The Stephenville Empire. (Stephenville, Tex.), Vol. 20, No. 27, Ed. 1 Saturday, February 20, 1892 Page: 2 of 4
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badly
i tlooa uot have to
i goods wbut be lose* on
rofore be cun ufloid to
Ilian tbOHtt ib*t do. 1
____ \ y'
L it diatiuetlv understood that
dot deal iu Bankrupt good*
, aud anj' ou* that want*
, kind at tba same i>rioe or more
than we ask for tb# Newest and nob-
biest goods in town will have to go
aomt where else. A. J. BROWN.
Sell your cotton for cash. Buy
your goods where your cash will go
tba fartheerst and yon will find out
you will come out much better than
the fellow that agreos to take a part
of it in trade. Don’t forget that it
ie to your interest to call on
A. J. BROWN.
Stephenville, Texas.
A. J. Brown will sell you an ele-
gant tap sole boot for fl.oO. These
are not bankrupt goods.
Hats and Caps. Children s Hats-
Boy’s Hats and Cape, Men’s Hats
and Caps, in all styles and prices
that cannot be undersold at A. J.
Brown’s.
It is rather eajly for blankets,
but A. J. Brown wants you to know
that his stock is now iu, and .when
you contemplate buying, see his as-
sortment and prices before you buy
and be convinced that his price* are
the lowest. .
Look at that Eiderdown at A. J.
Brown’s when you want something
I nice for wraps for the little follows.
Dress Goods. More Dress Goods
and cheaper^***-Goods at A. J-
frown's than can l>e found in
other stock in Stephenvillo.
any
Misses’ and Ladies Cloaks] from
75 gents up at A- J- Brown’s.
Bee them fancy table spreads
A |J- Brown's. They are daisyh.
New lot of dress goods, the
nobbiest in the (city. ’,|at A. J-
Brown’s.
The best 4-4 brown domestic ever
sold for the price at A. J. Brown s.
20 yards for $1.
*\ .
To the ladies who love fancy work,
call at A. J. Brown's and examine
his stock of fancy silks, knitting,
arrasines, etc.—all just received and
bran new.
A. J. Brown has the best lino of
children’s, youth's and men’s cloth-
ing ever exhibited in Erath county,
and at the lowest price e' er offered.
Children's misses’ and ladies hose
in endless variety at A. J. Browns
A good assortment of colors in
Bt warps at A. J. Brown’s.
A fine line of ‘gent’s underwear
, A-J. Brown's.
■ \Ve know as a rule, every niorch-
i ant thinks he lias the cheapest line
goads in town, aud attempts to
ke that impression upon the
Ie by offering o few staples at a
’ low prioe, and will catch you
are not posted
i goods that you
jtMjk we can justly say, and
db will bear us out in the sc-
our
.that you can buy more
better goods, and have a bet
' stock to select from llisa from
other boose iu town. Be ooa
i of the feet by sailing and ex-
: my stook iu all lines.
S Lwwt.r S»ISk a petwyUs Cwtua from
Afar au.l ItolU Tor Ik* Unin, 1-ullvwad
by th. Balbulai H«rS— Crwalur**
ftwa All UlrwclloiM.
A cattl* funeral way soem an odd
thin* to write about, but it ia tea times
wore sad t<» witness. If the observer
happens to be <>n foot in the vicinity of
the scene of the ceremony, boweveft he
is apt to find it anything but odd, unless
there be a tree or some other place of
refuge convenient, or the curiow* oulook-
er be unusually fleet of foot.
But doubtless the average reader does
not know what a cattle funeral is like,
and perhaps is not inclined to give credit
to the possible existeuce of such a tiling
tf he has never lived hi a locality where
cattle of a more or less untamed disposi-
tion are wont to range, Se will certainly
never have had au opportunity to learn
by observation any of the peculiar and
notable facts connected with this re-
markable phenomenon of the range.
A cattle funeral, then, is nothing more
or less than exactly what the words seeui
to Indicate—a ceremony of morning over
the untimely fate of a departed herd-
iuate, in which every individual member
of the band that is within long range ear
or nose shot is bound to participate. In
detail this ceremony consists of a sort of
walk around, accompanied with the
most doleful, ear piercing and heart
rending tnoaus, shrieks and bellowing*
and varied by ponderous pa wings in tli*
ground and the most aiugulnrly doxter
oua flingings of the renal taut dost npoti
the bncks of the fonr footed momers.
