings you and me together.”
Then with a tender embrace Abner parted
from his betrothed, and two weeks later
was with General McClellan’s army by the
Potomac.
It had always been Abner’s purpose to
make Thanksgiving day his wedding day.
It was the day of the year for him.
Perhaps it was his fondness for the culti-
vation of the fruits of the earth, the inspira-
tion he always received from contemplation
of the mystery of the seed time and harvest
that made this festival the day of days for
him. It was his yearly milestone. To
birthdays he was indifferent. Christmas
was a tradition, New Year’s an almanac
day, and the Fourth of July a hubbub; but
Thanksgiving was the recognition of the
glory of God, as manifested in the kindly
fruits of the earth.
Moreover, Thanksgiving had been a day
of note in Abner’s family. It was his
mother’s birthday, and on that day she be-
came the bride of Abner’s father. So he
said that on that day he, too, would make
his sweetheart his bride.
On the morning of Thanksgiving day, in
1862, there was a sharp skirmish near the
Rappahannock. A dash of cavalry, a score
or more of shots, a sound of the drum sum-
moning the brigade and then quiet; but
there were a dozen soldiers dead on the
hillside and Abner Farmer lay there, too, a
mutilated hero. His bravery had saved the
fair face, flushed with ex
pectation, seemed never so handsome as in
these early morning hours. A merry throng
gathered even before the church bells rang
for the Thanksgiving service. Abner, they
said, would drive from the railway station
a dozen miles away, and reach the house so
as to sit down to dinner with them, and
the wedding hour was fixed for 6 in the
evening, so as to leave time for a fine frolic
afterward.
At 1 o’clock the turkeys were cooked to
a turn and hunger smote the guests, but
they delayed, for Abner had not come. Two
o’clock passed and still the turkey waited.
Hr
There was a Feast of Thanksgiving
From ’lime Immemorial.
Thank giving Day is not an Ameri-
J. a.go in em-
aiien one da of each
A Thanksgiving Day Story.
WENTY YEARS
more.”
George
face as
He was i>
ou ar:
She eli ba
Vioiet : er-an,’
band’s plot
*• l es.i am gu
bending over i
Just then . 'v
admitted, to
Burt Kere n
p?een the lines.
:*w it now.
In t deny it now.”
*no more in life,
of her hus-
Lang
looked back
through the fif-
teen years he had
passed behind the
grim walls of-
prison. He
thought of the
twenty years he
had still to serve
before society
would be satis-
fied.
rather hard on me,” he mur-
mered as he rolled back into his iron
couch.
The church bells were tolling with- j ings of Than
out. Foot beats were heard in the j advantage of
streets below.
“They're all going to church to give
thanks! Yes, this is Thanksgiving.
Gh that I had something to be thank-
ful for. Here all these years suffering
for Burt Kergan’s crime. I know that
it was he who fired Cooke’s store
so that I would be put
’ ihe husband said,
ostrate form,
cers, who had been
_ To th“ room.
•iTed his eyes. His
cowardly heart J weakened. He fell
pierced to the he^t with the exposure
of his crime.
“I am guiity, jvere his last words.
“It’s
The same day < eorge Lang was re-
leased r m pris^n. it was made an
occasion of pubic rejoicing, in which
no one more feartily joined than
Maude Leslie.
* * * *
A year afterwards and when the
churchbells were tolling the glad tid-
i •* g, Mr?. Lang took
in i.icii s
pari, an
THERE WAS A DASH OF CAVALRY.
Three o’clock; they had eaten the dinner,
but there was no merriment, for still Ab-
ner had not come. Anna, with pale face
and heavy eyes, and with such countenance
as was piteous to see, sat waiting, watch-
ing in her bridal garments by the parlor
window. Four o’clock, 5, 6 passed. The
throng departed. They could not endure
the agony of Anna, for instead of a bride
she seemed like one who is widowed.
