The Lampasas Daily Leader. (Lampasas, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 929, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 7, 1907 Page: 3 of 4
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CLEOPATRA AS SHE WAS.
Historians and Poets Have Given Us
Diverse Characters.
On the pages of Plutarch and Dion
Cassius—so far as we are concerned—
exists the one and only. Cleopatra of
history,-, .writes' S. R. Littlewood, in
London Chronicle. Quite undoubtedly
for any one who reads these without
prejudice the Cleopatra who emerges
is above all the Cleopatra of political
necessity, the vigorous, able and un-
scrupulous queen, fighting for her
throne and dynasty by every method in
her power.
In the Cleopatra of the unadorned
story there is remarkably .little hunger
and thirst after unrighteousness for
its own sake. Each one of her immor-
al armours had its political purpose. ,
As for her suggested decadence, it
is significant that she was a most ex-
cellent mother' to her children—-nob
only to Caesarion, but to the three she
had by Antony, of whom the two eld-
est sons were twins: She is charged
-nowhere with any unnatural vices, and
the money she lavished on -Antony’s
pleasures was mostly his own. Also
it is worth remembering that at her
best she was not beautiful, but lively,
racy and “good company.”
Now, out of this real, strenuous,
practical Cleopatra what diverse won-
ders have not the poets created!
WAS TOO EAGER TO CONFESS.
Case Where Investigation Should Have
Preceded Explanation.
A story is being told of a pickpockot
who, when accused of theft,'was touch-
ed on hearing that the watch pur-
loined had belonged to his victim’s
mother, and caused it to be restored.
If we were all arrested When appear-'
ances are against us many would risk
being charged with pocketpieking,
says the London Standard. Lord
Russell of Killowen certainly would
not have escaped—did not, in fact.
As a young man he went to a theater,
where he was wedged in the crowded
pit, to hear a cry raised, “My watch
is gone!” The man who conplained
declared that the thief was Russell or
one or two men between whom he
was standing. Russell suggested that
they should go to the box < office and
be searched. As he led the way it
occurred to him that if the man be-
hind were guilty he would try to
thrust the watch into his (Russell’s)
pocket, so he drew the tails of his coat
tightly around him. To his horror he
felt that the watch was already there!
Luckily,, as they approached the. box
office a detective recognized the man
behind Russell as an old thief, and
took him into custody. The other two
received apologies and were permitted
to depart. But the watch burned in
DECLARES THAW AN EPILEPTIC
The greatest of living criminologists, Prof, Cesare Lombroso, has mad®
public declaration that Harry Kendall Thaw, on trial in New York *for the
killing of Stanford White, is without doubt an epileptic.
Gaul’s Terra Cotta Houses.
At the Paris academy of -fine arts,
Commandant - Esperandien, director of
excavations a( Alesia, announced that
recent finds had enabled the workers
there to reconstruct a hut which had
been inhabited by ancient Gauls.
These houses were neither of stone
nor of thatch, but of terra-cotta. The
Gauls had made this by placing a lay-
er of brick clay on a network bpdy
and baking it in a double fire inside,
and outside simultaneously. Com-
mandant Esperandien said that it was
probable that the exterior of the hut
was additionally protected by thatch.
Among the sculptures recovered are
statutes of a Gallic chief and a cav-
alier, and also bas-reliefs picturing
heads.—American Antiquarian.
Better one thorn plucked out than
all remain.—Horace.
Russel’s pocket. He could,not let an
innocent man .suffer. He walked slow-
ly back to the office and confessed
that, although he was not the thief,
he , really had the watch. He put his
hand into his pocket to produce the
haterul thing, and drew out—a forgot-
ten sauff box.
Sorrow.
“Herr Huber, come home immedi-
ately. Your wife has suffocated her-
self with gas.” Huber—“Heavens.!
There’ll be a nice gas bill to pay.”—-
Wiener Salonwitzblatt.
Start for a Fine Collection.
. “That Scroggsby girl is very fond of
animals.” > -
“Does she own many?”
“I should say so. She has a canary
bjrd, a stuffed crane and a Teddy
bear.”
