The Abilene Daily Reporter (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 17, No. 194, Ed. 1 Monday, August 11, 1913 Page: 4 of 6
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THK ABILKN1 BKPOET1 MONDAY AUGUST 11 1913.
The Abilene Reporter
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PUBLIC DRINKING FOUNTAIN FOR
BEASTS.
Tho .Abilene ijlmhi'.spcure club lias started
a movement toward the installing ul' a public
drinking fountain for bensls somewhere iu
tho heart of our city.
This w feel is n lontr felt need -n move
merit in tin- rijdit direction. If w wiu tho
prize iw the cleanest town in Tuxns as' win
we must our reward is to be public drink-
in' fountains for our school children. Man
is provided for very well in this rcspeet tii-
wuy for he may otcp ut at any and vxry
corner and provide himself with a cooling
drink to Mitisfy his thirst.
Hut whut of the poor beast of burden who
beat's nil thy toils of the road no patiently
in fact who has helped as to build out 0od
roads who labors day after tuy for our
needs and our eomfQrlh so unprotected alike
from the suit's fierce rays and the cutting
winds of Winter!
Must he labor and wait 'til the day's
fierce toil is over before Kinking his awful
thirst while his master his only friend re-
freshes himself many times n day?
.Let us rally to the help of those uuud
women in their efforts iu behalf or the poor
Hiiimuls so dependent upon our mercy.
They will ask for no contributions but will
ask you to patronize them iu an entertain
ment to be driven later as announced else
where in these columns.
U'l the City Fathers tin Chamber of Con
meree and the Young -Men's Hooslur UlUb
all second them iu their efforts for the om
moil sood.
TALK ON CLEAN-UP CAMPAIGN.
Jlum of the I'-tHJorK of Abilene iiunoiuti'i'd
Clean up week from their pulpits Sunday
and unfed the people lo help Abilene win
the prie fur botni; the cleanest town in
Tineas. This week everybody should join iu
and help b. cleaning the yard lot street
and allc about your home. Help the ladies
win the valuable drinking fountains lor the
public school buiklingK and thus help keep
our people well. It would be a grunt ndver-
tiKcntent for Abilene la wiu Hud might save
Beu'ral lives as disease cuiiies from filth and
if we yet our town perfectly clean il will
nol In hard to win the prize and heop down
sickness. y
On the Home I'agc in The Daljas News of-
frimdii.s titr- HHh a lady tells how she and
her husband Iie on a salary of $h'fUiO per
mouth and put sfinoti a month iu the bank.
The piece is w rth reading and is.ptihlUhett
in another column of (his paper. After all
it seem I'hat il i not so muuli the high eost
of I'uiijj ih il ii the cost of high living thai
is troubling I be people. There h no ru-l ol
doubt bul thai everybody buy higher piiii'd
clothing spend more on niiiiiaeiuMil. etc.
than the did ten and fifteen years ago.
This lad w hi. m gi iug her ijspurieiuv Su I he
.Dallni Nws has found a way lo live uhcap-
mm a
Those of us who have feared that Presi-
dent Wilson and Mr. Bryan would be unable
to tske care of the Mexican tdttuilinu may
dJNabusc our minds of the fear. .Mr. Mud
will imt bcnnistTPnti'd "when ImTeauhcsMex-
i" eit. ami Mr. IJuerla will receive him
when President Wilson gols ready for him to
i-ijine Heross. The endorsement of the entire
Kwrcign llelatjouship (Jouuuitlito at WiiHhiug-
im Saturday night j filly good evidence
iliNt Messrs. Wilson ami IJrynu have the sit-
tu'liou in hand. On the committee aiy Uoin
ocrnt& Httd Kepublieans. They wore all sut-
infiVrt tlmt the rjght cuur.e is being pur-
aucd.
lVrba we ure right nnd perhaps e me
u i mik btit wehvi about reached the point
'lo we rHtuiof keep from writiu-' nliout
Mian Mid irnf!" very day. There is a
Kit deiU umh Ui tlwi Jrrigutiuu iiien(Ioii
ibau mum imm4k lMk iw tuoU t the
w-ttim iM'tn rbtr itrat i ikv rWK wiefu WMter
rm down uid p.niniit in Ttr i big Uf
friti f iu xim mmm m tiw Uw ytemi itu4
tk high tfjound.
