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TEMPLE DAILY TELEGRAM, TEMPLE, T^XAS, WEDNESDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 16,1916.
TEMPLE DAILY TELEGRAM
Member »t the ASSOCIATED PKES8 nnd of
TIM AHBRICAN PKEBS ASSOCIATION.
DAILY TELEGKAM E«tabll*heo I#07
DAILY TRIBUNK. *»t»bll«he<J ll»«
(Consolidated January, lilt.)
Published •»er> morntoi by the T*leirr«ai
Publlehlnc Co. (Inc.) K. K. Williams.
Editor and Manager.
Office of Publication, 110 and 111 Weet
* venue A. Temple, Texaa.
E. K. WILLIAMB Mannnln* Editor
A. Ij. WILLIAMS Newe Editor
CHAP. W. INGRAM Aaaoclate Editor
XDWAKD SPILL City Editor
NETTIE GOOCH Society Editor
ANDREW McBEATH Exchange Editor
("The Texas Pres*.')
ADA LA8ATER Bflton Reporter
EXECUTIVE 8TAFP.
E. K. WILLIAMS General Manager
'j. P. BI.ACK Advertising Manager
VM. STEPHEN'S
i
THE TEXAS PRESS
By Andrew McBcath.
«♦♦«♦♦♦♦♦♦♦»♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦
The people of Denison arc with
President Wilson in his policy of "pre-
paredness." This was clearly evi-
denced by the verdict npon the peti-
tions which have been circulated for
the last two days by A. I.. Jones. Al-
together 021 persons signed the peti-
tions. Of this number 504 were with
President Wilson in his policy of pre-
paredness and 17 voted against the
preparedness program.—Denison Ga-
zette.
BITS OF BYPLAY
By Luke Id c Luke.
SUBSCRIPTION I'HICE.
Delivered by Curriers. Inside City
Temple and Belton.
Dally end Sunday, per month
Dully nnd Sunday, per year
Dally end Sunday, by mail
Dnlly and Sunday, by nu.il, 3 months
Daily and Sunday, by mall, 6 months
Price on atreets. on trains and at news-
stands. pei ropy
Those \%ho vuUd against the pre-
paretlnef-** program probably did so
Business Man»*er j because they prefer peace to war.
| There is a difference of opinion as to
whether preparedness will promote
peace or war, hut the most of us be-
lieve that it will promote peace.
w
j
said
Tlx* Noble Hauler.
"Oh, rattlesnakes are gentlemen
Compared to submarines,"
Kike;
"They always give fair warning when
They have made up their minds to
strike."
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"FLOWERS FOR THE 1
LIVING" CLUB }
TELEPHONES.
Old Phone No. S*6
New Phone No. 19B
Limits
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foriwt.
"What is this fellow Bryan talking
about, anyway?" aaked the Old Fogy
as he tossed away his newspaper.
"About eighteen hours a day," re-
plied the Grouch.
Tlie Byplay Minxlrol*.
"Mister Interlocutor, if the presi-
dent 'led and the vice president died
"• j who would take tharge?"
Temple wants the Texas Good "Why. in that event, Mr. Bones, the
Koads association. J em pie is all o. isecretary of state would take charge."
j "Oh, no, he wouldn't Mister Iner-
; locutor."
Cooslllulloa and Bj ljlwi.
If with pleasure you ere viewing eny work
a men Is doing.
If you like bm> or foa love him, tell
him now;
Don't withhold j our approbation till the
parson makes oration
A* tie Ilea with .no<-y lilies e'er his brow;
For, no matter bow you about It, be won't
really care about It;
He won't know how many tear-<Trops
you have shed;
It you think some praise Is due bin, bow's
the tlms to slip It to him.
Tor he can not read bis lonibetone when
he's dead I
— Masonic Obsereer. Minneapolis.
tOHKH.N REPRESENTATIVES.
CHlCAtIO—C. .1. Anderson Spflal Agency, i
Marquette Building.
