Daily Bulletin. (Brownwood, Tex.), Vol. 10, No. 33, Ed. 1 Wednesday, November 24, 1909 Page: 4 of 7
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THE DAILY BULLETIN.
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Breaking the Fasr n flam.zan.
Abe Arabs say Kamndau; the Per-
sians and Turks .say Kamazan. They
ail observe throughout the month a
species of fast that has no precise
counterpart in tin west So long as
the sun is In the sk food or drink ot
any kind may uot pass the true Un-
ilever's lips. De is not even allowed
toe sweet solace or a cigarette. Hue
from the tiring of the sunset guns un-
til It Is light enough to distinguish a
black hair from a white he mar feast
to surfeiting. Watchmen will patrol
the streets with drums to warn him
that his moments of grace are num-
bered and cannou once more announce
their end.
Nothlug is more characteristic ot late
afternoons lu Kamazan than the prep-
arations for the evening meal which
preoccupy all Moslems particularly
those who workVvitb their bands. As
the sun nears the horizon hreS are
lighted tables are spread bread is
broken water is poured out. cigarettes
are rolled and hands are lifed halt-
way to tbejnouth in expectation ot u:e
signal that gives liberty to eat. This
breaking of the daytime fast is cabled
If tar and is an Institution in itstflL To
be invited to iftar is a particular mark
of friendshtp.-Seribuer's .Magazine.
Skeleton In the Closet.
The ortgi.n ot Hie singular saying
"A skeleton in the closet." which is
found in almost every language in Eu-
rope is found in one ot those curious
collections 01 stones that have come
down from the middle ages. In one of
these .collections compiled by an un-
known hand about the middle of the
tenth century there is a story of a
wealthy lady who. having a secret
grief confided it to a friend who was
apparently a perfectly happy woman
She was the wife of a nobleman who
lived in his castle in the south ot
France. She and her husband were
outwardly on the most loving terms.
Not a care cloud seemed to cast a
B&adow on her path.
After hearing the story of her afflict-
ed friend the noble lady took her by
the hand and led her to a secret chain
ber adjoining her bedroom there open-
ed the door of a closet and exposed a
skeleton. "Know my friend." she said
"no one is happy. Every . day 1 am
forced by my husband to kiss this
grinning death head which is that ot
a gentleman who was my husband's
rival and whom I would have married
had not my parents willed otherwise."
The End of the Ride.
Coming out ot one ot the large de-
partment stores two well dressed wo-
men saw a group of street urchins gaz-
ing at their automobile and one little
girl was heard to say. "Wish 1 could
have a ride iu it." The women smiled
and then the child was asked if she
would really like a ride and was help-
ed into the machine after assuring the
women that she would not be missed
at home. Her companions set up a
cheer as the machine started and some
of them were still on the spot when it
returned half an hour later bringing
back the little girl. The women con-
gratulated themselves on having given
the little one an extraordinary treat
but were disenchanted when she told
them that her father was a chauffeur
and that she liked his machine "a
great deal better." New York Trib-
une A Compliment to the Minister.
In Albert Dawson's work. "Joseph
Parker-His Life and Uuistry" there
are some anecdotes of the famous miu
ister of the City temple. We are told
that what Dr. I'arker regarded as. in
its own peculiar way the best com-
pliment be ever received came from
an omnibus conductor. The vehicle
was crossing Holborn viaduct and
when it came to the City temple a
passenger alighted.
That's the man. and thafs the
place." said the conductor indicating
Dr. Parker's church. "1 went there
once and 1 enjoyed myself so much
that I'm going again the tirst night off
I have. We laughed and we crird.
J and we had a rare time. You see."
the conductor continued "he doesn't
make religion so serious."
Seeds Planted In Eggshells.
Fill half an eggshell with good rich
earth stick in a seed or two. stand the
ft shell up in a box of earth keep it
-warm and moist and then whpn you
Sf think you can trust the weather out ot
j doors and the seeds have sprouted you
knock the shell off and put the little
ball of earth into Mother Earth and
there you are. Not a root has been
disturbed and if you choose a favora-
XWe tIrae for transplanting there will
2 not be a wilted leaf to retard the
growing of the plant.
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4 Painted Lips.
A The "Personal ItecollectSons of Suth-
erlnud Kd wards.- Knuiish music critic.
records that after the peace of 1S15
4-iit used to te the rule for every hussar
V.to wear a black mustache and those
.who bad neither a Wa-K mustache nor
;AB fair one which they could dye were
J required to paint the semblance of a
Viblack mustache ou their upper lip.
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The Quick Witted Sharp.
airs. mmrtrn u mm jh.
you wished you was single once
jVdld you? Sharp (with quick
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I Boston Transcript.
uomestic Bliss.
wjTy. Madame 1 uon i Know wuere uui
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' Trust men and they will be true to
I ron. Treat them greatly and they will
j2bow thenwlves great. Ktnerson.