Whether Anna would live or die; would
be bereft of reason or would be conscious
of her torture, that was a more important
matter for her parents even than Abner s
breach of promise. The old deacon dis-
played wrath when Abner’s name was men-
tioned, for he was conscious that he had
jilted Anna, but the girl and her mother
—»»«ul_for Abner, saying to one another:
—.—*—*> L-iiied, else we
ciK'nlcT
pities long si------- - . . ,
year was set apart for thanksgiving to
the Creator. n this coun y it was
not ouser ed in the West and feoutn
till after the war, but in New England
it may be said to date from the middle
of the sere .teento century. uver
3,000 years ago Moses instructed the
Isrealites io veep a fe :st after they got
established in the Holy Land. They
called it tin feast of the T be nacle,
and for eight nays, folio iin the close
of the li r est,, 'they dwelt in booths
m de chinny of g een boughs, and
feasted on ora, wine, oil and fruits.
In the course o i ;>e a splendid ritual
£02* 2nc l. ast a- a> opted, including
much singing in esponsive choruses,
borne hat I ter ta .-reeks hell a
j^ine days fe t o svni; ar chaiacter,
e were ail wed to take
i i;;> ua-s except mur-
derers. 1 iiouians had a similar
feast in ho or.of Cere-i goudess of
grain ,
The t axons had a “Har est Home,
and after them the English. ■ hich fes-
tival as obsm- e- m a sort of .\ay iu
some o the Am ri an coi.onies
in the year I the ilgrim fathers
tried to celebrate, , ut it was rather a
gloom a fair, -n 16~3 a ship^ loaded
with p ovision ailed to arrive and
Go . Bra for t a pointed a day of hu-
miliati n ; as. ing and prayer, but the
expe ted ship arrived and so they made
it a day of thanksgi, ing.
Ninety Ind ans, un .er Chief Massa-
soit, took part. In 1681 the Puritans
ran out of provisions, and Feb. 9 was
named as a day of fasting and prayer.
As in the ofier case., the ship arrived,
and they had aieastinstead. June 15,
1631, there was a general service in all
churches of ew Englaud, to give
thanks xor the great ieto-y at t ort
Mystic o e the i e uots, and on the
’2:h of i-ctooer ollowi g a general
ser ice and f ast in honor of peace
and toe s tti.ng of some religious dif-
Fortv years later Gov Andros
ordered the people to give thanks on
the first day of December; but they
hated Andr and uidn t thank worth
a cent. Severa persons were arrested
for treating the proclamation with
contempt, but this struck the home
authorities as ? atiier ludicrous, and his
conduct was d sappro ed.
Th reafter han sgiving was pretty
generally observed in all England and
the estates settle I by her, the governor
out of the way. Well, I suppose I
must suffer. The truth will never
come out now. I will never even tell
that I suspect it.”
The convict’s brows became knitted.
He would have sunk into a deeper
sleep but for a voice at the cell door.
It was one of those gentle voices, so
seldom heard in the corridor of a place
of penal servitude.
Maude Leslie, the parson’s lovely
daughter, was making the round as
was her custom on the morning of
great feasts. She generally brought
some good things and was looked upon
as a ministering angel by hardened
convicts.
“I had been dreaming and thought I
had nothing to be thankful for, but
you are here. I’m so glad you have
come. Your presence is a light into
a dTarSehed!1 "HIP
hopes.
“marc ax<.?.s til
giveness for j
taken. ii]yf
Then she ttei'J
his cell doot 'g ;1
to his own co j J
“And thatco-(il
nocent. Mai... *
ten to the beloDC
much to be tte
And so it wi
THANKSGDtil
THEind
sasion to ask for-
|rty she had once
she had stood at
efore and listened
of innocence,
you knew I was in-
1 are forgiven. Lis-
it us go. We have
for.”
leir lives.
DAY AMONG
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in the Churches.
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with, church services oy all the
tain sects. The Episcopalians werSThe
first to recognize the Presidential pro-
clamation. The Lutherans and Metho-
dist Episcopalians were the next.
The Presbyterians and Baptists ofy
serve the day without display qtf
church service. The Catholic church
has its own days of thanksgiving,
varying in the different dioces, frotfi
one to three a year. Of late years,
though, the tendency of the church has
been to observe the day proclaimed by
the President. The recent Lay con*
gress strongly advocated a strict ob-
servance of the day. Bishop John S.
Foley, of Detroit, Michigan, was the
first to order services throughout his
dioces. That was in 1S89. Since then
proclamations from the bishop to the
Catholic churches generally follow the
one from tbe President to the people.
