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Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1894-01-25

en- before my eyes. FLASHES of
light succeeded each other in rapid
Succession and grew fainter and
fainter and felt myself sinking in
to an abyss of darkness blacker than
night. yet softer than the downiest
pillow. Then came unconciousness;
[ was dying, The next l knew l
was lying on the green sward on
the shore and rough hands We're
chatting my limbs. l had sank just
above the bar and had driftcd on it
after l sank and was lying with
my face just out of water, when my
friend came to my rescue. 1t was
indeed narrow escape.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1894-01-25
An Anniversary.

Twcnty-thrce years ago occurred
the cupitulation of Paris. and the
anniversary Of that event is near
AND dear to every German heart.
War had been declared between
France and Germany in July, 1870,
aad themonths that followed saw
the supremacy of the German
armies fully established. In Au-
rust occurred the battles Of Worth,
l'orhach and the siege of Strasbnrg,
and in the early days of September
lollowed the more decisive battles
Of Sedan, Metz and Grovellatte, in
all of which the German armies
were victorious. Late in the au'
trmn of 1870 the lines were drawn
about the city Of Paris, the beau
tirul capitol Of France, and thou
sand cannon commenced the bonn
bardment. Sortie after sortie was
made by the French without sue
cess, and "a the 2Sth Of January,
1871, the city was surrendered. The
stead-f,st character of the Germans
make them the best soldiers in the
wo i'd, and no Nation today has
sch magnificent armies as Ger
many.
? me defeat of France by Germany
f the greatest military
'odern times, and
VT he first rank
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1894-01-25

Kentucky river, a broad, swift,
stream, clear as crystal and swift
as mill race. One Sunday, in
company with a friend. he drove
down to the stream, and leaving
the buggy in II shady spot we walk
ed down the bank and undressing,
entered the water. 1t was beau
tiful June afternoon and the air
was soft and balmy. The water
lcltvery pleasant, and cautioning
my friend. who could not swim, to
keep well in shore where the water
vas shallow, struck out across
the river. The stream at this point
was about six hundred feet wide
and about the center there was a
snnd bar formed over an old sunken
tree. The bar was barely below the
surface of the water and WAS only
a few yards in extent. Familiar
~ 81. ala,4
WIN ''a '''".'''' l "iy continent
mat l court "h' IL "''''''V Il" ,
trouble, ana so swan across anu
'or1eo o"'N WITHOUT iesN'Is' !"
tending 10 '''P ana resi- ~ '',0 0'''
l hao ocP'' u''"e'' i'' S''T'I' ."i :.
ana was weak 'We''NeI IMAM '',o0si'
ana by inc ''"'' iI'o"V" '"g
pace "n''o '''p '", 'us''' " w, !
was eNIl"oS'e0' arriving ~ '"G
center OF the stream l commenced
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1894-01-25
w. S. Boothe.

w. s. Boothe and A. N. Bel
lamy, of lIochheim. were in town
Saturday. Mr.. Bootho is well known
through Dewitt, Lavaca and Con
zales counties. He is business
man of marked ability and has no
end Of friends. He was born in
Ebert county, Georgia, 1908 and Nas
raised on farm. At twenty years
of age he was married and shortly
after removed with his wife to Ala
bama, where he resided for five
years, and then moved to Texas in
1856. At the close of the civil war
his negroes, to the numbcr Of forty,
were freed, leaving him with about
1880 worth of property. Mr.
Boothe now has a large interest in
the water and gas works at loa
KUN, also an interest in the oil
mill at Cuero and several large
tracts of land in different
parts of the STATE, Mr. Boothe
modesAy admits having large sums
Of money on deposition the Banks of
Yoakum and Cuero and his entire
possessions amount to many thou
sand dollars. He has a fine home
on the road from IIochheim to Yoa-
KUN, in what is known as the
Glass settlement. lie has had six
children, five sons and one daugh-
ter, He has many grand children
and six great-granG-children. Al
though passed the allotted three
score and ten, he is yet hale and
hearty and bids fair to outlive tn,
century.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1894-01-25
RECENT HI TEL ARRIVALS


