The Democrat. (McKinney, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 24, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 13, 1899 Page: 4 of 4
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coal mines near
oxiktoncn
s/ .•* rvviivv-
iSg.fnfbncy.
ed by Chinese
laced a
trans
ssmm
li ft aubatltate for Owtor OO. Paregoric, Drops
SootUof Syrup®. It is H^rmtoaa and
neitha^ Opiuiu, Morphine nofotbw Hi
Its |e la lta smMntoe. It deatroya Worma
FeVflfishnen. It cures Dlarrbaa and Wind
Colic. It relievos Teething Troubles, cures Constipation
It assimilates the FoodTre*ulate* the
vela, fivinf healthy and natural sleep,
dfldns*! Panama The Mother's Friend. VS
. l ' '
■Ullroykl* Chin*.
" ""ff*
na's first railroad wan open-
1876 between.<Sh;inghui ai>d
UK 14 miles distant. It«
Hi ftirar tar a >■ iriirir
_ , Win Yifsy vnoi;
or native prejudice and supersti-
tion were so strong that the local
authorities bought up jthe line,
which had been constructed by
British enterprise, tore up the raits
and abandoned it. Five years af-
who
id charge of so hie
Tientsin, found in
over which
coal wss transported ou carsoush-
workmen, nnally
lr |
tog coal, and
.v. Ifter II
the
not brink the
shd
into one
ro dtv plans are on foot for
construction of a net worh of
railroads all over the Chinese
feel tired out.
yottr 11
room, rti the
BW
Sia: •—
mmm
since
Peru
T
M
type
sad never
firstbegan to use
my own
win^ machine or lift
anything notereu a chair. Iterenhart
me to ride or walk any distance. Now
I can doyd! thin, and I
So pro-bd of the way It has brought ma
Itsliit ~ IHHMM
ly recommend
can
Empire, and wondi
they will all belong
always
Bears the Signature of
Sa^'6
Over 30 Years.
*> m. mm*
H. EMERSON
T. T.
EMEKSON,
/
/
irst NationalBank
or lfKINNBY, TpXA .r.
and SURPLUS - 1125,OOG
HUTl Ol HLLM KXCI4WI OK nU^FEIXCIP 1L CTTIM II KUtOPC
riUMXiM FAPBB W8t l 5ITED. f*
IBBOTOXMt Presets Basiirsea, T. T. BE B80I, T. ■.Bsisrsaa
Jso. L. Lsrejsy, C. H. WsleA,
Business Hoars: 9 a m, to 4 p. m,
Tii
THE NEW VICTOR,
wonderful /to tell,
■■■■■IP
the absolute control of the Em-
ire. True tiny lWW' be built
ly by foreign capital, but
then franchises/Will be so hedged
about that at no distant time they
will sll be ownedsnd operated by
the government. The cost of
these proposed railway lines will
be an jsnormous sum. The lines
constructed up to the present time
e fceen built. under the control
I at the expense of the govern-
ment. The recent concessions
propose to permit the construction
of lines by capitat and organise-
tions composed of residents of
other-countries. The funds for
this purpose are in most cases to
be secured by mortgage upon the
railways thus created, the dishurs-
mcnt and future management to
remain in control of the foreign
Jendemdunng the terin oi toe
mortgage, bot the lines them-
selves, after the mortgage lien is
paid, are in most if not in i
Ito become
Chinese Government. The ef-
forts of foreigners to cbtain a
share of stock interest in addition
to the mortgage lien have been
unsuccessful. That the intentioo
of the Chineae Government is to
Anally and absolutely control its
railways is further .evidenced by
the fact that in its agreement-*
IUM*
will | fooad |maey Important feature which arej
of graai baaaAt and foo d oa ao other Cultivator ; «m of tbaae feature.j
la te adjastinf the aalss tech Or forth to halan.v thejastirht of U oper-
ator. JTo matter If ha be a heavy man [or email boy. are eaa adjust the
so there will be ao'aaek weight * the team Also the tonjree will
Jap ta frost; wa can faraUh theae Calibrators wHh either rigid
wHh or wHhoat sprtnx trip. Do not bur a Caltiea^r
of say kind until yon ... . *
See mad Price Our Line of Goods.
of lapletneate la CoHta Coatty] We alao
4, WagVDM, liarrowa. Drills, Hay Rahea, Hay
Bfaftat Twine. Threshers. Etc Write aa
rARLIN 6 ORENDORFP CO.