The cl ty is also observed in mauy of
the non-christian communities. In
most of the Jewish synogogues
services of Thanksgiving are made a
solem obligation.
Nothin’ ©n at All.
1:1.1 here’s a question for you—
i 1 has always uuzzled me,”
Said our little Alice with a
• 00k of deep perplexity.
“How is it that when I am dressed I
Wear my hat, and frock, and shawl;
And when the turkey’s dressed for us
She’s got nothin’ on at all?”
There is a valuable floating wreck
loose o> tbe Atlantic. It has a cargo
lumber and was aban-
Since then it has
and was last seen
Story
The other hung her head. The con-
vict’s words had touched her tenderest
-L
Word*.
camp
but had cost him his right arm.
His fighting days were over. He was a
crippled man, yet he esteemed it an honor
and not a misfortune that he had been
thus decorated with blood and carried a
badge of bravery and service to his country
that would go with him to his grave.
Abner of. course received an honorable
discharge and returned to his home among
the Litchfield hills, and Anna, though she
Could love him no more than when he left
her for the front, .could love him more
thought it was the beginning of the end.
As her father and mother bended over her.
“Whaf does it mean? I do not under-
stand.” Thus Abner spoke.
“It means you almost killed her because
you did not keep your promise and marry
her upon Thanksgiving day.”
“Are you mad? I am keeping my promise.
I am here to marry her this day. This is
Thanksgiving day," said Abner.
isUny
“ABNERl HE HAS COME.”
“ ’Tis you who are beside yourself.
Thanksgiving was a week ago.”
Thu3 in strange confusion they agreed,
but Anna cared not for these words, for
Abner was by her side.
The minister by chance came in and to
him they appealed, and when he had heard
them, then with much of confusion in his
manner he cleared away the mystery.
“My fault, my fault,” he said. “The
governor of this state appointed, after im-
memorial custom, the last Thursday of
November Thanksgiving, but President
Johnson I now remember appointed the
first Thursday of December for Thanksgiv-
ing. Here in this quiet village we thought
only of the governor’s proclamation, but
Abner in the faraway west knew only of
the president’s proclamation. I should have
remembered it. Forgive me.”
In an hour all the people were notified
that Abner had come, and grief changed to
joy. The blushes came to Anna’s cheeks.
feelings. For a moment she wished
Bke had not come. Then she lifted
her head. ,
Tears were coursing down Lang s
cheeks. , ,, . ,
“And you have no hopes for the fut-
ure?” she asked. There was a tremor
in her voice that told of exceptional
interest.
“Hope! No, there is none for me.
I have been adjudged guilty of setting
fire to my employe's store. Why should
there be hope for me?”
“But are you guilty?”
The convict lowered his eyes. He
would sooner not have heard her ask.
“Are you guilty?” again she asked;
this time with emotion.
There was a sudden pause.
“Twelve men have adjudged me
guilty, and so believes the world.”
“Perhaps--she was interrupted.
“Oh, no,” interposed the other; “No-
body believes me innocent. Y es, there
is one,” and he thought of the author
of all his trouble.
“There are two.” Miss Leslie was
calm and collected.
“Impossible! They would come and
tell me so if it were true.” George
Lang's face showed anguish.
“It is for that that I
am here,” the other replied.
are
SSl
1..N uMto... ^
Congress the nammg of a Nationarday **
in 1, 9, for the adoption of the consti-
stitution. it was done and the day
was gi nerally observed. In 1795 the
proceeding was repeated. James
Madison appears to have issued the
first Presidential proclamation on the
subject, in i 1 , in honor of the return
of peace Forty-eight years passed be-
fore President Lincoln is- ’ the sec-
ond one, in l 63. bince then every
President has followed the custom and
the day is Nationally observed at last.
THOUGHTS FOR THANKSGIVING
The Day Should be Just What the
Word Implies,
This Thanksgiving feast lias more of
a National character than any pro-
claimed in many years, it finds nearly
all the people contented and happy.
The farmer, the mechanic, the mercan-
tile man and the banker, feel the
pressure of abundance. The yield of
cereals has been greater by a good per
cent than for any other year in the Na-
tion’s history The big foreign de-
mand holds the prices and foreign gold
is pouring to our sh res. Mauy other
farm products find their ivay to foreign
markets that -were heretoiore excluded
by high tariffs.
