Daily Bulletin. (Brownwood, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 152, Ed. 1 Monday, April 12, 1909 Page: 5 of 8
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V
MOM BAY APRIL 12 1909.
THE DAILY BULLETIN
P3GE FITS
PLUMBIM &
Rankin Sheet
Phone 432
WANT COLUMN
WANT AD KATLS One cent a word first insertion half cent a
word each consecutive insertion. No advertisement taken for less
than 20 cents. Cash must accompany the order.
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FOE SALE.
FOR SALE Ribbons for Oliver
"" Typewriters. Can be had at the Bul-
letin for 50 cents each. One color
only.
I have a fine lot of mesquite wood
near town for sale cheap. C. 1. McCartney.-
t dlSL'e
We have just received a new line of
new tailored hats and would be glad
to have the ladies call and see them.
MRS. HOLLAND.
FOR SALE Good gentle driving
pony. Perfectly safe for women and
children to drive; Apply to S. Bul-
letin office.
dl52p
FOR SALE-A fine acre lot in Cog-
gin Addition close to Coggins home
will sell for $400 if taken this month;
$2 oash and balance on time. I
have abstract to the property. Mrs.
Holladajv 1919 Congress Avenue.
Houston Texas. dl.w
LOST AXI) FOCSD.
LOST. Between town and Brady
Av. A ladies gold rise s t with
til re e opais. Finder pleas- r.-mn: i-.
this office and receive reward.
a1 1 wi iiMgrMjnaBgpcm3iMjn.3aB
STEALING A SIGN.
That Was the Policeman's Charge but
It Was Not Sustained.
.Stealthily the policeman stole out
from behind the side door of the sa -
loon and quickly pounced on some Co -
lumbia college boys who were carry-
ing a long board sign that had hung
over some tobacconist's shop. The
youths protested against the officer's
Interference but he told them that
they would 3nd it a hard job to turn
nut. u v x- 1 I . n
town and off to the lockup they went.
college boys sign and all.
""What's the charge?" asked the scr
s gcant as he looked out at the aggrega-
tion of the coming great men of learn-
lng.
"Stealing a sign" answered the cop
as some of the boys bumped it Into
the station house where it reposed :
against the wall.
"We did not steal it" spoke up one
of the youths; "we only borrowed It" '
The sergeant turned to the cop and
told him to call up the owner and find
out what the true state of the case
was. The policeman read the sign
slowly and then turned to the tele
phone book to look up the owner.
"Hello! Did you lose a sign?" And
the answer made the pol!ceman
scratch his head.
"What did he say?" asked the wait-
ing sergeant The reserves were le-
ginnlng to grin and the policeman
looked very uncomfortable.
"It Is all right" he said scowling at
.the youths. "The owner says they
rented the sign for the night and are
to return it tomorrow morning when
he Is ready to do business again."
A shout went up from the youths as !
they were ordered out of the station
and they took up their triumphal
march and sought out some other un-
suspecting cop to dupe and far down
the .street came back their triumphal
yell: "
o-l-u-m-b-l-a!"
The cop laughed to himself as he
started out again on his beat and a
friend at his side asked him the cause
of his merriment.
"The owner of the sign was mad all
tbf way through and wanted me to
hold the sign. He had rented it all
right but he said that was the third
time he had been called out of bed to-
night for the boys bad been pulled In
In tlrt-e other precincts but as long as
I r.s a goat for 1dm I thought 1
n rM lt the rah-rah boys have some :
r r fua "tl ae Kkr cop and !
' -m on their wny" New Tori;
TH.OW.Mn of the Sky.
Iroqtxvfe point ottt to their chil .
Aji'. a clnntw of iwitr which they car.
aue '"ld man.' "White people do uoti
ahv ays kaow why it Is. They tell this !
story of hi reaching the sky or the
ikrcat blue wigwam:!'
old chief was tired of life and of :
Ms people. He took his bundle nnd!nCT A ompwor; .run
walkimr Ktlck- nml wont to the hth- ! rvt A O.H11 KLhlUJ
est bluff. There he sang his death i
chant His people followed but t-j
ed at the foot of the blufT. While thev
-ere watching they saw him slowly
rise Into the air his voice sounding I
fainter and fainter. The spirit of the
four winds raised him to the "great
"star lodge." He was given a place
among the stars.
