The Stephenville Empire. (Stephenville, Tex.), Vol. 18, No. 12, Ed. 1 Saturday, November 9, 1889 Page: 3 of 4
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JULIA WAKD HOWU
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her lip*, whose burn-
through;
bound nboro her eves, to
Cory b’u«;
■hair was parted back, an
1 a act—
ehangog countenance, where
were met.
________ •,*’ fee said, “the
_grudge yon keep
and unuttered, like murder in the
^•S&JSWEK,he “yoor
Is bind the depths, or
the storm;
id in the mine, nor pc
“W“.J3U-
aa it was then nearly fire, she W DO
time to tone. She slipped oa a long
ulster and a close hat, and, taking her
bag in her hand, crept noiselessly
down-stairs, and unnoticed left the
house.
,. I?'ere ^r®at consternation hi
f^sTX r 4er‘ext
Tessa s flight r/as discovered, Mrs.
1ST a^“ ***“•*• “r*
tuis°f *1*'m “* fssdwSJ conjee-
Nras mnc?i astonished at the
Sfa vHA her brother received the
^feA^rthce ■— utterly thunderstruck
< %ifs* he teld her calmly, but with a
Art J “fray haggard look on his face, that he
wave,
ed coronet that sc _v__ | was not surpH^d—that he had fanci-
infimty*410 “0r e“pir® ’ ^ the wide o^y—ImThil fa^chrtnged*a°I itile^
tend ln’grrco in virt- ... he had not expected she wodlti go so
you had for me. * * With the «Ut
tfssa.
mAFTER XI.
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fit!
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fci'-
• “^fA wilt be welcome with or with-
f* Aureus permission,” he had said
* ArooBiiy.
Tessa resolved to test l .3 truth of
Ae words. ^ Hastily she .rust a few
pecessaries into her traveling bag, and
packed her d,wsj«3 and clothes into
the large traveling trunk. It could be
sent after her at some future time,
she thought. As she turned the key
the flash of the diamond on her hand
'caught her eye.
It was not usual among the Friends
to exchange rings; but Austen, though
be laughed at tho custom, had gratifi-
ed Tesin’s cbildi-h fancy for pretty
things and given her a ring she had
tfdffiired one cay in a jeweler's
window—a broad gold band with one
largo diamond sjt in the centre.
There was a flash of indignan ttears in
Tessa's eyes as she drew this ring from
her finger, placed it in an envelope
and addressed it to Austen. How well
•he remembered the day on which he
had brought it home from town—the
loving wort’s he whispered as ha
placed it on her linger—the kisses she
had given as her thanks! Ah, well,
it was all ended now! she thought.
She com pie ed her preparations,
putting her bag carefully out of sight
in the wardrobe, and, having removed
all traces of packing from the room,
drew up her cha^r to the window, and
Sat looking out a^cross the garden with
'•^ dreamy eyesl Ilow pretty it
looked t ..at summer ufteruoon. with
the s'^asbino pouting upon the trim
_ w n. and the roses andlillies of which
poor Mrs. lie van had been so fond!
JIow many happy boars Tessa had
spent there with Austen during the
last few weeks! The tears rushed into
her eyes at the remembrance of them.
Tho carriages returned by-and-by
from the funeral, Tessa saw Austen,
looking very pale and s.ern, descend
and enter the house, and heard him
cross the hall and shut himself up in
his study.
The day wore on; the guests who
had been invited to the funeral depart-
ed, and a groat silence fell upon the
house. Tessa was startled out of her
reverie at last by a low tap at the
door. At the sound her c-heekd flushed
and her heart beat wildly. Perhaps
it was Austen—Austen who had re-
pented of hij liaivhness, and had
, come willing to listen to the explana-
tion which she had olTercd and he had
refused to hear. Hurriedly she rose
from her scat and opened the door;
but her heart sank again, and she
could not repress a faint cry of disap-
pointment, for it was not Austen who
stood there, but only the under house-
maid.
“Oh, Mary, is it yo:t?” she said.
• • Tcs, Miss 'Tessa. ”
All She servants were fond of Tessa,
and wilh this g.rl she was an especial
favorite; and now she looked pityingly
at Tessa’s tear atained face.
“I came to see if vou want'd any-! could DOt re3t an mst:>nt longer—that
thing, miss. May 1 'bring you a cup I hc could not lct ;mother houi‘ Pass b-v
ad not . _
soon orso suddenly-. Their engage-
ment had been broken off two days
before; some facts very discreditable
to Tessa had come to his knowledge,
and made this course absolutely nec-
essary.
He refused, however, much to Mrs.
Callender's disappointment, to say
What these falts were, and something
in his face and manner forbade even
that strong-minded lady to persist in
her inquiries.
“She left this for you, Austen,”
placing the envelope which contained
the ring on the table.
Auslen took and opened it slowly—
took the ring in bis hand. He looked
at it for a moment iD silence, then.
With a sneering laugh, threw it into
the drawer of his desk. Tessa s flight
had thoroughly convince him that his
suspicions were correct. Well, she
might go. Shp had preferred shame
to honor—vice so virtue, and he would
not lift a finger td drag her back.