NAVAL MIGHT OF THE UNITED STATES
BATTLESHIPS.—1. Michigan. 2. South Carolina. 3. Virginia. 4. Georgia. 5. Ne-
braska. 6. Rhode Island. 7. ■ N.ew Jersey. 8. Gonr«ecticut. 9. Louisiana. IQ Kansas.
11. Minnesota-.' 12. Vermont. ,13. New Hampshire. 14. Idaho.' '.15.- Mississippi 16.
Maine.-^-17. Missouri: 18, Ohio. 19. Kentucky. 20. .Kearsarge. 21. Alabama, 22. Wis-
consin. 23./Illinois. 24. Indiana. 25. Massachusetts. 26. Oregon. 27. iowa. 28. Texas
ARMORED CRUISERS.—29. Washington. 30. Tennessee. 31. North Caroiina 32'
Montana. 33. Colorado. 34. West Virginia. 35. - Maryland. 36. California. 37 Soutli
Dakota. 38. Pennsylvania. 39. Brooklyn. 40. New York. CRUISERS.—41. Charles-
ton. , ‘42. Milwaukee. 48. St. Louis. 44. Denver. 45. Chattanooga. 46, Tacoma 47 Des
Moines. 48. Galveston.' 49. Cleveland. 50. Raleigh. 51. Cincinnati. 52. Detroit. 53.
—M-
„Jarblehead. 54., Montgomery. 55. Columbia.- 56. Minneapolis. 57. Salem. 58, Bir-
mingham. 59. Chester. 60. Baltimore. 61. Newark. 62. Olympia. 63. Albany 64
New Orleans. 65. Chicago. 66. San Francisco. 67. Philadlephia. 68. Boston. 69' At-
lanta. COAST DEFENSE.—70. Arkansas. 71. Wyoming.- 72. Florida. 73. Nevada -
74. ' Meantonomah. 75. Monadnock. 76. Monterey. 77. Terror. 78. Puritan. 79. Am-..
phitute. 80, Yankee. ^ Yoaemite. 'JB. Prairie.-' 83. Dixie.'84. Topeka. 85. Buffalo.
86. Reina Mercedes. GUNBOAT S.-^87. Yorktown. 88. Concord. 89. Bennington 90.
Padueha. 91. Dubuque. 92, Versuvius. 93. Nashville. 94. Petrel. 95. Bancroft 96
Millmington. 97. Helena. 98. Vicksburg. 99. Princeton.... 100. Newport. 101. Annapolis
102. Castine.- 103. Machias. 104. Wheeling. 105. Marietta. 106. ; Dolphin. ‘ 107 May-
flower. 108, Mindano. 109. Vixen. 110. Gloucester. 111. Don. Juande Austria. 112.
Scorpion; 113. Isla.de Luzon. 114. Isla do Cuba. 115. Hist. 116. Alvarado. 117. San-
doval. 118. Callao. 119. Sylph. 120. Michigan. 121. Type of Destroyer. 122. Type of
Torpedo-boat. -123. Lake Submarine. 124. Holland Submarine.
MADE STRONG PLEA
IRISHMAN’S STORY SOFTENED
HEART OF MAGISTRATE.
Recollection of Boyhood Days the
Cause of Michael Dalton’s De-
parture From the Straight and
Narrow Path, He Averred.
When Michael Dalton, who said he
lived at 423 East Sixteenth street, was
arraigned in the Yorkville police court
on a charge of intoxication he begged
Magistrate Breen to let him go “this
once,” says the New York Sun,
“I was only, celebrating '-a trifle too
much,” he explained.
“If I remember rightly, you were
here yesterday,” remarked the court.
“Your honor’s got a good memory,”
responded the prisoner.
“And yon said yesterday that you
were celebrating.”
“That’s right, too. It’-s the same
celebration, but I’ve had enough. I
met with some- friends, from .Skohan
where I used- to live when I came from
the old country. Tim Hennessey was
one of them,‘and he reminded me of
the time old Hollister’s bull kept me
up the tree, and, bedad! I had to take
a few to forget it.