NEW YOKK-Ralph R. Mulligan. 18 Park
Row.
HE>
k.. In every respect; and if we were
i doing the voting, we would declare
»l ihe ballot closed and Temple elected
! unanimously by acclamation.- San
TWO (i<KMl OllfS.
Temple and Hlllsboro are said to be
the two best towns of their size in the
stale. We won't vouch for (he truth
of this claim, but will accept.lt In the
absence of belter information to the
contrary. We have been in both
these cities, and they are certainly
I chief. President Woodrow Wilson, and | two well Improved towns from a civic
| that he has retired from politics—| standpoint, with nothing to be
lis convincing. We do not fell, of j ashamed of except the usual propor-
j course, that Mr. Garrison should nec- | tion of tightwads and knockers. The
essaril.v retire from politics. We do j point is this: Temple, up to a short
' I,lndley M. Garrison has fully dem-
onstrated (he fact that he Is a much
bigger man than William Jennings
Bryan. One announcement—that he
does not Intend to come out public-
ity against the pollcie* of his former
TELEGRAM
BOOMERANGS
Accept No Substitute.
The Port Worth Record makes light
of married life, and forthwith Andrew
McBeath calls the Panther City paper
down, saying that those who would
overthrow marriage as useful feature
of civilization should first Introduce
some useful form of family life that
might do as well.—San Marcos Times.
QUESTION BOX
By Charle* W. Ingram.
Q." When is Children's Day7 (2).
When is Mothers' Day?—Socrates. .
A. There la no especial occasion
for the observance of Children's da^'.
(2). The second Sunday'in May, each
year. This year Mother's day will fall
on May 14.
Q. What is Ihe birthstone for Feb-
ruary ?—Superstitious.
A. Amethyst.
"Then who would take charge, Mr. .
i feel, however, that he should not be time ago, was a very wet town; Hills-
The Telegram Is I
member of tbe
AUDIT
OCREAl' OF
CIRCULATIONS
Marcos Times. j Bones?"
"The undertaker."
Much obliged for those kind words. "As soon as the police have res- j
Perhaps they will have a good effect leued the member of the company
upon those who will do the voting, from the hands of the bloodthirsty j
Always come \there you will be up- mob. Senor Catarr I.. Whyne will !
Q. Is it a fact that the last-born
children In a family are of shorter
life than the first-born?-—Heard So.
A. Authorities claim that the vi-
tality of first to ninth-born children
varies very little, but that "from the
tenth to the nineteenth-born the mor-
tality Is markedly greater."
Q. I low can I become a member
of the Bald-Head club of America?
—Baldy.
A. First of all. you must have one
dollar and a bald spot not less than
Letters to
the Editor
seeking to throw stumbling blocks in j boro has been dry as a bone for years.
jthe path of Mr. Wilson. He has j This goes to show that prohibition cuts I three inches in diameter. Also,, you
! tendered his resignation In a manner: no figure in a town's prosperity. It w ill have to agree to promote social
that does not indicate a policy of j a)i depends on the class of citizenship, j and fraternal relations between bald
desertion. Very properly has he re- j jt is foolish to give up your public heads and cultivate a sentiment of
turned his portfolio whence it came|Spjrit because your community goes | sympathy for men who have hair.
preciated.
; render that pathetic ballad.
The
\V hen i . . „ „ ,, , i
,„ „ , .. louietlv and without sour grapes' in-i still a citizen
— -• Father Comes Home Soused He Fav-I 1 . . , """"
. „ | terviews.- Austin Statesman.
lieese making industry is saidlors 1 eace At Any Price. |
other. There
and very properly Is he proceeding I wet or dry. In either instance you are Waller W. Norton, I-akevllle, Conn , is
secret a r.v -1 reasu ry.
Thomas A. Edison is opposed to
the cigarette.
Fear hath her losses no less disas-
trous than war.