Life and Adventure
By Dr. Frank Orjme.
ANY kuowlodue of the futuro that would
destroy one's curosity to know what in yd;"
in j? to happen tomorrow would' ho bought aid
a dear price
The most persistent element of interest iu
life is the elcumnt of adventure.
The fortuiie-tollj'ts crys
tal-gazers prophets pre
monition mongers and all
revenlcrs of what is to
como are bad enough be-
cause their Hayings are
guess-work and we are op-
pressed by the thought
that their predictions may
come true; but it would be
infinitely worse if theirs
was a real science and
the.v could actually re-
veal what fate has iu store
for us.
I sometimes think people were not so far
in the wrong when they punished witches
and magicians with death in those days
when such seers were believed to tell the
truth; for to foretell tomorrow is to take
away the zest of living today. Xowadnys
when we believe they jire frauds We can af-
ford to laugh at them and leave them to prey
upon the Weak-minded.
A newspaper publishes the news of yester-
day and is harmless enough; but if. olio
.should print the news af tomorrow it would
ruin the human race-
Itfe is a continuous voyage of discovery.
It has in it the fun of a game even at its
worst and if any one would tell us the end
of it all he would be as intolerable u nui-
sance as the oflicjon person who has read
the novel we are iu the midst of. and who in-
sists on telling its how it all comes out.
ON SECOND THOUGHT
By Jay ti. House
A woman spends the forenoon cleaning it
and the afternoon and evening apologizing
for the dirt in her house.
JIov an old time teacher sniffs when she
learns that school is to be dismissed for a
couple of hours in order that the children
may watuh the circus parade.
A man looks a strange woman over for
the purpose of notiug mid admiring her
suenie e.rfeds. A woman looks her over for
the purpose of uritiuihiug tht"properlies ami
stage management.
As we understand Ihe. term au aj-lisl is
one who would rather have a .Stradtvexius
violin than the money.
Every man who is bored by numerous visi-
tors finally accepts Kph Wiley's theory thai
it is better to be a hammer than ap augtter.
A widow of -10 with tive children stands a
belter uhaticc of matrimony than au unmar-
ried woman oNtfi.
Kvory man is iu lovu either with a wom-
an or with himself "
If it is left to the mother lo award the
prize her daughter's bund gou$ to the high-
est bidder.
Men are poliie.to tho extent Ibid when u
man hngttis to toll au old story they will say
they never herd if
Nearly every woman complains (hat her
husband is selfish. And she is right about
it.
II. Tit ft tt former 1'nited Stales oflicial.
and now quite well known in scholastic eir-
eles.was defeated one down at the eighteenth
hole In a golf game with a hloomin liritisfecY
the other day. It wasn't nearh as cosp as
tlmt last November -Dallas Times-Herald.
(Sinning iu Texas during July was far
illicit) of July 1.M1U. When the crop is in this
onr it is going to be much short of boil year
in Texas. The dry weather has caused cot-
ton to iipeu early. In July liM'i the number
of bales ginned was 11 IB Ibis year "i!I07.
i ""
Kuglaiid is to adopt oil as fuel for the navy
of ttmtTmtutry. lt"wouM scum irgnruHmv
iuir in space on ihe ships and in handling.
We have wondered why Uuulo Sum has not
adopted oil as fuel.
The .Soul Invest Texas Press and Commer-
cial .Secretaries Association will convene in
its first annual session at Fori Stockton on
Aug. 14th for a three days session. A splen-
did program has bee narrunged.
Have you helped advertise the schools or
Abilene this summer! If mil then yon have
failed that much to push the iutorests of
your town.
em ' '
It is said Dial Japanese society women
are taking on live snakes for pets as lh Int
ust hobby ftxuuito us plum.
China it getting almost as bad as Mexico
wken it cohwk to revolutions-
Abe Martin
VLBLLLw BBBBLvBB ' t'
Commercialism is a great muffler. As long
as a feller hain't considered rich he stands
a purty fair show iu a community.
Efficient Housekeeping
By Henrietta D. Grauel
(Domestic. Science Lecturer)
ANTS.
