The Post-Mirror. (Pilot Point, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 44, Ed. 1 Saturday, December 15, 1888 Page: 6 of 8
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OF GOODS
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ray many ytare—hafons tb* ratio of
popularion in tM* repuUto equals that of
tb* older countries todny.
In 1880 the ratio of population Mr
Will RECEIVE A PRESENT!
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LIST OF THE PRESENTS.
Gold Watch, valued at $75. 1 Sewing Machine, valued at $30.
3 Dress Patterns, valued at $10.
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3 BOLTS OF CALICO,
3 BOLTS OF BROWN DEMESTIO,
3 BOLTS OF BLEACHED DEMESTIO,
3 SOLID GOLD BINGS,
3 GENTS WATCH CHAINS,
24 LADIES’ HANDKERCHIEFS,
12 PAIR GENTS CUFF BUTTONS,
12 GENT’S CUFF BUTTONS,
12 LADIES’ FINE BREA8T PINS,
10 PATTERN8 CALICO (10 yards each),
100 CAKES OF SOAP,
1000 LEAD PENCILS,
Remember—We sell goods as cheap as
any house can possibly sell tnom, and you
stand a chance of getting a Sowing Machine
worth $30, or a Gold Watch worth $75.
John J. Brown, whose postoffice is
Denton, received a Silver Watch worth $25.
Henry Stout received a handsome
Watch, and William Black received a tine
Sewing Machine.
As Mr. William Black received the
Sewing Machine we put up, we will put up
another Sewing Machine.
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REMEMBER—Every' purchaser of $5 worth of goods at our stpfe
will surely get one of the above articles.
JOHN A. HANN&CO.
DENTON, TEXAS.
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square mile of territory fat Un
States was 16.70 1m the ena yrmr the
ratioool population to Urn British Mm
was 868.49; to China it w» 860.59; to
Germany, W.48; France, 176.89; Jana™
319 SO; British lotto. 898.56; Belgium,
401. M. If the ratio of population In this
country were equal to the praaert ratio
or population In France are should bar*
a population <*581.846,588. Thi» growth,
at the rate of Latreare to fnr observed In
our material progress, wouULgive na this
population in a decade less than a cen-
tury. Thirty rear* from now, at the
•am* percewCgoof ‘ncreare, our popula-
tion will be 110,186,810. In fifty vear*
it will ho 180.214.804. There la. indeed,
no limit to tho greatness of the American
republic.—Detroit Froo Press.
•oik «e known)
True te Her TMUOtm.
Poster, remains truo to Ike tradition*
and practices of the father* in some
thing^ at least. I met one of the most
prominent bakers of tlie Hub the other
day. Wo talked of pork and beans,
•‘la the consumption of these falling offV"
1 asked. “No, indeed," ho replied. “We
hr* selling more every year, because our
population to increasing. Everybody
eats them. Strangers may hold off in
scorn for awhile, but the first thing we
know they oro booking orders for the
usual Sunday working supply- It Is a
practice that no ono who remains with
us any length ot time can resist. We
am trying to get the people to take the
hesna anti Down bread onSattu
------------... ..-----or. SfctTud*/ night
instead of Sunday morning, but they do
not take kindly to tho proposed change."
—New York Tribune. *» •
wave of tho d *
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A CHAPTER ON DREAMS. | beckon us to follow through seas of gore.
--1. ; Experiment has proved that dreams
«wto Do W. Krom or -n,wm-D;.p»e«i« , may be influenced. If
V,
—. —-------- _ not controlled.
,, * Prims lector. j through tlie inlets of the sense*; tho tbun-
Jlmij have discoursed learnedly upon der of drays upon the cobblcstoucs tug-
dreamrt, propounding wise theories ar.d 1 gests a temjiest to tho dreamer, and the
making plausible suggestion*, yet no ono fumes of sulphur or tbo pleasant oddrs of
ha9 ever arrived at any real solution of aromatic water near his nostrils trans-
tho matter. U is only a harrier cf cloud 1 port him to <rtngc country’s. Tor tiiis
t|,B* Iwrs tbr way la Li.uwfotige thereof, reason the noises of awakening life giro
yet no fortress wall ccild bo more irn- color and mopsmont to tho visions that
pregnable. It to hut a step front our , “ming upon the edgo of dnv,” rendering
notty, busy world u» tbo vague and vast them more rad and vivid' than those
territory whore. which come ut dead of night.
