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The morning times., 1896-07-05
DUG HIS OWN GRAVE.
whim of an Old Bachelor Down I'm
the HoozIer State.

indianapolis Nelrs.
Allison Dewitt of Battle Ground is a man
whose many eccertricit!es have been a
source of amusement aud wonder to his
acquaintances for many years.
Mr. Dewitt is eighty years old, and IS he
advanced 10 years he worried lest his re-
mains would not receive proper attention
after death. He has lived for nearly half
a century 10 little hut. and being without
the Companiousl:ip OF anyone the certainty
OF death so preycd upon bis mind that he
determined to arrange for his burial.
Accordingly he selected a spot for lis last
resting place and began digging his grave.
Ills extreme old age prevented close appii-
cation to the task. and il was nearly year
before the grave was completed. He then
procured brick and mortar. aud spent sev-
crdl more weeks in lining the excavation
with 4 serviceabIe wall
The entire Job was completed IN October.
'9i, and Dewitt then determined to have
monument erected. bearing a suitable
epitaph. Being unable to find an nsorip-
ton to his notion, he decided TO compose
the lines himself, and after weeks Of thought
evolved the following queer epitaph, TO be
carved upon his tombstone. his instructions
being that no capital letters were to be
used except in the word God
"a bachelor lies beneath this sod
who disnbeyed the laws of God
advice TO Others thus give,
don'tlive u BACH, as i did live.
ItgTet."
The contract FOR the monument was given
to Schuyler Powell. a ma arbie dealer OF this
city. who recently finished the stone and
placed II in Position. Dewitt BSw patiently
awaits Tor death, apparently well satisfied
with his labor.
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A Tidy Maid.

being made to get the Cievelands a way
from those babies and to Newport for a
week.
The favorite Newport trip for the early
season is to Nara agansett. Facilities for
getting there are much greater. A good
launch and fine cycle path are in use.
In Interesting events there is the Sewpor
horse show. which opens August 26 and
lasts three days. 1t is in charge OF Center
Hitchcock, the Lorillards o. II. p Belmont
and Prescott Lawrence, a success-iIsur-
ing committee.
And among the Newport debutantes prom
ised are May Goclet, daughter OF Mr. and
Mrs. Ogden 'ioelet. and Miss Brooks ,daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. Mortimer Brooks, both
very pretty girls.
LuncheoDs are already being given for
the engaged couples OF Newport, and the
Calvin Brices, who, by tue way, have their
cottage, Bea uiieu, leased from W. W. Astor
for the next three years, are to entertain
more heavily than usual this summer.
There will be so much marrying and get
ting engaged this season that tiaose who
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have no sons and daughters must step aside
and watch the supremacy OF those who
have. Several OF the Paget sisters are to
visit Mrs. Paget, Lady This and Lady That.
and il ia said that there will be an Aineri-
can marriage that vii! reverse the usual
order OF things. The title will come over
here.
Tue Backwoods, Lady Terence and his
lordship, are expected with the baby to
arrive, and the Astors are coming with
their shooting, their goiiing, and their
horses. The Misses Morton are due 10
visit Mrs. Jack.
The season is not exactly at its height,
as that comes two wes-s from now. But
Newport is gay enough to boast club
dinners and dinner dances, and bicycle
teas, and new coaching rides, not to men
ton the many engagements that are
being announced under the heading Pro
posed at Newport
HARRY GERMAINE.
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end. Suddenly there has rearisen a desire
for them People who go to sea in yachts
or on European steamers like them. and
SO do the golfing men. who wrap them
around their throats when tramping home
in the dew after long. hot game OF golf.
The women. happily enough. like to make
them, for it is easy. graceful WORK, and
they vary it with the weaving OF brown
flax lace. which is nothing more than the
macrerne come into being again. They
call it flax lace, however. and make the
most wonderful fiounces for decorating
brass and white iron beds. One can weave
deep vaI5Dces OF it and elaborate pieces.
yard square, to work in at the beds head
and foot. and its only variation on the
macrefne is that it is done without pins
or board, literally knitted by ones fingers.
by series OF knots, intricate and artistic
enough to put the skillfulest sailor TO
.hn
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HANDKERCHIEF MAKING
Novel and Dainty Work Accom-
plished by the Summer Girl.