• * * * * *
'■‘Austen have you heard that Noel
Cleveland has come back to Priory?”
T hree months had passed since that
July evening when Tessa had left her
home, and it was now nearly the end
of October. The nights and mornings
were cold and frosty, and here and,
there the trees were beginning to show'
the vivid tints of autumn., Austen,
who was sitting by the fire with a book
in his hand, started and frowned an-
grily at the words.
“No, I did not know it. When?”
he said curtly.
‘ ‘Last Monday. His wife died three
months ago, you know, and he is com-
ing bavk to live altogether at the
Priory, he tells me.”
“Is he married again?”
“Good gracious, Austen”—and Mrs.
Callondar assumed her most severe
expression—“and his wife just dead!
Of course, he will marry again, by-
and by.” She paused for a moment,
and then went on meditatively, “I
used to think he admired Tessa very
much once, and certainly the eager
way in which he asked after her
to-day confirms that idea.”
“After her?” and Austen looked up
suddenly.
“Yes, and seemed so astonished
when I told him she was not with us
—so astonished indeed that he forgot
his good manners,” Mrs. Callender
went on severely.
“What did you tell him?”
Austen's voice sounded very hoarse
and strange, Mrs. Callender thought.
$hc looked at him rather sharply
“What could 1 tell him, except that
she had left us quite suddenly, and
that I did not know where she was?"
she answered in an aggrieved voice.
“You were always so very mysterious
about Tessa, Austen, and he seemed so
surprised.”
Auslen sprang up suddenly from his
seat. Could this be true? * Could
Cleveland really be as ignorant as he
pretended to be—know as little of
Tessa’s movements? Surely he must
be either the most consummate hypo-
crite—the nust bare-faced villian; or
he—Austen—must be the greatest
fool the world held! He felt that he
of tea and something to eat? You
have had nothing since break ast, and
you are looking quite pale and iP.”
“I have a headache. Yes. you may
bring me some tea, please, Mary.
UnTTli'th In(T tn nut \trif
before he confronted Cleveland and
learned the truth.
Without another word, and with a
restless impetuosity which surprised
and annoyed Mrs. Callender, he went
“And something*""to "eat with it, ! hastil>' out of lhe room’ cau=ht uPhis
miss? There is to be no regular din- j hat f,om ,hc hall-tab'.o, and rapidly
ner, to-day, for master and Mrs. Cal- I *alkcd “row the fields to the Priory,
lender dined early with the visitors: There was a h"ht ln the llbrary wln-
but cook said I had to tell you she j dovv 'tho roo,n wh,ch Cleveland gen-
would make some soup hot in a raiu-1 erallJ' occuPied when alon<-" AlHten
ute.” | saw his shadow move across the blind
, , , . , „ ._ , as he passed, heard his eheerv voice
“took is very kind’ Tessa, sud-1 k/ to his d The Servant
donly remembering the journey that, ,vho opened the door looked a little
lay belore her. and also that it was Burpriacd when he saw the visitor. It
improbable she won d get anything to ! w;ls a, d since Austen
cat until late at night, felt grateful to j had betm at the Pl.io..y. He took him
cook for the suggestion. “r -*»«..ta i
| at once into the library where Cleve-
land was sitting.
The room looked cheer.'ul and
‘I should
like the soup.
Phen I11 bring it at once, miss. ** . meroomiookertcneer.nl ana cosv;
Mary retired, and presently return- j a tablo spread with wine and fruit
* W * , ,aj contaming a '®ry i and flowers was drawn close to the fire;
tempting lit le repast: Tessa, who had a t niastiff and a tiny terrier
eaten very little in the past two days j wcre rolli about on tho ,.u„fc and
foil her appetite return at the sight of aevo,andf lying back in his chair
it. bhe ate heartily, and thoroughly 1
enjoyed the cup of fragrant coffee
which concluded the meal. Mary look-
ed on with satisfied eyes.
•■There—you look better already,
miss! It's queer what a difference
food makes to one's feelings,” she re-
marked philosophically. “I wish you
could persuade Mr. Bevan to have
with his pipe between his lips, looked
the picture of comfort and ease. He
started up and looked surprised as the
visitor entered, then came forward
with outstretched hard and a cordial
greeting.
“Austen! It is pleasant to see you
here again!” he cried. “You have
come to welcome me home? Sit
something, miss. He a c nothing at down> oJd fel|ow_r am delighted ’to
luncheon, and directly he came home I see p
from the funeral he shut himself up j But Austen did not take noUce
in his study-it is over the housekeep- j of the nrotTe.,ed hand. There was an
era room, you know, m.ss-and we | intPnt I, ioni look on his face.
can hear him walking up and down ‘d hi. gleamed oddly under
the room and never resting a minute. ; thoil. thick bp0W8. Hnd Cleveland no-
He do take on sadly to be sure, but he ti( ed that the veins on his clenched
was so fond of the poor old missus! In- I hands stood ollt Hke knotted cords,
deed, who warn t? -and Mary put | ..j have t.omc, ' he said at last,
her apron to her eyes and nobbed• , 8peaking in an unnatural voice, “to
“Ah. there* one though that don’t ^ question: and when y0u
grieve much. ; have answcred it j wU1 either ask
“Who, Mary?” Tessa asked absent- j your paidon on mv knees, or execrate
!y- I you as the greatest villian that ever
“WThy, Mrs, Callender, of course. \ walked this earth! Where is Tessa
miss! She'd barely got home from the j Cardine?”
funeral afore she was in the pooc mis-j “Tessa Cardine? How on earth
sus's room, ferreting about her draw- i should I know?" Cleveland cried, in a
ers! And you know that white lace ! tone of the wildest amazement. “I
scarf which missus said you was to should have thought you were the
have for a remembrance of her? Well, most likely person to' answer that
I saw Mrs. Callender with my own
eyes take it out of the drawer and ear-
ques;ion. Why do you ask me?’’