Boaor- u a hreathiai; spell. j It Is one of the peculiarities of dreams
Dreaaitoiid Uwi forioreof ligut- | to neotu to be tending tow ard some stu
— i w wvui ur writ_w .. ... ..
nut no roan may rot up milestones along ) penduoiis climax, and then to turn away
*“?**• Wc<:a,y knewilm, with utter irrelevance. The dreamer re-
*bt» all thin;;s lapse to sleep and a
forgetting” the imsginciiou becomes a
fly-by-night, and tiio wits speed over
land and sea like wild birds set free from
the cage.
There ere few creature* exempt from
these nocturnal journeying*. however
hri*-f a.^1 circmmicribeti* tncy may be.
The dog ‘-hunts in dreams’" the cat
fights ibi tattle* over again, and the bird
sings in it* «,ltvc. itIhIo even tho most
common; kui.- |w<m can usually give
kBPB -*>nie crude account of his experiences In
•lumber. tVrtojn dreams are common
mains importurbahJo In the faee of the
most astounding transformations: if ani-
mals, end even inanimate objects, become
gifted with speech, ho to not surprised;
yet lie to likely to s.artlcd mid terrified
------—— «• V WMJIlfWU
u> ail |voj.le—falling irota a precipice,
down. down, to some unfotliomod gulf
—striving to walk njion a floor that ulnka
horribly beneath tiie tes t—-endeavoring.
In ur&uit haste, to put on garments that
drop off. tuna wrong side out. and de-
velop other impish propensities—riding
in a coach which suddenly crumbles to
pieces «ud leaves one staring in tbo
-food. 6o to speak, it to a marked jteca-
liuriry of drooms tl:at -tlie bottom drops
A# ------ » ’__t*
out cf everything.
So rebcflloHs arc
*n dreftras, and so erratic
In their course, t liut they cannot be com-
pet'd _ by any «ffort of will; wild hid
could Ixi more easily chained. Wa inar
long ardently to mat onco more, in -the
wiklernossof sleep,” some beloved and
vanished face; yet this poor solace may
bo denied, while alien images crowd into
tlie brain. Ujiow this subject Hatlitt
wrote, “I never dream of the face of anv
ona I am iwrticulnrly attachwl to. I liavo
thought almost to agony of the same per-
son for years, nearly without ceasing, so
as to have her face always before me. and
to be liaunled by a perjietual coin-clou *-
neas of disappointeil passion, yet I never
In all tliat timo dreamt of that person
more than ono or twice, nnd then not
vividly.” Nor can tho last impression
received by the mind beforo plumber
overwhelms it lie calculated upon; for wo
may read of Mother Blood’s execution,
QQ f*----- • ....
by the most trifling things. If he dream:.
of being pursnoi, it to not by- s lion or
tiger, but, perhaps, lot «fi suv. by an in-
.distinct yellow blur. Iiovering near the
ground like a wilW-thn-wtop—unspeak-
a'.dy binixter to his fancy—darting from
thickets, and gliding in and out among
The trees. ' ■ -
It is somewhat disenchanting to realize
.list dyx|x*pt-ia i* one of tho prime factor*
in divam making. It uiatter3 little
whether the cotiscienco be clear, if tlie
digestion bo not in equally good case.
Most people have experienced tho excita-
tion. tho superuerutilirenegg of every
faculty, brought about bv a febrile con-
dition of the blood—tlie lightness of head
and limb, extending, 4ia ono fancies,
even to tho loss of gravity—Uio ?tmnge,
iitrftindlinr aspect muiunarl by well known
objects about ttoi room; for fever, like
indigestion, is a fertile btpwler of phan-
tasms.—New Orleau* i'iines-Democrat.
now to Sot* Clipping*.
.After trying many way* of rirrerrving
•craps and clipping* of transient value,
which are wanted for referer.co in writ-
ing any article. 1 lm*.. adapted this plan:
Instead of putting tliem asray in en-
velopes or Ixixes, wiiere it would Ik< hartl
to find them. I simply put them In order,
with a letter clip at tiic top to hold them
A WONDERFUL NATION.
A Glioco St the Pmmt sad s Propaccr of
tbs Future—Growth.
Today the republic of the United States
has no rival on tho face of the globe in
natural resources, in weallh, in the gen-
eral intelligence of its people. There Is
iiuic use in taking a glance over the pest.
for nearly every man of intelligence to
familiar with the history of the country.
