The Herald. (Carbon, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 31, Ed. 1 Friday, March 10, 1905 Page: 4 of 4
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Your Favors
Giving a Letter of Introduc-
tion Often Means Charg-
ing Up a Loss
From CorfjQH Urohunt; More
Letter*e From u Helf lladc It etchant to
Hi« &OM." hy (.1 tot ft Horace Lor inter.
Hy permit,turn of Uoublfday, Faye d
t o . I’uMshrre
Yesterday your old college friend
Clarence blow in from Monte Carlo,
where he hud been lu the interest* of
■deuce, and presented your letter of
lutroduotloD. Said he still couldn't
eoderNtuud Juut how It hupiieued. be-
cause he had figured it out by loga
ritbtus aud trigonometry und difTvron
tlal calculus aud u lot of other high
priced studies that he’d taken ttwity
from Harvard and that It wus u cinch
oa pap«r. Wus so. sure that ho could
have proved his theory right If lie' I
only had a little more money that “
hardly seemed worth while to tell him
that the only thing he could really
prove with his system was old 1’ro-
fessor Darwin's theory that men and
monkeys began life In the sumo cage.
It never struck me before, but I’ll bet
the professor got that Idea while be
was talking with some of hlu students.
1‘ersonally I don't know a great deal
about gambling, because nil I ever
speat for Information on the subject
was my fool horse broke lu the
stretch-and that was forty years ago.
Hut drat and lust I've heard a lot of
men explain how It happeued that
they hadu't umdc a hog killing. Of
course there must be a wlnulug eml to
gambling, but all that these men have
been able to tell about is the loalur
end. And 1 gather from their experi-
ences that when a fellow does a little
gambling on the aide It’s usually ou the
wrong side.
The fact of the matter Is tbut the
race horse, the faro tiger and the
poker kitty have bigger appetites than
any healthy critter has a right to have,
and after you’re fed a tapeworm
there's mighty little left for you. Fol-
lowing the horses may be pleasant ex-
ercise at the start, but they’re npt to
lead you to the door of the poorhousi-
or the Jail at the finish.
To get back to Clarence, ho took
about an hour to dock Ida cargo o'
hard luck and auotber to tell me how
strange It was that there was no draft
front his l-ondon bankers waiting to
weleome l»!iu. Naturally 1 haven't
lived for sfxty years nmong a lot of
fellows wbo’ve been trying to drive a
cold chisel between tile nnd my bunk
account without being able to smell n
touch coming a long time before It
overtakes me. nnd Clarence's Inten-
tions permeated hia cheery conversa-
tion about as thoroughly as a fertilize-
factory docs h warm summer night
Of course he gsve me every opportu
nlty to prove that 1 was a gentleman
and to aiiggcst delicately that 1 shoul '
be glad if lie would let me act as Ills
banker In thla sudden emergency, but
as 1 didn’t show any signs of being a
gentleman and a hunker he waa finally
forced to come out aud ask tne la
coarse commercial words to lend him
a hundred. Said It hurt him to have ‘
do It on such short acquaintance, but i
couldn’t see that be was suffering any
real pnln.
Frankly, I shouldn't have lent Clar-
ence a dollar on b!a looks or Uls story,
for they both struck me ns doubtful
collateral, but so long as be had «
letter from you asking me to do any-
thing In my power to oblige him or to
make his stay in Carlsbad pleasant.
1 let him have the money on your ac-
count, to which I have written the
CMnier to charge It. Of course, I hope
Clarence will pay you buck, but I think
you will save bookkeeping by charg-
ing It off to experience. I've usually
found that these quick, glad borrowers
are slow, sad payers. And when a fei
low' tells you tbut It hurts him to
have to borrow you can bet that the
thought of having to pay is going to
tie him up Into a bowknot of pain.
ltight here I want to caution you
against giving away your signature to
every Clarence und Willie that happens
along. Whon your name Is on n note
it stands only for money, but when
It’s on a letter of Introduction or rec-
ommendation It stunds for your Judg-
ment of ability and character, und you
can’t call It In ut the end of thirty
days, \>lther. Hiving o letter of intro-
duction la simply lending your name
with a man as collateral, und If he's
no good you can’t have the satisfaction
of redeeming your Indorsement even,
and you’re discredited. The first thing
that u young merchant must learn Is
that his brand must never appear on n
not* or a ham or a man that isn't good.
