The Ferris Wheel, Volume 4, Number 41, Saturday, June 26, 1897 Page: 6 of 8
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L'gYC m CI1TBBBIICIof such supplementary books by the
patrons of the schools.
Sec 11. Any teacher or trustee, who
shall violate the provisions of this act,
shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor,
and upon conviction shall be
fined not less than $10 nor more than
$50 for each offense, and every day of
such violation shall be considered a
separate oftense
Sec 12 Nothing in this act shall be
construed to prevent or prohibit the
patrons of the public schools throughout
the state from procuring books in
the usual way, in case no contracT
should be made, or the contractor fails
or refuses to furnish the books provided
for in this act at the time required
for their use in the respective
schools
Sec 13 The sum of $2000, or so much
thereof as may be necessary, is hereby
appropriated Lor the purpose of paying
the cost and expense of putting into
effect the provisions of this ace
Sec 14 Any county, city or town
which has assumed control of its
schools, and which has prior to April
3, 1897, adopted a uniform system of
text bools, shall not be required to
comply with the provisions o' this act
plior to the first day of Sqptember,
1899, or until contracts hezretofole entered
into shall have exlm ed, provided,
that this act shall rot apply to
cities of 10,000 inhabitants or over, unless
such city or cities shall, by their
city council or school boar(I, adopt the
provisions of this act
Sec 15 The board shall ?,repare and
submit to the governor before the
Twventy-sixth legislature shill convene,
a report x herein they shall discuss the
feasibility of state publlcat'.n of common
school text books, and submit estimates
of the probable *,ost to the
slate of such publication.
BICYCLE TALE NO. 170'4.
The 1Duehess Is In a Dilemmln, I ut Malkes
It All Eighlt Wirlth the Clake.
The Duchess of Pomposet w<qs writhing.
poor thllng, on tl'e holmn of a dilemrna
Polinfl po,-iticn, ve'y She was
the greatest of great ladies, u1 llof fire
and fas-Jon, and with a pu ple blush
(she was born that color) flung bongly
arms a, ound the neck of he' Jd andcl
nlamtr The unfn,'otlunate nim,n was a
shocking aurieir. having a bact uncarned
lnczemenit arnd enducluing consctani
pain on account of his back beiLg lioadm1
than his views
"Pomposet," she ciued. "Dur;V
dar(Whein
first mlliied she had vtlitLred
to apostrophizo humi as "ducky,"' but
his grace Ullought it infra dg , and tlosy
conmpromibed by omltftng the vulgar
'"c ")
"Dutzy," she said, raising pale, distinguished
eyes to a Chippendale mirrol,
"I have made up my mlnd "
"Don't ." expoStulated the tremblhmg
peer. "You are so lash *"
"'What is more, I have made up
youls "
"To make up the mind of an Eng]lsh
duke," he remarked with dignity, "leqniues
no oldinlly intellect, yet I beheve
with your feminine hydraulics you
ale capable of anything, Jane "
(That his aristocratic lib should have
been nlIled plain Jane was a chronic
soiloW.V )
"Don t keep me in suspense," he contimured
"In fact, to decelnd to a colloquialism,
I insist on your grace letting
the cat out of the bag with the least
possible delay "
"As yoa will," she replled. "Your
blood be on your own coronet Prepare
for a revelation I have fallen I Not
once, but man y times. "
"Wretched woman '-I beg pardonwxietched
grande dame Call upon Debrctt
to covei you '"
"I am madly in love with""By
my taffeta and emirnine, I
EsVwear""Peace,
peace," said Jane "Composo
yourself, duky-that is, Plantagenet.
Forgive the slip. I am agitated.
iyv mInd runs on slips. "
The duke groaned.
"H'omid, awful slips "
With a countenance of alabaster ha
tore at his sandy topknot.
"I have deceived you. I admit it.
Stooped to folly."
A hupercillous cry rent the air as tho
duke staggered on his pati]clan lInbs.
