The Lancaster Herald. (Lancaster, Tex.), Vol. 30, No. 22, Ed. 1 Friday, June 23, 1916 Page: 3 of 8
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**Thed!ord’s Black-Draught
the best ail-round medicine
| lever used,” writes J.A.
Steelman, of Pattonville, Texas.
'I suffered terribly with liver
troubles, and could get no relief.
The doctors said I had con-
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I and am to-day as well as any
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vegetable liver medicine, that
has been regulating irregulari-
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bowels, for over 70 years. Get
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Southern Traction Time Card.
North Bound
Locals: 6:23, 7:20, 9:20 a. m.
and continue the service on the
20minute after the odd hour to
d including 7:20 p. m., and9:47
11:47 p. m.
? Limited: 7:47 a. m. and con-
the service 47 minutes after
e odd hour to and including
:47 p. m. -
Baggage cars: 3:36, and 11:17
V- P-m.
**•; South Bound
Locals: 6:07, 7:09, 9:09 a. m.
continue the service 9 min-
after the odd hour to and
ding 5:09 p. m., 8:07 and
t>. m.
Limited: 8:07 a. m. aqd con-
ue the service 07, minutes
tiie even hour to and ha-
6:07 p. m.
COULD MAKE A GOOD GUESS
Young Man Was Not Sure as to Size,
but Was Willing to Take a
Chance on It.
Into a men’s furnishing store
stepped a young man warily, almost-
timidly. He lacked the air of con-
fidence of the man who is about to;
purchase a tie or a handkerchief or a
collar. Eagerly the genial floorwalk-
er pounced upon him and the prospec-
tive customer’s first words explained
everything.
“Have you anything suitable for a
young lady?” he asked, looking about
dazedly at the rows of shirt boxes.
“Something for her birthday, you
Imow?”
“Well, I should say we have. Step
right this way, please. Miss Apper-.
Bon, will you show this gentleman
some ladles’ hose, or”—he added, as
he noted the inquirer’s pitiable confu-
sion, “perhaps he would prefer to see
some of those near-silk ladies’ coat
sweaters?" '
He would, he certainly would, and
When he found a man in charge at the
sweater counter he became almost
hilnself again. The sweater idea
seemed to strike him favorably, and
for several minutes he inspected color
combinations and felt fabrics. Finally
the clerk dropped him into hot water
again.
“About what size does the yonng
lady wear?”
It was a poser and entirely unex-
pected. The young man gazed at a
dummy figure on which a sweater coat
was displayed, then walked up to it,
circled it with his arm, and nodded:
"About this size, I think.”
BUG MAKES THE BEAN JUMP
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When On* Holds Seed Over Fire the
Insect is Impelled to Give
a Dance.
It is a bug which puts the Jump in
the Mexican jumping bean. Top are
probably acquainted with the bean.
Hold It over a fire until it to warmed
a little and it will roll around and
jump like a thing alive. And it to
alive, too. A little plump, white in-
sect is inside'the shell of the bean,
the larva of a moth called the carpo-
capsa.
The insect was hatched inside the
bean from an egg which the moth
planted there while the shell was still
soft. About one-fifth of the interior
of the shell to occupied by the larva,
the rest by the bean.
To make a cozy home, the larva
spins a silk thread and lines the hbl-
low shell with It. Later in winter it
cuts a tiny round door through the
shell and strengthens it with silk, and
about this time of year it forces Its
way out the door and flies away, for
now It is a moth.
So it is the insect and not the bean
that jumps. When you hold the bean
over the firs It warm* his feet and he
dances for your entertainment.
Batggage: 2:02 and 11:55 a. m.
All local cars carry baggage.
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M. K. & T. Time Card.
flag
flag
d North Bound
No. 6—7:35 a, m. —mail,
jton and San Antonio.
No. 10—7:55 p. m.,—maijyj
San Antonio and Galveston.
South Bound
No. 9—8:50 a. m. — mail, flag
San Antonio and Galveston.
■ No. ‘5-8:37 p. m.—mail, flag
San Antonio and Galveston.
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Most Interesting Age of Woman.'
"What to the most interesting age
In woman?" was a question recently
discussed by an artist, an author and a
woman of society. The artist said he
did not like to paint the portraits of
those between the age of twenty-five
and forty. Before twenty-five the face
has an expectancy which charms. It
to looking forward with joyous fresh-
est and hope, and to full of puz-
zling promises. At forty years the
character to formed and the lines of
the countenance are strong for the
painter's study, hut In the intervening
years the face has lost its expectancy,
is’apt to be indifferent, and has no par-
ticular interest. The author differed
from the artist. He liked to study
women between the ages of thirty and
fgrty. They had then the experience
of the world and the joyousness of
youth. In those years they were
brightest and most interesting. The
society woman thought it was impossi-
ble to make general answers to the
questions as individual women differ
in regard to which was the most at-
tractive age. Some are more charm-
ing at sixty years, while others have
passed the prime at twenty. The best
answer would be that women are al-
ways beautiful to the friends who love
md admire them.—Exchange.
