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VOL. 18. VAN ALSTYNE. GRAYSON COUNTY. TEXAS. FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER 29, 1899. NO. 21
THE FATAL AGE OF 37
MOTHER AND BABE UNIT-
ED.
A Div< re-d Hu*bnnd F und in
Memphis with the Child. 0
Memphis, Tenn , Sep. 20.—
The atrj of 37 is a p trt icu'arG
fata' a**-. An exi*l*nnti'*n «*f the
re«-or<h* <>f the Uni'ed State-* kov-
ernni nt »h »wa ih«t m »re pcopl**
die at th*t MPe th n anyolher SheriT Sampson Connell «»f V/il-
alter attaining their majority. It liara on county, Texa-, will leave
is aim ascertained that more mi-j Memphis to-morrow for Taylor,
fortunes overtake |*erson- at that Texas, with Emma Laloui-e Dav-
age than am other time in theii is, the three-and-arhalf->ear-old
lives and t at f* w fortuta’e da ighter of J. H. Davis and Mrs.
ev. nt- befall them. Ida Gentrv Davis. Taylor is the
Au exau.ii ation of hi-t<«ry de~j home of the child’s mother.
velops th*- -ame ti.ing.
age of 37a gnat **orr<>w
Arist •»!--, the death of PI it *. If**
fnen<l «ud teacher, wi<h whom fa-
had -toiled for neailv twenty
y* ar-*. Thi-* sorrow plainly show-
THE FEMENINE OBSERVER.
A dressmaker is the greatest
tutocrat on earth.
The latter half of any task is
always the harder to perfoim.
There is nothing *o trving as
endeavoring to be funny to order.
It f-eems as though every woman
you meet has a feather io her
cap.
There’s a very great difference
[i«i the meaning of pardou and for-
give.
Why is it that we feel so mad
a anyone who writes to us on a
postal card?
If vou really want a thing done,
don’t write a note; go and attend
to it yourself.
Why is it the stoutest men al-
ways appear to have a special
p -chant for linen suit-?
Wuy do we always refer to a
man iu his shirt sieves as though
At theL^D«vis and his wife parted some
hefH|| pTme ago. The father spirited
the child away and has since kept
it hidden.
Sheriff Connell has only been
succes-fu! io finding the child af-
e I its effects upon bis future life, |ter a cha-e of many miles through
and to it may be attributed the j swamps of ArkaD-a-, covering
sad ione of hi- later wri'ings. * period of a \ear. After *11 his
It wa- at the aee of 37 that hardships, Connell, who is a typ-________
Lord Bv-on di»d of fev.r at ««»1, &><><* natured Texan and a thew were no olher p.,rnoa to
(ireec**. As Lort Bac«m>tiel«i fine -pecitnen of Lone Star man- th#, g.trnierft?
aav- be was “greater as a man hood, found Davis at Horn Lake, ) \yhen one speaks of a doc.t'^f’s
than as a writer, and hi- los- t<* | Miss., but the child "a- not wdb j practice it does not neces-aril)
the wt r d was a great blow to it. him After a long conference , jmp|^ th?tt there is any aliusion to
Rapha 1, the alorv of Italian ! between the Texas sheriff j bis experiments,
art. di d at. 37. lie fell *ick a , Davis, the father agreed to P"»* j Some of the special birguns
week tefi*re his birthday of cold. dace Lalouise in N . mphi* ^ p marJ{e(J “knocked d iwn’ quite
and fever ar*d died on that rta-tenaber 20, and ai ow h r m.* ler the parr.
Go-d Friday. in him the »orl«> *> become her cu t -dim for . me rh<} |on|ineH8 of not hj|ving anv
lost one of its greatest artists. months of the vear. «h Davis jve8 j„ easier to bear than
In n.u»ic, I ke art and poetry, *’* tu ha'e -• r tue uiiiainmg t iree trouble of hiving to » miny.
