We do not. You can't raise anything on land in that section. A man can
always raise a dollar on a good pair of pants.
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Name in order the three best newspapers in Texas.
ADVERTISER.
Well, the Galveston _News_ runs about second, and the San Antonio
_Express_ third. Let us hear from you again.
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Has a married woman any rights in Texas?
PROSPECTOR.
Hush, Mr. Prospector. Not quite so loud, if you please. Come up to the
office some afternoon, and if everything seems quiet, come inside, and
look at our eye, and our suspenders hanging on to one button, and feel
the lump on the top of our head. Yes, she has some rights of her own,
and everybody else's she can scoop in.
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Who was the author of the sayings, "A public office is a public trust,"
and "I would rather be right than President"?
Eli Perkins.
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Is the Lakeside Improvement Company making anything out of their own
town tract on the lake?
INQUISITIVE.
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