•THE CLEANER ITS, THE COZIER
TIB." WHAT IS HOME
WITHOUT
SAPOLIO
Buffering'
ease. I know
your medicine will do just what
aay it will. I thank yon,
thousand times" for your treatment,
shall recommend your mediclas wl
aver 1 go. I know what It haadone fur
ma and I know U will do the aame lor
othera. I feci that there are thousands
9t other women who woukt.alter using
your treatment, as I did, be thankfuL
1 am ao glad I got your traatmant.
This month hi the first time in my life
that 1 eaa remember of hating lay
manaes without pain. Why, 1 cant do
anything but recommend Pe-ru-na*—
Mias Emma L. Bo 1 den, Wilberlmea, O
i The IVru-na Mtdkdae Co,, (<olum-
bua, O.. wni mail Dr. HartmanHi special
book tar wuiiica. free on application, ta
women only. AlldruggistaseU£f;rn-ae
WITpi IBPEEHSITE CEBBVOSIES.
ST. JOHN'S LODGE A. P. A A. Mr1
WILL LAV THE CORNKK STONE
J«4TS KKW TKMFLK SAT ,
CROAT, JULT iJJnd, -
AT Sr. H. 1
id, are in most if not...... >
the property __of the | §t0ne af their new temple.
An informal meeting was help
by the Masona^ June S
set the date for laving the corner
Slatae*a Peroral loa
vn
Siawy el sarfleis.
la
Masterful in
he became the center of a
nation's love, enshtined ii the
prayers of. a world. But ail the
love and all the sympathy could
not share with him his suffering,
e trod the winepress alone.
leave of life. Above the demon-
iac hiss of ao assassin's bullet
he heard the voice of God. With
simple resignation he bowed to the
the IPSvine decree. "A# the end
drew nesr his early craving for the
sea returned. The Ittately Jib-
sion <if power had Been to him (he
nd^rness be took tf W atl of thCil win do>vTPromi
FEC^T AND COMPLETE.
power trad ~5eenTo ■
wearisome hospital of pain, and
he begged to be taken from its
priso^Mis, from its stifling -*ir,
fro# Us homelossnesjl and its
hopelessness V; Gently, ' silently,
the love of a great people bore the
e sufferer to the longed-for
ealing of the sea, to live or to die
as God should will, within sight
*of its heaving billows, within
sound of its manifold voices.
With wan ^fevered face tenderly
lifted to the cooling breeze, he
looked out wistfully ; upon the
ocean's changing wonders; on its
far rails, whitening in the morn-
ing light; on its >• restless waves,
rolling shoreward to break and die
benesth the noonday sun; on the
red clouds of evening, arching
low to the horizon; on the serene
mud shining pathway of the staieQ
Let us think that his dying eyes
read a myotic meaning wh^ch only
the rapt and parting smil may
know. Let us believe that in the
silence of the receding world he |-ing/the system throughout
heard the great waves breaking on
a farther s hore, and felt al read
upon his wasted hrow the breat
of the eternal morning."
tee and ~abnBZ. ~ Z
I
WAS THE RIO ASH C^ROV« PICNIC
WHICH WAS TO HAVE BERN
WK Of YEN JUL*
^irrTtiiimir.'r-—*!*'"'{tf-1 ''M'.'.y'T.'-
On account of rsins,, the Ash
Grove Sunday School picnic w s
postponed from July 4 to July 27,
Surrounding Sunday Schools have
invitations to attend, which tgoht.
nent speakers, good music, plenty
of good water and a fine grove in
which to spend the day will be
ie attractions. The public is ex-
to turn out in large num-
and with well filled baskets.
Messrs. W\ D. Johnson, J, A.
Angel and jrjrmtheirtand- an
of Chambersville, compose the
"MMni'iittw op arrangement,.