CS. V. Prt'CE i cC.
Ill order to get every
one in the city to try the :
merits of our French Dry
Cleaning and for the pur-
pose of showing the great
difference in French Dry
Cleaning and the old soap
and water process.
FOR THE !
NEXT 30 DAYS !
we will make
the same that
the price
is charged
for scrubbing
Suits French
ed
Skirts
Dry
Clean-
$1.50 75c to 1.25
We will compete with any
price that is n ade on any
clearing.
Try
The Toggery
A NATURAL WONDER.
The Devil's Race Course In the Blue
Ridge Mountains.
"The Blue Bldge mountains abound
in natural wonders." observed an old
resident of Penmar. "Most wonderful
of them all in my opinion. 13 the Dev-
il's Race Course which Is but a short
walk from "Penmar.
"At first view this strange natural
phenomenon appears like a broad
roadway of great stones which ex-
tends away up the mountain in a path
no human hand could ever build.
Many of these great stones weigh
tons while others areonIy a few hun-
dredweight. Lying close together by
the thousand they present an extraor-
dinary spectacle.
"Tradition has It and scientists agree
that a thousand or more years ago
this strange track was the bed of an
ancient river. The conclusion Is drawn
from the looks of- the stones. They
are all well rounded and worn smooth
showing the action -of water which
had polished their rough edges no.
doubt for centuries.
"But the mystery is If this theory be
true to explain how the great body of
water was confined at the sides for
the course is not hetnnicd In by high
banks nor Is It located In n ravine.
In fnct. It stands somewhnt higher
than the natural side of the mountain.
The puzzle only intensities interest in
the queer place and multiplies the ar-
guments and theories of Its prehistoric
origin" Baltimore American.
Not Worth a Rush.
"Sot worth a" rush" is. as a popular
saying the predecessor of the now
more common simile "not worth a
straw." In preenrpet days it was the
custom to Dtrew the floors of dwelling
houses. When guests of rank were en-
tertained fresh rushes were spread for
them but folk of lower degree had to
be coutent with rushes that had al-
ready been used while still humbler
persons had none as mt even being
"worth a rush." London Standard.
Thanksgiving
tung's Studio.
Post Cards at Har-
We guarantee every pair of glasses
W3 ft. to give vit'fi'.-iion. or refund
U)e :n?--:- IJjownwoo I Optical Co.
LANDES SHEPHERDS.
French Peasants Who Are Experts In
Walking on Stilts.
There Is a. vast district in France
where the entire community goes
about and transacts its business on
stilts. This district is called "l.-es
Landes"
The inhabit ants who are among the.
poorest peasants in France gain their
subsistence by fishing by such little
agriculture as is possible and by keep-
ing cows and sheep. The shepherds
uiake use' of their stilts for two pur-
poses lirst. because walking Is quite
impossible on account of the sage and
undergrowth of brush and. second
because the height of their stilts gives
them a greater range of vision.
The stilts generally are about six or
seven feet high. Near the top there is
a support for the foot which has a
strong stirrup and strap and still
iiearer the top a band of-leather fas-
tens the stilt lirmly to the leg just be
low the knee. Some stilts especially j
those made for fancy walking and for j
tricks are even higher than seven 1
feet and the man who uses these -
and he must be an expert can travel
as fast -as ten miles -an- hour. The i
lower end o this kind of stilt- is
capped with a sheep bone to prevent
its splitting: !
Some of these l.andes shepherds aro. t
wonderfully clever in the management 1
of their stilts. They run races step 1
or jump over brooks clear fences and
walls and are able to keep their bal- !
ance and equilibrium while stooping
to me ground to. pick up pebbles uj- to
gather wild flowers. They fall prone
upon their faces and assume their
perpendicular without an effort t.nd
fn a single moment after they have
thus prostrated themselves. Technical
World Magazine.
A VICTIM OF WORRY.
The Man Who Is Always Exoectina
Gome Kind of. Trouble.
There "is always a cloud on his. face
because he is constantly expecting that
something unfavorable is going to h.ap-
pca. There Is jroing to be a stulnp lu
business or he is going to have a loss.
r somebody is trying1 to undermine
him or he is worried about his health
nr fears his children will be sick or
go wrong or be killed.
In other words although he has i
achieved quite a remarkable success
yet he has never realjy had a happy
day in his life. v All his life this man
has been chasing rainbows thinking
if he could "only get a little farther on.
a little higher up. he would be happy
but he is just as far from It as when
a boy.
I believe this condition has all come
from the habit of imhappincss which
he "rmed during his hard boy howl
and which he has never been able to
overcome. He has learned to look for
trouble to expect It. and he gets it.