With womanly impulse, flinging caste
to the wInds, Jane caught the iuaJestio
folim to her palpltating alpaca and, wvatcring
his beloved features with duchessy
chops, ciled in passionate accents:
"''y king My sensitive plant Heavens
It's his unlucky backl Be calm,Planltgenet ! I have--been-learningto--bike
I The:el On the sly I"
Tlho duLe flapped a reviving toe and
squeezed the august fingers
"I am madly enamored of--my maChlno10
"
The peer smoothed a muffled topknot
with ineffable grace
"LikewNlbe I am determined you shall
take lessons Novw it is no use, duky I
mean to be tender but firm with you "
The potentate ave a stertorous chortle,
and, stletchlng out his arms, fell
in a stiawbeiry leaf swoon on the parquet
floor, his ducal head ou the lap of
his adoied Jano.-Punch.
"Didn't 1 see you pitching pennies
with that little Spi anlle boy?"
"Yes."
"Well, don't you do it again. Do you
hear me?"
"Yes'm. I won't do it no more Ila
ain't -ot a cent left'--Northwest Maglzine.
She--I don't see anything so tern lying
in death
He--Vhy didn't you tell me you were
from Philadelphia? I have frLeuds
there myselLupon the taking effect of this act advertise
for such time, in such manner,
as they deem best to obtain the desired
information, that at a time and
place to be fixed by said notice, and
not later than two months after the
first publication thereof, saidboard will
receive sealed proposals as follows
From the publishers of school text
books for turnishing books to the
schools of the state through agencies
established by said publishers in the
several counties of the state as may
be provided for in such regulations as
said board may adopt No bid from
any publisher shall be entertained by
said board made for a longer period
than five years Said bid or bids shall
state specifically at what price each
book will be furnished and shall be
accompanied with specimen copies of
each and all books proposed to be furnlshed,
and it shall be required of the
biddeis, and each of them, to deposit
with the treasurer of the state such
sum of money as the board may require,
not less than $500 nor more than
"2,500, according to the number of
books each bidder may propose Lo supply.
Such deposits shall be forfeited to
the state absolutely if such bidder so
deposltlng any sum shall iall to make
and execute such contract and bond
as herein required, within such time as
the board mny require, which time
shell be stated in the notice advertised.
All bids shall be deposited sealed with
the comptiolller of the state, to be by
him delivered to the boaid Ywhen they
are in session for the purpose of considerlng
the same, wheln they shall be
opened In the presence of the boaid
WVhen any person has been awarded
a contact and filed his bond and contract
with the board, the said board
shall make an order on the treasurer
of the state, leciting such fact, whereupon
the tieasurei shall return the deposits
ot such successful biddel, but
if any such successful bidder shall fall
to make an execute the contract and
bond as heleimbefoie required, the
treasurer shall place such special deposit
in the state treasury to the credit
of the available school fund and the
board shall re-advertise, if they shall
conclude to do so, for other bids, to
supply such books, which the successful
bidder may have failed to supply
All unsuccessful biddels shall have
thLeir deposits returned to them as soon
as the board has decided not to accept
their bids All books selected and
adopted by the board, shall be pointed
or written in English The board shall
stipulate in contract, tor supplying
boGks as heiein provided, that the conti
actor or contractors shall exchange
the contract books for all books actually
in use, and for which purpose
the value of the books in use shall be
deducted from the contract price of the
new books, provided, the successful
bidder to supply any books, who may
have awvalded to him or them any contract,
shall within the time fixed by
the board, enter Into contract, and
shall make and execute a good and
sufficient bond, payable to the state of
Texas, and in the sum of not less than
ten thousand dollars, signed by not
less than three solvent sureties. who
shall be residents or the state of Texas,
to be approved by the governor, which
said bond may be put in suit at any
time upon suggestion of the board.