President Wilson has passed the j
line of consent.
to have made Michigan rich. Texas
offers vast opportunities for the ex-
tensive establishment of this industry.
We hope to see many new avenues
opened in the state this year, and the
manufacturing, on a large scale, of
cheese should be one of the first to
be developed. Not that we are so
very fond of cheese, but we know
there is a heavy consumption of this
edible product of the dairy, and would
like to see Texas feed herself in this
particular line. I.et Hamilton county
start the ball to rolling.—Hamilton
Record.
It would please us to see the in-
dustry started on a small scale; that
sa id
tiiililap.
If playing horses you enjoy,
And want to make a bet
Hupp:
'Just see the elevator boy.
And he will always take you up.
Roast.
and owe as much to
your town under one condition as an-
are pleitty of other. So l.ong * Interested; You will
things to worry over besides saloons j have to call around at those firms
i You never suspect that there's any- i or no saloons. In either- in fact in all . and ask. We cannot print informa
Ooof!
The famous portrait painter had
been summoned by J.,hn Dee Stoney- ..Th(. proflts we eBrn Hre no person's
concern: there are some things
that must be kept dark."
I
thing wrong in the conduct of j—cases keep your nerve. Don't whine; | tion of that character
public affairs j whoop. Keep whooping for your
Until someone says. "Hist!" and gum! town!—West Times.
shoes to a tryst by the way of ] Your statement is correct. There
the winding back stairs! j is no better tow n than Hillsboro and
Yov don't even dream that a deal , the editor still thinks Temple is good
may be queer until you hear company.—Hillsboro Mirror.
someone remark:
man.
"I want you to paint my portrait."
announced John llee. "And I want it
done in water color."
"But why water color?" exclaimed
Yellow l'H|KT.
Some newspapers are now coming
out with their pages printed on some
(Signed communications from the publla
will he published |u this-department, tlie
oul* requirement beinc that tbe subject*
treated shall be of central public Interest,
and entirely free from personal abuse or
too set ere criticism of cltliens, officials ;r
Institutions. The publishers reserve the right
to either a iterate, or refuse publication, foe
sufficient cause, of any article submitted^
Burning River Driftwood.
Temple, Tex., Feb. 14.
Kdltor Temple Telegram:
In 1913 In December we had a
flood that could not be controlled.
Bell county's losses In live and prop-
erty were great. The Marshall# and
Heeds who came here in the fifties
said the river was higher by three feet
than they ever saw it. This caught ui
all asleep, but 1 watched the continual
lightning in the northwest till after
midnight—because I'm afraid of
stririns—and with a long distance tele-
phone in my house, and 'not thinking
that others were In danger, 1 did not
warn them. I didn't think there was
any danger In Little river because
there never had been; but times have
changed. Now Bell county has cities
with paved streets and miles and miles
or pike roads. However, along Utile
river this is the 14th day of February
and dry windy March Is the time to
burn your drift before the April and
May rains. Now to the Temple Tele-
gram and the telephone companies;
If there could be a place at Three
Forks or above that Ihey could notify
us at Burgess of an overflow coming
so we could get all the people and
cattle and work stoqk out of the hot-
Reader: Ask both of the candl- toms, and we could notify them at
Unidentified, Rogers. Texas; The
Princess objects—not a chance.
dates- that Is the best way to find out
correctly.
[Of course there are various private ^ greets of white paper and some yellow. !
affairs that bear not a vistage j condition is an outgrowth of the
is, for work to begin in many places (he Klea, portrait painter. "All of
lather than for it to be begun in one , my patrons have been done in oil." i
place on a large scale. J "j want water color," insisted John '
~—~"• Dee. No man has ever been able1
j I
i Courtesy in all the things of life is to do me in oil."
Once in a great while a pnze ik j that will pay. When you j
of taint;
war. The supply of chemicals used in
They may be all right if they won t j bleaching paper is limited hence the
! RIPPLING RHYMES
Lm
It is Jupiter who flirts with Venus
In the western sky.
stand the light-
usually ain't!
however, they
#r will agree to fight.
