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THE K A STROP ADVERTISER. BASTROP. TEXAS
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YOUNG MAN HAS OLD JOB
TEXAS NEWS BRIEFS
Taylor soon expects to bepln street
paving that will cost $;it)0,0Q0.
One of tho youngest officials of
the Wilson administration is at tho
head of tho oldest scientific d
mnnt of the government.,
IxiiiH mejjm« result of luck,
Jccwfont or political influence, but the
recognition of remarkable qualifica-
tions which fitted him for tho posi-
tion.
It was on the fifteenth of April,
the day following bis thirty-ninth
blrthdny. that I r. K Leafpr Jones be-
came superintendent of the coast ami
geodetic survey, the service which,
according to Secretary Redfluld, "deals
first with humanity ami second with
commerce."
i'erhaps no one in tho survey, no
matter how long be has been In the
service, has spent more of his life
In the open than has Doctor Jones.
Indeed. It would seem, that by en-
vironment. training, education and
temperament, ho hud been qualifying
for the suporlntondency of tho coast
and geodetic survey all his life, lie was born In Orange, N. J., and as a
small boy was the compunion of his father, himself a'scientlat and a student
of nature.
Doctor Jones was educated nt Princeton anil Heidelberg; In Germany ho
hunted, fished and studied in tho Black forest and specialized in zoology.
For five years he was connected with the New Jersey fish and gatno com-
mission, ami his first service in tho nutionul government was as deputy com-
missioner of the bureau of fisheries.
BRUCE ISMAY, RECLUSE
The property valuations for Tem-
ple the past year aggregates $",.'110,.
000, practically the saute as last yezX.
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One man was killed and four were
Injured, three aerlouely, when an
automobile overturned Just north of
Wichita Falls.
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"fSrrell has sold >300,000 of goid
road bonds and it is expected work
will begin on road improvements iu
the county about Sept. I.
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The Paris Milling company has
built a largo fire proof addlUpn to
Its plant and substituted an electric
dynamo for stenm motive power.
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The Fast Texas Fair association
at Marshall has decided to hold tt ■
county fair this year. The capital I
stock of the association Is >25.000 j
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The street lighting company of
Decatur lias been granted permission
by property owners to string cables
on the public square corners for
hanging tho new arc lights..
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Tho commissioners' court of Hen •>
hill county has sold the $74,000
bridge bond Issue for bridging the
Canadian river at par and accrucd
Interest.
WOULD NEED 294 SUBMARINES
Germans Would Require That Num-
ber to Effectually Blockade
All British Ports.
Assuming that the Herman subma-
rines are based at Zeehrugge, the time
required for the passage to and from
blockading stations off the ports of
lircat Hrltain would be about four
iInvh. The average time necessary for
overhauling at the base between trips
may be estimated at six days, and the
time which may bo spent at sea be-
tween visits to the buBQ ci*""-*
exceed twenty days. Consequently it
would be Impracticable to maintain
more than about half of the total force
of submarines on blockading stations
There are forty nine ports.on the
coasts of England, Scotland and
Walea which it would be necessary for
the Uermun submarines to blockade if
all supplies are to be cut off
An effective blockade of any port j
could scarcely be maintained In the j
face of defcnslvo operations, which j
must be expected, with less than three
submarines, and double that number j
would be none too many. If the mln- i
Imuin number of three boats be al- |
lowed for each port, the Germans )
would require a' b ast 147 constantly j
on station to close nil the ports of j
Great Britain; that Is, allowing for the '
necessary passage time to and from 1
the base and the essentia) overhaul-
| Ing period, the total 'orce should be'
: 4 submarines World's Work.
The Shell Shortage.
A. J. Drexel, praising the English
voluuteer army, said lu New York the
other day:
"Oxford and Cambridge undergradu-
ates fight side by side with coal min-
ers. PecrB' sons and millionaires' sons
hobnob with plumbers und blacksmiths
lu the ranks
"There are lots of 'nuts' (dudes) in
the volunteer army—and the kaiser
finds them pretty hard to crack, too—
notwithstanding their lack of shells ''
When •-•r C
>TfiTn putting raisins, dales or figs
through the food chopper add a few
drops of lemon juice to prevent the
fruit from clogging the chopper.
Faith and Qood Workt.
One Sunday morning a woman who
lived In a country district was nearly
an hour late to church Since she was
always very punctual, the parson
greatly wondered and questioned her
at the close of the Bervlce. ^
"The horse that we *•« driving."
answered the woman, "acted as If It
was going to run away, so I got out of
the wagon and walked all the way to
town."