Such bond shall be conditioned that
the contractor or contractors, shall
faithfully and honestly perform the
conditions of the contract Said contract
and bond shall be prepared by
the attorney geneial, and be made to
conform to the requirements of this
act Said bond shall not be exhausted
by a single recovery, but may be sued
upo7n from time to time till the full
amount thereof is recovered, and the
boal d may at any time after twenty
days' notice lequne a new bond to be
given
Sec 3 It shall be the duty of said
board to meet at the time and place
mentioned in such notice, and open and
examine all sealed proposals, received
pursuant to the notice provided for in
section 2 of this act, and it shall be
the further duty of said boaid to make
a full Investigation of all such bids and
to ascertain under -jhich of said bids
the school books could be furnished
to the people of this state for common
school use at he lowest police,
taking into consldeiation the sile and
quality as to matlei, matellal, style of
bihndlng and mechanical execution of
such boo ks Said text book boat d
shall then proceed without delay to
adopt for use in the public schools of
this state, text books upon the bianches
hereinbelore mentioned, and notify
publishers to whom contracts aie
awarded, and as each conciact duly
signed by the publishing house, or its
authorized officers or agents, is presented
to the board, it is found to be
in accordance with the reward and thepiovisions of this act, and the bond
therein requned lb presented, duly apploved,
the boaid shall approve said
contact, and order It to be signed on
behalf of the state by the governor,
who shall be ex-officio chairman of the
text book board, in his capacity as
chairman, and by the state superintendent
of public instruction, who
shall be ex-officlo secretary of the text
book board, in his capacity of said
secretary, thereupon the governor and
the state superintendent of public instruction
shall sign and contact in
said respective capacities, and all contracts
shall be made in duplicate, one
copy to remain in the possession of the
secretary, and to be copied in full in
the minutes of the meeting of said
board, to be kept in the office of the
state superintendent of puglic instruction
in a well-bound book, and the
other copy to be delivered to the company
or its agent And in case of
failure to comply with said contract,
the board may cancel the (ontiact so
broken Provided, that the board and
the contractor agreeing to furnish the
books. may, by agreement, make such
changes of the books to be furnished
as the board may seem proper and to
the Interest ot the state The contract
price of each book shall be
plainly printed on the back of eachbook by the publisher or parties furnishing
the same. Provided always that
such board shall not in any case contract
with any publisher or publishers
for the furnishing of any book, or
books, which shall be sold to patrons
for use in the public schools of this
state at a price above, or in excess of
thelowestprice atiwhich sald publisher,
or publishers, furnish under contract,
the said books to any state, county or
school district in the United States
Sec 4 It shall part of the terms
and conditions of every contract made
in pursuance of this act, that the state
of Texas shall not be liable to any contractor
hereunder for any sum whatever,
but all such contlantors shall receive
their pay in compensation solely
and exclusively from the proceeds of
the sale of the books as provided for
in this act, and it is hereby provided
that the state shall have the eight to
tcr]iinate said contract whenee,,er the
law is repealed or amended, altered or
qualified as to make necessary or expedient
that such contact should be
revoked and the contract shall contain
a stipulation to that erfect
Sec 5 As soon as such board shall
have entered into contact for the furnlshlng
of books for use in the public
free schools of this state, pursuant to
the provisions of this act, it shall be
the duty of the governor to issue a
proclamation announcing such fact to
1he people of the state, and it is further
provided that the state suDeilntendentof
public instruction shall carefully
label and file away all sample
copies of the books so furnished as
heleinbefore provided, and fol -which
a contract shall have been entered into
as herein specified, which shall be
secuely kept as the standard of quality
and excellence to be maintained in
such books during the continuance of
such contract
Sec b The party wvth whom such
contract has been made shall establih
and mlalntain in some city in this state
a depository to be desigunatnd by ihe
boaid, wheze a stock of theu books,
sufficient to supply all immediate demands,
shall be kept It shall also establish
and maintain one or more
agencies in every county 1n the state
having an enrollment of 500 pupils or
more, in the public schools as shown
by the last report of the county salpelntendent
of the county on -lle
in the office of the state superintendent
of public instruction. and an pFerson In
