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cemetery

After meals You shonld have simply a
feeling of comfort and satisfaction. You
should not feel any special indications that
digestion is going on. II you do, you have
indigestion, which means MODIFICATION.
This NAV be the beginning of so many
dangerous diseases, thstit ia best to take It
in hand at once and treat It with Shaker Di-
ges,ive Cordial. Fer you know that midi
gestion makes poison. which causes pain
sickness. And that Shaker Digestive Cor
dial helps digpsti and cures indig stion.
Shaker Digestive Cordial does this by pro-
vidirg the Dig, tive materials in which the
sick stomas h is wanting. 1t aso tones up
and streng hens the digestive organs and
makes them perfectly healthy. This is the
rationale of is method cure. as the doctors
would say. Sold by druggist, price 10 cents
to $I.oo per bottle
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One Hundred Dollars Reward.

Stolen, Sunday night, from G..
w. McNeese, Hubbard, Texas,
one sorrel horse, IA 1-2 hands
high, ball face, white hind feet,
shod all around, saddle and har-
ness worked, 7br 8 years old, in
good fix. The above reward
will be paid for thief by
G. W. MCNEEsE,
Hubbard, Texas.
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THE Sunday edition of the
Houston Post, its Christmas
number, was triumph in the art
preservative of which the records
of Texas journalism do not furn-
ish a parallel. The edition was
made up of fifty-two pages with
beautifully illustrated colored
covers, the front page being
devoted to a picture of Santa
Claus. The Post don't have to
get out a Especial edition" in
order to lead all competitors.
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A DIVORCE WANTED.
An Unsuccessful Attempt on the Part of
Christian Stegemueller to Get
Rid of his Wife.

Rid of his Wife.
There is trouble in the house,
hold of Christian Stegemuller,
Esq, an independence Benedict.
Chris. and his wife are at cross
purposes and so far all efforts to
patch up truce in the domestic
wrangle have been worse than
unavailing. The affection which
husband and wife entertain for
each other is not of any consider
able warmth. This statement,
tho must not be taken to mean
that they do not ''make it warm"
for each other. In fact the
reverse is the case. No breath
of frigidity has ever been allowed
to CONCEAL the temperature of
their conjugality, which for
several months has registered
100 in the shade. Despite the
1 icy blasts of bleak December
they have continued to reside in
the torrid zone, and the fires
kindled at Hymen's alter have
never been allowed to languish.
Finally the courts have been
called on to pour Judicial kero-
F, sene on the troubled waters oc-
casioned by the domestic temp
est. But, to use a homely pro-
verb, the party of the first part,
the liege lord of conjugal creation
has succeeded in jumping out
of the frying pan into the fire.
And the judicial kerosene above
referred to has added fuel to the
flames instead of cooling the
glowing embers of domestic wrath
Monday Christian, whose sir
name is Stegemuller, made an
affidavit in which he alleged that
his wife was non compusmentis,
and ought to be safely housed in
one of the States eleemosynary
institutions. The case came on
to be heard before Judge E. P.
Curry and six jurors, good and
true. Preliminary to the trial
the defendant was brought into
court and called on for a state
ment. What she had to say
knocked the scales of justice out
of plum. All she wanted, she
said, was divorce, and this the
| jury would doubtless have given
her had they been trying a di-
vorce case. She gave a detailed
account of the treatment and
mistreatment accorded her by
her husband; of his infelicity
and infidelity; how he had often
used epithets towards her of
anything but an endearing
nature and engaged in other
unseemly conduct not necessary
here to specify; how he had
deserted her for another. The
jury was satisfied fully of two
things without hearing any
further evidence. That she was
perfectly sane, but had been
sufficiently harrassed to have
legitimate grounds for insanity.
The complaint was withdrawn
and tha defandant diScharOad
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SECTION No. 239, E. R. K. OF
P. held its annual meeting Mon
day afternoon. The old officers
were reelected:
R. T. Jaeggli, President.
Aug. Lindemann, Vice Pres.
H. C. Heine, Secretary and
Treasurer.
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Rev. A. P. Morrison, D. D.,
of Fort Worth, late presiding
elder of the Fort Worth district
of the Methodist Episcopal
church, has been appointed SUI
perintendent of the New Mexico
with headquarters at
Albuquerque.
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REAp THIS 1