Commercial industries are springing
up aP over the land. Where in years
gone by the approach of winter was a
signal for dread among the poorer
classes, it now has a different meaning
for them. It formerly meant idleness
and want. 1 his year there is peace
and plenty. There is much. ind. ed. to
be thankful for. If the failure of crops
in Europe will lead to seriou-. distress
there during the present year America
will not be the last t.o respond
Before Thanksgiving-
Rev. Johnsing—-Hold on thar, nig-
gah: what’s you doing in my turkey
roost dis hour of night?
Neighbor Simpkins—I wis jis gwine
ter fatten dat old gobbler up for your
thanksgiving dinnali.
Wliat she VT6H& have
e did not hear then. The turn
had taken was too much for
ln?v-*ndhe sank into a swoon, from
which he was revived an hour or two
later.
In the meantime Maud Leslie had
returned to her home and told the
story of an innocent man s sufferings.
Rev. Dr. Leslie was a jv st and good,
man. He became deeply interested in
his daughter s story. He, too, belie ed
George Lang innocent. But what
could he do? It wo aid probably take
years to prove Lang guiltless in the
eyes of the law.
Before he ascended the pulpit that
day he had decided what to do.
Never before was such a thrillimg
sermon preached in St. James. After
referring to the day, the good man
told of two young men in their
early morning of life, who loved the
same girl; of how one set fire to a
store that the other might be sent to
prison. He told of the temporary
triumph of the conspirator, but said
that the day for retribution was
coming.
The sermon created a terrible sensa-
tion. It was published in the leading
papers the next day and everybody
wanted to know who the principals
were.
* * * *
Burt Kergan had long since married
Voilet West. She had long ago dis-
missed Lang from her memory. The
day following Thanksgiving she picked
up the morning paper. T he flaring
headlines over Dr. Leslie s sermon
first attracted her attention. She read
down the column. It became quite
plain to her. Her husband was guilty
of an awful crime. She sank back,
and her cries for help soon brought
him to her side. She was revived, but
it was only of short duration.
“What does it mean?” her husband
asked, as she opened her eyes. “What
has happened?”
“Read!” and she handed him the
rmr>ei\
She watched the hot flush ifl his
If you have made
Hood’s Sarsaparilla dol
any other. Hood’s Sar
medicine, possessing^
combination, propor^
curative power superj
A Boston lady who
and whose example is •
her experience below:
Specimen Cases.
S. H. Clifford,New CaesehWis., un-
troubled with Neuralgia and Rhen
matipm, his Stomach was disordered,
his Liver was affected to an'alarmirig
degree, appetite fell away, and he
was terribly reduced in flesh and
strength. Three bottles of Electric
Bitters cured him.
Edward Shepherd, Harrisburg. 111.,
had a running sore on his leg of
eight years’ standing Used three
bottles of Electric Bitters and seven
boxes of Buckltfn’s Arnica Salve, and
his leg is sound and well. John
Speaker, Catawba. O.. bad five large
-/4WV<1 M>tes et> b e S' g ■!-. il-w- •••'
j ,:r
£■ ■ j ■ • • OL'.V UWX- - - • >•
ien’s Arnica Salve cured him entire-
ly . Sold by A. J. Embree, Drug
Store Belton, and Smith 6l Booker,
Drugstore Temple,
The news of the revolution in
Brazil has been confirmed.
Now Try This.
it wiiJ cost you nothing and will
suroiy do you good, if you have a
Cough, Cold, or any trouble with
Throat, Chest or Lungs. Dr. King’s
New Discovcxy for Consumption,
Coughs and Colds ts guaranteed to
give relief, or money will be paid
back. Sufferers from La Grippe
found it jo-:i the thing an 1 under ik
o-e had io. sp'y nixi p.-'-rJeot '-Cut
i n h-ampio Ovt; e at -ur ex-
Hi d if-Ri-u for yoUiseii just llO*V
g .od a ihi.' g it is, trial bottles
hie a? A. J. Emoree’s Drug Store
bn it on, and smith & Booker’s Drug
Sh-re, Temple. Large size 50c. stnc:
$1.00.
Uncle Sam h;-;s 46.00U oil wells.