ABOUT THE 5EWCR SYSTBTt.
-A-.-;.;. : ■
WOKE 18 TO BEGIN WITHIN TEN
DAYS.—SYSTEM TO BE PEE- ,
fiTow that the waterworks
so near completed, the. contract-
ors, Ifylly & Steel, are both here
and ready to begin work on their
sewer system, for which they have
a franchise! /: ' ..
The system to be used is tBe
same as f>ut in fort be county here
last > ear, and is to be thoroughly
complete, and hy compulsion in
this Tranebl*e toe company has to
put in the ^ystem throughout the
fire limits of the city regardless of
patronage.
j.TTjin TT,-irnf nrr-r- v.; i 1.•«ym^g I^P3ap^pggB^
orseless vehicles have arr
and cruel slavery of dumb brutes
will be abolished. Millions of
arc
to pound out their lives on "dusty
roads and sUnpery wicks. Their
moaning has been beard, and free-
dom comes in the most merciful
invention that >ve. graced our
race. These vehicles comc in all
forms for all purp hundsome
aSft^jpnnvenmni, rapid i?
forward or ba:kward, olectrio
They will be governed solely by
the iKitronsge received in extend-
ifiir oeufom tit a*#* is f*k.\aif i I
city.
•Just
Seven committees have bees
appointed to carry out' plans for
their impressive ceremonies or
the sncient order, which will be
an event of no little importance
to not only the ftttarnily, here
who ass to occupy |ie new temple
as its home, bat to all the orue
2 ] throughout this section of the
l .lata
WitnBW-preponseTo eowtroft
line, it enquire, that «ho«l. of | s«(urd y. July-Mod. .t p. n.
instruction for Chinese in the msu
agement and construction of its
people by the time thst the system
of roads now proposed shall revert
to the direct control snd owner-
ship of the government. A series
of regulations for railways sod
mines issued ia December, 1898,
ires that *'in all cases
was the date and hour electe<
hv St. .lofcn's-Lodge for the event
Kates nil be applied for ana
many visiting lodges as a whole or
in part are expected to attend/
There are thirteen lodges sl< ne
in Collin county.
Only one committee, that for
rvouire* thst IS all caaea evrrv promulgating a proKram, « ould
•fWjnr maat he mtde to ^ have , „ip(irl \}on,ll4v night. The l.-t of
grand oftL-t-rs haa
the Chineae proportion c( th.
pital of such . enterprise the
greater, and th« m must l e s pro
portion of at leaat thn o-tenths of
the shares owned hy the Chinese.
Sanction will out be civen in out
jof the money ts foreign." The
regulations further provide that
the proportion of profits to be
paid to the government of rail-
ways will bj four-tent ha and for
mines 25 per cent, to be handed to
the board of revenue/' s require-
ment which seems likely to prove,
to say the least, embarniH ing to
railway enterprises which have
not already secured concessions.
Southern Mercury.
44Kvery soldier's grate made
during our unfortunate civil war ia
a tribute to American vakir. And
while, when those graves were
made, we differed widely al u!
the future of this government,
theae differences were long ago
settled by the arbitration of *rms,
and the time has now come, in the
evolution of sentiment and feeling
under the providence of Ood,
when in the spirit of fraternity,
we should ithare with you in the
care of the graves of the confed-
erate soldiers."—President. Mc-
Kmlev at Atlanta.
;
m <UM •• wm ees
k.eh tri m «M*
r C
aaaannnaita
*
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l®TWT!^«CTTS
■zvffr
mn
Emperor William's new atable
will (p« at about $t,000,000 and will
accommodate 170 horses and .*100
vehicles. There will also be lodg-
ng rooms for ,M) niarrie*! grooms
end coachmen and their families
and for 90 single hostlers and
other eervanta. Two riding and
racing courses, l oth under cover,
will also be built.
not yet been
completed, but will be and aa
nouneed in the very near future.
Following are th«- committees
of the local lodge in charge oi'
the preparations:
ON >ROORA!f.~ *
' Dr. O. A. Foote, Chr'm.; Wm
M. Abcmathy, Walter B. Wilso*
Capt. W. L. Boyd.