Her Viewpoint.
“Cflrls! ” called Aunt Broadhead.
“Ma’am?” they answered as they
fluttered around her.
"Men,” proceeded-the wise old wom-
an, “are practically all reprobates. 1
have married and buried four of the
wretches, and know whereof I speak.
They are but little above the animals
—selfish, domineering and greedy.
The less they know the more conceit-
ed they are. They are dogmatic, tact-
less and tyrannical. But—drat ’em!—
as they are all there to for us women
to wed, we will go right on marrying
them and doing our best to make some-
thing out of the poof material provid-
ed us.”—Kansas City Star.
Fleas Injure Dogs.
M Fleas not only annoy
but cause mange, as well
other diseases,
ried. inte the home
dogs,
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Fleas are car-
by dogs.
Boss’ “Dead .Quick” Spray is
the one sure remedy for fleas
dogs or in the home.
8old in Lancaster by H. S.
Strain Co., and The Lyon Drug
Store. ^
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Be a booster for your town.
Tray for the Invalid.
The Invalid in our household de-
clares the greatest comfort to her to
a tray which supports on either end.
When she sits up in bed this fits over
her knees and the weight of the tray
rests on the bed. It can be easily
made from light wood and measures
24 inches in length, 12 inches wide,
and the supports are 10 inches high.
Finish three sides of the top with nar-
row molding and attach small brass
handles to either end. Stain the wood
a soft color, and a useful addition
might be pockets made of a prettily-
figured cretonne on either end of the
tray.—New York Sun.
ODD WAYS Or KEEPING! TIME
Lonely Australians Have Many Meth-
ods by Which They Compute the
Passing of the Hours.
On the immense sheep ranches in
Australia each of the boundary riders-
has a district to look after, in which
he has to keep the wire fences in re-
pair and see that the sheep come to
no harm. It is a hard, lonely life, in
which the rider rarely sees another
human being. Many of the men have
strange ways of keeping count of the
days.
One rider, who had lived for thirty
years in the back country, used two
jam tins and seven pebbles. One tin
was marked "This Week” and the oth-
er, “Last Week.” On Sunday morning
he was accustomed to take a pebble
out of “Last Week” and drop it into
“This Week.” This operation he re-
peated every morning until “This
Week” had used up the seven. They
were then returned to “Last Week,”
one each day; and the old fellow
knew when another week had passed.
Another rider, named Eagan, tried
several plans to keep count of the
days, but always failed. At last he hit
on a novel and attractive method. He
made a big damper—the name the
Australians give to a cake of flour and
water with a seasoning of salt—on
Sunday and marked ft into seven
parts. Each section was a day’s al-
lowance, and the slices that remained
told him the number of days that must
pass before Sunday came again.
For several weeks this method nev-
er failed him- Unfortunatley, one
'Tuesday he fell in with a fellow rider
who was very hungry. Eagan stinted
himself, ,in order that the ravenous
one might be satisfied with that day’s
section of the damper. But it was no
use. The host saw the knife cut the
boundary line and the hungry rider
carve into the almanac. He could
stand it no longer,
“Stop, now, stop!” he yelled, as he
clutched the remains of the damper
and glared at his visitor. "There,” he
continued, “you’ve eaten Tuesday and
you’ve eaten Wednesday, and now you
want to slice the best of the mornin’
off Thursday! Not if I can stop It,
sonny! I won’t be knowing the day
of the week!”—Youth’s Companion.
HOLDS STRENGTH IN RESERVE
Reversion to Type.
An-English traveler in Baluchistan
had from a holy man in that country
a story about, Moses, which does not
appear- in the Scriptures, yet which
has its pertinence to this matter of
politicians proposing to do away with
all the evils of the human lot.
, The patriarch was sitting in his
house very sad, and the Lord said to
him: “Prophet Moses, why art thou
cast down?” ,
“Alas!” said he, “I see so many peo-
ple sorrowful. Some are unclothed,
and some are hungry. I pray thee
make all happy and contented.”
The Lord promised it should be so.
But soon Moses was again disconso-
late, and once more the Lord asked
the cause.
“Lord,” cried the prophet, “the up-
per story 6f my house has fallen down,
and nobody will c£me to mend it; they
are all too busy enjoying themselves.’'
“But what am I to do?”
“Lord, make the people as the)
were before!”
LOCAL NEWS.
Century Plant Conserves Energy to
the Time When It 8hall Bloom
In Full Splendor.
For a mefls plant, the century plant
exhibits an unusual amount of good
sense. Nature decreed that its blos-
soming process be fast and furious.
