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The Orange Leader.
the right way to apply keroaena oil
was to put it ia a sprinkling can, then
dash up behind the enemy and
sprinkle them on the lumbar region.
To see Peaches chasing a bevy of
mosquitoes around the parlor with Are
in her eyes, a carpet-sweeper in her
left hand and a sprinkling can full of
kerosene oil in her right hand was a
sight such as these q^.s of mine never
ORANGE,
Snakes Diagnosed Editorially.
Ever slnce.Adam was a bridegroom,
and a certain celebrated, but not be-
loved, snake made trouble in the fam-
ily and caused him to lose his farm
and gardens, snakes have been un-
popular In Adam's family. If the
snake had never been In the Garden
of Eden soo, probably we could be
roaming around yet on a perpetual va-
cation, tilth nothing to do but eat
fruit and pick flowers. We folks who
have to work and dig around eight or
ten, hours a day can never quite for-
give the snake for putting us out of
the paradise palm garden, says the
Baltimore Sun. It was worse than
the civil war. Never since that little
ssake incident at Eden have we been
rich enough to quit work. You can't
say the snake Is a beautiful animal.
He looks like a long streak of devil-
ment, with fangs In front and little
spots and streaks of unrighteousness
all the way down. He Is as unsociable
as a cross-eyed hermit, and slippery as
a gumshoe politician. As Mr. Roose-
velt would say, the snake Is unmoral,
a malefactor of great stealth, an un-
righteous unregenerate, almost as de-
praved as a reactionary or a conserva-
tive. Being jealous and spiteful, it is
no wonder that the reptile has so
few close friends. His low, retreating
forehead shows that he has no taste
.for music or the arts, and would as
soon bite Elbert Hubbard or Paderew-
ski as he would Joe Oans. He never
shows true affection or constancy, and
cannot be trusted with ladles and
children.
ss
PRETTY ENGLISH
before beheld.
If the Are from her eyes had ever
reached the kerosene—holy smoke!
On the level. Bunch, If there was
any place la our house which Peaches
didn't sprinkle with kerosene It must
hsve been a few of my collars and
cuffs which hadn't come from the
laundry yet.
For two days. Bunch, It rained kero-
sene in our household.
For breakfast the toast was scented
with kerosene, and It floated like a
rainbow on top of the cuffee.
For luncheon the codfish cakes be-
haved like a leaky lamp, and the
shredded onions lost ail their cour-
age and wanted to leave the room.
For dinner the corn beef looked
BY GEO. V. HOBART, ("HUGH M'HUQH.")
I don't wish
to discourage you.
Bunch, but If you have a bundle of
spare coin, why don't you Invest It In
a building lot In the suburbs?—a lot
which runs not backwards or for-
wards, and which bites not like an ad-
der nor stlngeth like a serpent, and
upon which no coroner can sit for any
length of time without getting the
lumbago.
gasoline
Dear Bunch: In Paris, eh? Give
my regards to the Moulin Rouge,
won’t you? ,
I notice what you say in your letter
about buying a couple of French auto-
mobiles In Paris, one of the same be-
ing for me. s
I'm glad to see you have such a
sweet disposition. Bunch, but nix on
the Bubble.
Not for yours hastily.
I've caught all the diseases to date
except the automobillous fever.
While walking around the city
streets I have been making a deep
study of whls wagons, Bunch, but so
close was the machinery to my out-
posts at the time and so eager was I
to get out of the way that perhaps
I am prejudiced.
The automobile Is the rich man’s
wine and the poor man's chaser.
it keeps our streets full of red,
white and blue streaks all the livelong
8peaklng of
brings us to kerosene. ■
We hsve been getting along nicely
out here in the country, with the pos-
sible exception that Peaches has tried
to assassinate all the mosquitoes In
ths neighborhood with almost fatal
results to herself.
Peaches seems to have labored
under the impression that the proper
way to assassinate a mosquito la to
throw s bomb at it and then cross the
fingers and hope for the best.
At any rate, she read somewhere in
a book that the kindest way to as-
sassinate the moequtto Is to coax
a bunch of them up in the corner and
throw vitriol In their faces, which gen-
erally causes them to be ashamed of
themselves and makes them lead less
bloodthirsty lives.
Well, Peaches tried this Idea, but It
so happened that my best pair of trou-
sers were hanging In the same cor-
ner which she picked out to work her
third degree on the skeeta, with the re-
sult that my trousers departed this
world In great haste, while the mosqui-
toes put their stingers up their sleeves
and ran sway, laughing wildly.