His stooping form his staff and bun-
dle are now pointed out to Indian chil-
dren as they watch the stars at night
Indian Craftsman.
Metal Works
FOR RENT.
FOR RENT Three furnished rooms.
Apply 1902 Fisk' street or Phone 357.
dtfc.
FOR RENT one office room in the
Bulletin building. Large and com-
fortable south exposure.
FOR RENT Rooms for light house -
keeping
Apply at Jackson hotel.
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WANTED A cook; good place. Ap-
ply at once to Mrs. Will H. Mayes.
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A couple for nice room on lower '
rt t j n a. . .1
noor wun ooara. j diocks irom post- !un!aing is seventeen stories high in -
office. 303 GrH?nleaf street Mrs. SJ
E. Camp.
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AGENT For W. J. Schulze Nursery
Bangs Texas.
dloow25p
Phone 415 Guy Hill.
WANTED Position as bookkeeper
or office assistant: .two years experi-j
enee in .general merchandise and bank. !.
Use typewriter flood references fur-:
niched. Address Box d!54p
FREE I or package Conkn's Lice
Powdt r. ;i!! '2'"- Poultry Bonk. Brins
ad to ("anm-Ilci! l;us Comuauv B
!i:4I!mail Tc. li: i
lIhe SPORTING WORLD
McGuire's Great Record.
The veteran catcher Jim McGuire.
who Is in command of the Cleveland
1 American catchers and pitchers this
spring is one of the remarkable fea-
tures in the national game. "The Dea-
con" as he is familiarly termed began
to play with -the big teams in 1SS3 the
1 year of hs majority.
j In his twenty-five years of active
j service McGuire has never been fined
TIM M'GCIKE COACH OF THE CIiEVKIiAND
AMEBICAKS.
or put out of a game by an umpire.
H formerly enjoyed the nickname of
"Pinch" for his aptitude in hitting the
ball at the critical period. McGuire
holds the world's record for continu-
ous catching haying participated in
142 consecutive games.
SAILOR
adrift helpless and hopeless is
' 1 1
'the average man who suddenly
finds himself bet eft of wealth or
a competence by reason of fire
loss without insurance indemnity-
The insurance companies
we serve will come to your res-
cue if -you get your policy now.
E. B. Henley & Co Phone 2.
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VISITED STATE
AND INSPECTED BUILDING
. n. Murphy of This
of the State Capitol Building Which
he Visited Only Last Week
C. H. Murphy of Brownwood has
just returned from a visit to Austin
and while there went around for a
look at the state capitol building. Mr.
Murphy did not go for a mere glance
but went to see and learn 'something
of the costliest building in all Texas.
He found that the building cost the
state 34500000 that it covers three
and three-Quarters of an acre of.
!rmiTu1 ie f.nn foof lnnp- ?SS fppt wirin. I
U13 fee't 1f Q an(1 hag 25;4 roomSm
Murphv also observed that there were
seven and a half miles of wainscoting.
aud twenty-seven acres of floor space
9rs windows in the walls and 114 in
the dome 500 doors all of which are
d of Texas oak and" walnut. The
. i
eluding the l.asm.tiit and on the dome
stamls a goddess of liberty weighing
pounds and measuring fouteen.feet
in height.. In the hand of th goddess
of liberty is a Texas -star measuring
29 inches in diameter.
j The woodwork is all made front
-i . .
Texas wood and also Is the iron work
.with the exception of the dome. y.lilch
came from Germany. The roof over
the representative- hall' and senat
chamber- is niade. of glass cased in t.
r
iron.
Thu glass came frtxm Germany
"I Situated in Avon Mass.. is a curious
gate made from a tree trunk and parts '
of In-anches. the latter forming the
worn "iiquity. it is close bud-le the
. main road to Boston and
has long i
been an object of curiosity to passen-
ou me ironey cars wmcu pass by. j
The land In that section .was owned
at one time by a Mr. Porter who erect-
ed the gate with the word "Porter"
: hisertpd. When the town of Avon es- j
m& a 8 5 $ 15 5 1 s. fi i I J m 2 i 3 s s a VB1
REALIiY do you eii'
joy your s!ioe?