To observe or participate in a cattle
fnneral let the curious minded go out
upon the range, select some spot which
is open and affords no obstruction to the
view, and r*">u which no “critter" is in
sight
Having selected such a spot, let one of
the “critters" be brought quietly and so
cretly from a distance, and without nn
due ostentntion, as becomes poachers
upon another man'a range, let him be
done to death Let the offal be secreted
where even the coyotes cannot find it,
and let the hide and flesh be carried
carefully away. Then let earth be
thrown on the blood stains to hide all
truces of disturbance, and let this all be
done so well that oven the human eye
can detect nothing that would reveal
what had been done.
THE I.KADKH RNIrrs T1IK WIND. |
| Then let the twenty-four hours, or
. even less, pass, unless indeed there be
cattle within a mile or less at the time
I of the slaughter. But for the purpose
|of illustration suppose that tweuty-four
hours have elapsed.
Then suppose a lot of one or two hun-
dred head of cattle come drifting down
over the range to the leeward of the
spot where the slaughter of the day
previous occurred. The leader of the
herd may bo twoor three miles, perhaps
farther, from the scene of blood. Sud-
denly he commences to show signs of
uueasincss. Though the gnus be deep]
aud luxuriant he only feels n few ino j
I uieiits continuously, lifting his head and
t03siug 1“ ' orus Hi if au enemy was
near.
Suddenly there is a strong puff of
wind, and as the nostrils of the leader
inhale the air a transformation occurs
like a Hash of lightning, lie halts,
throws his muzzle into the air ami then
emits a most unearthly, prolonged,
weird, moaning shriek or bellow. It is
like none of the various noises made
upon other occasions, but has a tone
that ia nil itsown aud which is evidently
well understood by the entire herd.
With another shriek, which can be
heard for a mile aud even further, the
leader breaks into a run, with his tail iu
the air aud with his head shaking an-
grily from side to side, followed by all
: the members of tlio herd, each adding to
the volume of sound that now tills the
air As other animals feeding quietly
at a distance hear the peculiar sounds
they, too, prick np their ears, then with
answering shrieks they gallop wildly I
toward the excited baud and join it in
pursuit of th* leader.
A TEHHIPIC SCENIC.
That animal quickly arrives at the
telltale spot, tie snuffs at tlm ground,
meanwhile lashing hi* sides with his tail
and bellowing continually in a mauuer
that suggests the height of rage. His
eyes flash wildly, the froth drops from
his jaws aud flecks his neck and body.
He paws the ground angrily with his
hoofs, and by dexterous twisting lilttH-
! ages to cast great masses of the earth
into the air and upon his back.
The others come raciug up and crowd
closely about the spot whore their mate
was slain. An inner circle is formed by
th* excited animals, with their heads all
poiatiug to a common ooiiter. aud these
bellow and paw the ground and race
around aud around nntil exhausted.
Meanwhile the others are circling rapid-
ly Hbont the central cluster and finally
displace the earlier arrivals, whereupon
they too iso through the same perform-
ance,
The scene is a terrific one. Hdrns are
clashed against horns, the bellowing of!
(he angry aninmU is deafening, the air
is filled with dust, the beasts seem actu-
ated each by some particular malevo-
lent spirit, and their actions appear
prompted almost by human understand-
ing.
Occasionally the scene of bloodshed
will 1m discovered by some wandering
•'critter” who has that portiou of the
range to himself temporarily. There
may be so other cattle within two or
three miles, yet the lone mourner will
commence the procedure already de-
scribed, and within a quarter or half an
honr he will have been joined bv others,
while inside of an hour there will boa
I dense mass of excited cattle on the spot.j
and from tho range in overy diroction|
others vriH be seen harrying to the
seen*.
Altogether a cattle funeral is one of
the oddest nml most interesting sights
that can be witnessed— by m wan np a
tree.—San Francisco Chronicle.
Dtottng and t*»• Complexion.
Sometimes a strictly vegetable and
fruit diet, avoiding carefully all butter
and vegetable fnts, will purify the com-
plexion when the most careful regime
in.bathing and all the prescriptions of
(lie physician are of no avail, finch diMr
peed be, adhered to for only a feu
weak* and tilen one may go hack gradu-
ally to one's ordinary diet, rememtiering,
however, that an abundance of rich
pastries, cake* und sweetmeats, eaten
promiscuously between meal time*, will
tend to ruin the very best complexion in
the world.—Exchange.
Two SnIm far Martial ytappln«M.