Then I took Peaches oat In a vacant
lot, far from the bosom of her fam-
ily, and explained to her the scientific
difference between mosquitoes and a
paid of nlne-dollar trousers, to all of
which she listened with much pa-
tience, except when 1 swore too loud.
But she was not discouraged—nay!
The next day she read in a paper
that kerosene oil was the only genu-
ine and reliable way to overcome tbe
moequtto. so she went after them by
tbe oil route.
The article In the paper didn't give
full instructions how to use the kero-
naturally
Dash Up Behind the Enemy.
like n roast on John D. Rockefeller,
and the delicate blossoms of the saner
kraut were nil shriveled up, and
tasted like the Ohio river near Park
ersburg.
In the meantime. Bunch, the mosqui
toes are having the time of their lives.
They thought we were giving s
Msrdi Oras for their benefit, so they
sent out invitations to Ml their friends,
with the result that our little family
lost more blood than Is spilled in n
South American revolution.
Peaches has abandoned (he kero-
sene idea, and is now fumigating tbe
bouse with something which fulls on
tbe insulted none Hke s hard slap on
the face, so I am writing this letter
out In the barn.
My theory about the mosquito is
that he has humanity stung, going
and coming.
Yours done in oil. JOHN.
(Copyright, Mg by O. W. DtlUnghaza Co.)
An arrangement has been made h y ths managers ef Mies Mary Msenar
fng by which she will play a sessen I n London, thus realizing me eaebltlew
of the star to appear in her native ee entry. She was "discovered" by Mr.
Daniel prehman in Manchester, Engl and, and engaged by him Mr Ms fa-
mous Lyceum company. _ _
Potential Wheat Acreage.
With the many msens which are at
hand to the future farmers oI the
United States to meet the evergrow
lag demand for ths “staff of life,'* It is
hard to Imagine a real wheat famine
for our population In ths tmmedtate
future. He Is a most unwise prophet
who would attempt to estimate the po-
tential wheat acreage of the United
States 10. 10, or 60 years from now.
While It la true that the most avail-
able and moat productive wheat Undo
have already teen tapped, the future
acreage of desertoad swamp lands
that may be mads productive through
engineering skill, says Century, is an
absolutely unknown factor. That
many of then* regions will sometime
be extremely productive no one can
doubt, and if high prices for wheat be-
come persistent, as extensive wheat
acreage may be developed la old agri-
cultural regions that have abandoned
wheat for snore profitable forms of
agriculture
ACTORS AND STAGE FRIGHT.
If you ever have watched a player
just about to go npon the stage yon
cannot but notice the look of distrac-
tion and vagus an east seas npon Ms
countenance.
Even so great aa artist as Sarah
Bernhardt la not free from It. She la
always nervous before the play begins
and this nervousness does sot wear
o* until she has been on the stage
for a short time. Occasionally this
nervousness creates a singular lock-
ing of her jaws and lends to a queer
rasping utterance.
Although CeciUa Loft as baa bee*
on the stage many years she al-
ways gives the aadteace the Idea that
she is frightened almost to death A:
friend ef here who west to see her
last winter said to her after the per-
formatter Why. yon acted so fright j
sand, ss ff yon never had been on tbe |
What was the matter?" I
Thrift In Children.
Rome day the plan of providing for
children by starting a bank account
for each baby at birth and adding to
tt on each birthday will become gener-
al. aad there will be a hope of foster-
ing thrift in growing children. The
possession of a bank book which they
cannot wholly own till legally free
Rom the guidance of parents Is often
g matter of pride which prompts sav-
ing. Everybody knows how hard tt ta
to save the A ret hundred dollars, and
bow much tbe dlffculty lessens with
every addition to that
Rubber Flays a Fart.
The Increasing demand for rubber
makes the Congo Stain s renter of In-
terest to the world But so one weals
rubber extorted by the lash sad by
mutilation. No one believes that nay
sock system Is nstaasary It Is a
mistake to think that tbe African
negroes are lazy, says the Philadelphia
Inquirer After their fashion they
are energetic, but moet of their labor
Is peeled hi vain efforts. It seems
reasonable that a mild and Intelligent
administration win produce much
more rubber sad will not only benefit
the native#, but rbeepen tbe art let*.
The American concessions stand, and
lbeen are vast but 'hey will be under
tbe supervision of tbe Betgtan govern
mest sad we shall have no more bru
tsilty by wholesale The Belgians are
an Intelligent rac*. fully competent to
solve this great problem.