"You shouldn't have been fright-
ened. sister." Impressively returnert
1C , .eon >ou put
your uust In Heaven." .
"1 did until the harness broke," was
the quick rejoludcr of tho woman,
'and then I Jumped."
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Save the Babies.
NFANT MORTALITY is something frightful. We can hardly realize that
of all tho children l«iru in civilized countries, twenty-two p
or nearly one-quarter, die before they reach ono year ; thl
of all tho children born in civilized countries, twenty-two per cent.,
or nearly one-quarter, die before they reach ono year ; thirty-seven
l ercent., or more than one third, before they are five, and one-ball before
they an* fifteen I
We do not hesitate to say that a timely uso of Castorin would save a
majority of theey precious lives. Neither uo wo hesitate to say that many
of these infantile deaths arc* occasioned by the use of narcotic preparations.
Drops, tinctures and soothing tnruj<s sold for children's complaint* contain
more or less opium or morphine. They are, in considerable quantities,
deadly poisons. In any quantity, they stupefy, retard circulation and lead
to congestions, sickness, death. Castorln operates exactly tho reverse, but
you must see that it l>ears tho signature of Chaa. II. Hetcher. Cuatoria
causes the blood to circulate pn>|>erly, opens tho
pores of tho skin und ullujs fever. " y y/ ^,
Genuine Castorla always bears the signature
There Is one man In tho British
Isles, nt least, to whom tho memories
of the Titanic disaster are a dread
and ever present reality. That man
is Bruce Ismay. Ho was managing
director of the White Star line nt tho
time of the Titanic disaster, and was
among thoso saved when tho liner
sank.
He has voluntarily withdraw him-
self into almost complete seclusion.
Ho Is u tragic figure whom care and
premature age have marked for their
own. A great part of the year he
imssos. oftentimes alone, In Costelloo,
one of the most remote, most unfro-
quented and desolate spots on the
west coast of Ireland. Here bis solo
employment Is fishing for days and
weeks on end. " occasionally with a
friend, or perhaps two, but for the
greater part of bis time accompanied
only by his servant.
Ismay Is very popular among the
cottagers around. Ho found them
sympathetic and friendly, and he has given them employment In many ways
In connection with the fishing and his lodge. In fact, whatever drove Bruce
Ismay to this remote. Inhospitable shoro, it was a blessing in disguise to
thoso poor people, and they appreciate his presence very keenly. They don't
care whether or not IiIb escape from the Titanic aroused a storm of criticism,
for that matter they take no stock in tho Titanic story anyway.
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WORKING HIS WAY UP
At the 1915 commencement exer
cises of Columbia university Ensign
Louis Itandolph Ford. U. S. N., re-
ceived tho degree of master of arts
That was only one Incident In the
determined fight tills young naval
officer Is making to achieve his child-
hood ambitions, which ambitions, It
may well be, do not stop short of tho
Insignia of a rear admiral.
As a barefooted lad In Texas,
whore he was born thirty-two years
ago, Louis Ford made up his mind to
enter tho navy, but his parents were
not able to $end him to college and
thelniluence to obtain an appointment
to the naval academy was lacking. .So
at the age of fourteen Louis went to
work on a Sablno river tugboat, and
three years iuter became an appren-
tice in a machine shop. In two years
more he was a full-fledged machinist
and enlisted as such in the navy.
Starting in at Maro Island, he worked
his way steadily up to the rank of
chief machinist, and in 1912 he took tho examination for an ensign's commis-
sion, passing with the highest marks over made by a warrant officer. Service
on various vess<ds was followed by a post graduate course at Annapolis,
which Included radio engineering, structural engineering, naval construction,
ordnance and gunnery. Then came the welcomo order to enter Columbia,
where, as one of the professors said, he "worked his head off." Ford is
now attached to the New York navy yard and eventually will devote himself
to the designing of all Boris of naval machinery und tho organization of the
shops in tlu yards.
KENT TELLS A NOME STORY
Representative William Kent of
California has many quaint tales of
the north country. One of them deals
with the early days in the Nome . >
gion. when gold was plentiful and
everything else was decidedly scarce.
On® of the residents, the story runs,
wandered Into a rough, ready-made
saloon and beheld four bewhiskered,
rough-looking individuals.
They were deeply dejected. They
eat far back In their chairs, hands In
pockets. Occasionally one of them
sighed or swore. In front of them
wero stacks of chips representing
several thousand dollars In gold.
"What's the matter?" asked the
visitor.