From this day on l will serve
again Free, Hot Lunch, Metro
politan Style, every day from 10
to II o'clock, just the time for
you to partake of something,
which will stimulate your spirits
for the days business. A COM
plete Stock of Wines, Liquors
and Cigars always on hand. A
call will be appreciated.
J. LEVIN, Prop.
Magnolia Saloon. Below Harri-
sons Candy Store.
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SEVERAL Christmas numbers
among our exchanges have been
received. They are all pretty
enough, but the principal beauty
about a Christmas number is that
it gives the boys a chance to en-
JOY the holidays when issued a
week before hand.
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The Bolton Reporter says the
increase of wheat acreage in Bell
county viii be something over 100
to compared with last year.
Seventeen thousand cigars
have been seized by custom Off
GERS at Laredo.
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An Ind
Written expressll
SADIE C. HARI

SADIE C. HAIR
The world in its beauf
In its rhythmieal asst
Is seeking for somethin
Than bottomless Walt
1t is looking for aims and an
From the people of to-day;
OF magical Inspiration
That shall give the heart full Sway.
Poet and musician shall profit
Their ideals realized,
And the power of giving the world true art
Shall be fully exercised
The angular stroke of the artists brush
Shall turn to graceful line,
His soul, as well as his canvass large,
Shall absorb the paint in time.
As he sits at his work with northern view
10 give him ample light,
be shall paint mis- thoughts, his hopes, his life
Into the canvass too.
The carver shall carve with a tender belief
That his heart has entered his scroll and leaf:
And others shall notice his deft and skill,
And his work shall be as his heart would will
But the inspiration that soothes the world
Makes cares and sorrows light
Is the inspiration of doing that
Which IS honest, true and right.
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Rev. r. C. FENDER, who oc-
eupied the pulpit at the First
Baptist church Sunday morning
and evening, returned to Denison
Monday morning, All who
heard his sermons wers greatly
pleased with them, both as to
doctrine, logic and manner of
delivery.
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THE city schools will dismiss
Thursday for the holidays to re-
sumo Monday Jan. 3rd.
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aTHE smugglers'' viii be the
next attraction at the Grand.
They are on the boards for Fri
day night.
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THE JUSTICE COURT.
Two Pleas of Guilty. Charge of Petty
Theft.

Two Pleas OF Guilty-a Charge Of Petty
Theft.
A plea of guilty entered in
justice court Tuesday indicated
that Mr.. o. L. Eddins had been
guilty of fighting in a public
place. The fine assessed against
him for so doing was one Ameri-
can legal tender silver dollar.
Particulars of the sbig fight
have already been given.
Mr.. Seth Mayf1eld manifested
his willingness to pay 81 for the
privilege of "cussing OUT a
brother in black, whom he
claimed had stolen some coffee
from the BRENNAN Grocery COM
pany. His acknowledgement of
having fractured the peace was
taken. Likewise his dollar. The
case below will throw more light
on the subject
o. J. Jones, the colored
brother above, who charged
Mayfeld with disturbing the
peace, was called on to defend
I
himself for a charge of petty
theft preferred by Mayfield
aforesaid. He was placed under
bond of $50 to appear before the
honorable county court. The
facts are these: Mayfield saw
Jones confiseate certain coffee
belonging to the BRENNAN Gro
Gerry Company and stuff his
pockets with the same. He &C.
cused Jones of SO doing. The
latter denied his guilt, and it
was then that the disturbance of
the peace occurred.
DR.. T. o. HYNEs. has been re-
elected health physician. The
place is sinecure except in
times of quarantine. During
Brenham's quarantine expert
ences last fall the conservatism
of DR.. Hynes saved the city con-
siderable on its expense account
and a great deal in the way of
uninterrupted business. The
health of the city will be safe in
his hands another year.
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THE merchant with the big
gest stock of unsold holiday
goods looks the bluest over the
weather prospect.
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PARTIES in from the country
Monday report the roads in fear
full condition and almost i'm
passible in many places.
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assiened millinerY stock