WlSENFAN HOUSE.
II. Heidmahn, Luling; w S NJ
Mayfeld; john Mcknight, Halletts
vile; ]. E. qist, BALTIC; John A
Gwinn, Eagl% Pass; D H Bradley
New Orleans;| ~ Klein, Galveston
Edwin schilds, st. Louis; John Fl
Hendersons Houston; Fred S Smith
Richmond, Va; J A Isaacs, Gal
weston; l. Haas, New York.
CITY HOTEL.
H S Jacobs, Chicago; John Klop
penburg, Sublime; P. Bollin, Cam
eron; Robert Schmerback, San An
tonic; A w Caperton, Harwood
J D Zumald, Hallettsville; II B
Talaway, T j Rothwoll. New York
Will f illing, City; J Sass, Calves
tom e p Jarmon, Mexico; D E
Moore, VIM. Deane, Cuero.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1894-01-25
A STRANGE CASE.
How an Enemy vas FoiIed.

Tho following graphic statement VIII be
read with intense Interest; " innOt GescFlDe
thenumb creepy sensation hat lsted IN my
arms hands and legs. had 10 rub and beat
those parts until they were sore, tooVercomc
IN measure the dtud feeling that had taken
POSSESSION of them. In ADDITION, L huu
strange weakness In my back and around my
waist, together with an indescrbuble gone
feeling in my stomach. Physicians said Il
was creeping paralysis, from which, accord
ing to their universal conclusion, there Is no
relief, Once 1t fastens upon person, tHeY
say, 1t continues its insldlous progress untlI
it reaches vital point and the sufferer dles.
Such was my prospect. had been doctor!nS
yenr and il half steadily, but with no par
ticuar benefit when saw nm advertisement
OF Or Niles Restorative Norvine, procured a
bottle and began using 1t, Marvellous as 1t
may seem, but few days had passed before
every bit of that creepy feeling had LETT me,
and there has not been even the sllghtest
indication of its return. L now feel as
well ns | ever did, and have gained ten
pounds in weight, though L had run down
from 10 TO 137. Four others have used Dr.
Miles Restorative Nervlne on my recomen-
dalton, and IL has been ms satisfactory IN theIr
cases us in mlne."-James Kane La Rne, U,
DR.. Miles Restorative Nervine is sold by al
druggists on n positive guarantee, OF sent
direct by the Dr. Miles Medical Co., Elkhart,
Ind. on receipt OF price, 81 per bottle slS
bottles for IS, express prepaid II free lton
Opilies or dangerous drugs.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1894-01-25

Dominoea is a favorite and al
most UNIVERSAL pastime in Texas,
and in no other state in the Union
is the game played to any extent.
It is strictly a Texas game, 1t
takes a cool calculator to make n
good player, one who keeps constant
run of the game and knows just
what bones are out and what
ones his opponent is likely to have.
Get four of these old players togeth-
cr in partner game and it is a
sight worth seeing. Taking their
seats at table the bones are car
fully mixed up and each man
draws seven, double six downs and
the man VINO finds it in his hand
rewardsit with a hearty curse, then
the man next to him, if he have
any luck. will play the six-tray
and marx up fifteen. Then prob
ably comes double-tray and then
possibly tray.four will be put down
and if the first player be in luck he
will slap down double four and
counts twenty. And so the game
goes on until three hundred is
reached, fifty being marked in each
row. All hands then take a glass
of beer at the losers expense and
tab Ssh start. The oldest and
s some times get beaten
layers, through holding
but in the long run
oily win. a bad hand
consists of doubles, and
the man that gets them is out q
luck. Nothing pleases man VIII
has the down more than 10 pull
the double five, five blank. doubl,
blank and two or three more fives
With such hand he is pretty Ger
tain to make a big haul.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-10-04