One should work a little every day
in the effort to maintain good health.
Walt Mason believes that unsuc-
cessful men can come back because
he did.
The president delays the appoint-
ment of a secretary of war. as there
ht no war now pending.
Shall we run the population of
Texas up to five million or Just worry
along with four and a half million.'
meet a man who Is gentlemanly, and
manly, it make# you realize more
fully the beauties of the natural life
j When solemn directors confer in low
tones on the method by which
Paw Known Everything. they w ill spend
Willie—Paw. what does repenting The funds in their hands, which—-
Temple Tele- ! money to make the people's lives more , fOUKlu for twenty .tears is still lying
I sunny; we carry soup and pies and j on JJUle riM.r h„nk*. This can be
It seems to cast a ray of sunshine a* leisure mean?
through the gloom of the shadowed | Paw- Waiting a year for your di-
hesrt. It makes its possessor loved | vorce decree, my son. |
and respected; it is an attribute,1
noticed by the cultured anil the uncul- Another Corn Fed?
tured; it will make friends. Forlu- ... , , , I
She was still a handsome, healthy-
looking piece of meat when I met
her.—Smith's Magazine. i
nate is the individual who does not
forget to he courteous in every phase
of his daily life—Killeen Herald.
necessity of resorting to the use of J
unblesched. Since the print is more !
easily read on the unbleached paper. ;
it may be argued that the change has
been for the better.
gram .
The drv goods man tells us that col
each one understands—will re- \ ore<] goo(jg are g0|ng up because the j Jar.de.we carry tea
main in their hands to the end. I(||g ^ d>e8 tQ m„ke the ool_ I
when they announce that the t Hnd ,he pa|)M. mfln te||, u„ lhH, | briny, we cough up plunks, our bank
plan they have found is one of | paper „ „oinK ||p because the paper | ro" dwarftn'. to help the sad and
straightforward simplicity. | mj||f( ^ ,.h<.lni,.a|s to m8ke „ needy orphan. They thank us then,
earnestly plead the imperative wh|tfc It ls one of the funnv thlnK, in Greek and Russian. In High Dutch,
need of dodging .he light of j we lf vou JuKt ! ^ow »"««•»•• French and Prussian. So
lnjblici,y' ! pay the fiddler and keep dancing — far a" *ords go they are grateful; they
There is always the chance that their | (hand up language by the plateful. But,
Mud Springs and Sandy Ridge and on
down to Cameron, much good could
be done. <>ne telephone call may be
worth thousands of dollars. This
could be done at Three Forks arid
Burgess and Mud Springs and Br.v-
iant stations and Cameron, all wilh a
I very little cost to anyone. I lite on
| the l.lttle river at Burgess and will
| obligate myself to phone to parlies be-
By Wn It Msson.
Gratitude.
The truth's discouraging and hate-j low here and warn them without any
fill, but mighty few are truly grate-j cost. ^
ful. We go around and spend our, Now ,he drift wood that I P e
ganders to lolks who have the yaller
in bowls of
chlny, to some poor widow shedding
A nd
Yet
If you will look
»ill see many^
no us
Courtesy is a trait that may be read- j This Way Out!
"y cultivated. If jou would hatej TJear T.uke: Can I Felter. of Fos-
friends, be one. If you would be cour- . tfrg Ohio get in? J W H
teous frame it up in your mind just
sort of finance may not huve j
a splotch or a spot;
It may be as straight as the rail of a 1
Ballinger Daily 1-edger. ,
>'o use at all worrying about the|ln th*ir hP»rtB Profanely smirking,
why and the wherefores. Just accept ' What is the use of working,
like you would if you intended to im- M«,he They're Full of Hops.
vou vo-w POae on some one. The pre-con-
. t» ,,' j ,. * ... ,i, ' Question—What is the matter with
itno-s serine f teived idea will get in its work au-<
i . i, .. , a lot of chickens when they iust
, I her etpmatlcally, if you give it a chance.