1e McGregor Sisters was sold
nday by B. Levinson. trus-
tee. j. Fink's bid Of SITS was
the highest received and the
goods were knocked off at that
figure. The stock invoiced about
$500.
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THE annual swearing off time
viii soon be round The period
of prescription which every other
man anticipates on New Year
almost invaribly leads to excuses
at Christmas.
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In justice court Monday o. j.
johnson made complaint against
Seth Mayfield charging abusive
language and a disturbance of
the peace.
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CHRISTMAS FIGHTS OPENED.
Lawyer Eddins and Contractor Davis
Have Little Falling Out Over

Cistern.
Mr.. Orfa l.. Eddins is one of
the city's most prominent disci-
pies of Blackstone. Mr.. JokA
Davis is a contractor and builder
of equal celebrity in his line of
work. Both are hail fellows well
met with everybody, and always
ready for every contingency,
whether it be a fight, or foot
race, a law suit or an estimate on
the cost of erecting building of
given dimension.
This disciple of Blackstone and
deliver in building stone met
Monday afternoon in front of the
Opera baron the outside, how
ever. Mr.. Eddins struck Mr..
Davis where Mary wore the
beads and Mr.. Davis fell all
over the sidewalk, across the
alley and into Fischer's market.
Further proceedings were
stopped by mutual friends.
Sometime ago Contractor Da-
Wis constructed an underground
cistern for Lawyer Eddins, I'M
der a guarantee, it is said. Mr..
Eddins claims the cistern "won't
hold water and is no better than
a hole in the ground" This
probably brought about the
fight. Constable Bob Burch
made the usual complaints for
fighting in a public place.
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The boys and girls attending
colleges in other places viii be
flocking home this week for the
happy Chr.stmastide.
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THIS is the week in which Gu
pid and Santa Claus are both
expected to play star engage
ments.
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MISS zEPHA CRozIER, who is
teaching music at Yoakum, is at
home for the holidays. Refer
ing to her departure from
Yoakum the Herald of that city
says: g Miss zepha Crozier, the
nightingale of south Texas, left
today to spend the holidays with
the home folks at Brennan.
Miss Crozier has been visiting in
Yoakum for the past four
months and has become a very
popular member of Yoakum's
social circle. AS a singer she
has few equals, and her services
are much sought for among the
various church choirs. Her host
of friends will be glad to know
that she viii return here early in
January"
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LOCAL Ne; VS..

The streets are rivers of slush,
and all agree are the muddiest
ever known.
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TENANrIEss tenant house

/ A TENANTLEss tenant house
plonging to Louis Hermann,
uated three miles north of the
was destroyed by fire short
efore midnight Sunday. The
Agin Of the fire is a mystery,
put may have resulted from the
larelessness of tresspassing
amps who had stopped there
r a nights shelter.
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THE brick work on the new
livery stable which Mr.. VIM.
Lusk is having erected on West
Main street has been sub-let by
the original contractor, Mr.. VIM.
Griffin, to Contractor John W.
Davis.
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R. C. HIGH left Monday
g for Wichita, Kansas, to
Christmas with the old
home. He viii return
y first, bringing a car
{ horses as an incidental
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THE Santa Fe management
is experimenting with electric
lighted cars and will probably
Rdopt them. Their initial run
b a car of this description was
. Saturday night.
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|E Germania Society will
their Christmas tree on Sat-
light. Mr.. E. H. Evers-
S around Monday secur-
tributions from the menu
pr the festival.
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For Colds, Coughs, Hoarse-
IS and Sore-throat try a 5
t package Of our Celebrated
gil Drops. Sure Cure.
L. q. HARRISON, Mgr.
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The M. E. church, North,
have decided TO erect a college
for colored youths at Austin.
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The Test Satisfactory.