Lily Deverenx Blake suggest* as one
rule for martial happiness flint the wife
should not always ask the hnslmnd
where he 1* going when he goee away,
and whore he has been when ha eorae*
back. And ua another the eqnal dud
sion of woney, for sho claims that one-
hnlf of every dollar the Imsband has be
lone* in the lew to the wife.
Editor Empire:—1 an g)a«l
know that you giv* space in your subsidised, Uiey
valuable paper to all aides of polit- returu’ tttul lt
icsl qu« stums. This I think is proper
for the jiaper at oar county soat.
No intelligent observer of events
will deny the importance of the wide
spread clammor among the masses
for reform. In the literature of
nearly every nation that particulates
in the progress of the reces; in
books of fiotiou, in treaties eud
assay 8 ; in periodicals and scientific
works, it is discussed with more or
less talent and ingenuity, and such
publications find large numbers of
eager readers. They feel that their lib
erties are tottering npou their foun-
dation, even es Christianity tottered
in the 16th century, before Marlin
Luther appeared.
Will the national convention that
meets in St. Louis on the 2'Id iust,
representing the toiliug masses be-
tween the two greet oceans, and
from the Lake of the Woods to the
Mexican Gulf, find a Luther, to lead
them in this most important strug-
gle that they have ever been called
upon to take a part ?
It will not be Catholicism that Lu-
ther the 2d trill have to meet, but a
foe far more powerful and danger-
ous—the plutocrats of America aud
England who to-day hold control of
our national law-making power.
subsidise iu
laid down as •
fact that wherever such things are
done aud are known tol!>e done with-
out involving the instant political
ruin of the criminals, government
lias ceased to bff an ongine for pro-
moting tbs well-being of the peoplo,
end is at best, but a convenient ap-
paratus for dividing the spoils
If I am not mistaken in the aigna
of the limes, the burdens of oqr
present tariff is better known, end
more grievously felt than ever before,
and tli at now is the time for the re-
form party to declare for free trade
on all necessaries of life and all ma-
terial that goes to the make up of
agricultural implements. Tariff on
luxuries only, and a direct tax on in-
comes if the government requires i\
for the economical administration of
A. I BROWN
' 1 ■ ’
Ak.,1
A Rhode Island uian i>ad« » net profit
nf $3,700 le six months by Miring
skunks for market. Be sell* the felts of
the odorousauimals at good figures, and
manufactures skunk oil, which be dis-
poses of to the druggist* for * rheu-
matic curs.
This is dangerous to our form of
government, and if perpetuated ruach
longer, juatice will fade from our
statutes, aud tho liberties of a once
proud and noble peoplo will shriek
and die. It will be fair, if not the
duty of our delegates to the con-
vention to inquire the cause of the
universal discontent among the
masses, especially the farming ele-
ment with the mode and manner that
our government is run, and in their
combined wisdom, offer a remedy.
Take up no time of the convention
in telling what a true Republican
you have’been, or how much Demo-
cratic milk you have sucked. Be
wise above party name and party
lasb, and build a new Temple and
iuvite all who will, to come in and
get their fair part of the grand
wealth of this country which their
labor produces, and which by unfair
law9 is filched from them to such an
extent that they iu Hie aggregate get
less than an ounce of supplies for
their wives and children, from a ton
of their hard earned products; the
balance passing into the hands of
the manipulators of our ourroncy,
which gives them power to control
prices and pauperise producers.
Our delegatee, I am sure will study
well the best pathway out from un-
der oppressive laws, and man or par-
ty inquiring after truth, upon which
to base his judgment would do well
to turn to Hie “ Compendium of the
Census'’ from 1800 to 1880, which
shows the wonderful increase of 126
per cent on real and personal prop-
erty in the first decade, under wbat
is known as the Walker Tariff, aud
under the present tariff' in 1880
showing a dccreaso of l<j per cent.
Can human ingenuity continue to
confuse the simplest intellect or ren-
der the choice of any unprejudiced
citizen doubtful as to his courage,
if the issue was jumped:
Tariff for Revenue only,
vs.
Protective Tariff.
This issue is seldom if ever pie-
sented to the people alone,
hut always complicated by being
intermixed with many other
questions, nil to confuse the massei-
and to keep a good supply of “loaves
and fishes ' in the pot, for distribu-
tion among the leaders of ti e win-
ning party. The tariff question will
as usual be before the people, and
from the orators of the old parties
you will think it is the only ques-
tion worth thinking about.