the grapes are located within his
reach. Boston Herald.
Like all other republican plat
forms of this year, that adopted by
the state republican convention of
New York is built purely and simply
as vote catcher. The professions Of
the opposition are adapted especially
to the respective communities to be
reached.-Detroit Free Press.
On June 1 of this year the pig-iron
furnaces in blast had capacity of
90, SIT tons per week. On September
the furnaces in blast had a capacity of
Isl, lib tons per week. And every one
of these additional tons falls with a
dull thud on the toes of the profession
alrepublican calamity howler.-Louis-
vile Courier-Journal.
Stick a pin in Mr.. Wilson's pre-
diction, in his interview in London,
that neither Reed nor McKinley-and
he might have added Harrison-wil
be the republican candidate for preSi-
dent in 1896, but that the party will
probably choose a tariff conservative
like Allison" McKinleyism is gone
to stay.-N. Y. World.
That the American people consume
food which is uniformly adulterated to
they prefer it that way. The fact Is
the infant adulterating industries Of
the country have to be protected, and
the only means of protection known
to this country is that by which the
many pay tribute and are subject to
the few.-Kansas City Times.
1t is somewhat remarkable that
partisan prejudice should distort the
views of a public man, even about
such a palpabie and certain thing as
the present business revival Senator
Plat is certain that everything is go
ing to the dogs, and there can be no
return of that mythical prosperity
which the country enjoyed under Nc
Kinleyism. except, probably, though a
return to McKinleyism.- Y. Herald.
Senator Mills in a speech at Bon
ham. Tex, a few days ago, said: 1--WE
didn't have the votes 20 pass the tariff
bill we wanted, burt we did the best
we could. 1 think Cleveland acted
wisely in not signing the bill, and he
generally acts wisely. You may call hun
a traitor if you want to, but tell YOU
he is more like Andrew jackson than
any president we have had for fifty
years. He is honest and incorruptible:
he is utterly fearless, and at heart as
true democrat as ever lived You
may denounce him on his bier, but
when you look upon his features Won
look upon the face of great man and
the best friend you ever had"
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-10-04
TRUE DEMOCRACY.
Hon David Overmyer's Plain Talk
to the People.
=Ezke Democratic Party Party of the Con-
stitutiOn-The Prohibition Farce as
1t Exists In Kansas-Wom-
ans Suffrage.

Hon. David Overmyer, democratic
candidate for governor, addressed a
large audience at Kansas City, Kan,
ON Saturday evening, the Goth. The
large tabernacle was crowded and the
speaker held the close attention of the
people from the time that he was in
Eroduced by the chairman of the meet
ing, Hon. Junius w. Jenkins, until he
closed his eloquent address over two
hours, and he was frequently inter
rupted by enthusiastic applause. Mr..
Overmyer stated that he came as a citi-
zen of Kansas to counsel with other
citizens about things which con-
Aserned them and their posterity. He
traced the history of political parties
since the foundation of the govern
zAeat and showed that the democratic
party is and has ever been the party of
the constitution. That sacred instru-
xnent was it's chart and compass for the
guidance OF the ship of state. While
other parties had strayed away from
the fundamental principles of our gov
ernnnent, the democratic party had al
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-10-04

little of the capacity for public bust
ness which to some extent the worst of
the strong parties in the history of the
United States have exhibited.
The line is drawn distinctly between
the party which believes in the people
and the party which distrusts the peo-
pie.
In 1889 an administration handed to
its successor government embar-
raised with one dificulty-too much
surplus money in the treasury. In 1898
an administration handed to its sue
cessor a government embarrassed with
a deficiency SO great and demand Ii
abilities so heavy that distrust of it's
currency had produced a panic which
affected all business. In two years
after Harrison went to Washington
the country knew that the national
treasury was empty, though The neces-
sary expenses of the government had
not increased. In eighteen months
after Cleveland took the oath of office
trade had begun to revive fast, the
tariff was reformed in the right direc-
ton, if not quite far enough, bullion
purchases were stopped, federal ex-
penses were cut down, department
barnacles were scraped off and fears
of forcib1e interference with home
rule in elections were set at rest.
There is nothing in pOpulism, prohi-
b1tion or mugwumpism for sensible
men to waste time over. All of them
have proved that if they had power
without opposition their members
could not conduct government. The
choice is between the party that saves
money and the party that corrupts the
suffrage with the bride of appropria-
tions and grants of monopoly; between
the party which multiplies offices
to swell power and the party which
abolishes unnecessary Offices to dimin-
ish taxation; between the party which
encourages disorder by inviting classes
to grab from the general fund and the
party which suppresses disorder when
laws made for the protection of equal
rights are violated.
And as the line is between the two
old forces which have contended since
our government was founded, it will
be benefit if the fight can be made
fierce and aggressive on both sides.
The fiercer the fight. the stronger the
men who will be developed into lead
ers. We need bold criticism, aroused
feeling and unsmirched loyalty TO
party as the exponent of principle.
Every flaw in the proceedings of the
recent session was due to 4 slackness
of party spirit There was too much
visiting between the lines. There was
too much mixing. It got SO bad that
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-10-04