"This here poker game Is busted
Bp'" was the reply
"Dusted up""' repeated the visitor.
In astonishment- "Why, you've got
enough money there to play for a
week!"
"Yep. stranger,' agTeed the bo-
whiskered man, moodily, "we got that, but somebody's lost all the aces uuU
two Jacks In the deck!" and resumed his stare at the useless chipB. i
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Gov. Ferguson has announced that
as a result of his recent trip of in-
vestigation of tho penitentiaries, lie
will pardon about 23 meritorious con-
victs.
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A coroner's Jury has returned a
verdlot placing tho blame for the
loss of hundreds of llve& by the cap-
sizing of the steamer Eastland in
tho Chicago river on six men.
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During 1914 Texas mines produced
>231 In gold. 530.SI7 fine ounces of
silver, 149,027 pounds of lead, 2:5.-
7R0 pounds of copper ar.d 216.4I
pounds of zinc, with a total value of
>313,787.
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L. IT. Tarbutton, president of tho
oil company, drilling In tho Key val-
ley neighborhood, about four miles
south of Belton, reports that ut a
depth of 300 feet they have struck •
good showing of both oil and gas.
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The Malone Light and Ice com-
pany of Plalnvlew has completed Its
transmission lino Into Lockney and
Is now ready to light that t wn by
electricity. In a short time this corn-
pany will have Its lines completed
Into Floydada, Lubbock. Abernathy
and Male Center.
• • •
The Pecos Valley Mill company lo-
cated at Hagerman, IN. M , has re-
ceived an order from Europe for 50,-
000 tons of alfalfa meal. The offer
has been refused as the owners nro
neutrals and prefer to sell tholr pro-
duct to American buyers
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Work has Just been copmletod at
Mllford on the well from whirh the
city will be supplied with water
This well Is 8*0 feet deep. It. has
been tested and will easily furnish
200,000 gallons a day.
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Thirty rural school districts In
Dallas county are now legible to re-
ceive state aid under the ">1,000,000
rural school bill," ns It 1s Kenerally
called, and ever, more Dallas districts
will have become eligible when the
appropriation becomes available Sept.
1, according to L. T. Cunningham,
rural school vleitor under the new
l&w.
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A new foot disease known ns en-
darteritis obliterans has appeared in
New York and 28 cases are under
treatment. The disease, physicians
said, is frequently mistaken for
rheumatism or gout.
• • •
Fred Hoover of Llttlefleld has fin-
ished cutting and stacking 75 acres
of Sudan grass sown broadcast Mr.
Hoover reports having put up 120
tons of very flrre hay. which Is an
average of a little more than a ton
and ono-half to the acre.
• • •
At ft meeting of the dlr'-otors of
the Wise County Fair association
the dates for holding the second an-
nual enter:iiitiiiOi, at Deaatur was
set for 0°t. 12, 13. <>nd 15, clos-
inr .Mf1 be • • G., opening of tbo
i>a'• ts fa:
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The T,r'*M ;tmk* d'plo
r lnquiib i of Germany regard-
ing -t-hi.tarlna attack on the
Cunard liner Onluna nt a lime when
nhc wn„ hrinviup a scorc< of Ameri-
cans home.
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The Port Worth Savings Batik and
Trusi cotnpan> Its doors and
was placed in the hands of a re
celver, who was appointed by th*>
district court on applhutlon of Hor-
ace Wilson, a depositor, who alleged
that the payment had been refused
him of his deposit of >2,047 97. The
company operated under a charter
issued under tho law of 1875. It
was not a state bank and Its de-
positors were not protected by the
state bank guarantee fund. Ita capi-
tal stock was >210,000.
SOFT WHITE HANDS
GOES THROUGH THE MOTIONS
Planting Sugar Cane.
Sugar cane Is planted, not bowh.
Under
Most Conditions If You
Cuticura. Trial Free.
Use
Tho Snap to cleaune and purify, the
Ointment to soothe and heal. Nothing
' better or more effective ut any price
j than these fragrant supercreamy emol-
j iieuts. A one-night treatment will test
them in tho severest forms of red,
rough, chapped und sore hands.
.Sample each free by mail with Book.
Address postcard, Cuticura, Dept. XV,
Boston. Sold everywhere.—Adv.
But Smokers Will Wonder How Tnat Hni"" of the an°u8h
Tobaccoless Pipe Must Taste to lac!udo or, thn,° °f thw H"g8/
to |_|irn or nodes. Is laid lengthwise, or Btuck
, In a slanting direction, along u fur-
What Moved T.m,
A schoolteacher recently gave his
pupils a lecture on patriotism. Me
pointed out the high motives whlcfl
moved the territorials to leave their
home and fight for their country.