It is a great aud indispensable fac-
tor iu the old parties, it furnishes
funds to control elections, and helps
to encourage extravagant legislation
—and say or feel as you may, one
thing is certain that the protective
tariff party, as it is made up from
the shrewd elements of Republican
and Democratic parties will be hard
to down—backed as they are by mo-
ney ; intrenched as they are behind
the laws of our nation.
In the first place, its every man of
any practical experience in politics
well knows it is always a matter of
great difficulty to overthrow a well
organized system of corruption
which bus identified itself with
great political party, and hits had tb
wisdom to secuve a moiety of the
press. Mr. Cartwright in au able
article in the North American Re-
view says:
“ Protective tariff is a burden •«
the peoplo out of all proportion to
tlie benefit# they receive from the
government, but the darkest shade
to the picture is the corruption fund
it creates, to be applied with tbe ef.
feet «o4 regularity of a machine to
debauching tlig press and tbe ballot
as OMMton serves, fyaajring with
knowledge, I say deliberately jj^t J
can conceive no more effectual meth-
od of inetelling and intrenching cor
ruption in the politic* of my eoun
try, than to give a large nnmber of
active, energetic business men hav-
ing control of large of mo-
urn-, s Jirect pecuniary iutqrmt fu
shown many kiudnsaaes by him
Italy, and had begged him to call on us
when ho cam* to America. It was the
maid's afternoon out 1 wss alone in th*
flat with Jack, my trreprvaslbl# ton-
year-old nephew. Au aocursod Impulse
whispered to me that a hot bath was s
good remedy for headache.
“1 waa lu my beth wrap, my dripping
hair hanging about me, when the bell
rang. Oh. horrorl The name on the card
which Jack poked under the door was
Tomaso Halvinit 1 knew be scarcely
understood a word of English. ‘Jack,’
I gasped, ‘say after me till you get it,
“Madame D. est sortie," and then go In
aud tiro it off at him. He’ll know what
it ia If you don’t He’ll go away.* 8o
•aid, so doue. Th* littl* scamp caught
tbe words quickly and repeated them
glibly.
“Fancy my anguish when Signor Sal-
vini began to question, to regret, to dep-
recate in a flood of swift French, Jack
gaxing in widemouthed terror, 1 on
the verge of catalepsy behind the bath-
room door. Jack bore it as long as he
could, and then his sky piercing accents
rose upon the air. T don’t know what
'
NCE
n. w. mm.
c=»
JOHN A, SHELTON, PROPRIETOR' ^TT
FRANK & DEI
PCTTONEYS-AT-
BtophsnvUlc, Texss.
>xrottD,
County Attorney.
(.North of the Empire building,
Stephenville, - #■
Texas.
If. McMl
Notary
OXFORD He MdlUAlJ
ATTORNEYS-at-Li
New bar fixtures, and everything else bran
new.
STEPHKNVibLB, TEXAS.
I have just purchased a large bill of the best goods that money could
buy, and I propose to handle nothing else.
quested to call on me, also all others.
All my old friends are er
ho use first class goods.
YOUNG & MART/
(Lee Young and M. F.
ATTORNEY’8-A'
STEPHENVILLE, TEXA8.
.
ERATH COUNTY
its affairs. This would for once leave' you’re driving atr wailed he. ‘AU 1
know Is that she told me to say she was
the monied men on the side of the
masses, and they would soon clamor
at the balls of oougres* for econ-
cudy, as their hired lobbies!* are now
doiug for extravagance.
Breckenridge, of Kentucky, says:
“ Restlessness has began ; dissatis-
faction is wide-spead; inquiry is
sortie, aud I’ve said itP Don’t ask me
the reet 1 collapsed in the bathtub
and tore my hair and wept."—Boston
Commonwealth.
FAYS CASH FOR
Air Strata Over Cities.
u be popular idea that the higher one
gets In the city air the purer the atmos-
phere becomes, has been disproved by
evidence given before a seleot committee
abroad among the peoplo: power! house of commons ventilation In Lon-
. . i *7”, , . i <lon. lt Is found that the air of cities
cannot always be purchased by cor-. ^ wheresoft coal is burned
rupting the ballot.” And I feel that is purest at thirty or forty feet from tbe
the wine of disappointment that we' ground. Lower than that the dust is
. , encountered and higher the smojes from
have so long drank from the cups of tho chimneyg.