' ON XRRANOEMEVTB. I
John W. Hamilton, Chr'in
8. T. Hammond, J: P. Crouch
T. F. Everett, J. L. Franklin
Dr. J. C.N. Smith. Dtf J. A
Caldwell, F. M. Wanlen, K. T
Seay, A. A. Wslcott, Joho C
Cooke, Sam A. Smith, J. H
Forbes. W. J. Thurman, W. T
Cox. • n I
ON IRVITSTION.
Capt. W. A. Rhea, Chr'm.
Dr. II. L, Pearson, Wallace
Hughston, A. W. Knighton
Chas. Bash.
oow«rrrRR.
Chr'm • Tom
W.
rmo-s
J. M. Ball,
Perkins.
OR TRANSPORTATION.
Ben Boydftun, Chr'm.; John L.
Lovejoy, W. N. Collier, John
Church.
~ wielie:
8. 'J. B. IMemmona,
Dr. J. E. Gibson, T. J
Plummer Ilsrris, B. L.
Chr'm.;
Cloyd.
Parker.
Mayes.
W. W. McDowell. A. B.
OR RRCEITION.
Col. J if Pearson, Chr'm.;
S Do well 8r, Dr T W Wilev,
CJaot J L Oreer, Fred Roasrsnto,
Judge T. C. Ooodner, T T Emer-
son.
HOME CURE ^
"WKBHlODPOISOtt,
Bstttri af fha There is not the slightest doobt that the
DewSlB VI lira UVVltfl# doctors do more harm than good In treating
. CJontagiout Bl. od Poison; msnj victims of
Snlshwnrh* Van Psn thl« loathsome disoaae woald be murh better
rllliwvri, «Wl llH off to-dar .|f they had never allowed them
- aetvea to se dobag OS mercury and potaah, the
the doctors
Cm Ytorctlf it Hooa.
which the
ever give foe
this vile noiu>n
diMwe-the rn.r
• are wholly uriahle to get vtd of
np
■PUP The'HUMPH .. gpiMPMM
and only attempt to heal np the outward appearance of the
and eruptions. This thej^do by drlvteg the potson into thr
a if- la Aw|
Kipp tl WUmI
throat and
io^efinil
J."
RECIPIENTS OP A MAONlPlCENT
GIPT PROM THE LATE
H. B. PLANT.
Havana, July (?.—-The La Lu-
cha, the leading Spanish paper
here, announces that the late H
B. Plant, in his will bequeathed
handsome sum to his* old
Gen*. Fitahugh Lee and
frieoda
U«n . nunuft L,ee «n. ci, M.-Kinney
domes.-—To Gen.— Lee, Wt-loft system of se*
Gomea, $50,000. which many
H. B. Plant is known as the
developer of Florida and is the
msgact of the great Plant system
of railways and hotels in that
state, and sole owner of the u?ag-
nificent Tampa Bay hotel at Port
Tampa, Fla.
His system runs an elegant line
oi steamers from Tampa to Ha
vans and has for many yenn* been
looking forward to the building
of a $5,000,000 hotel in thi«city.He
has been a close friend to Geos
Lee and Gomez Mince the begin-
ing of the Cuban struggle and bis
receat liberal gift is tne outcome
of >fars of close fheirship.
Til KM Tai Ami
CoafcdcraU I'cssieaa.
The following is a list of oue*
tions whicj must be answered b
spplicsnts for pensions, and su
snswer* must be written ouPphttB^
ly in ink: .
What is your name?
What is your age? -
In what county do you reside?
How long have you resided in
said conntjr, and what is your poet-
ofioeaddreas?
Have you sppliod for a penMoo
amier the cnnf«*derato penai4>«siaw
heretofore, and been rejected? If
so. state when and where.
What i<* your occupation, if nble
to cegajfr m «>ne?
* What uyour phytUalcondition?
If your physical ^l bnditio*. ia
such that you are unlb£f by your
own labor to earn a support, state
what canoed such disability
State in what company and reg-
iment you enlisted in the eonfed-
jour
crate army, ami the time of
service. * --t1
If you served in the confederate
navy, state when and where, and
the time of your service.