Many a Poor Woman Suffers Untold
Torture from Back-Ache.
If nbe only knew how easily she
could get rebel by using Babard's
Snow Liniment she would bless the
day she read these few lines. It is a
grand remedy for Headache and all
Neuraiigic Pams. No pain can with-
stand its magic influence. It re-
moves the lire from a Burn or Scald
in one minute. It will cure Inflam
rnatory Rheumatism and Sciatica;
applied to the i'nroat and Chest in
Croup it wiii give immediate relief
end make breathing much easier.
No family can be without it if once
they know its value. Try it. Price
50 cents. Sold by A. J. Embree.
A basket factory is to be nuilt in
Galveston.
Consumption.
Ballard’s Horehound Syrup.
No smgie disease has played such
sad havoc with the humau race as
Consumption. No other disease ap
proaches so stealthily. Its early symp
toms av ignored because it is
gh, whic?k
MPHNaytm must be changed
to suit our c® »ed condition.
SHILOH’S CATARRH REM-
EDY ■ A marvelous cure for ca-
tarrh, Diphtheria, Canker mouth,
and Headache 'V ith each bottle
there is an ingenious nasal Injec-
tor for the more successful treat-
ment qf these complaints, w thout
extra charge. Price 50c. Sold by
Jr.o. H. Herron.
Besides an artesian well, Hills-
boro now can boast of an efficient
volunteer fire company.
Mksskh Bah? Druggets
Tex. (.Bntleeuen:- Th-
( hickvs: i hktH Cm-* 1 bought Bom
v ,n cured uiRre's('(:•■. It ic. M *OC
phss*. R. M. Powers
J. K. Street has started another
paper at. Waco called the Waco Sat-
urday Night.
Vic?. A'SCE’S WINS OF CAR DU! f#r Weak Nerves-
•. -Mr-.* , . x: Vj, W11
There is aloud cal! for reduc-
ing the acreage in cotton, This is a
good move, but it is not all the
times demand.
Answer This Question.
Why do so many people we see
.-■round us sc3.ni to prefer to suffer
vtoi Ik made miserable by indiges-
tion , constipation dizziness. Loss
oi appetite, corning up of the food,
Yellow Skin, when for 75c. We
will sell them Shiloh’s Vitilizer,
guaranteed to cure them, Sold
by Jno. H. Herron.
The top crop of cotton in Llano
county promises a good yield on
many farms.
Who Said So?
Everybody who has used Her
bine says it is the beat medicine in
the world, if you are bilious, con-
stipated, have despepsia, indiges-
tion, foul breath, coated tongue,
bad taste in mouth 011 arising in
the rooming, sick headache, pain
in oack, el LAV £<:■.•<>• <
ehiSB dnd iV'-er. your liver is but
of ordeV and your blood is slowly'
being poisoned. Take Herbine
and it will cure you. Free trial
bottles at Embree^s Drug Store.
Wheat in Floyd county is said to
be large enough for stock to graze
on it.
Wo have a speedy and positive
cure for cafcarrhf •'diphtheria, canker
mouth and headache, in SHILOH’S
CATARRH REMEDY. A nasal in-
jector free with each bottle. Use it
if you desire health and sweet breath
TV * r A . LI . 1 1 1__- A XX 14 f'
BQ
■ • 1%-cnt Breeders in t!io Southwest.
Cents
per Package,
ts!? 0? eent post-paid on receipt of price,
m & BROTHER,-
s2’SE?.2E«.^:XjXj, Texcub
ra.QJSRAMUWACON
IDE KINS OF WAGONS
VF&sona. We handle everything jp^Fami
PARUN°& ORENDORFF CO.
FARMERS, a word to you
about WAGONS!
Thera is no country that requires as strictly a first-class
Wagon as Texas, because its changeable climate subjects
the material to much swelling and shrinking; therefore it
is folly to buy any but the best. The SSAXSf Wagon
has stood the test of forty years, and Its quality has
never been sacrificed to meet the demand for a low
(priced Wagon. It is to-day the King of Wagons. The;
best finished, best ironed, most durable and.
i lightert Draft Wagon made. Ask yourdealerforitand
? take no other. Write us for circulars and prices, deliv-
ered if you can’t get them from him, mentioning this
for COOPER & STEBUX»
, State Agents, DALLAS,TEXAS*
Drs. STARKEY & PALEN*
Treatment by Inhalation.