“ jack o’ lantern ” parties will soon I These eonchisloi* were arrived at
pass from our lips forever. Then from experiments with frames of wood
covered with blanketing material put
what will be required of those who at different elevations-oneon top of the
believed tbat the day would come, dock tower at Westminster, another ou
will be moderation, prudence, con- the highest point of the roof and others
at various heights down to the oourt-
GOOD WHEAT
AND SHELLED CORN.
JAMES BEECH,
Btephenvillr, Tuxh*>
Proprietor.
WMIe School,
Stephenville, Texas.
BOARD OF TRUSTEES.
servative change; not revolution, anL After five hours’expoeure there
but reformation/’ were found to be more smuts at high
This will give to American indue- elevations than at low, but on th* level
a# AU„ tlu.ra nrava fViiiDtdnra.
. . . . . . ^ of the courtyard there were oonsidera-
tnes and to American commerce, ble quantities of dust
If. F. McNeil), Chairman ; W. H. Foosliee,
Secretary, J. F. Collier, Treasurer. Jus.
Collins, A. M. Borders, J. T. Harris, J. H.
Counts. .
FACULTY.
their just share of tbe markets of the j The inference from these experiments
world and the peaceful domination! £^^8°of°TCultos^bl^kVofhfl!ti
of the seas ; it will destroy the lobby are denirablo for their salubrity is apt to
at Washington, and restore to tbe
people the right to select their con-
gressman.
It. K. Cook. J. \V. Wrijjht. Miss Georgic
The financial question which lias
been discussed irom every stand-
point by able pens and eloquent
tongues, has uot failed to convince
the masses, that there is a far better
way to get money iu circulation
among tho people, than through tbe
national banks, who lmvo the
power to lock up the money at any
time, which they never fail to do,
whenever crops are to bo moved,
thereby making interest high and
produce low. The ownership pf rail-
roads by the government will Also be
among the questions before the con-
vention, and 1 trust will be defeated
on first ballot, for many good and
valid reasons, which space aud time
forbid me giving here. But will say
to those brothers who have written
to me on the subject, and referring
me to Germany as evidence of its
success, to take tho following as an
answer to their welcome letters,
which I borrow from a distingushed
German writer, Oswald Oltendorfer,
who wrote after the consolidation of
the German Empire. He says:
“ The acquisition of the roads was
forced upon the government on
strategical grounds, rather than from
politico-economical considerations.
It stands to reasou that a country
which ia Uordfered ou two sides by
rival nations, and on its other bor
ders by rather unreliable friends,
must not only be prepared to have
the army always ready to take the
field, but must also be able to send lt
on short notice to any exposed
polut. * * * pQr
purpose it is indispensable to have
the nioaus of transportation — tbe
railroads under the unconditional
control of the government.”
Until America is menaced like Ger-
many, let the energetic men who
have built them, continue to run
them, under such restrictions of law,
as to prevent them from ever beiDg
engines of oppression rather than
good. Wm. A. Kim.
be a mistaken one, and tbat beyond forty
feet nothing is gained by going higher
unless a very great height—some say 400
or 500 feet—is reached.—Louisville Uou-
rier-JournoL
Webb, Mrs. II. E. Cook.
School Opens September 7,1891.
Tlic Corporate Comm unity School will
-ontinue till October 00, ltsbl. The Free
School ouens Nov. 2, 18111. and will con-
iunc till Kofi. 10, iOM. The Corporati
'(immunity School will ro-opcti February
June 17.
3
“Oh! how horrid these blotches look
on my face." Well, do you know one
bottle of Boggs’ Blood Purifier will re-
move them? Every bottle guarantor)
Sold by L W. Chile*. fib 18
E. V- D. Bateman tells us that he
is in correspondence with a gentle-
man who says be is oomingtoSteph-
enville to go into tba grocery busi-
ness at Ah early day. .
Colic. Diarrhrc i and Dysentery are dan-
gerous No family should lie without i
good reliable medicine for these com
plaints at this Hcason. Boggs' Diarrlm-i
Balsam will relieve pinmcdiatoly and no
had result* follow. Bold and warranted
by L. W. Chiles. feb 18
J. ft. Young, of Hico, was up ad-
miring the uew court house last
^Saturday.
Bcggs’ Little Giant Pills are the surest,
he*t aud safest. Bold hy L. W.Chile*, f 18
T- Jyopg.tbe •‘old Grauger," thanks
the public fox th*ir Ijberal patronage
in the past, and informs the people
that he is again ready to deliver large
quantities of lime.