The new woman does still occasionally
fancy work. She is ssout on the hotel
balcony, searching for the shady side
these mornings. with an Indian basket,
woven OF the Irsgraut green sweet hay,
that is sure to contain some sort OF
needle work or netting She no longer
euIpIoiders dWiies stitches pink loses
over an endless succession OF tea cloths,
Dor wieids crochet needle The sweet
hay baskct, woven in the shape OF a big
heart and tile mUges OF ITS nd Iuaue u
knots OF bluer ribbon, is just as apt as
not to contain the materials Ior hanukcr-
chief making.
The materials consist of yards aud
yards OF the most delicate real Vaien-
cicnnes insertion and ed ging, 10 be
whipped, with the finest thread, about
tiny center pie ces OF cuuwebby French
linen. The centerpleces, no bigger than
the palm OF Il small hand, are cut in
variety of quaint forms-five- pointed
stars, diamonds, triangular shapes, hearts
and circles, then, with infinite patience,
as many as eight and ten rows OF the in
sertiDg are added and the whole finished
off with an InChwide lace ruffle.
Sometimes tie center OF the linen piece is
taken out aud lace initial set in. Tins bit
VI extra NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Is "a GSl Wien
one intends TO present the handkerchief as
a bridal GIT for tbs has recently become
tue prevailing custom. That directly a
young woman announces her enga cement
her best friend must offer To make, with
her own fair fin gers. the wedding mou chtir
and when the best Iaceis used some of these
exquisite trif!es cost the generous seam
stress matter of S25.
Tie more selfish or these dainty sewing
women make haGdkcrchiefs to add Ia their
own collections. never putting them to
practical use, but intending them only as
ornamental Little bouquets of lace to tuck
under ones belt or inside the palm Of a
White calling glove. 1t would he hard tu
tell whether the greater DUmbrr OF bal
cony gossips are whipping lace ur wield-
ing long. fat knitting needles of sweet
smelling red cedar wood in ii revival of
wool work. Tie knitters are without ex-
ception faslIioning those dear. old. warm,
woniiy nuhias that were so beloved Of our
grandmammas and that cannot be now
bought in any shops.
These are soft scarfs of Shetland wool,
two yards and a half long. u half ward
wide and finished with a tassel at either
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last of line of old masters plying in
the New Orleans and Vlcksburg trade
among some of whom were Captains
John Cannon, ]. NJ. White, John To
bin, John Smoker, Frank Hicks and
many others the writer could refer to.
The good old steamboat days ON the
Mississippi are over and all we can
do is to look back with pride and
pleasure at the good old times, and
also with sorrow that the grand men
who pulled the bell rope as well as
those who assisted in navigating the
palatial steamers have passed over
the river, and we hope are landed
in a safe harbor where there are no
hawsers, capstans, sand bars, fogs or
storms to harrass or worry them.
Rest in peace"
OLD STEAMBOATMAN.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-06-21
TEXAS SPORTSMEN SHOULD
ARISE IN THEIR NIGHT.

There is pressing need of immediate
and united action on the part of the
sportsmen of Texas if they wish TO
preserve to themselves and to future
generations one of the greatest sources
of pleasure as well as of wealth with
in their state. The slaughter of game
during the last few years has increas'
ed alarmingly within the Lone Star
State, and unless the next legislature
takes up the matter of protection seri-
ously and passes a law which will af-
ford ample protection TO his great
state, with its 262, 200 square miles ot
territcry-larger than either the Ger
man Empire. which has only 20S,741
square miles, Austria-Hungary 240,-
$40 square miles, France POI ,096
square miles, or Great Britain and
Ireland 121, 230 square miles will be
as barren of game as the smallest and
most thickly populated state of the
Union.