on the tariff. the great central issue
of the preceding campaign, you could
hardly tell some democratic senators
from their republican cronies
Brice and Murphy could not live in q
genuine, old-fashioned political fight
Mckinley and Harrison could not lead
corporals' squads. Such men should
be trodden down and lost.
Nothing stops abuses, accentuates
principles, drives out the thieves and
breeds statesmen like political fight
that is for political blood in every en-
counter.
Parties are not made to agree and
fondle each other. When they do look
out for plundering on the sly. Unless
they are kept fighting, men in public
life find it very tempting and very con-
venient to quietly agree on robbing
the distant public.
ODemocratic principles are worth
fighting for. Republican principles
deserve to be fought out of existence.
The people must eternaIly fight fol
their liberties or combines of power
will steal away every liberty in the
constitution. The democratic party
has grown, and with it have grown
democratic principles, when party
spirit ran high. Nothing can beat the
democratic party when its spirit is
aroused. And the republican party
behaves itself better when it has to
confront the battle spirit of the democ-
racy. Dallying with the federalist
! element is sure surrender of some
thing from the peoples rights.
What the country needs is a revival
of party spirit.-St. Louis Republic.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-10-04
WHAT THE COUNTRY NEEDS.
a Thorough Revival OF Party SpIris In
Demand.

a thorough Revival OF Party Spirit In
Demand.
This years campaign brings the
voters back to a choice between the
two conflicting and enduring ideas of
free government and class govern
ment.
Third, fourth and fifth parties have
declined into insignifcance. The mug
wump can scarcely be heard. The pop
ulist is important only in the Rocky
mountain states, where he promises to
vote a market for buNioa at the old
price. The prohibitionist, who a few
years ago foresaw the growth of a
great national anti-saloon party, now
expects nothing more than to hold his
weakened organization together.
Mugwump, populist and prohibition
ist have had time to prove that they
are not capable of conducting to tan
gible results such beneficial reforms
as they may support, even when they
are intrusted with power for that pur-
pose. Like amateur musicians, they
can set up ideal standards for others
and can rail at faults, but fall further
below their standards and prove them
selves less capable of sustained and
concerted action when brought to the
test of public performance than the
poorest of those they have attacked.
The populist has been a conspicuous
failure. He started out to revolution,
ize not only the whole scheme of gov
eminent but the whole constitution OF
society. He obtained some power and
could not even learn to administer de
Gently the laws he found. With nc
exception populism has been shallow
ignorant and trifiing in office. It has
been a damaging experiment wherever
tried. 1t has all the vices and weak
nesses of former political parties and
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-10-04
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

that Benjamin Harrison is not a candi-
date fol denomination in 1896, unless
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-10-04

substitute for glass is made OF
collodion wood, and is flexible, not
brittle.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1894-12-15
Beautiful
Proprietor