TRADE MARK’ REGISTERED.
TO ALL POINTS
NORTHANDEAST
THROUGH TRAINS CARRY
PULLMAN SLEEPERS
Between Points in TEXAS and
CHICAGO, ST. LOUIS
AND KANSAS CITY.
x ree Reclining Chair Ca
lor and Kansas City an?
Close connections in all of the ;
fast trains of eastern and 1:
make the M., K. & Tj
best line tof'
New Tort,
1620 Arc!) Street, Fliilad’a, Pa.
For Douaumplion, Asthma,Dyspep
si a, Catarrh. Hay Fever, Headache,
Debility, Rheumatism, Neuralgia and
all Chronic and Nervious Disorders
“The original and only genuine Compound
Oxygen Treatment,” Drs. Starkey & Palen
have been using for the last twenty years, is %
scientific adjustment of the elements of Oxygen
and Nitrogen magnetized, and the compound la
so condensed and made portable that it is sent
all over the world.
‘ ‘Compound Oxygen—its Mode of Action and
Results, ‘ ’ will be mailed free to any address on
application. Read the Brochure!
Please mention this paper, when you order
Compound Oxygen;
H. P. HUGHES, GASTON MESLIER,
AsB’tGen’IPas. Agt, Gen. Pas. & Ticket Agt,
DALLAS, TEX. SEDALIA, MO.
J. WALDO, W. D. LAWSON,
Vice President, Traveling Pas. Agent.
skdalia, mo. Ft. Worth, Tex.
mind to buy
be induced to take
larilla is a peculiar
^virtue of its peculiar
, and preparation,
to any other article.
what she wanted,
orthy imitation, tells
“ In one store whercfli went to buy Hood’s
Sarsaparilla tbe clerkjl ied to induce me buy
their own instead of Hi'd’s; he told me their’s
would last longer; tha( r might take it on ten
days’ trial; that if I di4 not like it I need not
pay anything, etc. Bi^ Re could not prevail
on me to change. I t
Hood’s Sarsaparilla w;
d him I knew what
, I had taken it, was
not want any other.
satisfied with it, and da
Hoad’s
When I began taking Hood’s Sarsaparilla
I was feeling real! miserable, suffering
a great deal with dy.nepsia, and so weak
that at times I could haflBfctand. I looked,
and had for some time^^pa person in con-
sumption. Hood’s S:^^Krilla did me so
much good that I wond«P|iy self sometimes,
and my friends frequqnfy speak of it.” Mrs.
Ella A. Goff, 61 Telace Street, Boston.
Sarsaparilla
Sold by all druggists,
by C. I. HOOD & CO.,
IOO Doses
|ixfor#5. Prepared only
lecaries, Lowell, Mass’
•no Dollar
The day of^irge farms has
passed. The erapf small farms is
now upon us, V
Vinegar botflies may be cleaned
with crushed eggs'ells in a little
water.
1?SfTl"T?T5ac?i n g
Cough, whuSLis neglected until this
grim monster has such a hold that
uothing but death can relieve it Bal-
lard’s Horehound Syrup has removed
the grip of this grim mom.ter from
many a throat. If taken iu time will
effect a permanent cure and in the
worst stages it will give surprising
relief. Try its soothing and healing
virtues. Do not put it off until too
late- A. J. Embree, Agent.
a watch ticks 160,143,000 times a
year.
Price 50c. Bold by Jno. H. Rewon
The Southern Live Stock Jour-
nal sums up with the following
advice: Put your house in order
while the times are good; make
your living at home, fill up your
barn and smokbouse take care olthe
nickles and dimes, and then when
the squeeze does come, clear the
track and let her do her worst.
Money is always easy to the fellow
who makes his living at home and
has a surplus to sell—which is our
solution of the currency question
McElree’8 VJine of Cardul
and THEDl ORD’S BLACK-DRAUGHT an
for sale by tbe following merchants ia
Bell county.