Irian air island around and look sleepy?—-
I$®are de-1Bent«* >>" "~y ' * i Query Col. in l.ouisville Post.
gate - -however,
it's not.
every statement you hear about the
to earn our victuals bresd-and-
When seekers for letters and books'
we'll bet ,hat j awful effects of the war and "codgh" | cheesey. when Jays like these sre so
I up the additional amounts. The war In |^a»-V? They'll clothe us when we're
I Europe is causing some peculiar situ-| thev " f"ed uh*n
statement
eh'
-Hungarian headquarters:
-«„artille ». 1«- sw '
wlVttevep'the Jt'attdtuii, SccurlVy
-o.
Isn't it strange that those who view
Should
Dear I.like:
Say NIm* Does!
Inclosed letterhead
It Is announced that Ihe first rural
h £< Wool In Bell county w ill be j
rjtauiy i'f)r opening next fall. l.am-j
pasns has—two schools of I his char- Dear I.uke. Inclosed letterhead is And
ofnity and Adamsvilie, already J evidence that Minnie Slaughter \ eal j
in operation, and Ihe recent vote of j Is one of the directors of the Slaugh-|
a tft* if 60 cents on the $100 valua- iter Cattle company, of Dallas. Tex- , For
. tion of properly in Ihe Clayton school Doesn't she get in as an author- j
the present situation with alaim Pro* ] cjjstrict will give that school a stand-
fess to believe that no harm can | |ng |^|s v(.j,r also. l,ampasas county
of a firm are harried and j
pained and annoyed
Tc find that the dope on which cen-
tred their hope is hidden or
lost or destroyed.
when after fighting t< dig the
stuff up at last they conclude
it's no use.
ev-e-r.v chap that the letters
ations and "line-ups" and the end is
not yet. — Sweetwater Reporter.
♦♦♦♦♦♦
FARMERS' FORUM
V'
!
ity on Calves?—M., Hamilton, Ohio.
I'luiit Prize Corn.
Victoria, Tex., Feb. 13.—Sixty Vic-
might rap has sternly refused j toria county farmers have arranged to
to produce; j plant an acre each of corn this year,
we're feeling greedy; they'll bring pro-
! visions to our attics, and dope us when
we have rheumatics." Still, though
unworthy some are proving, we on our
kindly rounds keep moving, in tene-
ments and cellars smelly, distributing
our soup and Jelly.
Oeirlfht. 1»ll l»
•rtftam Newpptptr Stifle*
GthxJn
come from a foreign foe?
is not behind some of the best in th<
Our Joe Miller Contest.
I The letters and books as revealers of I the s(ed being taken from the prize
. « * I state, and is ahead of many. But ;
We are pleased to nete that Henry ' for the fact that the people "slept on! M A. G.. New York City, says that i much good— | corn show here last
Ford is to spend millions in fighting ! their rights" there might hat e been I the oldest joke is the one about the ! We say they might not. but whatever j was also awarded prizes at a number amount of work done, putting in sew-
crime might not, we admit,
much good—-
be
winning corn exhibits of the annual
fall. This corn
A t^ood Opportunity.
The streets were crowded with idle
miners, for a strike was in progress.
Then the city authorities, taking ad-
vantage of this fact, had a good
is only through j one
. ,, 1 schools
agitation that we get education.
preparedness, for it
two more, of these rural high j tenderfoot who hit a western mining!
in operation
this county |
The most foolish thing is the
gathering together of a big lot of
this year. There Is progress here
I.anipasas Leader.
Hurrah for I^impasas county.
Junk for the purpose of showing that j f()r e\ery county that appreciates the-1
you had the knack of gathering It i importance of the rural high school. I would
together.
camp in the old days and went into1
ja saloon and ordered whisky. The!
ibarkeep set lip the bottle and the
glass and handed the tenderfoot a \
we've got w* will cheerfully
bet that they would.
