Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1894-06-03

"a few months ago 1900 people
gathered at Paris, Texas, TO see mig
ger burned to death by degrees. They
came on the roofs Of railroad trains and
rode all night. They came hundreds OF
miles without food or sleep to see hui
man being tortured 10 death. He was
driven over the city on a float to be eX-
hibited. The mayor and city officers
rode on the float. He was put on q
big platform to be roasted, so that H.
900 Christians could get good look at
him. Do you think that Christ was
there-ChriSt who said, Peter, put up
thy sword Christ, who said, He that
Is without sin, let him cast the first
stone?"
Ibid this terrible punishment bring
reformation to the southP Did 1t en-
courage people to come with their fam
lilies and their money to Paris, Tex?
Did it make life on the street safer TO
young girls?
mo! 1t was an eye for an eye and a
tooth for a tooth, and Christ is not with
such procession as that"
One-fourth OF the cotton produced In
the United States is grown in Texas and
OF the highest grade. For week We
have been riding through rich black
cotton lands. There is hardly richer
agricultural country in the whole world.
You can buy cotton lands and pay for
them with the first crop. This has been
done over and over in this peerless
State.
Texas has 10000, 900 acres of fine tim
Der land, and she actually sends lumber
to Grand Rapids at profit. Furniture.
wagons, ETC., are made.
Fort Worth is the great railroad CEN
ter of the Southwest. That, however,
gave the city rather au overstimulus at
first, and she extended her lines out Of
sight. never saw a city troubled with
such a severe enlargement of the SUI
burbs, but now that is past, and the
electric lines and dummy lines are be-
ing hauled in one Oy one. SO are some
Of the houses.
There is but per cent. OF colored
people here, while the old Southern
States have so per cent. and often more.
This is quite an advantage, though |
Judge that In the four years since |
visited Texas the percentage has gone
up somewhat.
There is one serious drawback about
the climate Of Texas, though the soil is
very deep and rich, especially in this
part of the State. The climate is very
trying. 1t is extremely hot in summer,
and the norther is so severe sometimes
that brass and cast iron ornamental ami
mails do not dare go out OF doors much.
1t was in Texas that the scene OF the
poem called ''Lasca" was laid. Accord
ing to the author Of that work, Lasca
was dark eyed beauty, with Castillan
blood in her veins, there were also ten
parts Montezuma, five parts Cortez and
several parts Piute 10 her veins. She
was very beautiful, and even after a
week or two on horseback, with no
baggage, she was still neat and trim,
according to the poet. Her laundress
had an easy time, and her mllliner
spent most OF the time ia Europe.
Lasca loved this poet who writes the
piece. and once when he spoke 10 an
other very beautiful girl on the Alamo
(another Spanish lady with Arapahoe
blood in her veins and some in her eye
also) Lasca stabbed the poet with a
dear little dagger, but he got well, and
she regretted IL so much that he for
gave her and wrote this article regard
ing her.
One night when the poet was herding
cattle at 81 per month the Texas
norther came down 90 the range and
STAN peded his stock. Lssca was with
him. Her mother knew nothing OF the
matter, however, for she had left town
for the summer. So the poet only heard
the roar Of hoofs and horns and heads
AID -Lasca.
He must save Lasca or fracture q
hame strap. he leaped on his horse and
swung her lightly on his saddle. Then
they let out They did not stop to
gather the furniture, for they were only
doing light housekeeping, as . guitar
and a package of Beauty Bright" cigs-
rettes were all they had. Poets live
very simply anyway.
They broke loose, she cllnging TO him
on the saddle until he saw that the
steers were gaining on them and would
soon swarm over them and tread both
of them into calfs foot jelly.
He has only TO stop = moment to
think, for DE has an active brain. he
leaps of the saddle and draws his bright
little revolver, which Is also . nail fle,
styloQraphie pen AMI shoehorn com.
bined, aud, shooting his horse, be and
Lasca crouch behind Ihe carcass (ths
horses carcass) and expect that the
dead horse will keep The steers away
from them and save Lzsca, after which
hemay possibly marry hSr.