He knows that a dozen years lore thiin
half a century ager the republic of the
United States ipeiuded thirty-mo states
and flvo tetri tori os, if we include among
the territories tho District of Columbia.
Tlie area (hen was, as it is now, not in-
cluding the Alaska purchase. 8.093,803
square mile*. The population was lest
than 23,000,000. West Virginia was the
iS^Swobt
with aniKifril tgTcencas/chaiged with
thp Hand of tint greet Sahara, and with
millions and million* iocusU., Lia
few day* the whole country w as corcrexJ
witli tlt«*e pests. -Tlidf vaVagfe are tcr-
Tlie cattle, of wliioh too edlony
rii.de.
contained sixteen naliions, aro dying for
want of nourishfaent, and a (amino to
threateniog the European coiofafata. Tho
Kovcrtiment employ * thousands of na-
tives and all the available troops in a sy»-
UHTiafic effort to destroy the voracious
little insects.—Philadelphia Times. , '
HU IMll; PmtUM VTm ffnk,
I remember a case where a small city
congregation that bad among its mem-
!>ere scarcely a man that wn* even fairly
well educated, heard a man preach sev-
eral Sabbaths. He was a graduate of a
New England college* and of one of the
best of our theological seminaries, a men
of good address, scholarly and gentle-
...M.iij hi his puipii waiioers, a uunul,
thoughtful sermonirer and a fluent
s{ieaker. ne was disliked; and when
6omo of the chief men Were questioned
as to the cause of dissatisfaction, they re-
pl'-d. “He doesn't hare a commanding
presence.”
The renders of thfa letter will recall one
of old of whom it was said that his
bodily presence wis weak end Ids speecli
contemptible; but they will be forced to
admit t hat Paul was, after all. something
of a preacher. This congregation in’
which (
Ayer's I . „
far h*M trial.
Hr. C. K. Mureny , ot CharieMstvUU,
Va., write* that te yean he wu si.
Stated wtth balk which eaatsd him
much suffering. These were succeeded
by carbuncles, of which he had sever*]
•tonetime. He then began the ueof
Ayer's Sarsaparilla, and after tsklne
three bottles, the carbuncles
peered, aad te *U yt» he has not h#
even a pimple.
That huidlmi* disease, flarafala, is
the fruitful cease of tun tuner* bit culn.
plaints, Consasepttou being only one of
maay equally fatal. Kraptlons, uiren.
•ore eyes, glandnlor swellings, week
and wasted muscle*, a capricious appe-
tite, aad the Uke, ore pretty sure indb
cation* of a scrofulous taint in th«
system. Many otherwise beautiful fac-s
are disfigured by pimples, eruption*,
and unsightly blotcbm, which srim
tram impure blood, showing the used cf
Ayer's Aumparllla to remedy {he evil.
All sufferer j from Wo«d disonfci*
should give Ayer s Ssratparilla a fair
trisL—srohilngaU powder*, olntmeuta,
1**11 to effect a onra but more frequently
--ivato ami confirm the diseases th.y
ucili’.lently aflrerased to racaed}.
•«»
are tree
Ayer’s Sarsaparilla,
nucroutp at
Dr. J. C. Ayer A Co^ Lowell, Mast,
9»M by *11 Drnsgirts. nwgl; six bottles,**.
THE STAR
A ’svBsaestssSssii'
PsUlthed la teOta ri fib* lfsito ,,
WILLIAM DOItSHElMER-
BeHter and Prmwtator. ’
Doily, Sunday, and Wookfy Editiona
THE WEEKLY STAR,!
A SlxtMn*p*g» Nwrepsptr, hreued
every Wednesday. <
A clemu, pure, bright aad Interesting !
FAMILY PAPER.
It eoutnina the tooat news, dowa to the bow of
gringtopreMt
Agricultural, ,
Market,
PoaMep,
Household,
Political,
i
Plnanolal and Qommerolal, ,
Poetical, Humorous and
I, Humors
all under ttofitaSteif trelnmi
-..... ..... B*.d*r“
.....— «Ux?lc« by’dlsUcgsIsbsd Almrtcta nt
foreign writers ot Action.