Faultless shoes is our text.
"Good Old Summer Time" has. arrived and
these hot days remind us that low cool footwear is
necessary for comfort.
The Dainty Creations for the ladies from The
John Kelly and American Lady lines Stra Sandals
Sailor Ties Pumps in all leathers inTans Golden
Brown Oxblord and Patents
S.50t3.00
. : FOR GENTLEMEN: ' ;V "v..
"Wc sell and ic ommend Stacy Adams ShetcsTat
$500 and $6 00 .
4Sclz" Royal Blue Specials at $4.00.
. Selz" Royal 'Blues at $3 50 and $4.00.
We make a close 'study ; of the Shoe Business
and wc give you values on the shoe line you will seldom
buy elsewhere.
. Sizes to fit all feet. Styles to fit all eyes. Prices
to fit all purses.
Try us for Good shoes.
F. R. Smith & 8011
CAPITAL
City lalks Interesting
also and strange to say the hail has
'never broken a piece of it. There are
2000 electric lights in the buUding.
.Mr. Murp;hy also learned that the
plans cost the state $2500 and- that
work on the building began in 1SS2
and that the building was received and
dedicated May b 1SSS. The plans were
drawn by a man by the name of
Meyers who has since died in an in-
snm nsvlnni in AHuconri Tim mnifni
was built by the Farwell syndicate of
Chicago and Texas gave the company
. 3.000.000 acre t in.i Mr .mm tho
work. The state used 400 convicts
while the work was in progress for
which they received 313 per head. The
'convict work brought
back to the
state SoT".."' u the oonW ion of the
building. Gus Wllkoy of St. Louis was
overseer and earned $250000 at coni-
pMion of the great building. Every
j state officer has .offices in the. Capitol
except the general land office.
Of course Mr. Murphy had to read
considerable literature and ask- many
auctions .to obtain the "above facts.
but then It is worth his while. because
he will forever be posted on the state
cnpitoL and whrn once into the studv
- of such a building it grow? more in-
tPresting. - "
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ill n hr hV
i'un fur tkv.i i-:
c that eht:if-d
ha :g(d the word t
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tlnun! reminder of. Hie lnfustfeo i-w!
or fancied which he suffered. The
jte has stood .unchanged for twenty
years bleached and weather beaten "I do love the place" Cressy Inter-
but still strong and serviceable and Is rupted a smile dawning in her stormy
used almost dally. London Strand.
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Fiction
A White Man's Choice.
By MARTHA M'C.-WILLIAMS.
rn the mind of Brush creek jimmy
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ta J "rr h'3 ra'
Upon a summer morning Cressy
called to him over her shoulder: "Jim-
do cme on! You are the slowest
old thing! An' you know I hate a man
a horse without lots of go!"
Taev. were ridlnS uphill. - Cressy'a
whiplash whined accompaniment to
her wordf: 3lm had taent 'r
Baying nothing. Still as he came with-
Jf haU pcd amlablyf .Creggf
T beeu wonderin' all this mornln' If
you won't never learn better'n to gal-
lop a horse uphill."
"I'm hppn wonrtnrfn' if von wil!
ever learn anything" Cressy retorted.
BlashInS savagely at a near bush
Jlmmy pened S .CleS 'ZhUtLthe
mauer cross cat; ue uskcu. iuu
come ridin' with me nobody didn't
make you an' I've let you pick your
own road an' go your own gait."
"If you've tired of me I'll go on by
myself" Cressy said Irritably half
wheeling her horse.
Jimmy kept beside her. "You needn't
try to run away from me" he said. "I
been knowin' all the way you felt bad.
an' I reckon I know whut about."
"You don't. What is it?" Cressy an-
swered all in a breath.
Jimmy laughed tranquilly. "I fetch-
ed you a letter yistiddy evenln' a let-
ter frum Charley."
"What business have you to know
that?" Cressy demanded. ' "He's coin-
In' today. That's why I am ninnin'
away."