England lo-t l er greate-t com- mijnt“8* . Bye and bye, when automobile-
po-er at the ag*» of 37. Pure* 11,1 ^rue bls PrnI111 e* ^lVI" Pr< are jQ general use, the horseshoe
the m< st »ii-tingui-hed musician J (*u<buhy Luioui*t here to ay wjj| j-jg ttie rarest sort of a curio.
Britain pr d ice I, .lied within a *nd the delivery to onac wad j The easiest way to please any
few days after attaining his thny-j ,,la,!e wiltl tiue oxas Pnm,P ’* j OQe wh!> jg jn love is to praise th
seventh \»ar. The reenid in person
which be was held m England The sheriff will probably be ac-| ^
placed him on a par with Millon «‘mpan,ed back to TcXm b-v
in epi.* poetry, with Shakesp.-are j Gavis
o i the -tage, L"<-ke in metaphy--
with whom they are in
Mrs. Ida Davis is -aid to be
From the way some women
talk 'of the bordereau li-teuer*
are led to believe that th**y think
. . ... . , . . , it a new kind of trimming.
...... - ............— 1*™' butr:,“ .lbC ChtUt | When we say that one has a dis
It was at the age «T 37, too, avl"1- e l,n-' ° ,^ct ° 1 la tre-siug cough we do not mention
at Eng'and lost a military gen- un*f chuse is a m, t c u^d .in whether it is more distressing It
ius tba* she regard *d of the high- HKK,n n,!tde a fneDd ®f Lthet b,R Us than io them,
e-t rank and pn-mi-e. Prince I sheriff* w h » expre.u t e ope ^ 1’henappiestwomanisthebus-
Henry of Bstte. burg died of fever tbert! 8b’,uld ^ a reconciliation
Ms ar d Sir I-asc Newton in ,.bil-|t^cbing scb® d (foma|lc1he’
} osophv at d mutheDiatics
It was at the age *»L ____
—that Eng'and lost a military gen- on*
the high-
pro in •-e. ~
in Ashantee
life.
Pasvall, too, db-d at 37, but
whv seek more illustration-?
These are sutfl.-ieiit to illustrate
the fatility of the age among gen-
iuse-*. Wh**r» <1< ath failed n.is-
fortune often befell.
8o the age of 37 mav be re
gard d as the fatal age of all t h* s
after a man passe- hts majoritv.
— Toledo Blude.
that vear of his n the Davis family.
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AN IDLE BOY.
PADDLED A PREACHER.
C dumbus, O., Sept. 18.—This
morning at the Ohio penitentiary
Rev G. F. B. Howard, who has
taught college students the prin-
ciple of logic, who has ministered
to large and fashionable congre-
gations in several ptace.-. w.ts corn-
iest. But it is by attending to
her own. cot someone else’s.
business tba she achieve- this re-
sult.
The man who has eaten tie
cheapest Inneh is generally the
one to make the greatest display
with a tooth-pick before the Hotel
enirat.ee.
The mau of the world hao to b<
a genuine hypocrite wlieu he pre-
We pity the boy when father is
which he eecap d Sepu 12, lt94.
He was captured at Hort <n,
rich enough and foolish enough | Mich., where he was pastor of tue
to al.ow him to grow up in idle lading congregation of that vil-
De-s: for, no matter wbat hts na-I iiage Howard had little tu say
tive endowments mav be, he ie fteen brought into the prisoa
sure to be huit a'tnost beyom i court to day. Thi pastor of the
p-lied to bend over a box while tends hive for a small dog that
a lu-iy guard vigorously applied insists upon affectionately an-
a hickory paddle. & | uouncing the time of his home-
Howard was returned Sunday coming, whether it is early oi
n ght to the p* mtentiary, from late.
remedy hy such indulgence. An
idle boy i* likely to turn nut a
now shepberdlces flocks in Illi-
nois aud Michigan was taken in-
trifling man. The cardinal vif“j t , the ante-room, where he wai
tue* of indu-try and so|f-d«mal j ,uad(> ^ ^nd over a bench whi e
must be a.-quued, if at all, in j 4 hickory paddle in the band* of
stout guard was laid oo hi* an u-
early life. There a^e excep ions
to the rule, but they are so fe*>
in nuruf-er that they do not count.