For hair that is labtog pgj <?r turmni
gray, try Itogg*' Hair henewv. |M<
byl, W. Chile*. feb 18
OUTOFTHK RACE.
L. D. Moore has decided not to
m«4.e Ifffi race for assessor, and re-
turn* tliAni* to 14* /fiends for their
expression of interest in his .welfare.
Is Iron Bust a Causa of Hnt
When oxide of Iron Is placed in con-
tact with timber excluded from the at-
mosphere, and aided by a slightly in-
creased temperature, the oxide will part
with Its oxygen, and is converted into
very finely divided particles of metallic
iron having such an nflinity for oxygen
that, when afterward exposed to the ac-
tion of the atmosphere from any canse,
oxgeu is so rapidly absorbed that these
particles become suddenly red hot, and
if iu sufficient quantity will produce a
temperature far beyond the ignition
point of dry timber.
Wherever iron pipes are employed for
the circulation of any heated medium,
whether hot water, hot air or steam, and
the pipes are allowed to become rusty,
in close contact with timber, it is only
necessary to suppose that nnder these
circumstances tho particle* of metallic
iron become exposed to the action of the
atmosphere—and this may occur from
the mere expansion or contraction of the
pipes—in order to account for many of
tho fires which periodically take place
at the commencement of the winter.—
1. 1.HU2, und will continue till
IM.'
Scholastic age of Corporate Community
•liildren Is from H to 1* years.
Board from $8 to $1.7 per month.
Hates of tuition, us follows: Primary
Department, $1.70 per month ; Graininui
lepertment, I'-’.OO per month ; High Bcliool
lejiartment, 82..70, $.7. and $4 per month.
Tuition must he paid at the end of euch
iiontli, or uatisfuetorv arrangement* be
nade with Hoard of Trustees, otherwise
mid pupil') shall discontinue school.
Deduction made for uieknexs if prolonged
i week. For further particulars call on or
xldrcss the |*».*.»i.»».iit of Bourd of Trus-
tees, sept 12 10m
J. B. BARNES, Jeweler
J. W. JAR
REPAIRS
Watches,
Cinch,
Jewelry
mof. 0. KINO.
KING & JARRO'
LAWYERS.
Particular sltcntion given to
tions, Admlnlstiutors and Gnardls
business.
OriucB—Front Hoorn over First]
llona! Bank. _. „ ,
STKPHEVILLE, TEXAS. j,
Etc., Etc.
Noith side ol
the Square,
NEXT TO W. H F009HEE’S.
Bunker Hill Ranch
MAY A BRIDGES,
PitorairroBs.
IS.
sipl
i¥
Horses branded UN on left shoulder
iianch three miles southeast of Stephen
ville. Turtle* knowing of any of tin
shove stock in their neighborhood wil'
Information ol
mh3-88
confer a favor by giving
their whereabouts.
Murk crop oaci
ear. An) one know
lug of stuck lu til*
hImivh mark him
'jisimI being Illeg-
ally lia ml fed oi
.dilvon from tliali
usual range are
lequostetl to repor
Haute to me. Aiij
Information of cal
In
same
fori
tie in my bram*
llTtojAtrarsU off will t>ejli«nk(tull^O'eelv(«r
jmksovs amt iunoii.
Cattle branded J X *
on left Hide, markod cro|
and undortialf crop th*
. right, and over half cro)
k the left, nought cattle 11
I various marks. Any In
I formation lending to
rccov
cattle
received.
any of
>e timid
&
ankrall)
Ranch 6 inline northei
teplieiiTllle. Addn
e at HtepbenvIUti,
May m. 18®0—tf
_ of fitepli
Puxas. H. ▲. JACKSON.
PKAYTOR'S
NEW M GALLERY,
Opposite the Erath House.
Iron.
winter
Benevolent.
There was, uot long since, a venerable
and benevolent judge in Paris who, at
the moment of pa-ssing sentence on u
prisoner, consulted his associates on each
sido of hint as to the proper penalty to
ho inflicted. “What ought we to give
this rascal, brother?" he said, bending
over to the one upon his right. ‘‘1
should say three years.” “What is yonr
opinion, brother?" to the other, on his
left. “1 should give him about four
years.” Tho Judge (with benevolence)
—“Prisoner, uot desiring to give yon a
long and severe term ot imprisonment,
as I should have done if left to myself,
1 have consulted my learned brothers,
and I shall take their advice. Seven
years (’’—Life.
fine Instruments. First-Class Work.