I have been his guest many a time
lie has a beautiful home a very
charming wife a most delightful fam-
ily but there Is always the same cloud
on his face the same expression of
anxiety of unhapplness of forebod
Ing.
A little properly directed training In
his boyhood would hnve changed his
whole career and he wouid have been
a happy. Joyous harmonious man In
stead of being discordant and unhappy.
There Is everything in starting right j
What Is put Into the tin of life Is put
Into the whole of life. Success Maga
zlne.
Self Control.
The .self control of fne Jaj)anese.
even In times of the utmost stress
and their courtesy which begets quletr
uess and discretion are both brought
out by a writer In St. Paul's Maga-
zine. "Cry. It will do you good:" 1 said
once to a poor-JajMinese woman who.
crouching beside her dying husband
was controlling herself with an effort
th.'it would. I feared make her 111
She laid her little slim brown linger
upon her trembling red lip and shwk
her head then whispered. "It might
disturb him."
'Cry. It will do you good." I said
the next day. when the man was deiul
and she seemed almost prostrate with
grief and overen forced self control.
"It would be most rude to make a
hideous noise before .the. sacred dead."
came the soft reply.
Bread and Pipe Baker.
The lecturer at Hit cook4ng school
sometimes enlivened her remarks with
an anecdote.
"The eighteenth century linker..' she
said "was a pipe cleaner as well. Just
as the barber a. little earlier was a
surgeon. Kverybody In those dayH
smoked clay pipes. provided the same
as cups or spoons by the coffee houses.
Well each morning a waiter carried
his muster's stock of pipes some hun
dred perhaps. .to the nearest bakery.
The baker would boll them then dip
them In liquid lime then bake them
dry. They came out of the oven ns
sweet and white as new." Philadel
phia Bulletin.
Degrees of Hunger.
"I'm simply starving!" cried the
short story writer at the Hungry club.
"I wish they'd begin dinner"
"I never saw you when you weren't
starving." said the poet.
"I'm never ns hungry as' you are.
though." the short story writer declar
ed "because I write prose." New
York Press.
Good Imagination.
Teddy after having a drink of plain
soda water was asked how he liked It
"Not very well." he replied "It
t.-nues too much as though my foot had
pine asleep in my mouth." Success
Magazine
THE DAILY BULLETIN.
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fruits celery eggs butterany and everything
needed for Thanksgiving dinner.
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That't All Ho Forgot.
The cab containing the nbsentmlnd-
ed man and his family drew- up In
i front of the Broad street station.
There emerged the absentmlnded man.
his wife three children n birdcage a
dog on a leash and Innumerable bun-
dles and parcels. The absentmlnded
1 man paid the. driver gathered up the
liitmllnu ilrnnnoil ilium nnrt ririHRrwl Ills
uand dramatlcnllj- to hls fl.VCred brow.
.-rhere .. ho ext.n "1 Just knew
. ... -.. MlIlu.hlnir!"
i Ills wife earcfullV counted the three
children saw that the dos and the
birdcage were Intact and took an In-
ventory of the bundles.
"We seem to be all here" she re-
marked "1 am sure we have every-
thing. What do you think It Is you
have forgotten?"
"Why. bless my soul!" cried the nb-
sentmlnded man. "Now that we are
j here I've forgotten where we intended
going!- Philadelphia Ledger.
Tongue Caught Ermine.
"This stoic Is of tongue caught er-.
mine hence Its high price." the sales-
man said.
"Tongue caught ermine. ehV"
"Yes. tun (In in. ou see. the ermine's
coat Is extremely delicate A trap
tears It horrlbh. S the tnipper'catcu-
es It by the tongue
"The ermine Is fond ot ice. The
trapper smears licnv -knives wlt
grease and lays them imte anil t
on the snow. The stnu while ermine
lithe and quick tu-he-i up ru tire fier.r
weather. Jkl whai lie iai.v
Bllver of ice aiut. i- uti. . tor
the steel of the heat v hio'i no.etr
fast tO Ills tongue l.x.-nM it-
Knew of One.
Trnveler (delayed lu Urearyhurst In
wasbouU-Are there any objects of
curloslty In this village?
' Uncle Welbv tlosh-Well. -I reckon
I've got as much curiosity as ary oh-
jick you'll llnd. Where are you goiu'.
mister an' what do you folier fur a
livin'? Chicago Tribune.
Oddly Named.
A Mr. Hudson who had made a
large fortune as a dentist had built a
very expensive country house near
Dublin but of such un extraordinary
construction as to bid defiance to the
criticism of the architect. '
One day after dinner at Cumin's this
singular mansion became a subject of
merriment for his guests. The question
for their satirical Inquiry was "What
was its order of architecture?" One
said It certulnly was Grecian another
contended It wus Saxon and a third
that it was oriental wheu their host
thus interposed:
"Excuse nie gentlemen you are all
wrong. It Is 'JiisU-uii. From the ir-
regularities of the mans! ii .rui from
Its proprietor being a denii-i the. Irish
call it SuaggieiiHitn Ij.t.f. ' i... ml. in Answers..
iffer from the cold
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turkeys cranberries
Machine for $35.00; others af big reduction.
Going Into a Safer Business.
It was Cassldy's first morning aa
newspaper carrier. From side to side
of the avenue he hurried dropping the
moist sheets In vestibules aud running
them In the space between the door
nud sill. Finally he came to a house
that was separated from the sidewalk
by an urn ntnddcd yard. Cnssidy open-
ed the Iron gate und walked up the
stone path. He knelt In the vestibule
and started running the paper under
the door. An upper window was rais-
ed and a woman's voice called:
"Is that you. Harry? You arenwfm
late I hear the milk carts rattling."
Cassldy thought it best to remain
quiet. Th voice continued:
"You needn't think Pin comlng down
at such -uti hour! The Idea of you. a
married man. coming home at such a
time! Lost your key. as usual? Well
catch this one.'
A heavy piece of brass shot two sto
rles. There was a heavy fail and the
vestibule resembled a press room.
Some one found Cassldy smoking
his pipe In the "accident ward."
"(Jolng back to the carrier route':'
they asked.
'Niver once more." responded Cass!
ily "Ul'm goln' back to wur-ruk lu
th" quarry. Thot's no fullnf kaes thor.
only dynomtted rocks." Chicago News
DIPLOMACY.
A Vague Threat That Meant Nothing
but Brought Quick Results.
The late Lord Salisbury some years
ago sent a foreign otlice emissary to
make some demands of a Soutli Amer-
ican republic. Before setting out on
his mission the emissary to whom his
lordship had explained the exact na-
ture of the demands desired to be in-
formed as to the course to take If.
after he had said everything there was
n refusal.
"Oh." answered Lord Salisbury "this
is not a matter In which we have the
least thought of fighting: If the pres-
ident refuses why. you will simply
have to come home again."
The emissary went and had his sny
to the president of the republic who
blankly refused to give in. and thf
diplomat retired lo think things over
A lew hours Inter he wrote to the pres-
ident: "I regret that your excellency does
not see your way to recognize the Just-
ness of the claims which I have' had
thi honor to present. 1 have now to
say. on behaJf of her Britannic majes-
ty's government that unless your ex
colleiiey yields ou all poiuts which I
have uamcd it will be my paluful dtKy
to act on the second half of my In
st ructions."
Under this vairite and significant
threat the president yielded at once.-
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WEDNESDAY SOYEXBEIt 24 1909.
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THE ANIMAL MIND.
A Story About a Cow and the Calf
She Lickad.
An absurd story Is cited about a
cow showing what creatures of habit
animals are. This particular cow
would not stand to be milked unless
sho could lick ber calf at the same
time. For a long time she always had
a calf of Eome age or other to lick
but at last by Hi fortune one of ber
calves died.
There is no reason why a bereaved
mother should mourn her loss just at
milking time but there was the fixed
habit of making certain motions. The
farmer however was a practical
psychologist lie stuffed the skin of
the calf with hay and let the cow
have that to lick. To be sure the hay
calf had neither bead nor legs but a
cow has no general ideas concerning
tho nature of calves nor any special
reason for assuming that calves should
havo heads and legs. It felt right and
It smelled right It enabled her to go
through the customary motions at
milking time. Therefore It was suffi-
cient By dint of caressing and licking her
little calf the tender parent one fine-
morning unripped it The bay Issued
from within and the cow. manifest-
ing not the slightest surprise or agita-
tion proceeded tranquilly to devour
the unexpected provender. E. T.
Brewster in McClure's Magazine.
The Benefit of the Doubt.
Horrified citizen-Hey. there! What
are you pounding that man for? .Man
on Toi He says he can't remember
whether he ever called me a liar or
not. I'm tbifft giving him (biff) the
benefit of the doubt. Chicago Tribune.
The Producer.
"Does yonr husband play cards for.
money?"
"Judging from practical results." an-
swered young Mrs. Torkins. "I should
say not. But all the other men In the
game do "Washington Star.
The man who loves home best and
loves It most unseltlshly loves his
couutry best. J. G. Holland.
HOSKINSON 1
"Wo Deliver Tho Goods."
Light and heavy truck-
ing piano and furniture
moving car loads dis-
tributrd storeJ .afl for-
warded. Agts Gulf Refining Co.
Phones 315 230
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