The official test Of the Warren
induction alternating dynamo
made Saturday night and Sun
day by the Brennan Compress,
Oil and Manufacturing Co, was in
every respect satisfactory. The
machine was built to carry 5000
incsndescent lights. It was
tested to a capacity of 1850, or
one third overtax, and stood the
strain perfectly. The result of
the test will be tabulated by Mr..
J. R. Cox, the Galveston expert,
and forwarded here in a day or
SO. The management of the
light plant is not only pleased
but delighted with the machine.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-03-26

pound the bag rapidly with weighted
hands he can make them spin all the
faster when they have nothing but
fo%ur-ounce gloves on them. %supposing
that he has grown extra muscle by vir-
tue Of the weights. Laboring under
this same delusion. the writer has seen
sprint racers put lead in the soles OF
their practice shoes aud ven carry
weights strapped to the shoulders. and
also shot-putters, who argued that a
man training for his utmost endeavor
with, for instance, a fourteen-pound
shot, ought to handle a much heavier
one In advance. These are all delu-
sions and snares and have been proved
SO long ago. Fitz can do himself moth
Ing but injury by weighing his hands;
which. 1t has been reported. he Is again
practicing at his training quarters
daily.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-03-26
Corbette's Daily Routine.

Corbett Is passing his days of train
ing in this manner: Soon after he rises
in the morning he will take a cup Of
coffee and a dish Of oatmeal. Then he
will knock about. stroll over the hills
and in a loafing way pass the time I'M
til his first meal Of the day, to be taken
at 10 o'clock. Then a little light work
wrist machine, bag, pulleys and
dumbells. About ~ o'clock he will strip
for the work Of the day. This will con-
sist Of running, hand ball. wrestling, box
ing and ag-punching. While being
rubbed down Corbett thinks his blood
will be cooled sufficiently for his din
ner. which will follow as soon as he Is
dressed. Then more loafing, followed
by sleep. This routine began as soon
as he reached Nevada.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-03-26
A PLAQUE OF PARIS.
The wild Dogs Of the Days OF 'he
Reign of Terror.

The wild Dogs Of the Days of tho
Reign of Terror.
So many startling event happened
from day to day during the reign OF
terror that the apparition Of wild dogs
in Paris Is commonly overlooked, says
Parsons Weekly. But 1t was quite
natural. The greater part OF those
grandees who fled or went into hiding
kept dogs, and very few Of them were
able to make arrangements for the
poor beasts when they left home.
The dogs. abandoned, took to the
streets. OF course, and shortly they be-
gan to %congregate In two packs.
occupying the Champs Elysees and
the Bots de Boulogne. Soon they be-
came a public danger. Carlyle pokes
fun at Santerre, the brewer, who pro-
posed a law that all dogs should be
hanged; he had not noticed the para
graphs In the newspapers telling how
people had been attacked In the
Champs Elysees. At length the situa-
ton became really grave. as Is easily
understood when thousands OF starv-
ing animals have to find subsistence
In a starving city. Many of them were
wolf hounds and of powerful fighting
breeds. So In September. 1898, drastic
measures were taken against the
Champs Elysees pack. Two batallions
OF the national guard surrounded the
area, leaving a gap toward the Rue
Royale. while multitudes Of ragamuf-
fms beat the cover. The game was
driven up the Rue Royale to the Place
Royale. where troops made a battue OF
1t. firing volleys. Three days consecu-
lively this operation was repeated, and
more than 5000 dead dogs lay In the
place. A certain Gaspardin received
orders to clear them away, and he.
short Of means, applied for the royal
equipages. 1t was a timely Jest. greet
ed with applause. So NJ. Gaspardin
packed the dead dogs neck and heels
In gilded coaches as full as they would
hold and made a state procession
through delighted Paris.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-03-26
An objectionable Act.

The other day in Philadelphia two
lightwcights spared six rounds before
a large Quaker audience-Leslie Pearce
and Billy Payhe-and at the conclu-
sion, Pesrce having been biffed smartly
and failing to operate as successfully
on his opponent as he had thought to
do, refused % shake hands at the wind
up. For this Pearce was roundly Kissed
and a Philadelphia paper stamped II n
most disgraceful act. Mr.. Pearce abso-
lutely got mad and had the hardihood
to show It. because he had been hit in
the Jaw a few times.
Concerning this objectionable breach
of ring etiquette a western referee once
expressed himself very forcibly to the
writer. What would you do" l asked,
"if a principal should so far forget him
self as to refuse to shake hands at the
wind-up?"
81 can't tell just what I would do
but I know what would like to do"
"And what Is that?"
"Hang him."
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-03-26