— James J. Montague.
of other county fairs, and is of the | ers, paving streets, etc.
same variety that three successive | Mulligan, who was not above earn-
years won first prize at the Dallas ; ing a little extra money whenever pos-
State fair. The corn is to be planted j sible, had taken over a job at digging
i
Many property owners in Brenham
A little girl started to raise a fund
for building a battleship but the gov-
ernment will not accept such aid.
The government must own and con-
trol battleships, which would be im-
possible if miscellaneous persons were take great pride in their beautiful
permitted to own them. I yards and spend much time and
m « »—— . ■ money beautifying their premises.
A woman who has been studying J Flowers and shrubs are planted in
philosophy for more than twenty j profusion
years declared that all of the best
things in life can be obtained without
money and none of them can be ob-
tained by the use of money.
must be an optimist.
broom. Tenderfoot like, he
j would not expose his i nornnce by
No longer will the children be com- 'asking what the whisk broom was
pel led to mote to the towns and cities J'or. so he stalled around until
in order to Tiriish ordinary school ' another customer came in. The new-
studies, preparatory to higher «..ju- comer was a big man wearing a read
cation. shirt, and he ordered whisky and |
■* , he. too, got a whisk b oom with his!
| had a chapped complexion, but
l was clear and
[covered with an
from using sold cream.
) A lot of the boobs who snickered
! w hen old Doc Cook announced that
lie had discovered wild Men in Bor-
neo were the same lads who sat
j and cultivated according to the scien- ditches,
i tific methods of County Demonstrator
hurried now. We hate stood for mid-
night for hours Hnd choppid logs that
were hong on the Burgess bridge. We
could not burn them because It was
too late. Those big logs sre ly ing on
the river today. With one match you
could stop this trouble.
Now tte don't ask for shade trees to
beautify ihe road. We have a good
pike road l > Temple -the best city in
Texas. We can't build levees because
we are not able; hilt if Governor Fer-
guson builds his levee on the side west
of l.iltle river from Burgess, we sre
"blowed up." We don't blame him for
this, for If we were able we would do
the same thing.
But we ask your help on Little river
from Three Forks to Ihe county" line
bridge to burn those large logs and
trees that have caved in and blockad-
ed the water, and cause overflows.
Burgess is 4 30 feet above sea level.
With Utile river stralgh'ened thin
fall wilh a clean chance would slop
all overflow and save thousands and
thousands of acres of ihe best land in
Bell county from overflow. We ask
the Temple Telegram to get a dia-
gram of l.lttle liter from Washington
from the M. K. & T. railroad bridge to
the Bell county and Milam county
bridge--it has all been surveyed—and
tell the distance of the water flow.
There are five big county road bridge#
and one railroad bridge in between
Three Forks and Milam county
rosy and it wasn't:1"" - - | One morning his friend chanced to 1 bridge. Notv If tve were to have »
inch of white fuzz i Theodore Kreuz. The corn is of the pass him as he was laboriously shov- fi00(j iike ,hat of December, 1913, and
eling earth. j( should lift all those large trees and
"Hallo, Mulligan! What are yez
doln" there?"
The workman leaned on his spade
finest variety known to corn breeders,
and it is considered quite a lucky
stroke to give this number of farm-
ers the opportunity of getting posses-
,,... ,. ... , - , „,,i, i „ respectfully and let William Sabbath-
drink. ihe tenderfoot watched close-
sion of this amount
Houston Post.
of the staple.
and there is probably no
town in Texas that has more at-
j tractive yards than Brenham. How-
[ ever, there is one great drawback
that discourages many people from
| making any attempt whatever to raise
flowers. This drawback is the large
' number of chicke/is that roam at will
against ! over the streets, enter any yards they
and devour seeds
ted, injure the
tender young plants, and in other
ways make themselves a nuisance.