These was such an unmistakable
ry it off to her room; and it's my j''surprise in his face—such an accent of
opinion, miss, and cook s too, that she : complete truth in his voice that Austen
means to keep it.” j could nol doubt any longer. He gave
‘•Nevermind, Mary; I can remem- one long searching look into Cleve-
ber Mrs. Bevan without the scarf, j land s face—a look which seemed as if
Now you may take these things away; it would pierce into his very soul,
and, Mary”—Tessa hesitated—“my ' then, with an odd sound, half of relief,
headache is so bad that I will stay | half of despair, sank into a chair and
here and be quiet: and as I shall not 1 covered his race with his hands-
want anything else, you need n >t dis- i
turb me again to-night."
“Very well, miss. You will be
sure tO ring if you want anything?”
“Quite sure; but I shall not want
anything. Tell Mrs. Cailender so,
please, if she makes any inquiries
about mo.”
“Oh, she won't trouble herself,
miss—no fear!"
Mary gave a sniff, took up her tray,
Cleveland watched him silently a
few minutes with a sympathetic impa-
tient face.
••Come, Austen, don't be a fool!
Don't you know where she is?" he
said at last. “Why do you ask me?"
“Because 1 thought she was with
you."
Even Cleveland was moved to com-
passion at the sight of the stricken
white face which Austen raised. He
and left the room. Tessa locked the listened in silence, but with his heart
door after her. took out her bug, and beating with indignation, as Austen,
looked at her watch. The train by in a tone of resolute calmness, told the
which she intended to travel left 1’en- story of -his jealousy and anger' and
ninglon at six; it would take her near- . Tessa's flight,
ly an hour to walk to the station, and, to be costixced.
MR. AND MRS. BOWSER.
BT MBS. BOWSER.
"Mrs. Bowser, do you know how
Much time the average man Consumes
per Week in getting shaved?* queried
Mr. Bowser, as he entered the house
the other evening with a parcel under
his arm.
“1 do not,”
“Well, I figure it at an hour and a
half, to say nothing of the expense.
One also runs tnanjr risks by shaving
in a public place.”
“Yes.”
“And I shall hereafter shave myself.
I can do it in seven or eight minutes,
at a cost of less than two cents, and, I
run no risk of barber's itch or having
my throat cut by some lunatic.”
“Well, I hope you’ll make a success
of it, bu^--”
“There you go! Did I ever attempt
anything you didn't discourage?”
“But you know you tried it twice
and gave it up and threw your outfits
away in disgust.”
“And why? Because some one used
my razors to cut kindling wood!”
“Mr. Bowser!”
“At least it Appeared that way to
me. And I got a lame arm. and we
went off on a visit and there were
several other reasons. From this
time forward I shall shave myself, and
I shall begin after supper.”
After supper he prepared himself
with three towel- and a quart of hot
water and went up stairs to begin
operations. I crept softly up and took
-a seat on the landing just as Mr.
Bowser had removed coat and vest
and collar and was mixing the lather.
While be was soaping his face I heard
him growl several times, and after-
wards ascertained that it was caused
by his jabbing the brush into his eyes
and mouth by mistake. About one-
half of the lather was deposited on his
shirt front before he got through. He
was just.' seventeen minutes getting
ready for the razor, and when he took
it up I heard him mutter:
“This' thing handles mighty awk-
wark! If that fellow fias gone and
sold me a left-handed razor I’ll prose-
cute him to the last ditch!” • ?
He hold it in various positions to
get t‘the hjing,” and when he finally
got it, he made a careful motion along
his right cheek. To his great sur-
prise and delight ho didn’t cut his
head off. On the contrary, he shaved
off a whole spoonful of lather, and I
heard him chuckling:
“Egad! But I’m getting there with
both feet! No barber could beat that!”
„ Mr. Bowser wears a mustache, and
is very proud of it. At the third or
fourth scrape along his cheek one end
of the mustache got in the way of the
razor and a share of it was carried
overboard, so to speak.
“By thunder,” gasped Mr. Bowser
as ‘he regarded the damage, and he
carefully washed all the lather off that
side to closer inspect tho calamity. In-
vestigation proved that tho damage
was uot bevoud repair, and hc renew-
ed the lather and went ahe d.
In the course of the next fifteen
minutes Mr. Bowser must have re-
moved as many as two hairs from his
face, and he uttered fully 100 sighs
and grunls. He tried the razor in his
right hand and in his left, and in
every conceivable position, and he
brushed on the lather until a hoe
would scarcely have scraped it off.