"5ST-. «
plained Miss Lottos "1 never have got
over that feeling of being frightened
oa the stage and to-day It ta Just as
hard for me to go on as tt waa the
first day I put foot on the stage ~
"I am nervous every night I go am
the stage," aays Mabel Hite -although
every one tells ms I appear eeif poe
Woman's Suspicious Reticence.
Are women beginning to talk less
in the hope of tboa better pleasing
men? If so. while com mending the
motive, ere would unhesitatingly ques-
tion the method. The mere music of
their voices as contrasted wtth the
raucous male note easily counterbal
ancee any passible disparity In the
ideas expressed Upon all grounds we
err out for loosening of the delicate
tongues now so strangely sad so sus-
piciously stilled.—North American Re
view.
sene, so Peaches thought It nil out
for awhile, and then she poured about
half a gallon of oil In the bathtub
and waited.
I think she expected the mosquitoes
to walk Into the bath room, undress,
grab tbe soap and plunge into the
kerosene oil. where they would perish
miserably without even getting a
chance to throw up tbe sponge.
But nose of the mosquitoes ia our
house felt that It was necessary to
take a bath, so that scheme failed,
while worse sad more ravenous sad
more pH I less grew the hunger of the
pesta which were using us few a meal
ticket
Then somebody told Peaches that
Although Frances Rtsrr has played
tbe port of Juaalta in “The Rose of
tbe Raacho" nearly 490 time*, she ta
always uneasy until she has been on
the stage and got warmed up" to her
part.
Rome time* I so terribly nervous,
but never yet have I forgotten my
lines,' says this young actress. after
which statement she knocked wood
and laughingly said: *i am juat a Ml
superstitious, you see."
Because Alla Nazi mo vs. the Russian
actress, was struggling wtth a new j
language she suffered a great deal j
from nervousness when she first ]
played In English. She says: “I did ]
not know what I did. what I said It |
wws all a blank. I won like a—how do j
you aay? there Is a word ta Russian,
ta English. I am not euro—one who
sleeps sad walks ta n dream It was
awful, a new language sad I a at ran j
get"
Leo Dietrlchsteta ta to play a short
vaudeville season.
Fanny Ward ta to he “featured" in
a aew play.
Georgia Cates is the sixth prims
donna to appear ta the title rote of
"The Merry Widow' ta this country
Louise Gunning will have the lead
teg part tn “Marcelle." a oew musical
comedy which will be produced next
month.
Edmund Breese wilt continue with
• The lion and the Mouse" until “The
Mischief Makers" to produced ta No-
vember.
Klaw fit Erlaager have engaged
Edna May Spooner to play a leading
part ta a play of Kentucky Ufa called
The Mountain Boy.**
Thomas Meighaa has hem engaged
aa tooting man wtth Nanette Com
stock ta “Jet.” He was ta the special
cast producing “Way Down East in
Woman's Limitations.
Any woman thinks she's capable of
reforming a man. but when tt comes
to reforming herself she employs a
dressmaker—St. Louis Globe Demo-
crat
The British house of lords amended
the old-age pension hill, but when the
commons rejected the amendments,
the lords, peaeed tbe MU ta the form
In which H was sent to them. The
aged British poor over 70 yean of age
will soon receive pensions of vary-
ing amounts, according to tbstr In-
come. The sums are fixed by a sliding
scale which forms a port of tbe hill
Now the statesmen will devote them
selves to finding money to pay the
pensions It wtli require $10,000,000
a year to start wtth, and Is likely to
need from to »100, *00,MW
rithln a decade.
The VfvloM Mtiiar ta the Agkgr
Nor a Hospital.
“Talking of our British cousins?" in-
quired E. Black Ryan, tax attorney of
the Southern Pacific. “Well. I heard
pus its other day. Big fat BHttsber
•hoveC Into one of those compart
pisnts aI the last moment There wee
aa American la there reading his
newspaper
“ It's 90 miles to my station,' re-
marked tbe Englishman, and I say,
old chap. I'm treating myself for a
wounded foot, and 1 say, if you don't
mind, I'll put some of this Iodoform
os my ankle. Beastly smelting stuff.'
“ 'Go ahead.' said the American But
when he got tbe full odor of it, be
shaved up a window, putted uut a
cigar and lighted ft, sad began puMng
sway vigorously.