>ognition of the principle of pro-
Dortional representation, a princi-
de which, however, Objectionable
when applied to State or national
Legislation, seems certainly we'll
adapted to work out good results
in local matters.
With a system based on univer-
sal suffrage. and popular control,
with full local authority so that
popular government shall have a
fair chance in cities, with an indie
pendent executive in control of an
efficient civil service, assisted by
a system of representation in which
would allow intelligent tninorities
a fair opportunity to exercise their
legitimate influence it is believed
that the formal organization of city
government would answear to the
fundamental needs Of American
conditions and would thus offer an
adequate machinery for the ex-
preston of our civic life resulting
at no distant date il, a great i'm
provement in our city govern
mentS.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1894-12-15

t-atiou should be divided anon.
executive departments, varying Ii!
number with functions actively
assumed by the community, the
heads of which should be appointed
by the mayor at his own pleasure,
but i'll no case for a longer term
than his own. "a plan similar to
the present Philadelphia one. All
clerical positions should be filled
by competitive examinations open to
all young persons of suitable age
according to a system now no1i-
nally in force in several cities in
the United States. The necessary
laborers should be selected accord
ing to system like that il opera
ton in Boston and other cities.
Directive positions and those re-
.quiring special qualifications like
health inspectors, etc, build,
ing inspectors, etc, should be
filled only from the ranks of those
who had a suitable training tor
such work. All officials and regu-
lar employees below the grade of
heads Of departments except those
occupying confidential positions
should be removable only on state
ment of reasons by the removing
officer and approval of the reasons
by separate body. The sy stem thus
far recommended by civil service
reformers has broken down practi-
cally whenever tried in cities and
must be replaced by one based on
sounder administrative principles.
THE WEAKEST POINT IS THE LECIs-
LATIVE BRANCH.
The weakest point III our best
governed American cities is the
Legislative body, and it must be ra,
ideally reformed before we can
hope for much progress, but in do
ing this regard must be had to
American political experience and
traditions These require a recognit-
ion on the one hand of the prinCi
pie of a liberal number Of represen-
tatives, and their selection by dis
tricts, and on the other of the prin-
ciple of proportional representa-
ton.
1T SHOULD CONSIST OF TWO BODIES
CHOSEN BY MINORITY REPRE-
SENTATION.
The legislative body should con-
sist af two divisions, the most mum.
erous consisting of representatives
chosen bydistricts (wards, etc. }; the
smaller body on a general ticket
with the method of cumulative vot-
ing. 1t would be better to have the
members of the most numerous
body chosen in three or five mem
Der districts with a similar appiica-
ton of the cumulative vote. This
method would give full recognition
to the principle of geographical
representation, at the same time it
would allow a considerable re-
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1894-12-15

city government problem than
Europe. Modern cities cannot be
governed in the long run in free
countries except upon the basis of
universal suffrage; popular repre-
sentation, and popular control. We
are already upon this basis and are
slowly solving the problems in
vOlved, though they are rendered
doubly difficult by the conplica,
tions of the foreign element. We
have not yet succeeded, it is true,
but we are, at least, graphing
with the problem with a certainty
of solving it in the long run; while
Europe has not even been brought
face to face with it in such a way
as to realize the gravity of the sit
uation. European States will be
sending men here to study our
municipal government before
generation has passed away, be-
cause we shall have solved some
problems with which they will be
unsuccessfully wrestling. No
American city could be managed
at all on the plan adopted in Eng
land or France or Germany, and I
am sure that it will not be possible
to manage European cities on their
plan after universal suffrage shall
have done its perfect work. The
method of government by commit
tees, for example, so characteristic
of English cities has broken down
absC lutely here and will surely
break down as absolutely there,
when their conditions become more
like our own.
AN AMERICAN CITY CHARTER MUST
BE BASED ON UNIVERSAL
SUFFRAGE.
An ideal City Charter must,
therefore, take account of time and
place, reckoning with what is posi-
bic under existing conditions. No
City Charter can be an ideal one
for American conditions which re-
lies for its excellence upon a limi-
ted suffrage-limited either by the
possession of property or so called
eduCation-for the simple reason
that such a charter could not be
successfully worked. 1t would
arouse such a popular antagonism
and distrust that it could not effect
the good results which might seem
on priori grounds likely to flow
from such an arrangement.
Accepting then the principals of
universal manhood (and possibly
also womanhood) suffrage, popular
representation, and popular local
control: what are the elements of a
model City Charter for American
conditions?
IT MUST GIVE LOCAL, SELF GOVERN
MENT.
Such a charter should give the
greatest possible amount of self
government to the community. The