“Y'ou see,” I heard him saying to
himself, “a fellow has to fool around
awhile to get confidence in himself. I
expected it would take me about half
an hour this time, but inside of a week
I’ll make a clean shave inside of five
minutes. There—that’s a good, job.”
He wet a towel and wiped the lather
off his face and look a look in the
glass. The result astonished him. So
far as he could see he had not remov-
ed one single beard. He had scraped
off the lather, but the beard w. s still
there. He growled away for-awhile,
and then mixed a fresh lot of lather
and brushed it on, and after satisfying
himself that the razor's edge was all
right by cutting a hair pulled from his
head, he laid it against his chin. He
gradually turned it up and began to
scrape, and I heard him softly saying:
“Now, then, I’ve got the real hang
of it. I was carrying it too flat. There’s
a trick.-”
Two things suddenly happened. He
cut the left corner of his mustache off
and gashed his chin at the same stroke,
and the next instant he bounded out
into the hall and shouted for me.
“Well, what is it?” I asked as I rose
up.
“Look here! I’m fatally wounded!”
he cried, as ho danced around the hull.
“Let me see. Why, it’s nothing but
a slight cut. Let me wash the lather
off.”
It was a lively cut and bled freely
for a quarter of an hour, during which
time Mr. Bowser did a great deal of
sighing and groaning, and forgot about
his mustache. When I had plastered
up the cut he returned to the glass,
discovered that his mustache was lop-
sided, and wheeled on me to exclaim:
“Look at it! Look at that, Mrs.
Bowser!”
“Yes, you haggled your mustache.
I’ll get the tfhears and trim it off.”
“Never! Keep right away from me'
Mrs. Bowser, your plot has been dis-
covered!-’
“Don't be so foolish, Mr. Bowser. I
toid you I didn't believe you could
shave yourself.”
"It is all as plain as day now!’’ he
continued, as he upset the lather cup
and walked through its contents, “you
probably figured that I'd cut my throat.
You were sitting at the head of the
stairs to catch my dqath laittle!"
“Did I tell you to bring home that
razor? Didn't I try to discourage you
from shaving?"
He turned from me without a reply,
and I went down stairs. He came down
after about half an hour. He had been
obliged to sacrifice a third of.his mus-
tache to get it in proper shape again,
and the iathcr which had gotten into
his eyes gave him the appear.nee of
having wept for a week.
“It's too had.”. I sjiid. breaking a
long and embarrassing silence.
“Oh, it is. i< it?" he sneered in re-
ply. “Too b d that I'm not lying a
headless corpse up ;t;iirs. and you fig-
uring on my life insurance!”
“Well, its no use to talk to you, Mr.
Bowser.”
“Not a bit. Mrs. Bowse". Yo ; had
apian. I ehe'kinat-d it. You stand
revealed in your true light as a , ; i
be Borgia or wor.~\ Tin- Nth' lirt
straw, Mrs. Bowser the verv la--. In
the morning we will t t! : • - "
But when morning came l.e u.da'i
hare a word to say. I found Ids Shar-
ing outfit in the side yard, where he
had thrown It from the window, and
the girl is now using the razor to pad
potatoes.—Detroit Free Press.
Hu Duty of Health.
“No point tn the warfare against
diseases,” writes Dr. Richardson, “is
so important as that of getting the
women of the household to work heart
and soul after good health in the
household. Fresh air and wholesome
nourishment, regular hours and happy
surroundings would cure many irrit-
able nerves, prevent many a fit of
passion and brighten up many a slug-
gish and torpid mind.
In their capacity of health preservers1
women should insist upon all over
whom they have any influence attend-
ing to regular bathing, for without it
the skin can not long remain in a
healthy state.
If the house-mother, as the Germans
call her. is worried and irritable, the
children become dull, depressed and
also irritable; tho husband grows dis-
contented. and cither adds to the
general #orry or seeks his pleasures
out of dour' Many women look upon
devotion N> their households and
neglect of themselves as heroic, and
glory in sufferings endured, as they
think, for tho benefit of their husbands
and families; but if they injure their
health by such self-imposed injuries
tbo loss to their families is very
serious.
Tb.p best end cheapest physicians
are Dr. Quiet, Dr. Diet and Dr. Merry-
man, but they are uot consulted t>y
some women as much as they ought to
be. Often a woman will go on labor-
ing at whatever she may have in hand
when aching head and limbs and tired
eyes have long ago indicated that rest
was needful. She says that she does
not care what she eats, aud, that any-
thing will do for her. She hurries
through her meals, and either runs
about or begins to work directly after
eating. “This is not the way,” says
Dr. Diet, *‘to keep a good digestion.”
Dr. Merry man prescribes exercise in
the open air, and as much change of
scene and amusement as is compatible
with honest work.
Women ought to be the preservers
of the health of others, but this they
can ndt be if they neglect their own
health. “Get health,” writes Emer-
son; ’ “no labor, pains, temperance,
poverty uor exercise that can gain it
must bo grudged. For sickness is a
cannibal which eats up all the life and
youth it can lay hold of, and absorbes
its own sons and daughters. I figure
it as a pale, wailihg, distracted phan-
tom, absolutely selfish, attentive to its
sensations, and afflicting other souls
with meanness and mopings, and with
ministration to its voracity of trifles."