* 'Have. here, my good fellow,' pro-
tested the Englishman, this ta no
smoking compartment !'*'—Bnn Fran
etaro Chronicle
LAWYER NOT YET A BELIEVER
Juat make up your mind it's because
there's nothing ta spiritualism. But
i ll come around ail light”
The two decided da a time and
place for the meeting.
“I broke another engagement ta or
der to be there,” said Urn lawyer ta
telling of the experiment, “and waited
around tor more than sn hour on the
tallow, but the cuss never showed up.”
—New York Press
electrocuted oa s murder charge was
S strong believer In spiritualism
Whenever he talked with his lawyer
be wig either abasing him for net
getting Mm acquitted or sine arguing
with him about spiritualism
The lawyer never bad believed ta
spiritualism, but ku eras open to con-
viction. The day before his client was
to go to the death chair the lawyer
maie a proposition to him: “By this
time to-nmrtww." be esM. "you will
katre crossed the mysterious river
Yon say it ta possible for spirits to re-
turn |f you think you're no smart,
lust return and than fH bn eon-
rinsed”
The client was a matter of fact sort
of man. He readily agreed to the
lawyer's plan. "If there ta aay way I
rent appear to yon.” he said, “you can
bet your neck III do It If I'm not on
hand at the appointed time you can
Adelina Oenee, tbe dancer, to differ-
ent from moet other players In the
tact that she suffers after a perform
sure When she oeee comes off the
stage she Is excited and unstrung
dee to the tremendous strata of her
work. After coming off the stage she
always aits down for a taw momenta
to cool off and then takes np her
needlework, which in a short time
has the effect of making her mind as
cool and , serene aa possible
To nervoueeeas is doe the fact that
Csrlotts Nllteoo has been accused
of imdtatteg Miauls Msddern Flake
Csrlotts NUtoon Is often excessively
wrought up and baennee of this ner
vouanes* she bites her Ups ta aa ef i
fort to control herself This habit
caused many observers to Jump at the
conclusion that she waa trying to lml
tats Mrs. Flake, who Mao bite# her ftps.
“The Manxman- of Hall Caine,
made Into a new stags vsrxtoa by the
author and Louis N. Parker, had a
successful production ta London. The
new version Is called "Pete."
Mr. Howard Gould, who has been
making a tour of the country In ro
mantle plays, has been sngaged ta
play tbe port of tbe gambler ts ose of
"The Witching Hour” companies
William Faversham will open his '
season ta Washington ths last of the
month. He will present x repertoire
of plays, including "The World aad
His Wtto" and "Tha Barber of New
Orteeas.”
Frank Campeau. who ta well known
through his performance of Trampna
in "The Virginian," has invented aa
Irrigating process, tad It 1s said will
retire from the stage ta devote his
time and attention to Its business de-
velopment
Joe Weber Is preparing aa elaborate
burlesque of "Thq Devil."
The Pleasant Laugh,
Tbe owner of a cheerful tittle laugh
need not lament. A silent smile ta
snore reserved aad a gurgle Is forbid-
den. A merry laugh Is oa* of the
ptaaaaat things of Ufa,
A Definition.
The difference between n Her sad n
humorist la that one distorts a state-
ment aad tbs other states a distor-
tion.
A Chicago man plans to have all
our machinery run by the tores of
gravitation. That will he all right If
ha can persuade gravitation to work
both ways.
Frtch as • Critic.
Clyde Fitch's convornattan. like the
coaversntton of Ms plays, has aa
amusing sparkle. Mr. Fitch In at his
beat ta critictem.
Describing it the Flayers' dub a
tragedy that had tailed, he said:
"la bloodthirstiness, at least, this
traxedy want beyond any I have ever
There ta a town ta Nod York which
has been made famous by tta million
aim fir* depart meet la Its main am
plenty of brokers sad hankers, no tt
may be that they am satisfied nay
time the town supply of water runs
short they can get enough squeesed
out of their stock* to answer.
Tbe African explorer put Oa a pair
of smoked glasses, tor bn found the
August nun on the white eutd too
bright oven tor his eyos. need to Ike
full blare of the Sahara.
"In the Sahara." ho said, “thorn Is a
little tasoci that thmwn sand line
those children there. Only It throws
battel ■ ttg volleys May; they anil H the
fourmlllon. . ' ' > / '
"The fourmltlen digs Itself g funnel-
' ' ftsi SzWjwJl.I ' * A S *.L
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Ford, A. L. The Daily Leader (Orange, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 148, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 24, 1908, newspaper, September 24, 1908; Orange, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth642944/m1/3/?q=Lamar+University: accessed June 7, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Lamar State College – Orange.