I reckon that the devil Invented the
habit of Indorsing notes und giving
letters to catch the fellows he couldn't
reach with whisky and gambling.
Of course letters of lntroductiou
have their proper use. but almut nine
out of ten of them are simply a license
to some Clarence to waste an hour of
your time and to graft on you for the
luncheon and cigars. It's getting so
that a fellow who's almost a stranger
to tne doesn't think anything of asking
for a letter of Introduction to one
who's a total stranger. You can’t ex-
plain to these men. because when yon
try to let them down easy by telling
them that you haven't had any real
opportunity to know what their apecigl
abilities are they always come back
with an, “Oh. that’s all right—Just say
a word and refer to anything you like
about me."
| give them the letter then unsealed,
and. though of course they’re not sup-
posed to read It. I have reason to think
that they ao because I’ve never heard
of one of those letters being presented.
I use the same form on all of them,
and after they're pumped their thoaks ' Webster C. Montgomery
iuto me and rushed around the corner PHYSICIAN and SURGEON
-they Aml in the tmyelopc: "This will } Qffic<> Ht Montgomery . MoMeHen-
introduce Mr Callistor. While I| Drugstore,
bnven t und tlie pleasure of any ex- n _
tended acquaintance with Mr. Gullis- | CARBON, hXAS.
ter, I like his nerve,” ^
When you cun. it's better to refuse (
a request by Icitcr. In a letter you * 1 n ■ «1 r
need say only what, you choose; lu a lli L, rlCLOy
full: you may have to say more than j PHYSICIAN and SURGEON,
you want to say. Office at Foe & Moore’s Drug Store.
You should answer bltera Just as tSTKeMileHce ’Mum* Xe. iStBii
you answer men—promptly, courteous-
ly and decisively. Of course you don’t ' ■ ■■
ever want to go off half cocked a ml t«~
brlug down a cow Instead of the buck
you're aiming ut. hut always remem-
ber that game Is shy and that you
cuu’t shoot too quick after you’ve once
got it covered.
Whoa the Ok! Men Win Out
It Un'i Always Sale lo Turn Down a.
Man on Aocount of Hia Ago
I’ve never taken anv special stock lu
this modern theory that no fellow over
forty slit old he given, a job or no man
over elxtysOBlIowed to keep one. Of
CourseAJpfre's a dead line lu business,
(Just as there is lu preaching), and fif-
ty's a good, convenient age at which
to draw It. But It's been my experi-
ence that there are a lot of dead ones
on both sides of It. When a man starts
out to he a fool and keeps on working
steady at ids trade, be usually las t go-
ing to be any Solomon at sixty.
I learned n long while ago not to
measure men with a footrule and not
to hire them because they were young
or old or pretty or homely, though
there are certain general rules you want
to keep in mind. I f you were spending a
mllliou a year without making money
aud you hired a young man he’d be
apt to turu in and double your ex-
panses to make the business allow a
profit, und he’d be a mighty good man.
llut If you hired an old man he'd prob-
ably cut your expenses to the bone and
allow up tb» money saved on the profit
■Ida. and he’d he a mighty good man
too. 1 hire both and then set the
young man to spending and the old
man to wuV^hlng expenses.