——
—
this Bit *f taw.
This bit of loco I rescued from the floor.
Era dancing feet had marred its dainty
What vandal step from my love’s vestm rets
tore
This bit of lacel
She whirled away within my foe’s em-
brace:
Ah 1 did she know I madly should adore
This tiny fragment through ail time and
space.
She married him. I ne'er would wed, I
swore;
And now my wife says, laughing in my
face,
“ ’Tis only Hamburg edging,nothing more.
This bit of lace.”
—Samuel Williams Cooper in Life.
A St tld Boadeaa.
She was so staid, so prim and tall.
That when I first her,tn to ca'l
I feared to shock tier modest taste
And *o I kept quite so!eni’:-faced.
List from her favor 1 should fall.
Tut after waltzing, at the ball.
And sitting two teuiath one slia vl,
I wondered why I thought, in haste,
She was so staid.
And when I kissed her. in the hall
(A kiss did not this maid appal).
And tightly clasped her slender waist,
clics.s ia d to 'iketo he embraced;
I-ut that I fon d no fun nt all—
She was so stayed!
. —Town Topics.
Giddy Gladys.
She’s positive, quite* in her way.
You would thiuk she could never be
wrong.
Whatever she happens to say.
Her emphasis always is strong.
Our acquaintance has be-n rather long—
I’ve known her six mouths to a day—
She’s positive, quite, in her way.
You would think she could never be
wrong.
Her manner is sauev and pert.
And she often takes things quite amiss.
She se ms not nnwi ing to flirt.
But says “No” when you ask for a kiss.
Such eece 'trie re usn s as this
Make a lover iuclined to f ei hurt.
Her manuer is sauev and pert.
And she sometimes takes things quite
amiss.
So I’ve canceled her name from the list
Of the maidens I might take to wife.
I am sure she wi Tnever be missed.
For she’d make me unhappy for life.
Since her tongue is ns sharp as a k ife,
And«he Nig s she dis ikes to be kissed,
I’ve canceled her n-me from the iist
Of the maidens X might take to wife.
A True Lover.
Go forth into the world again.
Searching for one as fair and sweet?
Leave you, who ar my dream complete?
Leave you, and 1 t lhe -rent sun wane,
Shrouding my ife in darkness? Oh,
Love, oh, my love, I cauaot go!
They say that love is but a show
Some wizard casts before our eyes;
They say that as a fading flower
Rapture will lose Us magic power
To turn to heaven this earth of woe'; i
But I say, “Love, I cannot go!” . . :
To touch your heart with perfect faith,
To win with ardor your rare life,'
So full of beauty, charm and praise,
So full of bliss to light mjr days
From now to death were you my wife—
I take youriirembling answer so,
And dove,1 my love, I cannot go!
—Harper s Weekly.
The Ceutarv Magazine.
The September Century contains a paper
•3u Napo eon Dou.ip :rto of unusual inter-
est an.i importance, being contemporary
u counts, by lirki li ottl ers, of the ex-Em-
peror's exi e to Elba: his voyage to St.
ii 1 on an i life o i that is'a ad. Not the
ieast valuab e part of this record consists
of tne couversat ions hero preserved with
Najio.eo i on some of the most prominent
passives of his care r.
The Lincoln iusra Intuit is crowded with
absolute y u w materia’, and ha* to do
in duly with Liuco'.u’s triumphant ree'.cc-
lio:i
“Ballot Reform Progress” and “Eight
Hours a D v ’ are treat d editorial’y.
Brand r Vatthews contributes a timely
••Ojtfui . l etter’ of the catenary of Feni-
moie Com nr. ’ ar.d “Brie a Brat: ’ contains
co -iribuUo ,s by die ton S‘oilard,J. A.
, \!a- pa, ’.O' org Birdseye, etc.
. lie it-spi nrt.-tU.
She.—Y'ou stiff persist in using,
1 or serve with great regret,
Th • necdldisly expensive
Cigarette.
Ee.—Y'ou should s t a gooff example,
But you seem to quite forget
. That you use a thirty-dol ar
Vinaigrette. •
Graham carefully considered the height
of the Falls aad found it did not compare
with the height of hte ambition.
If afflicted with Sore Eyes, use Dr. Isaac
Thompson's Eye Wut.T. Druggists sell it.
Little Pitchers. .
“Mamma,” said young Pret-el last JSuu-
day, “do they g.imbl • in churches?”
■v'em:inly cot. my child. \Vhat put that
idea i to your head?”
‘Well. I heard papa say something about
‘jv-uay ante' when they passed the box
around to him this morning.”
Gentility—As Some Understand It
Genteel it is to have soft hands,
But not genteel to work on lands;
Genteel it is to lie in bed,
But not genteel to earn your bread;
Genteel it is to cringe and bow,
But not genteel to sow or plow;
Genteel it is to play the beau,
But not genteel to reap or mow;
Genteel it is to keep a gig,
But not genteel to hoe or dig;
Genteel it is in trade to fail,
But not genteel to swing a flail;
GeDteel it is tp play a fool,
But not genteel to keep a school;
Genteel it is to cheat your tailor,
But not genteel to he a sailor;
Genteel it-is to fight a duel,
But not genteel to cut your fuel;
Genteel it is to eat rich cake.