ey is as good as ours. From that time
on the business gradually increased,
until to-day he averages about $3.50 .
week. Instead Of having the farmers
come to him he goes to them and buys
their accumulated savings OF Cansda
coin. They are all his customers, and
know him well in the Ave years they
have done business together. Are you
not afraid OF competition in your busi.
9 In case It becomes generally
known" I asked. NO" said he, you
see 1t requires a comparatively large
amount Of money as a starting capital.
Then have to have men In the from
tier cities who will give me United
States money for my Canada curren-
cy. l generally take a trip twice a
year to Detroit, Cleveland. Chicago n
Buffalo. where I make these exchanges.
All this requires years OF preparation,
and no outsider could step In and make
with my patrons. as they
all the money they can handle
now. even at a 9 per cent commission
on the dollar"
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-03-26
How the Big Men Train.

Next to hard sparring and bag punch
ing handball is no doubt the best requi-
site, reliable exercise In the repertory
Of a man in training for a glove con
test. Jim Corbett has figured 1t that
way. He has since the earliest in
timation of a go with Fitzsimmons
hunted up handball courts in whatever
part of the country he has found him
self and there peeled his shirt and test
ed his bellows against skilled oppon-
ents In one Of the most wind narrowing
exercises ever invented. Handball is
a game of two handed quickness, OF
foot agility. Of accuracy Of eye-all OF
which characterize II Of the same cate
CORY as ring fighting. The game Is
anti-fat and paunch destroying and no
man who will mix up with handball
an hour every other day need fear any
increase In that direction.
Fitzsimmons goes more on bag
punching. relieved by runs across
try. and bag punching, when put to
what II ought to be, Is. ! believe, in
ferlor to nothing known as a prepara-
tory exercise to hard ring work. II
Is, however. an irksome task to most
boxers. too much limited in space and
movement and very hard work too.
To overcome the wearisome routine OF
sphere humping Fitz likes to have a
crowd Of admirers OF his skill stand
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-03-26

draw a purse against me-? I'm In the
game to the end, II they can stir up
anybody. but I am not going to deal
In dubs or fighters whom I outclass or
have already defeated" Really there
appears no one in the range Of the pu-
gilistic horizon today worthy Of being
thought Of US a future opponent OF the
winner between Fitz and Corbett. IL
their contest should prove long and
exciting and somewhat evenly contest
ed a return match between them would
doubtless be worked up within a year;
otherwise 1t looks as though a consid-
able time must elapse before another
big championship mill. A short time
ago I thought Tom Sharkey must be
considered a worthy opponent for the
best going. but Tom seems to have
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-03-26
ENGINEER LITTLE AND TOM.

would not be caught. He secreted him
self In various parts OF the ship until
she went to sea, and from that day to
this he has been on board the Alameda.
Az he grew older Tom began to settle
down to business and 1t was not long
before the upper part of the ship and
the tween decks were perfectly clear
OF rats. One day he was hunting the
vermin and happened to chase a mon
ster rat into the galley. In his ankle
ty to catch the foe Tom jumped unto
the stove. His feet were badly burned,
and with a howl Of pain he rushed
out OF the galley and slowed himself
away In the tween decks. Engineer
Little, who has always been very fond
OF Tom, started for him cropping among
the cargo for several hours. at last
hnding him writhing In pain between
.wo barrels. Little picked up the cat
and took him to his room. dressed his
'eet with vaseline every day until they
we're cured, and from that time Tom
1as been friendly to the chief engineer.
of late years Tom has acted as senti-
ael at the door OF Engineer Little's
'tateroom. but there is something par
adoxical about his methods. He will
Kill every rat that dares to make an
appearance, but II he ends the life of
n anywhere else on the ship the first
hing he does Is to deposit the carcass
At Mr.. Titles door. But this wonder
'ul travelling cat Is sagacious in other
ways. He knows the sound OF a fy-
Ing fish, and never one falls on the
deck that does not find Its way to the
:his: engineers door. When Tom had
inis~ed his first 600 900 miles of travel
his American admirers In San Fran
cisco presented him with a silver COL
lar marked with the inscription, "Old
Tom, s s. Alameda. Presented nv
His American Admirers, July 4. 1896"
There was considerable fun at the pre-
sentation.