Texas is an ideal game state, and
with proper laws, containing prOvis-
ions by which those who enforce them
will receive a stipulated remuneration
for their labor, the state will for many
years derive a direct revenue far in
excess Of the amount paid its wardens
to look after and protect its property.
Our highest courts hold that game is
the property of the state, and that
the people, through the legislature,
have the right to dictate how and
when it shall be killed and what dis
position may be made of it after it is
killed and in the possession of the
party killing it. This being an es-
tablished fact Texas should enact n
measure which will contain ample
provisions for the killing and dispos-
ing of game and heavy penalties for
any violations thereof.
We are in receipt of number of
letters from all over the state from
spOrtsmen decrying the wanton
slaughter which is being permitted
and begging that something be done
at once. We give a few samples of
letters received, which will answer
for all. One letter from Rockport
reads:
"Just after the tournament a year
ago last January a party of five left
here and were gone five days. They
sent back by the conductor 400 ducks
and brought back 500 more, making,
with what they left at the place
where they stopped, over 1000 birds.
They were not sold, but, oh, Lord!
what slaughter! The 400 they sent
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WILSON COUNTY.
Light Special.

Light Special.
Floresville, June 20.-The Chronicle
rises to explain that the politics of
this county has nothing to do with
the length of it's delinquent tax list.
Several of the older people of this
county will attend the fiftieth ami
versary of the settlement of Meyers
vile, which commences tomorrow.
The late rains on the Marcelena
have insured a half crop of corn in
that section and materially benefited
cotton.
Harper's gin, at the Peacock cross
ing of the Cibolo, is being put in
shape for service, as a large cotton
crop is anticipated.
Masonic lodge holds its stated meet
ing to night for the annual election of
officers and other business
Buck Hackett returns from the
mountains, whittier he went for his
wife's health, without seeing her inn
proved. He says that it is hotter
there than at Floresville, but crops
are looking splendid.
Marcelena people are enjoying a
big picnic at the bridge on the Flores
vile and Stockdale roads today.
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our game birds and waterfowl by
market shooters.
I'VE have a move started in the
right direction, and if each interested
party will lend just little aid we Will
get such law through the legislature
this winter that will benefit every le-
Ultimate sportsman and meet the ap-
prevail of every fair-minded citizen in
the state"
Mr.. X. X. Lockett, assistant attorney
general of the state, is compiling facts
and figures of the wholesale destruc-
ton of our state game, in order to pre-
sent a statement to our next legisla-
ture, that our lawmakers may see
the immediate necessity of a protec-
tive law. Now, l ask every legitimate
sportsman in Texas to write Mr.
Lockett, expressing their views on
this subject and give any authentic
information in their minds regarding
the destruction of the game in their
vicinity. Mr.. Lockett has in his pos
session some startling facts that, If
generally known, would make a game
prOtectionist of every law-abiding citi-
zen in Texas. The good work has
started, gentlemen; help it along and
results will come.
Mr.. w. III. Owen, Q. NJ. +. B., of
Austin, writes:
1--WE are making an effort, and if
properly aided, will have passed at the
next session of the state legislature n
bill to prevent the great destruction of
fish and game in Texas by market
hunters. Mr.. X. II. Lockett, assistant
encouragement, has the matter in
charge. Such law means great
deal, not only to Texas, but to all
sportsmen in the United States. All
persons interested in the matter
should communicate with Mr.. Lockett
at this place and render him such aid
as is necessary to have the law pass
ed
Mr.. Lockett is entitled to the pro-
found thanks of every sportsmen in
Texas for taking up the question of
effective legislation for the protection
of game and fish, and he will under
take the work if substantial assistance
is extended him. We ask all our
Texas readers to write him at Austin,
giving him what information they
have and which would assist him in
drawing up a declaration sufficiently
strong and definite to express upon
the governor the necessity for incor-
porating the recommendation of such
legislation in his message and convinc-
ing enough to win the support of ma
jority of the coming legislature in the
enactment of n bill which will save
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the game and fish of the state from
utter humiliation. When it is shown
by conclusive evidence that the
slaughter is going on at such rate
that it will be but few years before
deer track anywhere in the vast do
main of Texas, except possibly in pri-
vate parks, the legislative support will
be given.