But not gentoel to cook or bake;
Geeteel it is to have the blues.
But not genteel to wear thick shoes;
Genteel it is to roll in wealth,
But not genteel to have good health;
Genteel it is to “cut” a friend,
But not genteel your clothes to mend;
Genteel it is to make a show.
But not genteel poor folks to know;
Genteel it is to go away.
But not genteel at home to stay;
Genteel it is t j smirk and smile,
But not genteel to shun all guile;
Genteel it is to be a knave.
But- not genteel your cash to save;
Genteel it is to m ike a bet,
But not genteel to pay a debt;
Genteel it is to play at dice,
But not genteel to take advice;
Genteel it is to curse and swear,
But not geuteel old clothes to wear:
Genteel it is to know a lord,
But not genteel to pay your board;
Genteel it is to skip and hop,
But uot genteel to keep a shop.
—Manchester Times.
\ Morning R sag.
0 roses, glowing in this amber bowl!
O roses, gleaming in their happy dew I
1 wouldl had some roses in my Soul
As beautiful as you.
Scribner’s Magazine for September con-
tains the opening chapters of a new seria
—an exciting and natriotic rornnnea of
co’onial days by Harold Frederic, the
Loudon correspondent of the New Y’ork
Times; the last regular article in the sue
cessful railway series of twelve pajiers,
which, after thorough revision, are soo.i to
be published in a handsome volume; an-
other of the Fisbiug articles, this time des
cribing the picturesque Nepigoa region of
Canada; an out of-door paper by W. Ham-
ilton Gibson, with the author s own ilius
trations; an end paper by the famous Irish
l*ader, historian and novelist, Justin Mc-
Carthy, and other striking papers on liter-
ary, educationa', and mi itary topics by
eminent writers, with short stories and
poemsv
The Cosmopolitan for September has an
oriental look, there being the conclusion of
the Chinese novel and besides an article on
“The Two Capita’s of Japan,” which is
illustrated. Carmen Sylva, the royal au-
thoress, has a short story in the number.
Other paperi of interest are “Tho New
England Conservatory of Music,” by Ed-
ward Dwigi t YValker; “A Nineteenth
Century Acadia,” by E'izabeth Bisla id;
“Anti-Slavery conventions,'’ by Abby Mor-
ton Diaz, and “The Opening of Oklahoma,”
by Hamilton S. YVicks.
H; Warned Her.
wife,
“I wo'.der,” said a husband to his
“what'causes me to hiccough so.”
‘•Have.* ou been drinking?”asked the lady.
“No, Madam, I have not”
“1 have heard.” said his wife, “that it is
deduced from aco'd settling between the
shoulder blades.”
“If that is t!:e case, ’’r.’plied tho hus-
, band,AT wilt thank von to keep your cold
feet near the dashboard of the bedstead.”—
•Sunday National.
CHEAP HARVEST EXCURSIONS
Will b ‘ run via the Wabash Liao to points
in Ivun- as, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Dakota,
Colorado, andv 1 parts of the West on
August Cth and! l-tb, September 10th and
•yith, and October Sth, 1SS9. Kate One
Fare for Round Trip. For particulars, ap-
ply to nearest Wabash Ticket Agent.
llirt Clioire.
“Where do you think,” said she,
“The World's Fair ou^ht to bo?”
He drew her to his side,
And huggii g her r plied;
“I'm satisfied my dear,
To ho.d the fair right here.
Charles Dudley Warner thus exp’ains in
the September Harper bow the name Edi
tor's Drawer orginat d: “The name,
Drawer, was not adopted by chance. It is
a spontaneous aud altogeth.r sincere insti-
tution, and was at its birth. Mr. F.ctcher
Harper senior used to keep all the funny
and characteristic anecdotes sent to the
publishers from all parts of .tin coir try in
a drawer devoted to that purpose, and se> c
lions were made from this coleffiou for
each month's issue. Hence the title
Editor's Drawer.”
When Eaby was sick, we gave her Castoria,
When she was a Child, she cried for Castoria,
V neii sue uecame Miss, she clung to uastoria.
When she had Children, she gave them Castoria,
Considering how little the bell knows, it
is wonderful how much it has tolled.
No Core No Pay.
It Tells Your Age.
The latest “drop- a -nickel -in- the-
slot” machine to make its public ap-
pearance is a device calculated to
make the unenlighteael obssrver be-
lieve that the evil one is behind it all.
It is a neat little nickel-plated instru-
ment, set up on a polished woode n
pedestal, and will tell any man's age—
and any woman’s, too —with an invari-
able accuracy that- is startling. The
instrument itself is about twelve
inches high, and in its face arc sot six
vertical rows of figures running, in an
uneven, jerky way, from live to eighty.
Over each column is a sort of little
piston rod. with a flat metal top.