"Ef he pesters you I'll make him g-j
right back" Jimmy said promptly:
then his face fell. "But it'll be sorter
awkward. Old Charles Is. all the own
cousin I've nut. Panov an' mammv
think nigh as much of him as they do
of me."
"You iught to hate him. Why don't
you . Cressy demanded.
Jimmy stared.
"Hate him!" he repeated slowly. t'Why
should I hate him? He can't help bein'
whut he is $mart an' briirbt an' cood
lookin' no more'n I can help beln'
whut I am."
"And whut Is that?" Cressy asked
crisply.
Jimmy drew a deep breath. .
"A. bom fool." he said humbly. "But
I got sense enough- to know It. AH I
can do Is to be a real white man. an
It ain't white to hate Char anybody
better oiT."
"lou are worse than a born fool -a
made one" Cressy cried passionately.
"An you won't stand up for yourself.
You won't ovn say you love me. You
drive me to te'l you I. know it" .
"You can't ?je!p but know It" Jimmy
broke In.. "You been knowin' it ever
sence you were kuee high. I been fool
icnouirh to think' sometimes mnvhe rnn
might fetch yourself to take me nn
the place"
eyes. "An' it has belonged to the Mar-
Ions ever sence the Indians went
awny."
"I kuow" Jimmy said wistfully "but
don't let that bother you Cress. There'B
Jest us two of the name Charles an
me. You needn't never leave the place
no matter whut happens." Then per
suasively. "Let us leave all this talk
until next year."
"Charley Is not so patient" Cressy
said swallowing hard. "He insist"
on a detinite answer today."
"I lay he don't get It not until you
are good an ready" Jimmy said with
a quick smile patting her hand. Then
he ran on haltingly "Cressy I love you
niri know how but don't you let that
count If if you love anybody else."
They were nearing a roadside gate.
As Cressy went through it she said
with her head very high: "Go home.
Jimmy an' give Charley his answer.
Tell him I don't know an' .1 don't
want to know."
As Jimmy went up the walk he saw
his mother at the sitting room win-
dow very white and moaning faintly.
He rushed Inside. His father met him
nil his hale ruddiness changed to ash
en gray cimney uau come anu sat ni
Squire Marion's desk his pen racing ;
over a sheet of legal cap. YWthout ;
looking up he called : . "Saddle me a
fresh horse. Jimmy; the. best you'vtf
got. The minute this is signed I miist
ride like the devill" .
. 'Whuts up?" Jimmy demanded.' His
father clukhed his shoulder leaned
heavily .upn it and gasped: "Sou fson..
we're on the edge of ruin! Charley
found out early this mornln' that 0111
Magee had run away with all the
county money! An me on bis bond
for $30000! I trusted Gill like my
own brother!"
"There there Uncle Jim" Charley
Interposed. "Walls have ears some
times and we must not leave one
loophole In this precious document.
It's a deed of gift Jimmy. Uncle Jim
makes over to you everything land
money stocK ana crops."
"Whut for?" Jimmy asked his eyes
wide.
Charley laughed shortly. . "For the
best of reasons to save himself from
beggary nnd keep a roof over his
head. But I've written It down
for a consideration of $1 love and
natural nffectlon. Sign quick Uncle
Jur Unless this goes on record be
fore Gill Magee'8 pranks" get wind It
will be worth less than the paper it's
written on." '
"Oh It's hard!" the old man moaned.
"In my old age too! I never did think.
I could be brought to any of them cov-
erln' up tricks. I've been so proud to'
hear folks say 'As honest as a Mar-
lon.' But what else can I do? I'm
old seventy next month! I can't let
my home go! I can't take my wife to
the poorhouse!"
"You'll have me pappy no matter
whut comes" Jimmy said lifting bis-
head and throwing his arm about hls-
father's bowed shoulders. So holdlng--him
he moved to where his mother-
sat lifted her to her feet and with bls-
free arm drew her to his breast. Then
he turned to his cousin and said clear-
ly: "Charley It was good in you to
think of us this a-way. But I can't-
see things your way. Now Gill's gone-
bad by the Lord he shan't take old
Jim Marlon with him. I love the place
every stock an stone an' red clay hill
In it next to my own people. But I
won't keep it unless I can keep It hon-
est" "Are you crazy?" Charley broke In.