Ooce in a while we find even a
poor man, ^t'uggling day and
night for the mean* to keep ui
h*s family, and yet through mis-
taken affection, suffering his
to lounge about m good clothes
and spend m< n* v which ought t<
go to pay bis ju*» debts. Wha
shall we sav of him. except that
be ueeds a guardian? And of bis
sons. exc*pt that they need a
father.— Nashville Christian At
vocat e.
JURY EXEMPTIONS.
Under the Texas laws the fol-
lowing p*rsons are exempt from
jury duty:
All civ 1 officers of this state
and of the United States.
All ov. r-eers of roads.
AM m rosters of the gospel en
gaged in the active di-charge of
their ministerial dutie-.
A*I ubysi* ian* and lawyers en-
gag* d in actual practice.
All puhiHher* of newspai ers^
firemen, *« hoolma-ter*. d ugri*t-,
Uit4-'nakers, telegraph operators,
ra 1 oatl station agents, ferrymen
and .>11 m| |ei*s engag d 1*1 gn-
l in g and -aw-m I s.
M _
Hgciieye P.le Ot»t
' ‘ tnieo e ltahn.f.
and earvn
rargnone
Ha Bales
twj
[mm
omv in a manner not calculated
o inspue pulpit oratory. How-
ard lost all of the go id ti ue h e
had gvined, about 400 days, and
wa* taken to the idle hou-c to
twaic a*s'gnment to one of ‘‘he
on tract*. He will be given one
of the hardest tasks in the pri*-
on.
✓
4^
bnnga joy or paaL It’s for the
mother to decide. With good health
and m strong womanly organism,
motherhood bat adds to a woman’s
attractiveness.
tahasaway ah terrors trf strengthening
baby’s comlngi By reritaliBng the
nerve eeotsva it kgs brought chubby,
_ . . mto thousands of
weak a am cm who feared they were
It pdrtfea, heals, regulates
and atnapbcns^uDd k goodTforafl
wool? be witbout It. dn«i*
Foi
There are some women who ai
truly economical. They will nevei
buy a new hit until they abs<>
lutely need it, but to produce thi*
condition they stay out in tb<
rain to purposely spoil the old
one.
FOREHEAD TOO SMALL.
An object lesson is to be seen a ‘l
al<>Dg the line between this ctv
anb Fort Worth, where white wo-
man and small children aie hunt
ing for the small bolls of cttoi
Uiat are to be picked. A mao
who will m-ike slaves out of h>s
wife and childreo in the cotton
patch for nine months out out of
every year, when by stock farm
tng he can keep the wife at bom
and the childreo at school, is to*
narrow between the eyes to be nt
much edvantage to any commun-
ity.— fcx.
Gossiping and lying are broth
er ami sister. Alas, tor the mis
ery which is caused by a long
tongue! The quuanity of tbt
got* ip could not be kept up if it
were restricted to truth, and so
evil inventions are added thereto
v
Fhe-e at first are a sort of spict-
iod flavoring, but in time they
L’ccome the principle ingredient.
V modern essayist defines gossip
as, **rh- putting of two together
and making five of them/’ bay
fifty and you are nearer the mark.
—Sel.
Gould Not £tt,
Jaaea F, Ooobtaa, Haraiat,
renneaaee, aaya; Liver
Pilia aod Toole Pellets here doee
M sure good tame aav ether
medieine I have ever need for the
troable they are rocoaandN to
oare. Before 1 teak n>ra I wa*
my oiek, ooetd aet fat, and wad
After aetng a lea, dear a of Be*
oea’a Liver PHla rad Toaio Pel
tetalf*!* bka a aew maa.— K
tale hy Dick Bead.