Bo the plant spends a lifetime stor-
ing up reserve strength for the day
when it puts forth its flowers. Some-
times it Bpends fifteen years getting
ready for Its flower season, sometimes
longer. That’s why we’ve named It
the century plant.
Before it is toady to blossom, the
century plant Is a dense cluster of
rffeid, thick leaves, with a thorn on
tin tip of each leaf. It grows in Mex-
ico an A on the western desert. In
Mexico it to extensively cultivated and
to put to several uses.
An extract is made from1 the leaves
and need for soap. When the plant is
ready to blossom, the sap to taken
from the stem and made into a drink,
which the Mexicans call pulque. After
the flower withers, the stem to cut
into slices to form razor strops. Fi-
nally, the leaves produce fiber, which
to made into thread and ropes.
Tricky.
A senator was talking about na-
tional preparedness.
“The man who would make political
capital out of such an important ques-
tion as preparedness,” he said, "is as
selfish and tricky as the chap in the
station bar.
"A chap hustled into s station bar.
He had only a minute or so to catch
his train. But the bartender was busy,
and the chap saw that he stood to lose
ont on being served. ,
“Two gentlemen, each with whisky
and soda before him, were conversing
pleasantly before the bar. Well, what
does this chap do but reach over, grab
one of the whiskies and toss it off
"The owner started back.
“‘How dare you!’ he spluttered.
The idea! Why, that wasn’t your
whisky!’
‘“Wasn’t it?’ said the chap. ‘Then
I guess this one must be mine, eh?’
“And he tossed off the other gen-
tleman’s drink and dashed out and
caught hto train just as it was moving
Cut your weeds and let visit-
ors see just what a pretty home
you have.
I. J. Dobbins and family, of
Dallas, are guests of J, G. Mc-
Call um and family.
C. W; Siler requested us to
change the address of his paper
to Lake Providence, La.
W. H. Lamar and family are
out from Dallas, spending their
vacation with A. H. Rawlins and
wife.
Mrs. Ben Griffin and sons, of
Dallas, are visiting Mr. and Mrs.
J. M. Winniford and W. F.Griffin
and family.
A careful collection of the rub-
bish by each business house
would make a great improvement
in the looks of the city.
A fried chicken dinner for 25
pents, will be served on the
square tomorrow by the Method-
ist ladies. Your patronage
solicited.
Mrs. F. B. Sala and daughter,
Miss Lillian,, of Dallas* came out
Tuesday night for a two days’
visit in the home of Mrs. M. T.
Billingsley.
The grain house being erected
by J. L. Winniford will be com-
pleted this week, and ready for
the grain which will begin com-
ing to market next week.
We had a pheasant visit Tues-
day from A. L. Holifield of Dal-
las, candidate for Commissioner,
District 3. He will be with the
speakers tomorrow. You will
find his name in the official
column. x
Mrs. W. F. Griffin received a
message this week announcing
the death of her sister, Mrs.
Margrette Rosemond, at Horn
Lake, Miss., last Sunday She
was aged 82 years and had been
a widow since the Civil War. ^
Mrs. June Melton, and baby,
of Fort Smith, Ark., and Mrs. T.
J. Melton, of Farmers Branch,
came in last week as guests of
Mrs. Arthur Melton. Mrs. T. J.
Melton is still a guest of her son
and wife at the Head House.
Mr. Marsh, who has been put
in charge of construction of the
sewers by the contractors, has
moved his family into the Moffet
house, and is getting ready for
business. He stated he would
put fifty men to work Monday.
Mrs. Kuydendall, who was at-
tacked and cruelly wounded at her
home in Brownwood, Monday,
by a Mexican servant, a 16 year
old boy, is the daughter ( of Rev.
and Mrs. C. L. Ewing, known to
many Lancaster people, having
visited in this city fnany times.
J. T. McCarty and wife went
to Dallas early Tuesday morning
to meet Mr. McCarty’s sister,
Mrs. B. W. Buckner, of Bowie,
who was taken to the Baptist
Sanitarium for consultation and
treatment. Mrs. Buckner was
operated upon Wednesday morn-
ing, and was reported as resting
well.
As per announcement made
last week some thirty-five mem-
bers of the Presbyterian Broth-
erhood came out from Dallas
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Sunday and organized a local
brance of the Brotherhood in the
membership of the Lancaster
church. F. M. Hammond was
elected President; L. B. Howell,
Vice; H. C. Lavender, Secretary
and R. P. Henry, Sr., Treasurer.
A meeting of the local branch
will be held Sunday at 4 p. m.