The majority of yards have no fences
lv while the big man poured out a j
drink and . swallowec^ it. Then the
big man went over into a corner
and took the whisk broom and care-
dav tell them that, he had discov-
ered Payne: and Huxley and Darwin
and Ingersoll in Hell. Before snick-
and made a long pause before answer-
ing:
"Oh, Oi thought Oi w mid work Just
I whoile Oi was oldie, boy!"
fully cleaned on the floor a space
about seven by three feet. Then he
j ering again remember that Doc Cook
■ has been in Borneo, while the Kab-
bathday explorer hasn't been in Hell.
lay down on
threw a fit.
the clean space
J lie \ 11 1*1 "II "111 t\l ft <«<r tiftrtilir. «.v. ».. v ........ v .... . ..
preparedness by asking. "Who pays j Please, sciatch up and
the freight?" The answer must neces- j 'llat hav<" Ju?t been plan
"earlly lie, "The people." There the
subject will be allowed to drop as set-
tled, when It Should be continued a»jarul no.hing will restrain the activities)
follows: "Who is it paid to?" To which I {)f ,he ,.hk.kpn8 UIl)ess ,heir owners
Tilings To Worry About.
There are l'lO different kinds
a mber.
Names Is Names.
Helen Blazes lives at Centerville.
Warren county, Ohio.
nd | A State Eugenic Commission may
j be able to guarantee your bride's j the b^ for a nj,.kel.
| Health. But they can't guarantee j Hypnotism. Then what makes you
I her Temper. I turn and rubber after a shapely Corn
„f 1 Feil who is wearing a skin-tight
} skirt?
The reason why Friend Wife gets
mad when Friend Husband hands her j
Ian extra Ten Spot once in a while
Iitike Mcl.uke Says
The High Cost of I.iving wasn't j ———» • » —
knee high to a flea in the old days A Narrow Kscape.
when you could go to the Racket j "What! You a widow, dear
Store and get a dozen paper collars j cousin?"
In a box for a dime and a made-up -yes." The Transvaal last year produced
black bow tie with a wire loop on | "Well, that'-a lucky escape for me. j 9 093,671 ounces of gold as compared
1 Do you know. I nearly married you I With 8,394,322 ounces the year be-
once."— Exchange. fore.
drift wood out of the river it would
take every county bridge and railroad
bridge in Hell county.
Now let's start to work, for tve have
the dry tvindv weather for burning
these drifts. Would like to hear from
Charlie Gibson, Frank Woods, Iteeds,
and Hendricks below here.
Respectfully yours,
FRITZ WOHLBB.,
the answer is: "The people."
It
will keep them up. Of course there is j
means taking money out of one pocket j no law to prevent the chickens from j
and putting it into another.
j roaming at large, but it is equally true
j that there is no law to keep the people
Out in the country there ls a boy j whose premises are invaded from
who doesn't know why he doesn't ! wringing the net ks of the intruding
want to slay on the farm, but he
; fowls. It is also a fact that a 1111m-
. . , ,. . . . ,, ( ber of citizens have declared that if
knows he doesn t want to stay. If 1 ,.
.... .... relief from this nuisance can be gotten
he could be interested in the hn no other way they will certalnlv kill
terlous growth of plants and trained { any oh)(,kpns that enter their yards.—
to enjoy the unfolding of nature's j Brenham Banner-Press.
annual miracle; if he could be taught
Our Dally S|X'Hnl.
The Wise Guy And His Money
Soon Parted.
Are
Coughs and Colds
are Dangerous!