The schoolteacher noticed that one
boy did not pay attentloi to the In
struction und. as u test question,
asked him:
"What motives took tho territorials
to war?"
The boy was puzzled for u moment,
but remembering the public sendoff of
the local reigtnent at the railroad sta-
tion, he replied:
"Locomotives, sir."—London Tlt-
Blts.
row which runs the length of th
field. In some sections the primitive
age of tobacco by means of a curious | "'*b,on of Planting In holes Is still em-
ployed. When the trench is planted
M. Maetcrlinck is among those who
have freed themselves from the bond 1
artifice. According to his biogrupher. j
M. Gerard Harry, "without the help '
of tobacco he seemed incapable of re
ceivlng Inspiration or crystallizing It
lu words. If he has not overcome the
need, ho has outflanked it. Smoking,
he noticed, bad lost its virtue ns a
stimulant, and instead of rousing the
the pieces of cane are lightly covered
with earth. In a few weeks they show
growth above the ground, the cernt
buds nt the rings having begun to
shoot out lu the form of young cane,,
the ring having at the same tlm
thrown out rootlets Into the soil Tho
bruin to activity, us at first, had come 1 Paral e> trenches arc made fur enough
Illustration.
"That girl ahead of us reminds me
of a flower, but I can't recall Just
*vhat one—"
"Oh, look! She's Just tripped on b
banana peel!"
"Now 1 know, She's n lady Plipper.1'
to disturb Its functions; so now, in
lieu of ordinary tobacco, he fills his
bowl with a denlcotlril/.cd preparation,
tasteless Indeed, but harmless. His
pipe Is still ulways allghl Alien the
pen Is busy, but It is hardly more now
than a mere subterfuge Intended to
cheat, and so satisfy an irresistible
mechanical craving."—London Chron-
icle.
apart, say at least three feet, to en-
able the workers, when the wide-
spreading canes are getting ripe, to
1 go between the rows and remove tbe
I dying leaves % hlch burden the ripen-
ing cane, thereby enabling tho naked
cane to mature faster
Where Brass Is Made.
Eighty-two per cent of the bruss in
dustry of this country is in the ter-
ritory around Waterbury, Conn. The
United States brass Industry com
prises 55 to CO per cent of that of tho
world.
Of Course.
"Suppose all tho energy that 1s
wasted In dancing were devoted to
some useful purpose?"
"I never entertain a supposition like
that."
"Why not?"
"Because experience and obsevn-
tlon have taught me th«.t the energy
d< .'otcd to dancing in foot power and
not brain power."
Swamped.
"! had the deuce of a time talking
to Miss Gadders last evening."
"Thought you were a conversation-
alist."
"1 couldn't got In a word."
Mainstay of the Business.
What would the world do without
women? Nlnetentl s of tho dry goods
stores would go out of business, for
ono tiling.
Probably.
Many a rich man will probably find
K us difficult to enter the kingdom of
heaven as ho finds It easy to keep out-
sldo a mundane Jail.
Chambermaids' Minimum Wage.
Tho Washington Industrial wolfaro
commission has fixod nine dollar per
week as the minimum wage for cham
bormaids and other help In that state.
Firm Basis.
"!>>t us cement our friendship."
"Then we had better do It by tak-
ing some concrete action "
A Spoiled Joke.
"I put my foot In It today."
"Got you. Bought a new pair
shoes."
of
Wrmen Food Experts.
Two women In the government serv-
ice at Washington are food experts,
(mo Is u pomologist and another Ib s
specialist in medicinal plants.
The man who says he Is glad he la-
married Is either an optimist or a
liar.
A seedless tomato of largo size has
been bred by an amateur horticultur-
ist In California.
Egypt has more than 1,500 miles of
railways.
There are 50,000 post offices in Ger-
many.
Spectacles were Invented In the thir-
teenth century.
A lazy mnn makes much ado about
nothing.
Vigor
A determination to "get.
ahead" is found in every
action of the successful man
or woman.
Vigor of body and brain
the food one eats.
P
comes principally from
Grape=Nuts
and cream
Is the regular morning ration for thousands who are "making good,'*
and who know that a clear brain and steady nerves are neccssary
to success.
Made of Wheat and Barley, Grape-Nuts contains all of tho
vital tissue-building elements of the grains thoroughly baked, concen-
trated, and easily digested.
kg
"There's a Reason99 for Grape-Nats
Sold by Grocers.
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