“I was after apples in Hollister’s
orchard one afternoon, and Hennessey
and O'Toole were with me. We went
over the stone wall and I climbed a
tree and shook down-the finesLapples
in the orchard, while *the other two
filled a bag with them. Old Hollister
was that stipgy he wouldn’t give ah
apple to any one. The hag was nearly
full when me friends made a run for
the stone wall and got over it as
though the divvle was after them." I
didn’t know what was up until I seen
Hollister’s, brindle bull come tearing
down under the tree.
“Then I remembered that the farm-
er kept the bull instead of a dog to
watch the orchard, and it showed his
good sinse. The bull looked up at me
as I started to get down, and there
was something in his look, that made
me stay where I was. I waited for
him to go, and he waited for me to
come down. O’Toole and Henessey,
on the other side of the wall, tried
to coax and to drive the beast away,
but not one inch Would he"stir from
under the tree.
“When night came’* the- vagabond
was still there and waiting for me,
but it was as much its my life was
worth to face him. So I had to stay
in the tree. I had been out to a dance
the night before, and my eyes were
heavy with sleep.
“I was afeared to go to sleep in the
tree, Tbr I might tumble down, and the
beast Tud get me. But sorra the hit
could I stay awake, so I took my sus-
penders and tied myself to the tree,
so that I wouldn’t fall.
The bull was still there when I woke
. up in the morning, and was likely to
stay there until Hollister called him
off, if it wasn’t for my friends. They
came to the orchard early in the morn-
ing with a bulldog and around his
neck was a red cloth. They put the
dog in the orchard to coax the bull
away, but soyra a foot would he stir
from the tree.
“The dog thought the bull was afraid
so he goes up and nips him on the
heels. *That made the big beast mad
and he chased the dog a small hit.
“That was my chance for salvation,
I thought, and I took it. Jumping
from the tree I ran for the wall. The
bull saw me and came after me, the
dog after him. How I got over the
wall ahead of the horns was more
than i could do to-day, but over I got
in time. f
“It was the memory of those lively
times that made Hennessey and me-
self take a few extra drinks.” \
The magistrate let him go again.
The Way of the World.
Don’t be disheartened if your best
intentions are mistaken for pose or
affectation. Some persons can’t be
pleased, don’t want to be pleased and
would be displeased if they were. I
Natives Can’t Swim.
A Washington man tells of a recent
visit to a benighted section of a south-
western state—a region so uhinviting
and unpromising that even the resi-
dent? thereof evince for it the great-
est disgust. Many* would leave if they
could, but, as they themselves say:
‘There ain’t nothin’ to do but stay
an’ have the chills and fever.”
The Washington man was riding
along the banks of the river that
waters this section, and although he
had gone some 20 miles or so he had
not in all that distance noticed’ a
single fisherman. Meeting a man
lounging near the stream, he asked:
“Why doesn’t someone fish in this
river?”
’‘Ain’t no fish,” was the laconic re-
sponse of the native.
“No fish in such a beautiful river
as this!” exclaimed the* astonished
Y^ashingtonian. “Why not*?”
The native lazily shifted his position
and answered:
“Stranger, ef you could git outer
this country ds easy as a fish can, do
you reckon you’d be here?”—Harper’s
Weekly. ' t. . .
Amemgan
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WM.A.fiADFOED
Ebitor
Mr. William-A. Radford will answer
questions and give advice FREE OF
COST on all subjects pertaining to the
Subject of building for tbe readers of this
paper. On account of his wide expe-
rience as Editor, Author and Manufac-
turer, he is, Without doubt, the highest
authority on all these subjects. Address
all inquiries to William A. Radford, No.
1S4 Fifth Aye., : Chicago, IU., and only
enclose'two-cent stamp for reply.
Money may be saved in building by
selecting a design that -is plain q^id
compact. . American houses usually
contain ; six, seven or' eight rooms..