a county not having an agency for any
of the adopted books, may older from
the central agency, and the books so
ordered shall be sent to him at any
I oAtofhce in the county at tne letaul
contract price, provided, that the pulce
of the books so ordered shall be paid
in advance one of which agencies
shall be a
the ocunty seat At such
agencies, books shall be sold at the
retail conTiact piice, together with the
following notice "The price fixed
hereon is fixed by state contract, and
any deviation shall be reported to the
slate superintendent at Austin," and
it is provided that upon the failure of
the party contracting to finish the
books for the public free schools of
this state, as provided tor in this act,
the county judlem-nay in the name ot
the state of Texas, sue in the district
court of his county and recover on the
bond given by the contractor, under
this act for the full value ot the books
so failed to be furnished for the use
and benefit of the schools of his county,
and the amount so lecoveled shall
be placed to the credit of the available
school fund in the county so iecoveiing,
and it is fulthel provided that
unorganized counties shall be tuinlshed
books thiough the same agency
as the county to whlirh said unoiganized
county is attached foi Judicial pulposes,
in the same manner as the said
organized county obtained the books
used therein
See 7 As soon as may be practicable
after the adoption, provided fol in
this act, the state superintendent ot
public instruction shall address a circular
letter to the county supeilintendents,
and the piesldents of the school
boards in independent school districts,
which letter shall contain a list ot the
books adopted, the prices, method of
distrlbutlon, and such othel infoimation
as he may deem necessary
Sec 8 The board may fiom time to
time make necessaly regulations not
contrary to the provisions ot this act,
to secure the prompt distlibution of the
books heiein provided for
Sec 9 It upon examination of the
proposals referred to in section 3 of
this act, it shall be the opinion of said
board that filst-class suitable books on
any blanch heiein named can not be
secured by adopting any of the offers
submitted in compliance with the piopiovisions
of this act, and that such
books in such branch can be secure4! at
rates not exceeding those fixed by thisact by procuring and causing to be
publlshed manuscript of books on such
branch,it shall be their duty Lo procure
such manuscripts and to adveltlse tor
sealed proposals for publishing the
bame in like manner as hereinbefoie
provided and undei the same conditions
and restrictions, and such contract
may be let for the publication
ot all such books, or for any one or
more ot such books separately, and it
shall be the further duty ot said boaid
to provide in the contact for the publication
of any such manuscript, for
the payment by the publisher, of the
compensation agl eed between said
boaid and the author or ownei of ailv
such manuscript, together with the cost
oi expense ot copyrighting the same
Sec 10 After September 1, 1898, oi
as soon theleaftel as the board rmay
deem piacticable, the books adopted by
the board as a uniform system of texbooks
tor this state shall be introduced
and used as text books to the exclusion
ot all others in the public free schools,
provided that nothing herein shall be
construed to prevent the use of supplementainy
books, but such supplementary
books, shall not be used to the exclusion
of the books to be prescribed under
the pIrovisons of this act, nor shall
such supplemental books be so iSied
in the public free schools of this state
in such way as to compel the purchaseKIr. Charles Glenn, of I563 Dudley St.,
Cincinnati, is one of tne many wvho
constantly praise S S S for giving him
back his health. He says
"From childhood I w9s afflicted with
a terrible blood disease, and have
taken almost every blocd remedy on the
market, but my case was deepseated,
and one by one they failed. The large,
red blotches increased In size and numbpr,
and soon covered my entire body.
''My parents had me tre
ted by a number
of physicians, but the disease was
too mulch for them, and after their temporary
relief was over, I found myself
growing steadily worse. Thus I grew
into manhood, handicapped by a terrible
disease an I hvling tried so many remedies
without ilelef, when a friend urged
me to take S S S I hadlittle faith in any
medicine. I was happy to find, however,
thatI had at lastgottentherig... Lrmcdy
for' one bottle of S S.S did me so much
good tbat I soon had hopes of being cured.
I continued the remedy, and was cured
completely, the unsightly spots soon
disappeared, leaving my skin perfectly
clear. My general health was also built
up, and I am robust and strong. I believe
S S S. will cure the worst case of
blood poison in the wo ld."
S.S S. is a real blood remedy, and will
cure the most obstinate cases of Cancer,
Eczema,Catarrh, Scrofula, Rheumatism,
Contagious Blood Poison, old sores,
or any disease caused by impure blood.
