The Bastrop Advertiser (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. 54, No. 16, Ed. 1 Saturday, July 14, 1906 Page: 4 of 8
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dyspeptic rnii-osopny,
Mom of us hav« trouO.e load
U>\« will find a way. e\eo a i )
out
►"ortiino doesn't always kuii•* ou th
funiiv man
Mucrc > I* iUiIor a thins t > ' 're wma
oue t!(.e t,«. tt
Mair.aK1' is the from ro-
m me* ui reality
Fortune nr\cr klK't k> ;i! same tl.Hin
becaus-e u t- ill t s«M by "tie j.ilillor
It lit't Ml ' t> > \ (l i. ' en': \ on 'ht
theory that tiiiiiiim k<> by i-ontrarim.
I !io woman win) di i lu'Mer than
her lili'u.i. «ill never be |>t>|iii!.ir wiib
Itiem.
Tho . wtv have i:re i'ii"-s thrust
upon Mi.mii >< .1' in Mi w wMi.t in do
with it
Yhi tool npd bis money are what
keep the rc>i of um from starving to
dea'ti
KlihiM h i e w HK-, b it they are not
tlie Uln I nf wines that are tiMUfiiubla
tu be i\ en
Lot-t "f wives never understand w!iv
their li bands should nee,: uny apend-
inn niviuey.
Some inen tire so fond of syrnpnthy
that thev aetuall* Rlory In being the
uuder don
If a tn n w.uild only p: y his debts
as proi!';d!y a> his Rrtulges his credit 1
would It better
\\ 'ien a plrl begins to a.sk a fellow
alum: his lite insiini.it e, the real i
ought li be easy.
~
Saved Him.
"It did not kill mi', but I think It
would If it had not bem for Hunt's '
Cure. I was tired, miserable and
Farmers' Cc-Operative
Union of America.
PUPIL TO GET LESS
CI 'gr in Ec-olaktic Aije Means Add
mj 100.000 tc tbe Rolls.
Tlioy are ti'akltin paper an I a
v ole lot of otliei things out ot i it-
ton stalks nowaday*, and it is about
tbe tiiii4* that sonie uf our fri'iids
i Miie iii the rescue with a process for
n. -inn tin' wrapping for cotton bales
'• • iif tins hitherto waste and wasted
I ii<lin t There is plenty of liber In the
oiitslde skin of the stalks to rIvq it
tlie requisite streimlh. and as to a
bll i to give body and substance to
tin- baling, the rot ton stalk offers a
v i.rid of material of tin finest soil
Nature has left it pretty strong hint
that tin' stalk should be utili/.ed for
making wrappings for the fruit of the
> talk, and we should get In touch w ith
a prucest, at once. The price of the
Jute bagging we have hern using for
■ o man* years is constantly going tip
nnd the quality of the bagging is con
st a lit I > guing down and If we sit down
i'liil wait fur something to turn up
much longer, wo will find ourselves
without the need of anything turning
i p. Let our Inventive meu get busy
as the slang of the day puts it. and
make good wlih the cotton stalk for
v rapping the bale
Look here, you mean man, why
vim get Into the confidence of
don't
your
well nigh list t! up when I comment
using it for an old and severe caso
of Eczema. One application relieved
and one box cured me.
"I believe Hunt's Cure will euro any
fortu of itching known to mankind "
Clifton Lnwrenc®,
Helena, O. T.
Evidently He Had Two.
Little Tommy was very quiet dur-
ing the llrst courses, and everyone for-
pot he was there As the dessert was
being served, however, the host told
n funny story
When he had finished, and the
laughter hail died away, his little son
exclaimed, delightedly "Now, papa,
tell tbe other one.' Exchange.
Fundfl uentnl Difference.
Teach- "In what why do the
Quakers speak differently from us,
Johnny?" Johnny They don't
swear."
OPERATION AVOIDED
EXPERIENCEOFMISS MERKLEY
8he Wm Told That, an Operation Waa
luevuuble How Sho Escaped It.
<ed ! 1 "Vs UM(' Rirls Lot them know that
art' a part of the family anil
take a share in the responsibil-
ity! achievements of the family?