State wbfciher or not you have
received any pension .or veteran
donation land certificate under any
previous law. and if ynuanawerili
the affirmative, state what |*ension
or veteran donation land certifi-
cate yon have rrceivod.
What real and personal proper-
ty do you now own, and what is
he present vaTne Of such proper-
tj? Give list ft such property and
What propert*, and what was
the vslee thereof, have you sold
or conveyed within the two years
>rior to the dste of this applica-
1f«sf
'Whst income if aay do yon re-
ceive'-' - -• ~r-
Are yrnin indigent circti mat an*
eeet that is, are you in actual want,
and destitute of property and
mean* < f snhaletancef
An y upable by joiti^ l.dwf
to ' a* ii a •Wippofif x ■ui** :j
Ht^re yew transferred in o he >
perty of value yf sny kifjd
here some- facts eoncern-
ing the charges for use of the
system would not be a miss.
lu the franchise gi anted the
company by the city council, the
charges for residence*, offices,
hotels, ^c., are regulated and
are correctly as follows: For
closets, kitchen and bath tub
sinks, $10.00 per year; for hi tels,
$15.00 per year, and offices $8.00.
The charges are most reasonable
for plumming work and the en-
tire cost will be no iusignificant
that«11 can afford to use it. '
Through our enterprising coun-
" " MS ''~
lights and every convenience de-
sired. A child can umnage them
with more safety than it could
maosgea gentle aiiimtl. The
merciful man is aterciful Unto his
beast; the Automobile is magi's
chief est work Of mercy. .
After cruelty to an'mats is abolf
ished we will be in better train to
conduct a peace conference for all
nations, indeed, we may come
in special favor with God when
electricity is substituted for help-
less creature*. Then we will dis
the. pensc of the "beasts of burden;"
soil products will «o to msn; no
harness nor barns, nor pastures,
nor wprk of feeding, watering
snd watchijig. We alM> abolish
liorse stealing. You remove %thc
key and the horseless vehicle will
not go. Ftom s_room in your
residence you glide forty 'miles,
and while vou stop for refreHliT
ments the local electrician charg-
es your battery for another forty
miles. Afters ride of 100 miles
or more during the day you suffer
no remoi^e for having used whips,
strap*, chains, iron gags, or other
insignia of a cruel barbarous- age.
secured tiii«
a- thinjf for
much larger cities
have clamored many years, am
for the convenience of the thing
andtaore especially for the health
conditions, every cititen in the
citv should patronize it.
Mr. Steel ssya that he hopes to
have a force of hands st work
within ten days, and much of the
svstem will he ready forL uif
ere the end of summer.
RAILWAY VALUATIONS RAISED
BY COCNTY BOABD OK EgUALIXA
WOW—TOTAL VALUATION
RAISED TO 90,404.
The Oounify commissioners, win
have betm sitting as ia board of
iaaiion -for the past three
their work ami
MA HONK' TEMPLE, CHICAGO.
Staadiug jon the twenty-third
floor, 327 feet above the pave-
ment, you inhale the eooi breeee
from Lake Michigan and See col-
umns of white steam and blank
smoke wafted, smith west from
thousauds of buildings and ves-
sels. Csrs snd vehicles crowd
the streets while sidewslks are
moving belts of jammed humanity.
At each crossing of ^treeta four
policemen stand wttH dnb« to eut
the lielta of vehiclf*, letting sec-
tions of the human belt pass, and
then cut the huiuau belt to permit
s«*ciiona of vehicles to move.
Thus each du\ and night passes,
with few fatal juries from this
see-saw of *e«ibing humanity.
E. W. KIKKPATK1CK.
equal ii
days, compteteif
adjourned Friday morning.
The board had a busy session
snd were met with various argu
ments from repreMentativea of
numerous hstaleH and cori oiti-
ns, roost important of which
were the railroads of t he cou ntyf
At a meeting of the board in
June t^e property of railroads
was considerably raised and the
roads notified to have a represen-
tative here at thia dste. and the
companies failed not. Officials
or attorneys of all the loada fi-
cept the Cotton Belt were pre*
ent. The S. S. A S. and M. K.