The passage of a stringent game bill
will not only be beneficial to Texas,
but it will be of interest and benefit
to every sportsman in the United
States. 1t is not stretching the truth
very much to say that the slaughter
of ducks, geese, plovers, quails and
snipes in the coast country of Texas
by market-hunters is greater than
along the entire coast of the United
States, excepting only the Florida
coast. AS these game birds are mig
ratory and pass beyond the limits of
the state every year ii is readily seen
where the benefit of protection in
Texas would extend to other states.
To gather and publish data relative
to slaughter of game in Texas in prop
er form will cost a few hundred dol
lars at the outside, il the sportsmen
of Texas will voluntarily gather certi-
| fled statements and send them into
Mr.. LOckett. 1t would be asking too
much for one man to take the affidav-
its Of all the people who have informa-
ton to give.
Sportsmen of Texas, rise up in all
your might, gather and forward certi-
fled affidavits to X. r. Lockett, assist
ant encouragement, Austin, Texas,
and when the bill is accepted and
ready for presentation, make your
power felt in the halls of your legisla.
ture, and let it be known throughout
the land that Texas will no longer toll.
crate the game-hog and pot-hunter
that the game belongs to your state
and is entitled to the protection of its
laws while sojourning within it's linn.
its, and that you have paid officers to
see that the laws are enforced.-The
American Field.
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A SHORT TRIBUTE.
To Captain P. feathers, of Steamboat

To Captain p. feathers, of Steamboat
Fame.
For the Sunday Light.
A few days ago the wires flashed
over the country the sad news of the
death of Capt. Thos. =. feathers, the
noted master of steam, vessels on the
lower Mississippi river. The writer,
when boy, knew Capt. feathers,
about the time when he built the first
Natchez before the war. At that time
and ever since, he was dubbed the
big Injun." This name arose from
the fact that the captain was tall,
about feet inches, and built in
proportion, broad shouldered, straight
as an arrow, with an eye as keen as
an eagle, an intellect unsurpassed, and
as a navigator second to none. He
built seven large side wheel steamers,
all of them he named Natchez The
last steamer he built was named the
Il. =. feathers. His name was a
household word from New Orleans to
Vicksburg. He also had a national
reputation, having on several occa-
sions attended the different conven-
lions held throughout the United
States as a delegate, representing the
interests of commerce on the Missis-
sippi river and it's tributaries. Capt
feathers was a man of sterling worth
and integrity, with an eye open and
an ear ever ready to listen to the dis
treSsed. Perhaps in the history of
marine craft on the inland rivers of
this country or vessels upon mid
ocean nothing has ever transpired to
create such intense excitement as the
celebrated race in June, 1870, between
the Robt. Il. Lee and Natchez run
ming from New Orleans to st. Louis,
a distance of 1,300miles, in which the
Lee came out victorious. Captain
feathers at that time commanded the
Natchez and Capt. John Cannon the
Lee. This race, of course, settled the
relative speed of the two grand
steamers, and the time then made
three days, sixteen hours and thirty
two seconds, has never been beaten.
Capt. feathers, in his home life, was
perfection. He had lovely home in
New Orleans and only a few days
before his death arrived at the good
old age of so years and spoke of how
well he felt. He was victim of the
bicycle. While crossing the street
a rider struck him, from which inju-
ries he died. Thus has passed away
the last of the Mohicans, he being the
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KARNES COUNTY.

Light Special.
Runge, June 20.-The melon contest
is on and the county papers are offer
ing the usual years subscription for
the largest.
A number of speakers have been en-
gagged and a good time among popu-
lists is expected at their encampment
which opens Wednesday at Kennedy
Reifert and Tipps offer $50 in ad-
dition to regular price for the first
bale of cotton in this market, If
brought in before the 4th of July.
Rain here was heavy on Wednesday
night, but it was only local, many pla-
ces in the county not getting enough
to lay the dust.