T. B. Rugclej Belton.
A. J. Embree, Belton.
R. H. He-fley & Co., Belton.
J. H. Herron, Belton.
If our merchants are wise they
will change their system of mak-
ing advances to farmers on cott 11
alone* Cotton raised at a cost ex
ceeding the price realized for it
brings ruin on larmer and mer-
chant
Shiloh’s Consumption Cure.
This is beyond question the
most successful cough medicine
we have ever sold, a few doses in-
variably cures the worst cases of
cough, Croup and Bronchitis,
while its wonderful
c
success in the
am J
v Marks, Copyrights,^
AGENCW
M
1 andab-
: How to/
mo, Trade/
ent fre
Address R1UNN & CO.,
361 Broadway,
New York.
D:
•j. B^OADFCOT, M. D-, Assistant.
(Regular Graduates.)
The Leading Specialists of the South and West.
Private. Blood, Skin and Nervous Diseases.
YOiiS MEN
suffer from Nervous
Debility, Exhausting
drains upon the foun-
tains of life, affect-
ing the mind, body
a-.d manhood, should
consultthe celebrated
Ur-. Hathaway at
once. Remember ner-
vous diseases (with
cr without d
or debil
I, nerve
scientifically, by new
• methods, with great
sarcesa.
it makes no differ-
'en ‘e what you have
■' taken or who has
•“■v.y.y.y failed to cure you.
y.'OST A and all v. eaknessof the sex-
aai'o puis ere.-ted with great success.
FE A .5 KjE DISEASES cured at home without
instruments" a wonderful remedy.
EIE.E3. Great Discovery. A cure guaranteed.
ligature. Painless treat
ItSfL--...
I have purcha^ecr the restau-
rant formerly owned by Mr.
Gilmeister, and am prepared
to serve the public with first-
class board and lodging. Fresh
bread, cakes, etc., always on
hand. Give me a call.
Wilh. Froderman
Fast St., Belton, Texas.
THE NEW THROUGH LINE
—FROM—
T IE 221 AS
—TO—
NORTH & EAST
—VIA THE- -
Cotton Belt Route
Pullman Buffet Sleepers,
Free Reclining Chair Cars,
Elegant Day Coaches,
Between Texas and St. Louis, connecting in
Union Depot at St. Louis with trains
to all points
ITOSTII-A-1STJD EAST.
So Change of Zm is Cairo, Memphis or St Louis
The Shortest Route via Memphis to all
points in the
SOTTTHZSAST.
Double Daily Trains . Unexcelled Skbvice
!f *•-----------”
No knife, cutting or liga
tment.
S«g
lout a
Headquarters
FOR COTTON AND
GROCERIES
Houston is headquarters; no
doubt -about that. Look at the
map. Notice the railroads con-
verging there, with water trans-
portation to boot.
HOUSTON, therefore, is the
place to ship your cotton to, anp
buy groceries from at whole-
sale. If you are convinced of
this fact, please bear us in
mind; if not, give us a trial and
be convinced.
WM.D. CLEVELAND & GO.,
COTTON FACTOBS aid WHOLESALE GROCERS
HOUSTON, TEXAS.
=S3C=
parallel in the history of medicine*
Since its first discovery it has
been sold on a guarantee, a test
which no other medicine can stand.
If you have a cough we earnestly
ask you to try it Price 10c. 50c.
and $1 If your lungs are sore,
chest, or back lame, use Shiloh’s
Porous Plaster. Sold by Jno. H.
Herron.
Let merchants, bankers and fac-
tors encourage the farmers to be-
gin diversified agriculture, and
the new era of diversified crops
will decrease the credit system
and inaugurate a healthy cash sys-
tem.
Try BUVCK-D^RAUGHT tea for Dyspepsia.
Every cultivater of the soil
should own nis own home. Every
acre of his farm should be made to
pay a handsome dividend.
For Sale or Exchange for Cattle.
Seven hundred acres of land
miles from Waco, enclosed with
four wires, 125 acres in cultivation
—divided into three pastures—60
acres, post-oak and ash timber,
balance black mesquite prairie,
four room house, cistern, spring
and large tank, outhouses and or-
chard. Terms, two to three years,
monthly payments, or delivery
address W. H. R.,
Lehman Hotel, Waco, Tex.
The first step in the advance-
ment of the south in any direction
is the building of first class public
roads.
STKICTVRE cured without cutting. The
most wonderful discovery. Safe and sure.