AT. were represented by Huperir.
tendent K. M. Alvsrd snd Atto:
ney Creddock of (ireeuville,
the II. A T C. bv Claim* A^ent
T K. Shirley snd Attorney L<d>
ban, and the G. C. A S. F. by F.
X. Uilbaugh -of~ Dallas, mil of
whom ma<le strong pleas for a re-
duct ionin their valuations, but
with no avail.
The II. A T. C. property of 81
miles was given In at $7,700 per
mile, ami was raised to $9,000.
The G. 'J. A 8. F. rendered JM.Uti
miles at $7,500, which was raised
to $8,000. The S. S. A S. gave
a SI. 15, miles at $#,400 per
Ssr mile ao ! got a raise to $7,000.
heM. K. A T. rendered I.HO
miles at $6,195 and.bad to stand a
raise to $7,500.
The total of 10.1.86 miles in the
countr was raised from the as-
sessed sum by $90,404, ao average
of a little over $8O0 pscraUpu >
The Western Union Telegraph
Co., came in for a Utile raise al-
so. The oomoanv has 115.51
miles in tne county and put their
valuations lower than last year
and the boat# raisM it to the
same as last year: $&,4$0.
Considerable town propertyand
farm hnds Were raised but little
opposition Was met with.
fttwniieB, all
abuse, or excess and indt-,
cretion. A nerve tonic ana
blood builder. Brings the
pink glow to pale cheeks and
restores the fire of youth*;
By mail50c per box; 6 bores
| with a written guaran-
tee to care er refund tl e money*
NERVITA MEDICAL CO.
for sals by Smith Bros. MoKlnney Tex
• tarn* iws.mo • ^
solid trains of
WAGNER BUFFET SLEEPERS
0— •
free recunino "
prCHAI![CIRS
ST. LOUIS.
CHICAGO,
KAN8AS CITY:
6LOSK CONN KCTIONS
TO ALL JOINTS
EAST, NOBTHMWEST.
First Class Meals
AT OUft OWN - or—-
DINING STATIONS
50 Cents.
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CASTOR IA
Far TafkaU aai Okildrea.
Ha KU Yn Km Ahrafs Bs^W
IF YOU WOULD TRAVEL
...'«'V
east.north
*SOUTHEAST
to camfbrt. tarrAaar
tickets vU tht
the
of
OSES with ,
H, nr«4
DROPSY S"£
«allml In ttS
MriMUS Nn UHrSa^f tl trmptfnm r+n**r
S-Wra-aair, «;
WfUs far
i>r
Hires
Roctbeer
— Ume
Is here
Th*9EST THOL
tu BEST SSJnraL
Mm/ the BEST
mcikmsvt
y^Ap.. -/ j/tr#J ri m iijMii.i nana
^ ^s s. ssrsa^as
,y\ ..
Railroad
Double Daily Trains
bet
a* Quick Llee
Norui *D'i
andBoatti
netw^« n Honston sail t>e«.*^r.
via Bants snd fort Worth,
♦ • ...
OalTcston and Denlsoe
via Houston sadO^pS,
(lalvsaton sad St. LoiK'Sa ■
via HoosSon, Eants, Paris.
The only Unt gpasaHv
PARLOR CAPti CAM
(■ms • a sail).
fVtfmas Sleeper*.
+bjrp it tVtde Vtsffbtded
ntkEOidrc**.
BEST ROUTE
... _ - _
Henipftk^ I nan i Hi. flhSmdt, MssS
SCL Ou"*™rya, AtlmtI* Mtm
York. WAMtetfon. FhUJeirH4a, A*.
ttowe, Mi other dHee of the North.
E*st and Southmet. i J
for suas, tkm ti
wf jg*
9e/t Agent, or
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Thompson, F. C. The Democrat. (McKinney, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 24, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 13, 1899, newspaper, July 13, 1899; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth252257/m1/4/: accessed May 8, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Collin County Genealogical Society.