I t hey
inns'
If It's
good right now and take your sons
1'iitl daughters Into the active partner-
s'.ip In the tlrni. There Is no stlinu-
• nt or exoitlon in being a silent part-
i 'T In a flrni w hich never declares any
'Mvldi-nds. Then If you are so awfully
smart h? you want your neighbors to
'liirik jini are. got busy and declaro
'• dividend occasionally, and pay It
over to the other co-workers in vour
family flrr/i
E\
When a physician tells a woman suf-
fering with serious feminine trouble
that an operation is necessary, the very
thought of the knife and the operating
tabic strikes terror to her heart, and
our hospitals are full of women coming
for just such operations.
/W/rt/wargrvt /Wrrldcy
There are cases where fin operation
istlie only resource, hut when one con-
siders the great uinnSer of cases of
menacing fennle trontilr.s cured li_v
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com-
pound after physicians have advised
operations, no woman should submit to
one without first trying the Vegetable
Compound and writing Mrs. l'itikham,
Lynn, Mass , for udvicc. which is free.
Miss Margret Merkley. of 27.1 Third
Street, Milwaukee, W is., writes:
Dear Mrs. Pinkham:
" Iyw of utrength, extrome nenousnm*.
sbotitiug (tains through the jkiIvic <irgann,
bearing down pains uikI craiups compellwd
me to seek nut lien I advice. The doctor, after
making au •xaminatlon, wild I had a femala
trouble and ulceration and advised an o|iera-
tion. To this 1 strotiglv objis't«"«l and decided
to try Lvtlia E. lltikliani s Vegetable ( torn
Gmad. The ulceration quickly healed, all
« bad symptoms dlsapiiean-tl mid 1 am
once more strung, vigorous and well."
Female troubles arc steadily on tlie
Increase among women. If the month-
ly periods are very painful, or too fre-
quent and excessive if you have pain
or swelling low down in the left side,
bra ring-down pains, don't neglect your-
self try Lydiu E. l'iukhuiu's Vegetable
Compound.
f ' t ■
i] FOR YOU
A BUSINESS EDUCATION
TOBY'S
Practical Bunnell College
nidi, fkkil mrw vokliitv
h e'l'if ''orf ,
Csptui 1M Fifth Ar*«
Till II Its II Ml «|l* «M IIOHI.H Kill
lilt.II MUlit. MIHhh Y
« «|i«J' gU'* Kuin All) Tunc*
THE DAISY FLY KILLER
ionir on RW. fmi laits the
(1o«tr ivn All th«• ftrid
•ffordi <H mfoii toi rf
hnv th# «*ntlr«> trtion llarmL m
l<i p^moim Cloiui.
r>**ai •fi'l will not
•oil or I u J u r •
anyttUOf Try
llimn our# rrwi
y #u will n w l e
without |h«m. If
IV « k pt hjr <li*al
•rs. t
for t © • Mar«.n
Kftjfn. HUhkilli
Ao . .KriN«4l}b '.I.
eaatt COLBY'S
r> now and then we take a shot
the man who does nothing to help
' ;.■« wif... and (laughters to beautify
the home place It Is a sail thing to
t' ckoii tip the large number of farm
li >n-.es that hav not a single beauti-
ful or even attractive thing around
liiem An hour spent In planting and
wiring, or placing some strings for
MARK THE DISTINCTION.
The Farmers' I'liion is, In no de-
. n't', a political party, neither can It
e'er become a political party. This
lot'-; not mean that Its members are
not to take au Interest in politics at
all. Indeed, it is not only the privi-
lege, but it is the duty of every good
citizen to take a keen interest in the
politics of his country. It Is an end
!• ss struggle to he free, both Indus-
t'ially and politically. The Farmers'
I'liion is an industrial organization
and, as such, can tsot become, of It-
• ■If, a political party This method
itir the emancipation nf the prodtic
■ i's has been tried before and fount!
wanting. Politics by parties. Is only
i means to an end. We only need
politics as a means to help along the
industrial movement A proper ex-
change of the producer's products Is
what we must have, if we would be
free, from the blighting curse of the
peculator. In order to get this prop-
er exchange of products the mean.-, of
exchange must he properly handled
No transportation monopoly should
he permitted to pile up millions of un-
earned moni". at the expense of the
producer, thus preventing a proper
distribution, a proper exchange of pro-
ducts It Is the duty of the producer
to look after tills matter In a busi-
ness way nnd, having all power In his
THE JOURNAL IS RIGHT.