Of course the chances are that a
man who hasn’t got a good start at
forty hasu't got It in him. hut you can’t
run a business on the- law of averages
r.nd have more than an average busi-
ness. Once an old fellow who's Just
Rilssod everything he's sprung at gets
his hooks In he’s a tiger to stay by the
meat course. And I’ve picked up two
or three of these old man eaters in my
time who are drawing prelly large sal-
aries with the house right now.—From
"Old Gorgon Graham; More Letters
From a Self Made Merchant to His
Son,” by George Horace Lorimer.
WHEN YOU’RE
“HITCHED”
Facts About Matrimony, and How
tu Find Happineu In
That State
Front "Old Vorgon Ornhnm; iJort
Letters Front a ftelf Made Ho chant to
Hie Fort." by Oeorye Horace Larimer.
Hu permietion of Ooubteday, Faye if
Vo.. Publishers
There are mighty fow young people
who go into marriage witli any real
idea of what it means. They get their
notion of It from among the clouds
where they live while they are en-
gaged. and naturally about nil they
find up there is wind and moonshine,
or from novels which always end
Just before the real trouble begins, or,
If they keep ou, leave out the chapters
that tell liovv the husband finds the
tent and the wife the hired girls. But
If there's one thing lu the world about
which It’s possible to get all the facts
It's matrimony. Part of them are
right in the. house where you were j
born, nnd the neighbors have the rest, j
It’s been my experience that you’ve
got to have leisure to be unhappy.
Half the troubles In this world are
imaginary, and it takes time to tbink
them up. But It’s these ofteuer than
the real troubles that break a young
husband’s buck of a young wife's
heurt.
A few men and more women can be
happy idle when they're single, but
onee you marry them to eneh other
they’ve got to find work or they’ll find
trouble. Everybody’s got to raise some-
thing in this world, nnd unless people
raise u job or crops or children they'll
raise Cain. You can ride three miles
on the trolley car to the stockyards ev-
ery morning and flud happiness at the
end of the trip, but you may eliuse It
ull over the world In a steam yacht
without catching up with it. A wom-
an can find fun from the basement to
the nursery of her own house, but give
her a license to gad the streets and a
bunch of mutiuee tickets and she'll
find discontent. There's always un
Idle woman or an idle man lu every
divorce case. When the man cams the
bread In the sweat of his *»row It's
right that the wornun should perspire
a little baking It.
What the Kids Did For Algernon.
I remember a mighty nice, careful
mother who used to shudder when
slang was used in bor presence. So
she rowed alie'd give her sou a name
that the boys couldn’t twist Into any
low. vulgar nickname. Sbe called him
Algernon, but the kid bad a pretty big
nose, and the first day he was sent *o
school with his long lace collar and his
short velvet pants the boys christened
him Snooty, and now his parents are
the only people who know wbnt bis
real name is — From "Old Gorgon Gra-
ham; More Letters From a Self Made
Merchant to His Son," by George Hor-
ace Lorimer.
“A
S. iSishon
Atlornpy at I
Gorman, Texas
Prompt attention given to all
business.
W. T. Daniel
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
l>ul>liit. - Texas,
Will practice m Justice Court at
Carbon and all the courts at Eastland.
Earl Conner
ATTORNEY-AT-1, AW.
Eastland, Texas.
Hf-Prompt attention giveu lo all le-
gal btmincMs entrunfed to my care.
J4ay*Moner to loan on Rial Estate-1©G
:P. D, Aldersson's
} (Uncle Tom)
j RKSTAUR ABZT
^ South Side Square. F.aMhind ^
I Fish, oysters, anything in the;
short-order line,
, A 50c'inral will only re yon 26a at.
j Uncle Tom’s. (
for Comfort, 8atety, flpeed and Style
Try tbs Central onoe in a while.
The Great Daylight Route
THE CONNECTING LINK
Initial Tern, California and Mexico. Tit
Vfe, Cisco and El Paso.
PnAftixig through th© SWITZERLAND of
America for Scenery, and EGYPT
for fertility of *oil and producUrenoae
til cotton, corn and cereals.