It is
Pturettly Vegetable
and is the only blood remedy guaranteed
to contain not a particle of mercury,
potash, arsenic or other mineral. S.S.S.
is sold by all druggists.
Valuable books and on blood and skin
diseases wvlll be mailed free by Swift
Specific Company, Atlanta, Ga.%' a~~, Q~.i~01 ~ ;f~B0 i~i 4 3~ ag
W~BiKaietisas~fsc bids aie to be
based and shall report upon the merits
of the books imrespective ot place, taking
Into consideration chiefly the internal
merits or subject matter of the
books, but having proper regard also
to the material and mechanical qualhties
of the books, an{ shall report a
classified list of said books to the State
text book board, at a date axed by said
board, arranging the books
of each class and sub-class
or division in said report In
the order in which they are recommended,
that is, the first reader of
which the commission gives its first
recommendation shall be first on the
list of first readers, the first leader to
which the board may give its second
recommendation shall be placed second
on the list and so on until all the books
examined by the said commission ha~ e
been properly listed This report shall
be delivered to the text book board
under seal and shall not be opened till
the board meets to open and consider
the bids of publishers or others desiring
to have books adopted by the said
board The members of said commission
shall before entering upon then
duties, each take and subscribe to an
oath and shall file the same with the
the secretary of the text book board
to examine all books referred to said
commission faithfully and carefully,
and make true report thereon as herein
prescribed and directed The State
text book boaid In adopting books
shall consider the said report together
with the bids made by publishers, and
adopt books to which the commission
gives its first recommendation unless
other books on the same subjects comIng
later on the said lists are offered
at lower prices, taking into considelation
subJect matter, material, style,
binding and mechanical excellence, in
whzch case the text book board will exelcise
its discretLon and shall be authorized
to make an adoption In view
of all the circumstances If the text book
commission consider different books of
the same class or divisions to be approximately
equal merit, all things being
considered, they shall so repoit,
and If they consider that any of the
books offered are of such general character
as to make, Inferior and not
worthy of adoption by the State text
book board, they shall in their report
so designate such books The cormpensation
of this commission shall be
fixed by the State text book boar d and
shall be paid with their expenses, Irom
the special appropriation authorized in
this act, provided, that said compensation
shall not exceed $5 per day for
each day that such members may
serve Books furnished shall be in all
respects equal to the samples furnished
the text book boaid at the time of filing
bids, and fully equal in both inlernal
and external material qualities
to the books in general use in the state
on the respective subjects Provided,
nothing in this act shall be so construed
as to prevent the teaching of
German, Bohemian, Spanish, Latin,
French or Greek in any of our public
schools, in conjunction with the English
course prescribed by this act,
when the trustees of any such school
shall recommend the teaching of German,
Bohemian, Spanish, Latin,
French or Greek, but the teaching of
such languages shall not be allowed to
supersede the use of the text boolrks
prescribed under the provisions of this
act Provided, that said board in selecting
said books, shall give preference
to the text books of Texas authors
or publishers, the price and merit oi
same being equal to other text books
offered
Sec. 2. Said board shall immediatelyGate Ba l
There is no reason for being despondent
and conslderlng diseases of the blood
incurable, simply because the treatment
of physicians and many so-called blood
remedies fall to effect a cure. Though
It is naturally disheartening to the sufferer
who faithfully takes the prescribed
treatment of the physicians, often at the
expense of hundreds of dollars, to find
himself no better as time goes
by, still a cure will result from the right
remedy, S.S S., no matter what other
treatment has failed.
The reason that S.S.S. (Swift's Spe.
cific) has so successfully cured even the
worst cases after other treatment had
been tried in vain is that ic is the only
remedy which forces the poison from
the blood and permanently eliminates
it from the system, which is the onl,
correct principle of curing the disease.'
Mercurial remedies bottle up the poison
and tear down the system, while S.S.S.
forces out the poison and builds up and
adds strength and vigor to the entire
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