The Journal, for one, is not going
to try to make out a clean ease for
the Farmers' I'nioti by tilling tbe
world that there are no grafters iri
rur beloved older W'e regret ex-
ceedingly 'o sav It. but there are soni"
ef the smoothest, most unprincipled
scoundrels seeking to work their
grafts upon the Farmers' T'nton t*\a'
e>er managed to keep out of Jail. And
"lelr scoiuitlrellsm appears all the
Muck t when we remember that the
class of people upon whose backs thoy
aie trying to ride Is the unsuspecting
class, the trusting class, the work-
ing class.the class that has altnot been
ridden to death already Sometimes
\"e nearly boil over Abilene Farm-
ers' Journal.
INCLUDE SOME DAILY PAPERS
The Houston Post asks, "What
light have the packers to make hun
('reds of millions of dollars" How do
thev manage It'1 All the cattle men of
the country are not making hundreds
CO-OPERATOR CHATS.
If you are not doing all you can do
foi the cause, you are not doing your
fell duty, and not living up to your
privilege. It is certainly a groat priv-
ilege to work for so great a cause.
It was a sad day for the Farmers'
T'nion when the first local was organ
1 ed In an Incorporated city. Practl
rally all the trouble we have ever had,
l as come from the members of cltv
locais. having perhaps, flT«> or six
members
t nly a lot of morniug glories, cypress
vim s ami a few moontlowers, would
pav a 'hou and fold for the trouble,
and It would not cost a cent of money,
and the time need not he tal, n from
some other dut.v, for flowers are the
most accommodating things on earth,
tor they are willing to be put off till
you happen to be "not busy," for a
while on a rainy or threatening morn-
ing. The difference between a civil-
ized man and a savage Is marked by
the fact that the civilized man raises
things, and h.s degree of civilization
Is reckoned by the sort of things he
i alses
This is a day of newspapers and
magazines. The oi I curmudgeon who
"i.an't afford to waste money on news-
papers'' is dead. So far sis his good
works wire concerned, lie might havo
been always dead. Let the family keep
lu touch with the world, anil they
won't be afraid of the world People
have quit blowing out the gas nowa-
days, and they don't put the electric
globe In the bureau drawer to keop
down a lighl they couldn't sleep In
any more. That is all gone with the
man who "can't afford to waste
money on newspapers "
Au-
1 the
make
able
Now. seo here, you old duffer, who
claims to be "a good farmer," but who
has left all your tools out In the sun-
shine and the rain, <piit lying to your-
self, and get them under shelter at
once. You owe It to your family to
take care of the tools and iniplemajits
so that the money that ou-bt to be
spent in buying the necessities and
comforts of civilization need not bo
spent In replacing the things you have
shiftlessly thrown away. Sabe?
It.'fort this paper is read, the cotton
school In Dallas will be in full swing,
and the Indications aro that tt will
bt) a hlg thing for those who have
cared to take the time to learn how
to handle and classify cotton. The
man who has his heart In the work
wants to know all about his own busi-
ness, and this is on opportunity to
am someth.ng that every cotton-
raiser ought to know.
hands, he can do whatever he wants
to do. The only reason why he does
not do this. Is, because he has not had
a perfect understanding. He pays for
the construction and the operation of
the means of transportation and then
permits the "owners" to levy tribute
from him which makes a proper ex-
change, In many cases, entirely out of
the question. The producers should
look after this matter in a business
way. If it become* necessary, In or-
der that we make a proper exchange,
of products, to build a few railroads,
or as many as we need, we can do It.
We have built all the other roads, and
we can build a few more If necessary.
Yes, Indeed, with a pcrf- ct understand-
ing, we can do all things necessary to
t o dono for our advancement. When
the ureat National Farmers' f'nlon,
composed of the best men of all the
States, meets and decides on a busi-
ness course. In a business way as they
will do. then the whole world will lis-
ten. Such a meeting will he held In
Texarkana In September and It will
<to Its work !n a business way.—Na-
tional Co-operator
"St-l your price and never, under
any circumstances sell It for less," Is
the advice of the spinners. We will
take this good advice? Of course we
will It would certainly bo a lack of
tntelligt iice not to do so.