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A *ust G*»Pf CNf *a or TAMTAft POMH
DU
w CREAM
RAKING
PtWDfR
Highest Honors, World’s Fair
vGold Medal, Midwinter Fair
AToirf Itakintj P«>tTfirrs containlB^
alum, arc i:tJuriou« to heattk
ONLY ONE CURE
FOR SCROFULA.
,|S. S. S. Is tin Only
Remedy Equal to this
Obstinate Disease.
THE MILLENNIUM NEAR
S»v* the IJomer Clipper: One
'of the holiness preichers told us
la*t week thnt the millennium was
near at band. He -aid that inas-
much as a single day was » thous-
and rears, and a thonsaud year*
a* a single dav with G"d, he con-
cluded tb«t the sacred history of
God’* nuking the world in m
dnvs and re-tioe on the seveath,
aefeiTed *o ppri *d- of en centn-
r'e*. and as ihe-ix th«*ii*Hnd year*
cf ihe world’* exigence was
doabtles* near its end, lie believ-
e l that the world was about to
be completed and the day of rest
referred to was about to dawn.
He said that the scientific world
stand- t*>dav on the quivive of
expecta'icv. The flame of human
imagination and human research
is fast b’tiuing to the crisis when
God will destroy it.—Vernon
Weekly Call.
SPIDER BITE.
Corsicana, Tex., Sept, lti—M rs
loe Clayton of this city was bit-
ten by a large spider Thursday,
afternoon and several h*»urs later
vaa almo-t thrown into Uonvul-
sion* by the pain resulting. At
irat no pirticuiar attention was
given the matter, but in a little
while sharp pains began to sho *t
through her b >dy, and a physici-
in was sent for. Relief was fia-
illy obtained by the free u*e of
■piates and Mrs. Clayton is now
resting easy, but quite weak from
ler suffering.
There are dozens of remedies recommended for
Scrofula, some of them no doubt being able to
afford temporary relief, but 8. 8. 8. is absolutely
the only remedy which completely cures it.
/fjUla is one of the most obstinate, deep-seated
blood diseases, and is beyond the reach of the
many so-called purifiers and tonics because some-
tjr> _, , thing more than a mere tonic is required. 8 8. 8.
troubla and never fails to cure Scrofula, because it
t^e ofTheuirn 1 °f th® dise*“’ thu9 Permanently eliminating every
The serious consequences to which Scrofula surely leads
should impress upon those afflicted with it the vital im-
portance of wasting no time upon treatment which can
not poaeiblv effect a cure. In many cases where the wrong
treatment has been relied upon, complicated glandular
swellings have resulted, for which the doctors insist that
a dangerous surgical operation ia necessary
Mr. H. E. Thompson, of Milledgeville, Ga., writes: “A
u uT af.s^°. bJroke,out on glands of my neck,
which had to be lanced and caused me much suffering I
«as treated for a long while, but the physicians were un-
ible to cure me, and my condition wa* as bad as when I
’legan their treatment Many blood remedies were used
out without effect. Some one recommended 8. 8 6 and’
l began to wmrove as toon as I had taken a few bottles
continuing tiie remedy, I was soon cured permanently,
ind have never had a sign of the disease to return.-’ Swift’s Specific—
S. S. S. FOR THE BLOOD
, r*v.« Bn 3ulirirr» iron
“XSrutt%’?"o?ulIerin^hi'b^L*^
•ore purely vegeuble. and never fails to
rlTT Ec,zema-,dancer. Rheumatism. Contagious Blood Poison Boils
rater, ir p.es. ixw«, T lcent, etc. Imist upon 3 8 8.; nothing can take its place!
B-Mks oi u ood «nd ,k,n diseases will be mailed free to any address by ^
. b;>ei !.c Company. .Atlanta. Georgia. * w
We havejugt received a new lina of Wf
• BUGGIES, t
^ bich we can give a special low price on. Call dk*
io and eee them. yj
^Anything in the Saddle and Harness iins
\4f at Lowest Prior D
SWelker Brothers. $
IfV ya
|»*«M
DENVER
Th- Toan-t.-' farorit*- route to Co’ol*do.