C. M. Baker,one of the negroes
charged with assault to murder
Richard Oliver, near Wilmer last
week, was allowed bond in the
sum of 8500 Tuesday afternoon,
following a hearing in Justice
Stewart’s court. Two other
negroes, charged also with
assault to murder, were dis-
charged. These were the cases
in which it was charged that the
negroes fired several shots into
the home o f Richard Oliver.
Ellis P. House has been employ-
ed as special prosecutor* in the
case.
THE CITY BAKERY.
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Even the Children
Know
which bakery is the best.
Their sense of taste and
delicate stomachs cry out
for our dainties, which are
deliciously baked from
the purest ingredients.
Fine flour makes fine
bread--that describes our
bread. The luscious loaf.
Buy it here.
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There is great possibilities for
Lancaster if each citizen will do
his part.
The interior of the Lyon Drug
store has been refreshed and
beautified by new paper and
paint, the shelves and stock
thoroughly cleaned, and replaced
and the improvement is great.
Mrs. S. D. Andrews was
brought home from the sanitari-
um, Wednesday and is recover-
ing rapidly from her recent oper-
etion. She is still suffering from
rheumatism but is able to be
around and will be glad to see
her friends.
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Rev. H. C. Bass was called to
Plano Wednesday to preform the
ceremony in the Potts-Anderso;
wedding. He was accompanied
by his little , daughter Emma
Lou who acted as flower girl and
MissEvalyn McCarty who was
one of the ushers. Mrs. Bass
was also in the party. Thebride,
Miss Eloice Anderson, has visit-
ed in the home of Rev. and Mrs.
Bass several times, and made a
number of friends among Lan-
caster young people.
D. P. Mauldin received a mes-
sage the first of the week that
his mother, who lives with her
daughter, at Bains, La., had suf-
fered a fall which resulted in a
broken hip. Other messages re-
ceived report that she has sur-
vived the shock remarkably well
but as she is 78 years old, her re-
covery is very doubtful. Mr. and
Mrs. Mauldin expect to go to her
in a few days.
At the Baptist-Church.
BUSINESS ITEMS
Prompt delivery made every
day. Lancaster Ice Co, Phone 3.
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Transfer And Delivery.
Any one wanting quick service
in delivery or transfer call John
Whaley, Phone 3. Prompt re-
sponse to all calls.
Watch for the “Yellow Ice
Wagon” or phone No. ^for your
ice. Prompt delivery.
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Wanted.
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The revival will continue
through the Sunday evening ser-
vice, and possible into next week.
The remaining days will be the
fruit, bearing days of the meet
ing. Will every Christain be in
earnest prayer for the unsaved.
For every reason that can be
given for co-operation we would
ask for a continuation of the
fellowship that has been shown
thus for. Let every unsaved
person realize that this is a cor-
dial invitation to come to the ser-
vices. We would “do thee good.”
H. C. Bass, Pastor.
Drives Out Malaria, Builds Up System
The Old Standard general strengthening tonic,
GROVE’S TASTELESS chill TONIC, drives ont
Malaria,enriches the blood,and builds up the sys-
tem. A true tonic. For adults and children. 50c.
Reliable party in Lancaster to
represent respqsible manufactur-
ng concern in demonstrating
and selling line of household arti-
cles. Liberal proposition and a
money maker for one who will
work. A fine opportunity for
some industrious woman or high-
school girl or boy. All or part
time. Reference required.
W. C. Ross Mfg. Co.
Little Rock, Ark.
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Straw Vote.
On the recent editorial trip to
El Paso O. C. Harrison, of the
Seymour Banner, passed print-
ed cards throughout the train
asking that each editor state his
conviction as to the comparative
position of the candidates in the
senatorial race. Response Was
made by 157 editors, with the
following result: Brooks was giv-
en first place by 50 editors, Cul-
berson by 44; Colquitt by 82;
Campbell by 27; Henry by 4.
Brooks was given second place
by 46; Culberson by 34; Colquitt
by 34; Campbell by 26; Henry by
17. The editors who took part
in this vote represented every
section of the state.
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WE GUARANTEE
GRIGSBY'S
LIV-VER-LAX
To cleanse the system of poisonous toxins.
To restore healthy action of the Bowels,
Liver and Kidneys.
To assist in relieving Constipation and the multitude
of ills the human family is heir to.
If you are not entirely satisfied with the results, we
will cheerfully refund your money.
IN THE SPRING YOUR SYSTEM NEEDS CLEANSING
the same as your* house or premises. There is
nothing that will beat LIV-VER-LAX in toning up
your system, and in keeping you hardy and hale.
H. S. STRAIN
Lancaster DRUGGISTS
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Tufts, Minnie Wetmore. The Lancaster Herald. (Lancaster, Tex.), Vol. 30, No. 22, Ed. 1 Friday, June 23, 1916, newspaper, June 23, 1916; Lancaster, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth542584/m1/3/: accessed March 28, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Lancaster Genealogical Society.