:in, Tex. July 10 -On August
state boaitl of tducatlon will
the apportionment of the avail-
liiool fund tor the ensuing schol-
astic session, and it can ha il> be ex-
pected to be as large as n wa. a year
ago, when $.'■ I'.'i per capita was al-
lowed The scholtatic |topululion will
have increased ovei ino.oou, ii is est!
mated, because of the change lu the
law of cuutneiativu. lly the cl^inga
in the law pei netting children as
young a> seven years, whereas eight
years has been the minimum age re-
cordtd This taking iu of children
between seven and eight years of age
means an Increase of at le ist luo.ooo
In the scholastic population and some-
thing of a decrease iu the per capita
apportionment, as long division must
be employed Last vim the children
enumerated were between the ages of
i .. lit and seventeen years, while this
vi ar it was tho e between seven and
seventeen years
There vvi.e "'.'vile", children bet wet a
eight ami seventeen years of age a
yt ar ago and on an apportionment of
tile total was $ 1,1'.13,043. With
the Increase Iii the ages and the na-
tural inert ase in children coining with-
in the scholastic age the to'al will he
about BOO,000 children within the
scholastic age. If the revenm s for
available school fund should increase,
possibly I", per capita could be given,
which is doubtful, in view of the nu-
merous issues of refunding bonds re-
ducing the rati s of interest, all of
which goes to the credit of the avail-
able school fund. The state recently
cut down from J to per cent. $1 500,-
<100 of Its bonds held by the school
fund A total oi 9oo,«>00 children at
$."> would mean $4,500,000, an increase
of $306,075, while at $5 L'a about $1,750,-
would be required, an Increast of
Ohii over las! year's apportionment. It
Is doubtful if $5 is or can be allowed,
probably $1.75.
FROM A CYNIC'S DICTIONARY.
Rouge—Face suicide.
Benedick A penitent bachelor.
Courage Marrying a second time.
Love—The banked fires of passion
Divorce The correction of au error.
Altruism Mowing your neighbor's
lawn.
Suspicion Testing tbe engagement
ring on window glnss.
Jealousy A tribute to man's vanity
that every wise woman pays.
Furious A word expressing the
pleasure a girl experience* when she
Is kissed
Conscience The Internal whisper
that says "Don't do It; yUni might
get caught "
Widow hood—The only compensation
some women r«t out of marriage.—
Henry Thompson.
Water Wagon—A vehicle from which
a man frequently dismounts to boast
of the fine ride V 's having.
No Improvement.
In one of tlie Sunday schools In
Maiden, Mass., recently the teacher
of a class of small boys Inquired of
each one If he thought he had been
a better boy during the year Kark
answer was lu the affirmative except
ane little fellow about eight years
old, who was eon plcuous for his si-
lence. The teacher put the question
to him a second time, when with con-
siderable earnestness he replied: "I
am Just as worse as I ever was."
Mm. Inslon * Soothing Syrup.
For chlliirnn nottiltiic. nfn m tlie Kuron, rt'uuret In-
iinimutluii, UlliivIt jialu, euro* lutl colli.. £kc tk Untie.
Wh'ti two girl friends have a falling
out, i.sk his naine
BLOATED WITH DROPSY.
The Heart Was Badly Affected When
the Patient Began Using Soan's.
of millions of doL'urs." V'nd what
you are butting Into, Mr Post Snmo-
I odv might ask what right a banker
< r merchant has to make a hundred
thousand dollars In little place like
Houston or Abilene, while It take*
siich an army of average farmers a'.l
put together to be worth that much.
You'd better look where you're going.
- Farmers' Journal.
MERCURY MUSINGS.
The opening of the cotton season
of IPfifi ought to find the farmers of
the South, and of Texas particularly,
solidly organized and determined to
1 avo a fair prlco for the product of
their labor. Cotton Is worth 15c per
pound, and If the farmers will staud
together they will surely get It
And don't forget that the election
of a capable county secretary one
who will always attend promptly nnd
take n real pride In giving careful,
punctual service, Is a matter of vital
Importance to success of any nnton
Chronic poverty except In Isolated
Individual cases Is due to the fact
that tho producers receive such a
small share of the wealth which they
create.
If we do not wish to call It a trust,
we "an call It an undemanding
The whole world Is converted as ta
the Justness of our cause.
Polities Is simply the refl«x of eco-
nomic conditions, nnd m«>n are active
In politics, primarily, to ^vance their
« material welfare.
STICKS TO HIS STORY.
Monk Gibson Was Not Roused by the
Confession of Augusta Dijys.
San Antonio, Tex , July in.—When
told of the confession of Augusta liigg.H
(colored), In which Monk (iibson and
Felix Powell are Incriminated in the
Condltt murder, near Edna, last Sep-
tember, Monk (Iibson laughed yester-
day, and said: "Whoopee! Dat nlggah
suah can lie!"
"What made her 'fess, youh spf'ck?"