THE POPULAR VERDICT
PRAYTOR’S PHOTOS.
ARE UNEXCELLED.
The "Pearl.”
THE
Copying and Enlarging. Celluloid.
SILK PRINTING-.
ISTEW GALLEHY.
They all Use ’Em.
Henry GcorgVi Query.
Henry George is a singularly absent-
minded and preoccupied man, so much
so, indeed, that he frequently passes ac-
quaintances by without seeing them,
thoui-h he may soem to be looking them
straight in the face. At the same time
be is often minutely observant, and
when anything unusual attracts his at-
tention ho is prompt with a query. He
reduced a harmless young Englishman
to > -'ate of painful embarrassment
am. .o crowd of a London drawing-
room uy looking hard at his monocle
aud suddenly saying, “Do yon wear tbat
because one eye Is different from the
other?"—San Francisco Argonaut.
|.y nn Wall*.
A friend recently called attention to s
case which he thought subverted our
view that the ivy growing on walls
tended to make them dry rather than
damp. On looking at the case we find
that the wall was covered with the
Aiiqxdopsis veitchii, or, as it is called.
Japan ivy, and that the vines had boeu
suffered to grow over the shingle roof of
the house some fonr or five feet from
tlm gable end, and that tlie spouts and
other watev oonduit were completed
choked by this growth of vine und fill-
ing up with leaves.
It is no wonder that a house should be
damp nnder such circumstances. It
should not be forgotten tbat tbe vines
on walls must never be allowed to reach
the roof or clamber in the gutters, but
must be confined entirely to tbe vertical
surface of the walls on which they grow
fhe innumerable number of small root-
lets absorbing tnoisture continually gen
.rally make walls so dry and hard that
it has been found at limns in the Old
World, when nocossnry to take down a
building, almost impossible to do *0 on
account of tbe extreme hardness of the
mortar, which has been kept dry for so
many years through the agency of these
roots. The cues we have referred to
■fiiows how ofton a good idea maybe
spoiled by reason of the tlioughtloss
manner in which the Idea is carried Out.
—Meohun’s Monthly.
Two (mart Answers.
"A WtW1* W»wor" is good when on-
i./unn.lii ot...] * •' I i
Little Giants! Little Giants.
Little Glsnte for conetipatlos.
never gripe and no bad result* follow'.
Hold by L. IV. Chile*. fob 13
premeditate*}.
“I could write like Shakespeare if |
had a miud to," said Wadsworth to
Lamb.
“Yes, if you bad a mind to,” was
Elia’s quick reply.
"Do you see anything ridiculous In
dut Id a pompous littl* Judge to-
Curran.
“Nothing but the heed,” wss the re-
ply.—New York Home Journal.
Everybody uses furniture, sew-
ing macliies and clocks, window
shades, and wall paper. /In fact
people are bound to have these
tilings. The cheapest and best
place to placeyour ordersiswitli
I. A. GRIFFITH,
STEP HEX VI LIE, TEXAS.
pALACE X SALOON!
NORTH SIDE OF PUBLIC SQUARE,
STBPIJENVILLE. TEXAS
Keeps a full line of all tho standard brand* of
Whiskies, Brandies, Wine,
BEER AND CIGARS.
If you need anything for Medical Purposes, I can
vs sure you that you can get a pure article by calling
it my place. W. A. DAWSON.
}. J. SHAPARD, Bra*.
4 H. OAQi, V loc-Breg.
--No. 4,095.-
JURN $. IJYATT, CMhior
FIRST NATIONAL BANK,
OF STRraKNVlM*.
—,
Capital, - - -
Surplus, - - •
$60,000
10,000
Stephenvillo, Mniili County, Toxiim.
i»rm*Tofta-c.
iu *.'1. rtii*i (ino. \Y.
A i (Miend l»-nklig
kMUtr ffhd ntR
nil i
i*nft
iM»r «'h l»f'‘
l«4iff *. on Ur** a
AlUiioahUffvil a
kiui*'vr,l, PrciiMeiit fj. If. C*fe. Vlri'PrwMont; John A. Ilyfttt, Cashier ; W. A
hrkftt.