There is an ice cream sociable
on hand for tonight at Seidel hall,
given by the ladies of the Episcopal
church to help out their funds.
Crops are reported good in the
neighborhood of Oklahoma, but a lit
| tie rain for cotton and corn would do
no harm.
1t is said that at the October term
of the District court the result of the
recent prohibition election will be
contested.
Officers from kennedy were looking
for a horse thief down in the Charco
neighborhood this week, but he did
not turn up.
There is a call for the organization
of Democratic clubs all over the coun-
ty, for fear that the Pops will have
things their own way.
The colored people of the county
have met and resolved to support no
one for Office who Is opposed to their
serving on juries and otherwise Sc
curing recognitionI as citizens. They
also declared for a state university
for their race, and will vote Tor NO
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-06-21
X. P. ENDOWMENT RANK.
A Glowing Tribute to This Prosperous
Mutual Insurance Society.

A Glowing Tribute to This Prosperous
Mutual Insurance Society.
From the California Grand Lodge Re
port:
I'm conclusion the committee earn
estly recommends the Endowment
Rank. The distribution of ten millions
of dollars for the relief of the widows
and orphans of our departed brother
knights during the short space of
nineteen years, embody tales of I'M
told beneficence and gratitude. 4
The pioneers of Pythianism buildds
wiser perhaps than they knew VIII -,
they created the Endowment RanR a.,
it has added greatly to cement the
en- chain that binds our glorious a
ity, and while its blessings my not
compensate for the loss of "a good
brother, a good citizen, a/good hus-
band or father, still it is the sunshine
that helps to warm and cheer the
homes over which the cold winds
that blow from the valley of death
are hanging. 1t is the means where
by the sore humility of asking for
charity at our portals is averted and
the fears of impending poverty and
| need are turned into smiles of salts
faction and plenty.
1t is the brightest gem in the Pyth-
ian diadem, and we earnestly hope
that every brother knight will serious.
ly contemplate this feature of our or.
der and extend to his beloved ones all
the benefits that they may accrue
therefrom, when he, their natural
protector and provider, shall return
forever to the source from whence
he came"
For further information inquire OF
Il. b. Johnson, secretary, Section 632
104 East Commerce street.
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tional services, conducted by G. w
Truett.
$50 a. m.-The teacher as a personal
worker, w. E. Wayte.
1000 a. m.-Report of committee on
new board.
1915 a. m.-Election of correspond.
ing secretary.
10:45 a. inflow to Kindle Fire,
John Holland.
Ills a. m.-Early Training, A. b.
Miller
Afternoon, 2:30 p. m.-Devotional
exercises, A. b. Ingram.
800 p. m.-Reports of committees.
400 p. m.-The Importance of col
portage work among the foreign pop
ulation, II. B. Kimball and II. @.
Gleiss
Evening, SIS p. m.-Devotional eX-
ercises, G. w. Baines.
$50 p. m.-Helps and Hindrances
T. G. Boykin.
Saturday morning, 900 a. m.-DevO-
tional exercises, L. l.. COmpere.
$50 a. m.-An address, w. L. Tynes.
1890 a. m.-Short addresses on the
work, S. II. Blair, ii. d. Heath, Z. &.
Everett, c. B. Hukill and others.
11:30 a. m.-The Importance of Per-
sonal House to House Work, E. $.
Sucker.
Afternoon, 2:30 p. m.-Reports of
committees and discussion of same.
EWING, $50 p. m.-The Outlook for
Another Year, G. s. Tumlin, A. j.
Harris, and short talks by any who de-
sire to make them.
Sunday services will be arranged by
the pastors of San Antonio.
Note:-A woman's meeting will be
held at the First Baptist church, Sun
day, at p. m, and will be addressed
by Miss Hollie Harper, of Dallas; Miss
Eliza Mitchell, of Austin; Miss Emma
Dollahite, of San Antonio; Mrs. M. b.
Torres, of Corpus Christi; Miss Eliza
beth Olsen, of Austin, and Mrs. NJ. ]
Nelson, of Corsicana. All the women
are invited to attend this special SER
vice.