The printed directions tell you to
first drop your nickel in the slot, then
press your foot hard down on a little
pedal tiiat projects from the base of
the pedestal. This done, you ai'e in-
structed by a printed >!ip which pops
out just underneath the figures to press
with your linger the piston rod over
eich of the colonies which contain the
two figures of your age. Thus, if you
are "26 years old. say, yo ; find that
number in one of the columns and
press down the rod. Immediately
there pops into view the figure 8. You
look for another column with 2d in it,
press the rod. and the figure 10 comes
quickly out. Then you find an other 26
in another column, press the rod, and
S is th' result. Ad 1 S. 10 and 8 to-
gether an 1 yon discover that you are
2d ye rs <>M. It i< very simple, and if
you are hones* with it the machine
never fails.
Tne arrangements of the figures so
that the age of a guesser m ly be dis- j
covered is a very old scheme, but it !
has never before been mechanically ;
developed.—N< w Y'ork Times.
It is a pretty severe test of any doctor's
skil When the payment of his fee is mad -
conditional upon his curing bis pniiciit
Y'tt after having, for many years, obs rvei!
the thousands of marve ous cures effected
in liver, b oo l and lmg diseases, b.v Dr j
Pierce's Golden Medic 1 Discovery, its I
manufacturers feel warranted in soiling it. \
as they ; re now doing, through a 1 drug I
gists, the world over, under a podii/.
guarantee that it wi 1 either beueii:. or cure
in evrv case of d’sease for which they
recommend it. if tak n in time a id' given ’
fair irial, or money paid fur it wi!. be
prompt y refund d. Torpid liyer. or • b !
liousuess,” impur b oo 1. skin eruptions,
scrofulous sores a id swellings, consuaip
tion (which is serof a of tire ungsl, aid
yield to this to derful medi-iue, it i
both tonic or strength-restoring, ai.d alter
ative or blood cleansing.
A Nnmr in lleinand.
It is understood that Robert Rav Hamil-
ton -v i not • onseit to the use of his name
fur thu next Legislature. The r a son as-
signed is tfiat the newspapers have so
iniich us • for h s name now for social pur-
poses that he can’t sp re it for politics.
MARK
*0
Chronic Nasal Catarrh po-iiive'y cured j
by Dr. Sage's Remedy. 50 cents, by drag j
gists.
Mrs. A.—“What black eves that '.mb’
has!” Mrs. B.—“Yes: his father is u ■
pugilist.”
TRADE
ikr cor-T cystrrnex
Believes and cures I HEADACHE,
EESUMATIDH, j Toothache, Sprain*
NEURALGIA, E-RLTSES,
Sciatica, Lumbago.' C;:rns and Scalds,
at PTtrc.ii.sr4 am> i'r.u.rK*,
Tfla CHARLES A. VGSELEH CO., Baltimore. M<J.
“The days of miracles are past,." Tha;
may be and yet some of the most wo -.tier
ful things ever witness d by the human
family have occurred within tli ■ last dec
ade.’ Not the leust of th’se wonders is the
success which the agents of li. F. Jo'urso
& Co., Richmond,Yn., are meeting. Write
them for particulars. They will show you
how to work wonders.
A carpenter would be handy in a barber’s
shop, especially the one who is a good ather.
CARTERS
• i'r«iionatidTaoHMrty
A perfect ram-
SETTLE
M TVER
If not above being taught by a man, take
this good advice. Try Dobbins’ E.ectric
Soap next Monday. It won t cost much,
and you will then know tor yourself just
bow good it is. Be sure to get no imita-
tion. There are lots of them.
ly for Pizzineai.NanBe*
i I’roi-. s: Uad Tu’
In the Month. Coated
Tongae.Pain in the Side.
TJKi'IU LI Villi. They
regulate the Bowela.
purely Vegetable.
Price Cents.
CAST2E KETICI1T2 CO., NIW YOiS.
$m?!IPi!l, Small Dose. Small Price.
There is nothing loud about the flannel
shirt. On the contrary, it is modest and
shrinking.
Got Tliblr M nicy.
Surannah CGa.' x*«». August 30.
The lucky holders in this city of the two
one twentieth tickets which 1.it The Louisi-
ana State Lottery at the August drawing
for $15,(00 each have received their money,
and are $30,000 better of than they were
two weeks ago. Deputy Jailor Joe Kirch-
iey held one-twentielh of the lucky ticket,
No. ST.tKJP. and Mrs. Florence M. Roche,
who is now at l lark's Mills on the Savan-
nah. Florida a d W. stern railway, ho d the
other or.e-twcnti-’th. This is rot the first
time that fractions of the capita! prize have
been drawn in pairs in Savannah, i liree
years ago &i ',0: 0 were drawn at one draw-
ing on two fractional tickets, in the last
few years close to f!: 0.0 11 have been drawn
in Savannah through The Louisiana State
Lottery in large prizes, to sav nothing
aocut the smaller prizes which liavr been
drawn. Mr. Kiuchiey's ticket was col-
lected through the Merchant's National
Ban,c. and Mrs. Roche received her money
through the Southern Expr si (.’ompaii".
This is the -ec'.'t.ff lottery prize that Jai’or
Kinchiey has nrawn this year. About six
months ago he drew $ .0) >.