"OITR HOr.SK is overrun with ants"
writes a render "tiny red ones mv in the
pantry on Ihe slielves in the oupboard. The
medium sized or garden variety scurry
about the tables and floors while the big
black kind make themselves at bom- jit all
the rooms on the ground floor. Can they
be exterminated?"
It is my experience that a question thitt
interests one reader is usually about some
subject that all are concerned with and this
timely query Is no exception.
It is not possible to exterminate all the
ants thai bother ott but you can make
our premises mi uncomfortable for them
that thev will leave.
The best place to hegtn
is with the shelves in the
pantry and cupboard and
work down to the floors.
Last season tt friend was
compelled to abandon her
.summer home built on a
sandy hill near a lake on
account of tin invasion of
ants. The faintly who
iu this same house used
the following remedies
and were not annoyed
further-
liven shelf where root I was stored was
washed with a strong solution of borax vt
er. About four tablespoons of borax to a
qilayt of water should make a proper propor-
tion. Then dry borax was sprinkled about
through a shaker.
The shelves were-1 hen covered with fresh
newspaper as it was found ants hud a great
antipathy to the smell of printer's ink.
The floor was movercd with linoleum and
this was washed with 'hot alum and borax
water twice a week.
Chair legs were rubbed with balsam of
Peru or pine tar Solution applied with a
flaitiiel cloth. The base boards too were
treated with a thin solution of this as well
as the table legs. This application was re-
newed once in three weeks ami the odor was
pleasant.
Kerosene is often recommended to be used
i.u the same way but as ants usually make
their iviij lo rood it is not so good as the
pine oil. '
put Ttrrn-r-J he mil usually eoiigre-
he window and door ledges and 1 know
the mils will not cross it.
Von will find ii mixture of red pepper and
horu.v good to sprinkle alimit the rdges of
your rugs and in the door ways and windows
of the other rooms where any odor is objec-
tionable. A sponge saturated with sugar syrup and
A line may be drawn with the balsam cloth
gale will soon be tilled with the lively pesls
and may be scalded washed out and reset
until thej are discouraged and mostl.v des-
troy uL
I will be glad lo send you a rucipe for a
delightfully fragrant mixture to burn on
your porches and iu your Hummer home to
J:uojujiwuviitosiiitiui3. iimUuLiuiii Uks. S
you waul il jduioju address mu through this
paper.
London newspapers are fearful that Uncle
Sam will have an elephant on his hands
should he take over Mexico as it would be
tt huge new territory wilh a large population
and a permanent revolt. John Hull is alto-
gether io symjuii belie The American colo-
nists relieved King Oeorgo of the task of
governing " a huge territory." and hisior.v
(U'liiiuisl rates (hut the colonists got along
famously iu lutmlliug. the elephant r'ort
Worth ileuord.
Shackelford county has gotten in line ami
untight the spirj t of good roads mid will here-
after jipejtd tea tp fifteen thousand dollar a
yum cm her roads flood for Shackelford
Jk aBJI
rt ' ' I
A Chinese
Umbrella
y MCtNALD D. HAVEN
I tvns dlulng tho other day with my
frlond Alan Donbrlght. Mrs. lion-
bright is tho daughter of a mlMlotinry
whose field was in Cblnn and she had
BfRt moat of her sir 1 hood there Ilcr
husband had been to China on busi-
ness met her thcro nnd brouuht her
bomo with him na hlfl wife.
.Mrs. lloubrlRht. n lrl nt this time
was with her father nt his mis-
sionary station In tho province of
Shantung. After dinner I was taken
to a room where n collection of souve-
nirs of tho Flowery Kingdom was
kept. Among them was nn umbrella
made of bamboo wood nnd paper cov-
ered with tho customary pictures of
men nnd women birds and flowers.