Monk asked
When Informed that she was led In-
to believing that Monk had confessed, i
lie said:
"Coase, dey tole her I 'fessed; den
she want to blame it onto uie to save i
her."
Monk thought the matter over a lit-
tle while, then said: "Now what you
'speck Gusta wania do dat foah?"
Wher questioned closely Monk told
exactly the same story he void when
first brought to San Antonio, that he
was dragged Into the Condltt house
by two negroes and bespattered with
the blood of those already killed He
says the two unknown men said their
names were AI and Woodson Ware,
nnd then they ran away Monk says
he knows they were not the men they
said they were
The negro boy is visited every day
by officers or II S Crawford, one of
the prosecuting attorney tnd Is Is
hoped he will yet conl'e- [fe was,
visited by his father, mother ami tsis- i
ters yesterday
Yoakum Times Sold.
Yoakum, Tex : Will J Johnston,
who established the Yoakum Times
fourteen years ago, has said the plant,
including both dally and weekly, to Mr.
N A. Lindenberg. who has been con- j
ducting the papei as lessee for tho
pa i tight months. The Times Is one
of the best established and best paying
newspaper properties in South Texas,
having a large circulation and a wide
Inlluence.
Awarded Full Commission.
Marlln, T< x : After deliberating for
several days the jury In the case of
W. A. Patrick against (' O. I.eushner
returned a verdict for plaintiff In the
sum of $2,000, tne amount sued for.
The suit w a for commission In an
alleged sale of land
De Witt County Democrats,
Cuero, Tex The Democratic execu-
tive committee of De Witt county
meets Monday July 0, In Cuero to
make up the official ballot fur the prl«
nuiry elections
Two Years for Burglaress.
Tyler, Tex : Mary Jackson, a ne- j
Kress standing charged with burglar-
izing the store of Geo lly man in this
city, defended herself before a Jury
In the district court yesterday, pro-
pounding various questions to the wit-
nesses and handling her case with tho
view of bringing out everything to
prove her innocense The Jury, how-
ever, found her guilty and fixed her
punishment at two yer; In the peni-
tentiary.
Mrs. Elizabeth Maxwell, of 415 West
Fourth St., Olympla. Wash., siys: "For
over three years I suffered with a
dnpslcal condi-
tion without be-
ing aware that
It was due to
kidney trouble.
The early stages
we11) principally
backache and
bearing down
pain, hut I went
along without
worrying much
until dropsy set
In My feet and ankles swelled up, my
hands puffed, and became so tense I
could hardly close them. I had great
j difficulty in breathing, and my heart
would flutter with the least exertion. I
i could not walk far without stopping
again and again to rest. Since using
four boxes of Doan's Kidney Pills tho
bloating has gone down nnd the feel-
• Ings of distress have disappeared."
Sold by nil dealers. b0 cents a box.
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
Scriptures in Russia.
It Is raher remarkable that, not-
withstanding the disturbed conditions
! of affairs In Hussla last year, tbe
British and Foreign Bible society re-
ports a banner year in tlie circulation
of Scriptures, over 600,own copies helnj
distributed in European Russia, be-
sides a very large number In Siberia.
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similatinfi Ihc Food and Hernia-
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lNKANIS/f HILDKEN
era
For Infants and Children.
The Kind Yen Have
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Bears the
1'romolos Digestion,Cheerful-
ness and Hesl-Conluiits neither
Opium.Morphine nor Mineral.
Not Nahcotic.
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lion, Sour Stomach.Diarrhoea
| Worms .Convulsions,Feverish
neas nnd Loss of SiJvKP.
Fat Sjnilc Signature of
new' yohk.
Alb monlh* bid .
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For Over
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It has to make flesh, blood, bone and muscle and supply boundless
Energy. Remember, tlie boy of today is the man of tomorrow.
Don't injure him physically and mentally with
indigestible meats, pastries, rich puddingi, etc., that
act as a drain on his nervous
encrfnr.
Bat leed him plenty of
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Lgg-O-Sec keeps the blood cool and is ihc ideal summer food.
Give him •< m« * mnrr -w—"th.f won't he no Ir.ivlu i.M
I'rep.nwl ur • r < ' 1 n-. of s< ruj <. n rtrnnUri''.**.
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Cain, Thomas C. The Bastrop Advertiser (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. 54, No. 16, Ed. 1 Saturday, July 14, 1906, newspaper, July 14, 1906; Bastrop, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth205658/m1/4/: accessed June 1, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Bastrop Public Library.