I,like Mel,like SlIJB
What is the use of wilting eight
volumes on Married I.ifc when you
can tell It all in these eight words:
Thirty days of Kissing. Thirty years
of Cussing,
An enterprising firm lias placed
on the market a n,>\v line of under
die of Lung Diseases—all
started with a Cough.
that Ihe business of dealing with | It is bad policy for neighbors to fall j wear for fat women that is guaran- I Dl"* Kill^ S NgW Discovery,
these forces Is the most honorable out about chickens and flowers. It teed not to rip or wear out at the j
•od the most satisfying of all forms I would be better for the city to pass an | pfl|Mts subjected to the greatest strain, j Few of US realize the danger of
he could come to I anti-chicken ordinance that will cause j the nf,w Rnnm,„ts must he | Coughs and Cold« We Consider
long, the owners to keep the chickens on made wi)h winVM an(1 „wed with i them common and harmless ail-
life and happiness more readily in the j their own premises. This can be done c<,r,)Pt thread. inem common anu narmiess ail
•f industry; if
know that he may find profit
fertile fields than elsewhere; if he an(i serve to keep the peace.
could be made to realize that the j *
search for knowledge may be pursued j in a German town a murderer-bur
more pleasantly far from the money- j glar-deserter was sentenced to death
itoad throng; lf he could be informed
that the most of the best at the
least cost ls within his grasp for
the taking1, he might change his mind
and stay on the farm until he ac-
cumulates wealth and all other
things. But he cannot be made to re-
alise those truths and he will come
to town and hustle for the price to
9«y. »ke those who have come be-
fore him.
»
Imprisonment, loss of citizenship for
a teim. degradation and banishment
from the army. Can't the German
system spare a little of Its resultful
thoroughness to some of our American
jurisdictions?—„San Antonio Express.
. ments. However statistics tell us
A tnin jnrl ran move nei hips up ait j j* - «
and down to accommodate whatever third P€rSOn d,e8 °f 8 ,Un*
ailment.
style of gown she may he wearing,;
and one day her hips will be lust ! Dangerous Bronchial and Lung
south of )irr shoulders nad another •• x* r 11 * j
day they win be just north of he, diseases often follow a neglected
knees. But a Corn Fed can't do ! Colf A« your body struggles
it. Hrr hips have to ?<tay put. ] 3£3inst cold £erms, no better did
Tho old-fashioned piri who used to \ can be had than Dr. King's New
j have to pet up in thr> morning and ! Discovery. Its merit has been
All nations are taking pointers from ! pump a tin wash pan full of ice cold I tested by old and young. In U8e
the German trait of thoroughness II j water and then grab a hunk of hr me- i over 45 years. Get 3 bottle tO-day.
Is possible that *teri the court* vtilllbloled soap and scrub her face and ^VOld the risk of teHoUt Ltind
finally exhibit a few examples In com- !»hen dry It on a roller towel that was 1 »it i_--j|j^
.as smooth as sand paper, may have' iifli||ii»
j is because her Grandmother gets up
jat 3 o'clock every morning and takes
fa snow bath on the front lawn,
j A fat man has to take exercise to
keep his tummy from spreading all
One out of every three people I "v,'r thp neighborhood. But a fat
woman saves up and gets an expen-
sive corset made to order.
If you knock the Dead, you are a
; I.ow-Dotvn Heartless Brute. But you
can knock the living all you please
and be regarded as a good citizen.
Style or no Style, you may have
noticed that the Bow-Legged Girls'
Protective association is not falling
for those knee length skirts. And
There's A Reason.
A woman can live on less than a
man. When a man wants a head-
ache he has to run around all night
and spend about Ten Bucks to get It.
But a woman can always dig up a
nice six-cylinder headache without
spending a penny.
At First Sign of Cough take
True Enough.
"What Is the plural of man,
Johnny," asked a teacher < t a small
pupil.
"Men," answered Johnny.
"Corrcct," said the teacher. "And
what Is the pujral of child?"
"Twins," was the unexpected reply
Pittsburgh Chronicle.
Why bear those pains?
A single bottle will
convince you
Sloan's
Liniment
Arrests Inflammation.
Prevents severe compli-
cations. Just put a few
drops on the painful
spot and the pain disi
appears.
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