SYY’EMIL.IS. The most rapid, safe and effective
remedy. A complete care ^
Others hrm?
VKKAYILIEiiT . . .
cured m a few clays. Quick, sure and safe.. This in-
cludes Gleet and Gonorrhoea.
MY MET5IOB3:
1. Free consultation at the office or by mail.
2. Thorough examination and careful diagnosis,
S That each patient treated gets the advantage of
special study and experience, and a specialty is
made of his or her disease.
4. Moderate charges and easy terms of payment.
A home treatment can be given in a majority of case3.
Send for Symptom Blank No. 1 for Men.
Bond for Symptom Blank No. 2 for ’Women.
Send for Symptom Blank No 3 for Skin Diseases.
All correspondence answered promptly. Business
strictly confidential. Medicine sent free from obser-
vation, Refer to banks in San Antonio.
Address or call on
’ you wish to save lime and q**9lV®
=5r.Xnt?/“tV5U?('''
& Texas Railway, or — r*uo
W. II. WINFIELD,
Gen’t Agent Pass’A
KjQRAUQHT toa for Dyspepsia.
world uses 3,500,000 steel
fey
The world uses
pens every day
J. N. HATHAWAY, M. D.,
2>-Sl W. Commerce St., (upstairs) San Antonio. Tex.
“SANTA FE ROUTE.”
Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe R’j.
THE POPULAR DIRECT ROUTE
Between Belton and all points in Texas; Kan-
sas City, St Louis, Chicago, Kansas, Col-
orado, California and all points in the
NORTH, EAST AND WEST.
Elegant Pullman Palace Buffet Drawing-
room Sleeping Cars are run through every day
In the year to Kansas City, Chicago and St.
Louis, connecting at these points with fast lim-
ited trains for the East.
THROU&H TICKETS TO ALL POINTS
in the
United States, Canada and Mexico.
For any desired information, Tickets, Fold-
ers, Maps, etc., call on or address,
E. A. STERLING,
Ticket Agent, Belton, Texas.
W. A. TULLY. T, P. A , Dallas, Texas
H. G THOMPSON, G P. & T. A , Galves-
ton, Texas
„" ,
, Uoo, ami Stomach disorders, use
31! ; WS’S IEOII BITTERS.
•' :■ aiers keep it, 51 per bottle. Genuine has
( k and. crossed red lines on wrapper.
Many Persons are broken
down from overwork or household cares.
Brown’s Iron Sitters Rebuilds the
system, aids digestion, removes excess Of bile*
tad cures Get flje genuine.
Harris & Saunders, Attys.
W, K. Saunders, Jno. B. Dubrett.
Notary Public.
Saunders & Barrett, Attys at Law-
HARRIS, SATODERS & CO.
Land and Loan Agents,
BIELTOlsT,
Loans negotiated on farming and
ranch lands in amounts from $250,00
upwards on long or short time at 10
per cent per annnm. Lands and
town property bonght, sold or ex
changed on commission- Taxes paid
and lands rented or leased for non-
resident land owners. Special atten-
tion given to investigating and clear-
ing up clouded titles, and abstract of
titles to lands in Bell county furnish-
ed promptly. Have in their office a
complete abstract of the Land Kecords
of Bell county.
Office in Harris & Saunders build-
ng, Main street.
jPHfi
^ggy Atlanta. €ia. Offi<
and Whiskey Habits
cured at home with-
out pain. Book of par.
ticUlars sent FREE,
l B. M. WGQLLEY, M. D.
Ice 10434 Whitehall SL
: M®
i !§fm "4$
yttelyi
c ;»ves.t“. *>u:l Trade-Marks obtained, and all Pat-
en, rnsiness conducted for Moderate Fees,
C r -"ice 3 Opposite U. S. Patent Office,
and *ve c si secure patent in less time than tnosc
rem« te from Washington.
S:m :1 it del. drawing or photo., with descrip-
,r ■ ..-vise, if patentable or not, free of
• . »> -r fee not due till patent is secured.
"* • - “How to Obtain Patents,” with
najp iir.l clients inyonr State, county, or
: ’ vn, i cut free. Address,
C.A.SNOW&CO.
Patgjrt XMvz% WafiMfggpttrftr*C.
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