The * limnan Ketiair shop of America *
Spends the hot months in the
mountains.
Z's~z *77
who wi*he* to be recognize-
as authority on todav’s liter
ature, will summer at the
Texas Colorado Chautauqua.
She will have as her asso-
ciates the literary cream of
the United States.
T*"* » ^ ft •• s**
^h * • w k w v i v w .
admired
board, will
BO Yl
EXPER
Patents
Traoc Mams
OcaiQNS
CoavawMTa Ac.
L
NEW GOODS RECEIVED.
a a -a •
One car “Baker Perfect” and Gliddea wirs. Pricac low
for caah. Large stock wire netting for poultry and bog*
fencing. Lower prices than ever before. Also sail tba
Oliver steel turning plows, guaranteed to work equal to
any plow made. Stalk cutters. Disc barrows with aaed- E
er attachment, disc drills, Rotary Dutchmandiac plows,
Steel harrows, rown double ahovela, cornand cotton !
Planters. The celebrated Mitchell Wagons. A general
line of Agricultural Implements. Call and sea ua
Louis Gar ver & Co j
Aotom mbMbc a .ketch And dwcrtpOon mmy
rnloklv McertAin oar opinion fra* vbeUsar ac
InTMtion ii probAbly DAtestAblo. Com*aaloa
Uooa wnotlr oonddaoujU. Handbook cm Plfti
MCI free. Olieet mgnry for lecunndPAtante.
Palenu tAken tbrooib Mann A Go. rvcele.
rpteial nottu, wtthoat cbArfp. In the
Scientific American.
A handenreelr ITlrntroted w-eklf. Urrat Or-
enlAtton of Anf MtenuAc lournAL Terr**. P A
rear . fnar montk*. IL Hold bf All ntwedeelera
MlJNN & Co.3*'*™*"’ New Tori
Brmoch O«o#. OI F 9U Vrmtlimxoo, JX C.
Impure blood is responsible d<
reotly and indirectly for many
other disease*. Purify the blood
at ooce with Dr. Simmon’s Saraa
ptrilla. Fifty ieat* and 50 dose
Yon may bridle the appetite,
bat yna can not bridle the liver to
do i:a work well. Yoa mast be
hoDr-st with it, help it along a Ut-
most by tne school tie now *Dd then with a dose of
keep up-to-date HEKBINE, the best liver rega-
in school methods and vigor-! let ov. Price 50 c.t*.
Alia in Knrlr r> V annnTmn nnnk «
I am representiug four
teen of the best
Fire Insurance Con\paqies
in the world and can
write in*urance on business
houses, contents, dwellings
in country or town, gins
barns, etc. I solicit your
patronage.
Laura B. Cvaqs.
EASE AND DISEASE.
' Short Lesson on the Meaning
of a Familiar Word.
Diseaae is the opposite of ease.
Webster defines disease as “lack
>f ease, uneasiness, troable, v»x-
ation, disqaiet.” It ie a condition
ine to aome derangement of the
ihyaioal organism. A vast ma
j*inty of the k*dls ease” from which
eople saffer is dae to Impare
ilond. Disease o! this ;ktnd ia
*ored by Hood’s Sarsaparilla
' bich parities, enriches and vlta-
ses the blood. Hood’s Saraa-
ous in body b) spending each
vacatior at the Chautauqua
summer school.
! The Chautauqua opens at Boul-
der July 4, and continues six
wesks.
For Chautauqua literature ad-
dress A. A. Glasson. Gen. Agt.
Pass. Dept., or
D. B. Keele b, iaffic N : i: j«
The FortWortb aDd Denver (Tty
Ry., Fort Worth, exa-.
A Word to Mothers.
Mothers of children affeoted
with oroap or a severe cold need
not hesitate to administer Cham-
berlain’s Cough Remedy. It ro •-
tains no opiate no narcotic in any
form and may be given as confi-
dently to the babe as to an adult.
The great success >h*t has at-
tended its ase in the treatment of
eolds and croup has won for It
the approval and peaiae it baa
received throughout the United
States and in many foreign lands.