Across it when expanded woro Chinese
characters which of course I could
not rend. Houbrlgbt directed my nt
tentlon to the umbrella nnd Mrs. Don
bright said. "If you're going to tell
that story I'll go elsewhere." She wont
out with a look Indicating that I was
about to hear something unpleasant
"Yon know" said noubrlght. "Hint
China Is full of persons who live by
highway robbery They cut off their
bends whenever they capture them
but tills doesn't seem to de.tr others
for Hfo Is cheap thcro and only the bet
ter classes care much about their own
or others' terrestrial cxlstenco Well
one day X was traveling on horseback
through tho provluco of Shantung I
had no mind to be set upon by tho
hlghwnytncn and had armed myself
There Is not much fight In even the
robbers in China imleiw the.x hnvu ev
ery advantage nnd I didn't feel In
much danger so long ns I could defend
myself.
"I was not nttnclced myself: but hear
Itig n shouting ulu-nrt of te. I preyed
forward and found n Chinaman in
tho dress of a mnndarin being set upon
by n gang of robbers. I fired shots nt
them and they left their prey In a
sorry plight and took to their heels
I picked him up nhd set him to right!
I had come up just in time to save
his pockctbook nnd ho offered mo n
portion of Its contents ns a" reward
This of course I declined whereupon
ho talked his thanks so I supposed
for I did not understand n word he
said. Just beforo I left him he took
a writing stick and wroto those chnr
actors you sco thcro on the umbrella
and gavo it to mo. There was nothing
to do but accept It and as tho day was
hot 1 used It
"Every Chinaman I met looked at
the umbrella tbcA at me and their
Indifference was nt onco turned to
reverence. Bomo of them stopped and
snlantned as I passed. I wondered If
they mistook mo for tho governor of
a provinco or an executioner. Singular
ly enough. I didn't catch on to the fact
that It was tho umbrella that was
drawing forth audi respect
"I stopped that night at tho uiIh
slonary station presided over by my
wife's father and found them In great
trouble. They bad got wind through
name of tho Christian natives servants
nnd others attached to tho mission f
tho Hoser movoment that was about
to break forth. My wlfo was theu n
girl of nineteen null the oldest of n
family of seven. Tho converts were In
a terrible state of fear which natural
ty communicated itself to the white
family.
"Drowning- persons will cling to a
straw nnd this family clung to me
True I was only one man. but 1 was
welt firmed nnd oven one man might
be of some protection. I suppose 1
itould have remained nnyway but 1
could not leave the girl who struck my
fntiey When n!io looked nppeallngly
ut me with those blue eyes of hers 1
t'liuld not resist and said I would re
uiuiu with them till the trouble was
ivwr
"Keiiiumborlug how easily I had put
to flight the robbers I really thought
that with my two revolvers and some
fifty cartridges I would be it proloc
(Inn but when 1 henrd the shrieks of
Ihe Christian ronreriH ns the crowd up
proiti'lu-d the mission house I didn't
like the prospect. The yells of the
brutes who were murdering them were
equally uppulllug What could I do
against nn infuriated mob?
"However. I stationed myself nt an
upper window laying my amliiunltlou
nnd extra pistols beside me. I called
tipoa tUhel to stay beside me mill loud
them fur mu iyi fast as 1 fired and she
nencd licrxelf to do so 1 put my head
out mid. seeing the mob coming reek
I tig with blood my heart sank. Wish
lug something to conceal me from
them I took up the umbrella the man
ihirla bud glvfiji tnCt opeieyl IL tljiuiL It
before mo nt tho window uiul poked
liules through It so that I could tc
wheru to flm
"The mob bad broken Into tho next
house untl killed ovory one there then
was re.idy to stonu the mission A I
ready uu us had fallen on the dour be
low me when i saw it man look ut my
umbrella nnd become uiueh uxclted
(In rim forward then back with the
Mian who wleldisl the ax A knot of
rioters gathered nU looking nt the um-
brella Not another blow was strurk
t did nut need to fltu n single shot
Tlio mob Merced disappoint! but pass-
ed OB
"A soob as Jt hail gone I withdrew
tho smbrsllw Kthl. who could read
Chlnew well as Kuglliti. clniped her
hand raited her syea to hsaven and
gave thanks. Then she Interpreted tb
i bractr to tm . It wai mm order from
the grwtwft uiamttirlu la tb proviso
to "Ntptct thJ mm sd all Out h
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The fire eotupnitich rcpiwonleil by us af-
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paid ii( oiiee without uimei'i'ssury "red
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or a renewal. .
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