These, may bo easily built all on one
floor in what is usually termed a cot-
tage house, but it is cheaper in build-
ing and heating and aftet-repairs"• to
make ■ the' hojuse two stories high and
arrange oye set" of rooms below and the
other on the second floor. A smaller
excavation, less stone for cellar walls
and •supporting walls, less supporting
timber and a smaller roof answers for
a two-story house.; The cost of finish-
ing each room,. providing windows,
etc., is about the .same, the flooring is
about the same. The two-story house
has a little more material in the up
and down work and less in the length-
wise measurement. ’
There are some very nice features
about the house design shown in these
cuts. In the first place, it is a small
house, 23 feet wide by 33 feet long, ex-
clusive of porches,/and it may be built
for about $1,500 under- favorable cir-
cumstances. Such a price or a com-
fortable seven-room house is attrac-
tive to commence with; then we have
a comfortable, good-looking porch
eight feet wide, reaching clear across
the front, with a front entrance to the
house at one end, leaving the other
end free for chairs. We have a neat
little front hall, with room for a hat-
rack at the side of the door entering
the dining room. There is- a china
a kitchen should be fitted with plenty
of built-in cupboards, but in recent
years the manufacture of especial
kitchen furniture has rather interfered
with my cupboard ' preferences. A
kitchen cabinet may be arranged so
conviently that it has advantages over
anything of the kind a carpenter can
build as a part of the house. A cabi-
net rightly made with good tight bot-
tom, back and sides is dust .proof and
closet off the dining room, with a little
window to light it. This is a great
convenience, one that any housekeeper
would appreciate. Besides this the
pantry is very conveniently arranged
and the pantry is a good size and
shape; it also has a small window for
light and ventilation. A pantry ar-
ranged like this may be kept cold in
FIRST FLOOR PLAN.
the winter to save several dollars
worth of ice each year.
The kitchen is also very convenient-
ly arranged; it is not large, but it is
in keeping with the size of the house.
There is an advantage in a small,
kitchen in that it saves steps. A small
kitchen may be made much more con-
SECOND FLOOR PLAN.
it is mouse-proof, two things that are
hard to secure in a built-in cupboard.
A carpenter may be ever so careful
with his work, but materials, unless
thoroughly kiln-dryed, are, sure to
shrink in time and leave openings big
enough to let in a whole lot of dust,
and the mice are almost certain to
find a way into such cupboards; then
a portable kitchen “cabinet may be
easily cleaned inside, and it may bo
moved out from the wall at interval®
and tl^e space thoroughly and well
are only one or two Women to work
it at the same time. ■
The kitchen should have suit#^
furniture. I thought at one time
cleaned under and- behind it. A kitt-
en, should be the cleanest place ia the
house. Health depends to a great
extent on the kitchen.
A kitchen floor is another very im-
portant feature. In this case it is
made of hardwood, laid in narrow
strips with raw linseed oil in the
joints. The bathroom floor Is made in
the same way and laid at tbe same
time. Floors pilt in like this never
need repairing and they are always
satisfactory.
Upstairs we have three bedrooms,
with a clothes closet for each one andi
an extra closet in the hallway fori
linen. Every housekeeper needs a1
linen closet upstairs for bedding and
one downstairs for table linens and
towels. Few small houses, and not,
every large house has the convenience!
in this respect that should be deemed
necessary. Some folks don’t have
much linen and they need very little
cupboard room to keep it in, but that
is because they don’t understand the
real satisfaction that comes from the
possession of nice table dnd house
linen.
Linen is something a woman should
be continually buying, not in large,,
expensive lots, but when opportunity,
offers to get a table cloth, or two or1
three towels that are really good at a
bargain; that is the time to buy be-
cause they are always needed and it
costs less to have a supply on hand.
Unfortunately too many American
women have fallen into the habit ofi
providing in a sort, of Jfi,aind-to-mouth
way. They depend on wash day to
supply clean linen for the week in-
stead of haying a variety to draw
from. In costs no more in the end,to
venient than a large one when them^J^enty than to feei that you are
or/i i*mlv nriD m* rwn TxrrVmQn +/-» wa«L r
short allSMtime; m fact, it costs
cause y*u ca
less, because >®u can buy to a better
advantage and the wear and tear is
less when you have a liberal supply.
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Vernor, J. E. The Lampasas Daily Leader. (Lampasas, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 929, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 7, 1907, newspaper, March 7, 1907; Lampasas, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth900742/m1/3/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Lampasas Public Library.