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^ U»rii-W XUumPiateil ( u,er.
Wife’s Lawyer—1“Gentlemen, the hue-
band to brutal, violent choleric—”
Husband's Lawyer—'"Geetieme*. the
wife is malicious, passionate, crabbed—”
Puzzled Judge—“But, gentlemen where
the devil do you Had the incompatibility?”
A Bint t* Brodle.
By going over the Falla first Graham
took a mean advantage of Stove Brodia,
who was getting ready to take the plunge,
but Steve can get more thou even hr going
up over the Falls.
A Compulsory Fraud.
Georgia Cracker (in Atlanta)—Yen say
it ain’t wuth nothin’!
Storekeeper—Not five cents. It's Confed-
erate money. Wheredid you get itt
Georgia Cracker—Hank Uplans passed
it on me ’way back in '62. I’ve had it in a
stockin’ up garret ever seuce, a-savin' of
it up.
Storekeeper—Can’t you pass it book on
him?
Georgia Cracker—Not easy. Yer see,
Hank kinder he'd back on givin’ of it up,
an’ I hod t’ gun him. He never come to.
A Fairy Talc.
A famous woodsman once boasted that
h' could find his way through a wi derness
and return by the same path. Being test-
ed. he carried with him a slender thread,
which should serve as a puido for the re-
turn triu. R-achirg the end of his jour-
ney. he lay down to rest. While he rested
came the gcuius of industry and breathed
upon his thread and chang'd it to two
sliiniiiT ribbons of steel. It was a railroad.
Thrones .Of poop e whirled past him in
luxurious cars, and be read upon the
train the mystic legend: “Wiseousin Cen-
tral”’
Ballot Reform.
Possibly the greatest gain of all will be
found in time to bo that secured through
independent nominations. This is the
straightest and deadliest blow which has
been struck at the dictatorial caucus sys-
tem. Henceforth in eight States, any body
of men, though a mere handful, con get
their candidates’ names upon the ballots
and can have them distributed at the polls
on equal terms with those of the regular
parties. Every caucus will thus have
hanging over its deliberations the threat of
a formidable and easily organised independ-
ent movement in case its own nominations
are not satisfactory. Heretofore the most
effective obstacle to an independent ticket
has been the difficulty and expense of
getting it distributed at the polls.—The
Century, Topics of the Time.
Meant Fight.
A heated argument between two men on
the Bowery was brought to a climax In this
fashion:
“You haven’t as much brains os a chim-
panzee.”
“And yon—you haven’t as much sense as
—as Rob rt Ray Hamilton.”
They clinched, and it took two patrol
wagons pulling in opposite directions to
part them.
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West
The waters will positively cure all Kid-
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For handsomely illustrated descriptive
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T. A. “Wabash Line,” St Louis, Mo.
Rejected.
He offered his heart and his hand
But she wouldn’t have either, she said,
Though why he could not understand—
(lie had made a small fortune in lead).
She gazed at his form as he fled,
With a calmness that did her m uch credit;
She wouldn’t accept him, she said—
And now she is sorry she said it
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Territory, Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado,
Wyoming, Utah, Idaho, Montana, Iowa,
and Minnesota at one fare for the round
trip on August 80th, September 10th and
14th, and October 8tb, good to return thirty
(30) days from date of sale.
For further information call at the office
of the Company No. 112 North Fourth St
DR. OWEN’S
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AND SUSPENSORY.
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sf&ssurasr
AND 8USPXNB0ET«
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Complsists,
, General aas
,______Debility. Ose*
r tiTcnf m. Kidney Dismiss
Nervoumeu, Trembling,
Sexual Exh iu»t»en. IWait
>
STJSfc*,.
Across whose i
la graoehil 1
Can from its 1
What mystery is
This wooden box
What knowledge ot
-«
Her violin 1
D.
Maid mt
Maid of Nantasket will you l
When in the city your face I shall see,
Fanned by the braezea of lusty September
How at the seashore yea flirted with ml
How I bought flower* and boo boas and
sappers,
Spending my money so airy aad free.
When I, perhaps roam around oo my up-
Wilfyon stiff shower your amilM upen
me?
I did not raise mine eyes to her, •*
Although I knew she passed me sear;
I said, “Her shadow round am stirs;
It is enough that she is here,
And that for onoe my way is hers."
I did not look upon her face,
1 knew with whom her heart confers;
For more, that momonth d noplace;
I did not raise mine eyes to hers,
I did not look upon her face.
FOIr Phyllis.
As through the rain fair Phyllis goes,
Her cheeks a flush with timid pride,
A bashful glance each gallant thro.vo,
As through the rain fair Phyllis goes.
And wonders if the maiden knows
Her dexter shoe-string is untied.
As through the rain fair Phyllis goes,
Her cheeks a flush with timid pride
—Boston Commercial Bulletin.
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I.i t.e Johnnie — “Perhaps, dad, the
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Jenks, George W. The Stephenville Empire. (Stephenville, Tex.), Vol. 18, No. 12, Ed. 1 Saturday, November 9, 1889, newspaper, November 9, 1889; Stephenville, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth882367/m1/3/?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.