Kara LatTe in different 0ountie3 and
Town Lot* in different Towns for sale.
WHILE THK DEVELOPMENT HAS BEKfl
G HEAT a long th« line of till* gree t •'^'•ooak
t.irr, the possibilities of the future can
scarcely be foretold, taking Into considera-
tion all its essentials of greatness. The cli-
mate l* salubrious and healthful, with ltv-
!ng water In abundance. Almost every
product known to the use of man can be
produced; and all that tends to the comfort
and happiness of mankind is found In
abundance along the line.
For Informat ion concerning lands and lot#
address
0. C. GIBBS. Lend Wanton wiener,
San A aroMo. Tux a"
Ter Information conoerah'g ratios, etc.,
call on or address :
W. F McMILLIN,
AOt>4 G. F. and P. Agent.
Waco, Texas
Or R. M. COX,
Truv. Freight and Passenger Agt.,
Dublin, Texas
CHAS. HAMILTON,
vice-President and Gen’l Manager,
Waco.MWs!
Very Low Rates
To New Orleans for Mardi
Gras festivities, March 1st to 6th
inclusive, the Texas & Pacific
Railroad Company will sell tick-
ects from Texas points to New
Orleans, La. and return at rate
of one fare, Tickets v ill be
limited to March 11th, l.K)5 for
return, with priviledge of exten-
sion to March 25 by depositing
with agents, and upon payment
of fee of fifty cents.
For futher instructions tall on
nearest ticket Agent, or write
E. P. Turner, General Passenger
Agent, Dallas, Texas.
You Must
Sleep.
If .you cannot, it is due to an
irritated or congested state of
the brain, which will soon de-
velope into nervous prostration.
Nature demands sleep,, and
it js as important as food; it
is a part of her building and
sustaining process. This period
of unconsciousness relaxes the
mental ami physical strain, and
allows nature to restore ex-
hausted vitality.
Dr. Miles’ Nervine brings
refreshing sleep, because it
soothes the irritation and re-
moves t-he congestion.
It is also a nerve builder; if
nourishes and strengthens ev-
ery nerve in your body, and
creates energy in all the organs.
Nothing will give strength
and vitality as surely and
quickly as Dr. Miles’ Nervine.
“Durlnf: the past winter I had two
attacks of 1 .aGrippe which left me
very weak, and In bad condition. I
was so n* rvouR I could not sleep. My
wife, after trvin# different remedies,
went for a doctor. The doctor was
out, and a neighbor reoommended Dr.
Miles' Nervine, and nhc brought home
a bottle. I had not slept for some time,
and had terrible pains in my head.
After taking: a few doses of Nervine
the pain was not so severe, and I
slept. I am now taking tho second
bottle, nnd am verv much improved.”
HENRY M. SMITH. Underhill, Vt.
Dr. Miles' Nervine Is 6old by your
druggist, who will guarantee that the
first Dottle will benefit. If It falls, ho
will refund your money.
Miles Medical Co., Elkhart, Ind
GENERAL DIRECTORY
TEXAS CENTRAL TIME TABU
fiEST
/•-SSENGER SERVICE
IN TEXAS.
A—IMPORTANT GATEWAY5-4
• TURNER,
OlN'L °A81B AMO TtCK.T AOCNT.
Dai las . Texas
Pas., No. I. West bound, 2:00 (>. in
“ “ 2, East ” 2:20 p.m.
, -M.” '' J. West ‘ H. 20 p. in
“ ", 4 East “ 7:00 « m.
Local, West bound, 10 :10 a. tu.
. “ East “ 3:50 p. m.
LODGES.
A.F.& A. M,—Meets Saturday night
before the full moon in each month.
W. P. Rankin , W. M.
T. II. Dinoler, Sec'y. pro. tern.
I. O. O. F.—Meets 2nd. and 4tli
Saturday nights in each month.