THE DAILY STAR, <1
list'
supposed that most of this ..•xtcusiv* area |,.,Y0 tbp vcry theVay of spiritual 4„ ;l„.r7
food, yet a» things are in rite charch. as , TuoKin»,.c.»J*i„ ----
well as in too wcrW, it to a queeiion b^isi’iSmI.; nn.t ^tre-rdi.sry toSoos-
wlictber tlicy were wlioi’.y wise in looking men is to and
for jwrfection in the L>rd'a vessel, and Send for circular*. “it 234*
was composed of desert lauds and alkali
plain*.
Tho old school geographies displayed
in conspicuous iottore a “Qreat American
Desert.” which by the liand of mail lies
bince been transformed into as fertile
and productive farms as any In tho cast.
This ttans-Missiasippi region today in-
cludes twelve states and nine territories,
wid the Unified States census of l&W
gave it a population cf 11.330,300. In
1850 the value of ail property west of
llio Misntosippi river was, in the statea,
8300,704^470 and in the territories $11.-
224,026. Io I860 tills had increased to
$0,110,000,000 in the stales and in the
territories to $2,094,000,000.
The ratio of increase in values through-
out tho entire country wo* Just na re-
markable. la 1830 the vnlno of reni nnd
personal jroperr.v in the United Mutes
was §7, HIS,780,888. In 1880 tho value
was $43,042,000,000. The |x>pulation luis
has Increased from 28.101.670 In 1850 to
00,108,806 in 1880. The center of popu-
lation is in the vicinity of Indianapolto,
Ind. The growth in too productiveness
of the soil is just a* phenomenal. In
1840 the corn crop was 002,071.104 bush-
els, In 1879 It was 1,754.521,076 bosh-
el*. The wheat crop in 1849 was 100,-
_ <■ un: n>{» wxioiii uiem w. *»
togetiar. I con immediately refer to 1485,044 1umbels and In 1879 it was
tmd wlien I havo fln-‘ 45»,48a
any ono of (hem, und wlien _
tohed with them I throw the worthlcm
one* In tlie scrap basket mxi ^w.to the
others in my book. —“C. K. E.” in The
Writer.
430,483,187 bushel*. Tlio coni acreage
in 1849 was 05,000.000 acres; in 1879 it
wax 02,000.000 acre*. Tlie wheat acreage
in 1849 was 10,000.000 acres; in 1879 it
was 85.4S0.333. In 1853 tho mileage of
the railroads was 13.C08. In 1883 there
were in, operation 114,030 miles ot mil-
reads.
If this fvciioeatsge of growth eoutimies *or
the ne;:t Ii.'iJf eentnrv where slmll n i> i Cpluon 1C.
Lord's vessel,
. ot \i
preciiiihig the Lord’s grace
whether they were not too slow in ap- Ten res OP THt ws«tv STAnj
.predating the Lord’s grnco conuine.1 in
it; and although ministers ought not to “
he rated by the amount of salary tliat they
receive, still this Incident wifi remind CMtoof Fttimateller
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many cf the man who said, concerning OF ™k OAILV ®TA* *® *"■'
t- •••* *
on umlerpakl servant girl, “You can't
expect all tho Christian virtues foe $2 a
week."—Tlie Century.
Every d*y I
Dally, Willi
1.7.
/. witbootHuJEy, oMjmr.............
1 day, *lx months...
without Suadsy, tli
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After the T«Uow Fevrr.
As soon aa the epidemic to over the
first step would be 10 haw a thorough
and systematic house to house investiga-
tion, and all places carefully noted where
ease* occurred. In tliesehouses the mat-
l reuses, blankets, carpets and woolen
materials should bs burned. Tlie linen
and cotton goods could bo effectually dis-
infected by thoroughly boiling in a com-
pound prepared for this purpose. By
this mean*. I think, tho city could be
freod from tlie microbes and another vis-
itation next reason fully prevented.
Tb do this would oost a great deal, and
that is ono reason why tho poven..uent
could do it for mote effectually than any
committee or other authority. It cer-
tainly would cost from $100,000 to
$175,000, and perhaps more. Including,
of course, imymenta for goods destroyed
tothoeo who oould not afford to lose
them.
It will toko fully two montlia to do all
this, but something ene.-getio must be
done, for it will act do to have a second •
■' Address,
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1 y *^e aiCgt Eootl,in8* phtckl n^v—Wril. 1 nlTn^a creasing overv venr. It seems that Eu- *7° «P«Jao should be spared in
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