Dnslium trtmfiMteri. Wi jd||**U tho MWMml acrwint* of farmer#, me rhJtiM
We arn |>repim«l li l»a« receive do »(e*lwn id Imy mil sell fxrtung* \V(
IJntarMl pa r (fMitiuni on iStnd i-sullHe of OopvilH ninnleg f mr o
—"* *” —■—’— ---‘ on tho m<nt llborsl term a, <v»iMnU:iit
mi on (|
km**
LUlll.Ul '
r cnatomerH
L. G. OXFORD, N. D
Over First National Bail
8TRPHENVILLE, TEXAS.
DR. N. S. CROW
PHYSICIAN AND SUKGj
Steptaeuvllle, Texas.
DR. J. U. WILLI.lt!
PHYSICIAN, 8URG1
AND ACCOUCHET
Chronic disease* of women s sp
pfflee at City Drug Store. Hi
tear the depot. SeptS.
T. L. DODGE, M. D.
PUlSIOIM&SURIjl
STEPHENVILLE, TEXAS, j
(Late of Milburn, Ky.)
Offers his professional services
fltizens of Stephenville and Burr
xmutrv. Office at Curtis' drug st<
. |ul28.6m
cattl.' t>r»n,lwt TV on right
iflts in U ft ear. tw* over bit* lu right.
rlmi« marks. Horses branded 4<U
wing of any stork out
ifer a favor by giving
In varlnu* marks. Horses liruntled 44J on
•Irr. i’artlrs know leg of any stork out o
■tai range will confer a fsvor by gli
of same. Post office Morgan's Mill.
of t
Info
To the Patrons of
Empire: A great ma
our subscribers are st
arrears. They are req^
ted to send in their df
for we are oompelled
paper, ink, and pay
ters on the last day of e|
month.
HEALTH IS WEALTH
|tr|atme
Dr. E. C. West’s Nerve and Brain Tr«
<uarantec<i 8 pro I no lor Hysteria, Dizziness,
♦Ions, Pits. Nervous Neuralgia, Headache,
Prostration caused bv the use of alcohol or I
wakefulness, mental depression, softening!
brain resulting In Insanity and leading to J
decay and death, premature old age, ti
loss of power lu either sex. Involuntary
matorrhoea. caused by orer-exertlonj
iperiui
brain,
orrheea. causes! by ov<
df-abiisoor ovei -Indulge
tains one month’s treatment. 91
for 95, sent by mall prepaid oh ra£«W
WK CKAKANTNl MU Hf|
To cure any case. With cacti order
for six boxes, acootnpanli
box, or f
Dipt of M
ml with ftft.wewfflM
purchaser our written guarantee to rpfnndj
uey If tho treatment dot*nut eflect a core.
_____________jiCjMMMCiMMi
teee issued only hy K.N.Ourtta. Druggist,
Htephenvllle 'revaa. may 11
DR. OWEN’S]
ELECTRIC 6El
AMD BUBPKMSOIU
PoWdMS Aug. IS, 1MT. improved MI
will ears «ll
r,u,t.i.i*
O.acral ...
rim.—fa
ftsinal K* -
Waallaf si
r^r&K’J? IJ
Owen tisctni Belt ind Aipitiacii
BOfi North Broadway, BT. LOUIS,W
MSVTfOR THIS nrit.
mm
HORSES STOLEN.
Kfay Ii.iJ.rs arornu
lij'it, bIhkI |i( ftbhl; t) ot 0 yt
.>?.»“»rr'
"4b:
linTiiilcd JK with na
ll ‘ '•
2 i &
mm
arlh wl
lon't be
IJo.
hford,
19 1
aglau
9 valley
r two
• aunt,
s and p<
[tf ill
1 miles i
L good b
cto and
P. J. I
UUvatk
J
3
AM—. >/OH
Tlm-. ronii homo brasrl^il AL F o°J
-hoiilih-r, ills, a suit L .conncctsd,. I
l«rr. rnllirr nlAh^rr Milffh'i nt.nink, M
fanr, rather elenfler, 'hlffh" strung, S
or tail,
blffck rutin, }a|J SJj l *tr
hack, ring. .,n Ieg«,l».n:ar1lv P'llr0|ft
aIioiI In front; (i year. ohl. Will j
*10 reward for the recovery of l
hens*. W. C. IHJHUAMj
Jm 28 '’in J.lano, TM
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Jenks, George W. The Stephenville Empire. (Stephenville, Tex.), Vol. 20, No. 27, Ed. 1 Saturday, February 20, 1892, newspaper, February 20, 1892; Stephenville, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth857479/m1/2/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 8, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Stephenville Public Library.