J. H. Heath, N. G.
J. R. Lyles, V. G.
P. E. Leclair, Sec.
W. M. Beaty, Treat-.
W.O W.—Meets first and third Fri
day nights in each month.
Dr. R. L. McCoy. (J.C.,
VV. J, Poe, Clerk.
J. P. COURT PRECINCT No. 5.
Meets the 3rd Monday in every month
W.V. Garret, lustier,
John Finley, Constable.
DISTRICT COURT., 42nd List'.
J. II. Calhoun....... District Jude-
W. J. Cunningham.....District Att'.i
Meets on the 1. Mondays in Janutuq
and July.
COUNTY COURT.
Meets on the 2nd Mondays in March
June, Sept, and Dec.
C. T>. Spann..... —,,County Jmlae
T. G Jackson..........County Att’i
COMMISSIONERS COURT.
Meets ou the 2nd Monday in Febru-
ary, May, August and November
C. I). Spann, Co. Judge, Presiding.
commissioners.
J. E. Butler............l’rec. No. i
•C, B. l’oe,........... Prec. No. 2.
I. B. Marshall.......... Prec. No. R.
Wm. Eppler,..........Pree. No. 4
COUNTY OFFICERS.
C D.Sjann,......... County Judgt.
June Kimble,........... County Clerk
R. L. Davenport * District Clerk
T. G. Jackson, County Attorney.
G. E. Bedford.................Sheriff
W.C. Moore,...........Tax Aseesaor
D. E. Jones, .......Tax Collector.
G. R. Whittington,.........Treasurer.
J. J. Mangnm.... Surveyor.
CHURCH DIRECTORY.
liAPTIST— Ser vices every second and
fourth Sunday. Eld. J. W. McGnha
pastor. Sunday School every Sunday
at 10 a. in J. M. Brutmnel, Snp’t.
Pruyermeeting every Thursday night.
B. Y. F U at 8 p.m. every Sundky.
METHODIST—Services every 1, and
3rd. Sundays, Rev. C. E. Statliem
pastor. Sunday School every Sunday
at 10 a.ui. J. W.Fairhairn, Supt. Pray-
er meeting every Wednesday night.
Junior League every Sunday at 3 p.m
Epworth League Sundays at ti p.m.
IJ. V. LOW I .I0H. J
Liycrv and Feed Stable £_
Does a general Livery business; furnishes first-
class rigs for traveling and commercial men.
WAGON YARD in connection. A
full supply of feed always on hand. Good
camp house arid plenty of good water. ■
CAIUION. I’KXAN.
THE HALL MUSIC COMPANY
1 )111>1 in, 'I't'XHsii
Wo handle the ('able, Kingsbury, Wmior,
Conover, Merrifield, Irvin# and
Sehnllz Ihniios
Schultz and Chicago
(1o(l;t#e
(>r ans;
Sheet music and Stringed
Instruments.
PRICES AND TERtyS RIGHT
FAST
TRAINS
After January 8th
Between
TEXAS AND MEXICO
34 a Hours —lb Days
San Antonio to Mexico City
VIA
I. & G. N. R. R.
LARADO £ NATIONAL R. R. OF MEXICO
302 miles shortest, 15 hours. 20 minutes quickest.
jjCorrespondingly as quick from all Texas points via the
I. & G. N.
New fast service between Dallas, Ft. Worth,
Austin and San Antanio after
January 8th.
AsK agents or write
THICK, 2nd V-P.&G.M. D. J PRICE G.I’.Afc T. A .
Palestine, Texas
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Thegreutest eye glass in the world. For sale by M. C. Tuck«r, Carbon
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WILL LAST LOREVER!
WHAT? A CONCRETE CISTERN. IT WILL NEVER
LEAK AND NOT GIVE THE WATER A BAD TASTE
I 'CAKE THREE SIZES. CALL ON OR WRITE
ME FOR PRICES, TERMS AND REFERENCES
F. W. HOUSEMAN,
CARBON, TEX,
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