"I can change the beneficiary In a
trice. Say Uncle Jim won't you trust
me? I'll certainly never take advan- -tage
of your trust'. Speak quick. We
have just three hours' grace and It
will take two at least to get back to
the courthouse."
"I I don't believe I keer to save
things except for Jimmy" Squire Mar-
ion began brokenly.
Charley sprang to bis feet and step-
ped In front of his cousin. He was
white with anger and apprehension.
In a high shaken voice he cried: "For
God's sake Jimmy don't doom yeur
father and mother to beggary. It
makes me feel like shooting you to
bear you quibble and prate when all
their comfc-t it may be their lives
hangs on the matter of a minute."
"They have got me' Jimmy reiter-
ated.
Charley Hung up his hands. "You!"
he cried with the intensest scorn.
"What are you? What can you do-
without money or braips?"
"Work-all day an' all night." Jim-
my said sturdily. Charley drew back a-
step his face twitching. He bit hl&
lips hard before he went on.
"Another thing think of Cressy. Sha
will end by marrying you if you keep
the place. It Is that which has stood
between me and winning her. I know
it. Remember. I am speaking now?
against myself. I cannot do less In
face of all I owe my uncle and my
dear good aunt. Speak to Jimmy
both of you. If he still refuses to save -you
sign this deed and put it in my
power."
Mrs. Marion -nestled close to hex son-
Her husband broke-away from tbera
and leaned from the open window.
Jimmy's eyes followed the father's-
gaze as It rested upon the familiar
fields the trig bams the deep shad-
owy woodlands belting the clear land!.
Could they give it up and go away
strangers in a strange land?
Stronger more Insistent was the- -
thought of Cressy. How should a beg-
gr lift eyes to her? No not a beggar
except for work! Somehow the word
was a tonic. He faced half about
drew bis mother in front of him and
said with many breaks: "Charley I
I crtn't talk with you. But the Lord
- help mc to show I can work with'
you."
Squire Marion stepped beside his
ton linked arms and said: "Ruin or
no ruin Charley I'll do as Jimmy
says. If the money must all go let it.
Lord what is all the property in the -world
beside findin' that Tve got a .
real man fer my son?"
"The best man In the world1' Cressy -'
cried breaking tempestuously from
an ambush of half closed door. "1
had to come home right behind you"
she panted to Jimmy. "It It Is not
true what he said." nodding toward
Charley. "Now you have lost every-
thing else I ask you to to take me."
"Amen. The Lord be praised."
Squire Marlon said catching Cressy
In his arms. Charley darted away
swearing under his breath. Jimmy?
Jimmy put his head upon his mother's
shoulder and cried for the first time
since be was ten years old.
Jimmy showed the stuff he was
made of by working through five hope-
less years trying to save the home-
stead mortgaged to Its full value.
Cressy helped him singing about the
place her face always sunshiny her
tempers all blown away. Still there
was rejoicing; indeed when Gill Ma-
gee came back from the Klondike with
money enough to make good alf his
luckless sureties had paid. Little Jim.
aged four high in the arms of his dot-
ing grandmother held the canceled
mortgage in a candle llame anil
laughed to see it burn. Across tin'
hearth the grandfather looked oii with
eyes that did not see and murmured
brokenly. "The righteous shall not he :
forsaken nor his seed beg brswh"
The Saocc Was Scfur. ;
' From time itnrov.KKvrittl In Clilna r
donation of taels to charity hajr
secured for the donor the much priwM
peacock's feather while for half that
sum a title of nobility Is conferred on"
one's ancestors to the third generation.
The late emperor of Brazil followed
the same method when erecting a hos-
pital in Rio de Janeiro. Having found
difficulty in obtaining the necessary
funds he announced that the Utle of
"baron" was to be conferred on every
subscriber of 100000 mllrels and that
of "count" on subscribers of 250000
mllrels. This announcement produced
the desired effect and the hospital was
soon completed. The opening cere-
mony was performed by the emperor
and attended by a largo numbw of the
newly ennobled who did not altogeth-
er relish the words Inscribed in let-
ters of gold on the gable of the new
building "Human Vanity to Human
Misery."
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