For sale by Dick Bond, drnggiat.
As an external liniment of moat
wonderfai penetrative aDd cura-
tive power, BALLARD’S SNOW
LINIMENT is not equalled by
nay other in the world, Prtee 25
and 50 cts.
H.&T.C
*rilla Ourea scrofula, salirbenm.
•imples and all ernptions. It
• ones the stomach and creates a
'ood appetite, aed it gifra vigor
>nd vitality to the whole bod*.
reverses the condition of
lings, giving health, comfort and.
0*0” to place of “^aea*e/
WE CHALLENGE The WORLD
ro produce a remedy equal to the
Matekleea Mineral Waterf for the
oare of iadigegnon. dyspepsia awd
all forms of stomach and bo«e
troubles. Cares guaranteed or
miMT refunded. Costs only 5
•UQa day to see It. Can for cir-
ealar. For sale by
L. A. Oabtwbight
White’s Cream Vermifuge ia
perfeotly harmless, and will re-
move every worm. It is a!so a
tonic, end by Its strengthening
pr >pertias will restore to pale
jibeeka the rosy bne of health.
Prioe 25 cts,
R.
DOUBLE DAILY TRAINS.
Short and Quick Line
Between North and
South Texas.
Through Sleepers
BETWEEN
Houston and Denver,
Via Ennis and Fort Worth.
Galveston and Denison,
Via Houston and Dalian.
Gaiveeton and St. Louis,
Via Houston, Ennis, Pans.
Houston and Austin.
Ttte H AT. C. r»*ch«*** Galveston, Houston
BrrnJbAm. Austin. W*oo, CorsicanA. Wax*
hAi-tue. Ft. Wcrth. DaIUs. PIabo. McKibb«t
gbennan And Denison,*«nd fives flrstclsas
serrics
8. F B. Morse. Traffic Manager.
M. L. Robbins, G. P. & T Agent
Houston, Tex.
500 pair slippers mast sell at
low prices. 25e to |2,
0. E. Carter & Co,
TMaoat delicate oe stlta-i. •
•aa safely aae BaHaitf’s Bar
It ia a care aaa '
Dir tor eoogh*. lo*« 0
of otaa. aad all thraa* end laag
rtiaa25 aad Matt.
The..Monarch of Streagth is
LION
COFFEE
Ita atrangth
frs,
.its'l.
tt la a luxury
m mm mm* mmwm
in ona-DOund-----
reach of all.
Uon'fHMd and get
dm
i*******9
| L. W. HUGHES A BRO. 1
•k’ are making Special Prices for cash on
iw all kinds of |j|^
J- PLOW GEARS.vAW*
" Agents for Johnson’s Patent Adjusta*
R ble bames. We have a full line ot all
L grades of plow collars. Call on them t?:
J? For Anything: in theirlLine. Iff
For Farm Machinery Call on
C. C. McCorkle & Co
Van Alatvne. Texas
We Handle the Kentucky Grain Drill, John
Deere and Eagle Plows, Disc, Harrowk
and Seeders. Moline and Harrison
Wagons and Buggies. ^
Prices to suit the Times.
XXXXXXXAXXXXXXO
►**£***»♦
THE BED-BUG FOOLED
Get one of those Cool Clean Iron Bede
for sale so cheap at
W. H. CAVES
and fool the ted bu
Full Line of FOLDING BEDS SIDE-
BOARDS. SUITS, CHINA CL08ET8, ROOK*
ERS and everything kept in a first-class Furniture
Store.
xxx xx xxxxxx
China, GIim and Tin war*, country pn-
deee bought aud .old. We solieit joer
.atroaafe. Make our More your br~*
qartere when in towe; we will treat
nght. Jefferson etreel. Beater f
1*3
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Van Alstyne News. (Van Alstyne, Tex.), Vol. 18, No. 21, Ed. 1 Friday, September 29, 1899, newspaper, September 29, 1899; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth879669/m1/1/: accessed May 11, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .