Daily Bulletin. (Brownwood, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 37, Ed. 1 Friday, November 27, 1908 Page: 7 of 8
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4 PUZZLING CLIMATE
-Till Curious Way Rain Falls In
Balmy Honolulu.
'A PERPLEXING SPECTACLE.
Dewnpours Half a Mile Away That
Threaten to Drench You Every Mo-
ment but Never Arrive A Riot of
Cken Up Rainbows In the Valley.
! most perplexing thing about
Hawaii's climate to the new arrival
is the matter of rainfall. You begin
to$ experience this perplexity before
proa have set foot on the dock at Hono-
tulu when you consult anxiously with
your fellow travelers as to the advisa-
bility of digging out an umbrella or
.rainproof before you go ashore. The
chances are that you are all convinced
that the heavy veil of black clouds
jSrhkh shuts but portions of the moun-
tain scenery from view and the few
jkrope of rain which the fresh shore
Tbraoso dashes in your face like flash-
ing Jewels torn from that bit of rain-
bow are warnings too plain to be ig-
nored and you prepare accordingly for
the downpour which seems imminent.
Toa observe with some surprise that
Bone of the wearers of the dainty cos-
ttwcee you pass on the street appear to
be In the least perturbed by the possi-
bility of getting caught in the lmpend-
tag shower until after awhile it dawns
jtm that the storm keeps right on
lijpendlag and- nothing mace. As you
ride In a street car along the flashing
eeabeach vivid with color of break-
I2sr serf and of flowers in trees and
stodges along the way the sunahlae
rjerer appeared so brilliant But off to
(be left In a beautiful little valley
(tucked like a deep pocket in the moun-
tains and seemingly scarcely half a
Bofle away there can be no doubt of
ee fact that a good heavy rain is fall-
S. The sunlight striking through
(the falling drops Alls the valley with
ft glory of broken up rainbows a riot
of color that causes one to gasp and
exclaim in admiration. There can be no
doubt that the rain we have seen fall-
ing is real and that it is as near as it
seems for tho wind now and then car-
.jies refreshing dashes of it into the
open car causing a few of the passen-
gers to change their seats to the oppo-
site side. But still the street is per-
fectly dry and the sunshine as bright
as ever.
Five minutes later we leave the car
at the foot of a great Jagged pile of
arolcanic rock that marks the vent of
a prehistoric volcano and the red base
and sides which support a stunted.
nlte-llke crowth and a few cacti
look a
CIV
shower for six months. And they prob
ably haven't.
A l A. TT 1 1 ll
"v- jn time one i earns iuui u.u v uh d tu-
ff "mate is purely a matter of locality;
that tne report 01 me ramiaji ior uu
given time published by the United
States weather bureau does not mean
for every place In the territory nor for
the Island of Oahu nor even for the
city of Honolulu but only for the
place where the rain gauge stands. It
would not be true for a place half or
thiwwwinrtcrs of a mile away. One
' learns that he may live In Honolulu
under very different conditions as to
precipitation .according to location. In
4 some of the valleys rain falls practi-
cally every day of the year and varies
I In amount- In different irts of the
same valley which may be only a mil
or two long. There are other sections
!ln which the splendid lawns and bov-
ers of green foliage which surround
beautiful homos are only possible
through constant irrigation auu mere
are to be found almost every degree of
(moisture letween these extremes.
Like everywhere else one find peo-
rde of every turn of mind in Honolulu
as to the most desirable placos in
which to live. In sections where the
rainfall may amount to two or three
tandred Inches per year vegetation
ourishes most luxuriantly and with a
minimum of attention. There Is also
Vi absence of humid feeling in the at-
noBphere or disagreeable dampness
which one usmfljy associates with
much rainfall. This is accounted for
toy the fact that the rain comes in
showers of which a dozen or more
may come In a day and may occur
drfhlle the sun to shining brightly
rhlJji the never falling trade winds
fcAd a porous boII dry up the surface
pjolstare within a few minutes after a
Btjo-sjir has passed. The heaviest pre-
jdpitation also usually occurs at night
In the dry sections if one has plenty
)pt "water with which to irrigate (and
Honolulu has a splendid system of wa-
terworks with ample supply) one may
ftnore easily control what ho would
krow and at the same time escape the
convenience of oft occurring show-
tors. Some of Honolulu's most beaotl-
! residence districts as well as the
beautiful Kapiolani park one of the
most beautiful tropical gardens In the
jporld was originally barren sand
fcflslns practically devoid of vegeta-
tion and once thought to be worthless.
The newcomer Is often puzzled to hear
lan old resident refer to "the plains"
when speaking of a section of the city
JLn which are located some of tho
(most magnitlcent homes and beautiful
jgromnds in the whole territory.
The variation of rainfall together
with the difference In tcmperatcre due
)to elevatloD give to Hawaii a diversi
ty of climate that can scarcely be
qualed In he world lacking only In
xtiKnes of either heat or cold. Will
tJ. Caoper
tnnn who uses a falsehood for
Polftr.
WJIjmy 9 iUC n uuiftu
POM gets Into the habit of putting os
The Frenchman Looked Innocent.
Some time since In n Tremont street
store In Boston a nervous little
Frenchman brushed against a pretty
trifle of vase ware valued at about
$14 and succeeded in getting several
score more pieces out of It than had
gone Into its making. The floorwalker
led the abashed Parisian aside and
politely explained that the broken vaso
must be paid for. Monsieur fetched a
handful of small silver and copper
mostly foreign from his pocket when
he was told the value of the trifle.
"Mon DIeu" cried the Parisian. "70
francs 1" At this he took out his bill
book and discovered a fifty dollar ex
press draft which the floorwalker lu-
stantly seized upon to the unspeak
able horror 'of Its owner.
After deducting tho value of the
vase the former handed the man his
change and dismissed him with a floor
walker's blessing. The express draft
reached the bank In due time with
four others as fraudulent but tho vol-
atile little Frenchman had departed
southward with the swallows. Bohe
mian Magazine.
Followed Suit.
On the day of the admission. of M.
Rostand to the French academy the
author of "Cyrano" and "L'Alglon"
gave a breakfast to a few of his
friends the guest of honor being Mme.
Bernhardt The actress w.as dressed in
a handsome gown which had been
made expressly for the occasion. At
the end of the breakfast she arose and
In an Impressive manner took a glass
held it high and said "I drink to the
greatest of French dramatists M. Bo-
stand and I drink after the Greek
manner!" She then poured tho con-
; tents of her glass over her head and
gown.
Two of Rostand's small sons were
sitting at a side table wearing nev
velvet suits also made for the occa-
sion. In the silence which followed
Bernhard's dramatic tribute the older
of the boys arose and Imitating her
manner said. "I drink to the greatest
of poets my papa and I also drink In
the Greek fashion!" and straightway
deluged himself and his small brother
with tho contents of his glass.
A Scene Not In a Play.
An extraordinary scene took place In
the Princess theater London on the
night of the first production of Charles
Reade's great play. "Never Too Lat
to Mend" Oct. 4 1805. During the
prison scene a large quantity of water
was thrown over Miss Moore who took
the part of Josephs the character done
to death b the warders. One of the
critics Mr. Tomlln Of the Morning Ad-
vertiser rose from his seat and pub-
licly protested against the unnecessary
cruelty. 'This aroused almost a rlo
among the audience and the action of
the .play was stopped for some con-
siderable time. Fuel was "added to the
fire by George Vlnlng the lessee of the
theater who was playing the part of
Tom Robinson and who made a most
Imprudent speech. In which he prac-
tically Insulted every critic present
with the result that the theater was
left severely alone by the press for
many months. The play however
turned out to be a popular success
and had for those days the phenom-
enal run of 140 performances.
Reading In Bed
"Boy's and glrln under eighteen
should be strictly forbidden to read In
bed" says the Lancet on the author-
ity of Dr. Hugo Follohenfeld of Ber-
Mu. who declares that in the case f
young persons Whtse eyes are not
fully developed the! practice is likely
to induce myopia- (While young peo-
ple run the grouted riak. the Lancet
thinks that readltui In ld Is undo
Kh-aMe for persona of any age and
etatnK tlmr "hi the Ce Of ased. M1X-
l.-tiH. worried and bedridden people.-to
whom it would seqw cruelty to deny
what mar wrUafts be almost tneir
only luxury for fear of Inducing some
slight error of refraction care should
be taken that the light is sufficiently
brilliant the eyes. being shaded from
it and that the patient lies on his
back with head and shoulders raised."
Wellington's Tact.
There was an army of generals as
sembled at Paris in 1814 and when the
various Austrian and Prussian gene-
als who had been beaten by Napoleon
came crowding round the Duke of Wel-
lington and expressing lota of compli-
ments to blm for having never been
beaten by the French the duke pleas
ed them immensely by saying. Ah
bat you know I never met Bonaparte
and I have always looked on him as
being as good as 40000 men."
How Indians Catch Monkeys.
In South America the Indians take a
cocoanut and cut a bole in each end
Just largo enough for tho monkey's
paws. Then they fill the miome or tne
nut with sugar. When a monkey
comes across the shell ho thrusts in
one paw and finding sugar ho pushes
In the other. He closes both paws on
the sugar and then will not remove
either for fear he shall lose tho sugar.
Then while he cannot use either paw
he is easily caught
A Chinese Story. .
A Chinese barber while shaving a
customer's head drew blood and put
one of his fingers on the place. Again
he made a cut and put down another
Anger nnd so on until he had no more
fingers free. "Ahr" said he as he paus-
ed In his work "a barber's trade Is dif-
ficult We ought to have a thousand
fingers!" Scrap Book
Ap Pupil.
"Didn't I sec the grocer's boy kiss
you this morning Martha?"
But he ain't to ' blame
- '
matam. 'Twas the Iceman set him the
S. R. COadlN. Pres't. C. H. BENC1NI Vice Pres't. R. B. ROGERS. Vice Pres't.
HENRY FORD Cashier MARION FORD Ant. Ceahter
COGGIN & FORD CO.
Brownwood
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With ample capital a strong individual responsibility and a long experience in the busi-
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Safety lock boxes for customers papers free of charge.
Papering- Damp Walls.
An excellent and comparatively In-
expensive way to paper damp walls Li
the following: Paint corrugated card-
board such as Is sold for packing
bottles etc on both sides with as-
phalt varnish and fix It. when dried
with five-eighths Inch tin tacks to the
damp wall so that the smooth surface
Is directed toward the room nnd the
corrugations run from celling to floor
against the wall. At the floor level
one-half Inch should be left uncovered.
The cardboard should then be covered
with coarse hesslnns or other packing
material on which a plain covering
paper and lastly tho wall hangings
may be pasted. The skirting board
should be removed while tacking on
the cardboard which should havo
small holes of an Inch in length made
in the raised corrugations at Intervals
of ten to twelve Inches before It is at-
tached to the wall. Architects and
Builders' Journal.
The Largest
Shipment
Ever Received in Brownwood
Tomorrow we will receive the larg-
est shipment of the famous Senlshlpt
Oysters that was ever received in
Brownwood. I will be able to supply
everybody with oysters for Thanks-
giving. Price 15 cents per dozen; 2
dozen for 25 cents ; S5 cents per hun
dred. Phone No. 171.
The Dnlci
Restaurant
The
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On Vacation.
It Is related In Stewart Edward
"White's book 'The Mountains" that
once upon a time a man happened to
be staying in a hotel room which had
originally been part of a suit but
which was -hen cut off from tho oth-
ers by only a thin door through which
Bounds carried clearly.
It was about 11 o'clock when the
occupants of that next room came
home. The man heard the door open
and close. Then tho bod shrieked aloufi
as somebody fell heavily upon it.
There breathed across tho silence a
profoundly deep Bigh.
"Mary" said- a man's voice T
mighty sorry I didn't Join that Asso-
ciation For Artificial Vacations. They
undertake U get you Just as tired and
Just as mau In two days as you could
by yourself In two weeks." Youth's
Companion.
Stevenson and the Beggar.
While wf Klmr In London one after
noon Robe. Louis Stevenson and Ed-
mund Gosse met a stalwart beggar
wjaom Gosse refused to aid. Steven-
son however wavered and finally
handed him a sixpence. The man
pocketed the coin forbore to thank
his benefac'or but fixing his eyes on
Gosse said In a loud voice "And
what Is the other little gentleman go-
ing to give me?" "In future" said
Stevenson ns they strode 'coldly on "I
shall be 'the other little gentleman.' "
Tiie Wrong Place.
A shade bustled up to St. Peter.
"My good man." he said "will you
tell mo where I must go to procuro
souvenir p-t -anl?"
And Tv t. ".'T 1 i hi n hourly told
him where tM Puck.
-."A ti n ' ' ' '!r "'y once"
remark.Hl f- - v r" r ' evrjtq ami
ti'in -. rw ' ? - :t ratotajr;
theirs nevrrnl time? a work." Yonkfcra
R'ntesmaM.
- Voire Irnarturt.
"Why wer-i't : if the mass meet-
ins of the'v.vt- 'vHiT'
"I was looVlr t ; ;i lob." Puck.
The man- - ho U ' .idtnif up for yon
soon cots tired and !ts down.-Atchison
Globe.
Texas.
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FORD
$250000.00
$1500000.00
AN AUDACIOUS PLAN.
How
Caotaln Haraden Bluffed
the
Britisher Into Surrender.
A fight Is a fight for 'a that and
lust ns an example of early American
"nerve" a story unearthed by Ralph
D. Paine In the old sea logs at Lssex
institute in Salem is of much interest.
it la tnlfl hr Mr. Paine as follows In
Outlntr Magazine:
The klnc's packet was a foe to test
Cnntnln ITnrailen's mettle and he
found he had a tough antagonist They
fought four full hours "or four
glasses." as the log records It after
which Captain naraden found that he
must haul out of the action and repair
damages to rigging and hull ne dis-
covered also that he had used all the
powder on board except one charge.
It wouid have been a creditable con
clusion of the matter If he had called
the action a drawn battle and gone on
his way.
It was In his mind however to try
an immensely audacious plan which
could succeed only by means of the
most cold blooded courage on his part
Ramming home bis last charge of pow-
W and double shotttnir the gun. he
i ranged alongside his plucky enemy
' who was terribly cut up but still un-
! conquered and hailed her:
i "I will give you fivo minutes to haul
i down your colors. If they are not
down at the end of that time. I will
fire Into and sink you. so help me
Godl"
It was a test of mind not of metal.
The British commander was a brave
mnn who had foght his sjilp like a
hero. But the sight of this Infernally
indomitable figure on the quarter deck
of the hot rent Pickering the thought
of being exposed to another broadside
at pistol' nu ''e. the aspect of the blood
Btnlnod. half naked prlrateersmeu
grouped at their guns with uiatche
Itellted. was too much for him. Cap-
tufer Itaraden stood watch In hand.
-roHteK off the minutes so that-his voice
co9M Jh? (team aboaru uie pacaei:
Ono;"' ' ;!
4Two."
"Three."
But he hnd not sold "Four" when
the Brl'Sh n rs fluttered du'ii from
the yard and tin- packet ship was his.
T( Road
PAGE SEY1X
FAIRIES OF CORNWALL
Superstitions That Still Live In This
Cor ter of England.
Cornwall that corner of Britain that
has resisted modernism made a strong:
appeal to the Imagination of Katherlne
Lee Bates and she writes or it in nor
"From Gretna Green to Land's End."
In Cornwall as In Ireland the fairy
Is still In possession and folk lore Is
almost a religion. "The small people
have been gay nnd kindly neighbors
sometimes whisking away a neglected
baby and returning the little mortal
all pink and clean wrapped In leaves
and blossoms 'as sweet as a nut'
These are the spirits of Druids or of
other early Cornwall folk who as-
heathen may not go to heaven but are
too Innocent for hell. So they are suf-
fered to live on In their old happy
haunts but ever dwindling and dwin-
dling till it Is to be feared that by and
by what with all the children grow-
ing stupid over school books and all
the poets writing realistic novels tne-
small people will twinkle out or signr.
"The sDrlggans lurking about ta
cairns and cromlechs where they keep
guard over burled treasure could bet-
ter be soared. They are such thievish
and mischievous trolls with such ex
traordinary strength In their ugly bits
of bodies it is more likely they are-
the diminished ghosts of the old giants.
The pi skies are nearly as bad as any
bewildered traveler who has beea pw-
ky led into a bog could testify. The
only sure protection against their
tricks is to wear your garments maids
out
"Many a Cornish farmer has foana
a fins young horse all sweated and
spent hi the morning his mans knotted
Into fairy Btirrsps. showing plainly
how some score of the ptokles had bo
rttlBg Mm overnight And many a
Ornish miner deep down In the earth
has fslt his hair rise cm his head as h
beard the tap tap. tap' of the fcnosk-
ers souls of long imprisoned Jews
sent here by Roman emperors to work
the tin mines of Cornwall."
HIS WEAK SPOT.
The Thought That Made the Nervy
Man Lose His Composure.
"Speaking of nerve" said a Massa-
chusetts congressman "there generally
is a weak spot in the most colossal va-
riety. If It only can be found. In thl3
connection I remember my grandfather
used to tell a good story.
"Some forty or fifty years ago a long-
shoreman's eating place in Boston was
the resort also of truckmen and other
teamsters whose business brought thenr
out early In the morning.
"One erav November morning about
5 o'clock a stranger entered this place.
and took his seat among the namtues
lie ordered a substantial breakfast and:
ate It slowly and with evident enjoy
ment Then he took bis hat down irom
the peg on the wall and started to go.
As he got abreast of the cashier's
desk behind which stood the propria-.
tor he slowed up.
"'Much 'bilged.' he said genially.
So long!
"The proprietor had a good many
rough customers to deal with and his
pistol was handy. In a second it was
out and the man covered. Then he de
manded the price of the breakfast
"The man. apparently unmoved rook
ed at the shooting Iron with curiosity.
It was a queer rlumsy affair of ancient
date arid It was evident that he had
never seen Its like before. Suddenly
his' expression of curiosity changed to
one of apprehension even terror and
he drew back a step.
""Is that a stomach pump?' he fal
tered.
"TUfa story has a happy! enmng. lDQ
n(..Ho.ant n rt wtn.iniiMi 4 "Th man.
kept hU 1 ivakfattr'-Uoatlbn Post
. j Chinese Torture. .'
Tjie iagenuity of the Chinese in de-
vls&g punishment for offenders sur-
passes that of the most cruel people of
the middle ages. Some tie ago a boy
was kidnaped from a -ill8xe about
thirty miles from Chlnklang and
brought to that city to be sold. Tho
kidnapers were arrested and returned
to the village where the people dug a
hole In the ground like a grave about
three feet deep covered the bottom
and sides with unslaked lime placed
the offender with his bands and feet
tied upon the lime and covered his
body with -the same material. Then
they filled the hole full of water and
as the lime slacked he was roasted
alive and his body consumed.
WHEN LOST IN THE WOODS.
The Chief Dangers Lie In Panic
Overexertion.
Let the man who Is lost In the woods
be very careful not to overexert him-
self. His chief dangers lie In panic
and overexertion and. though ho may
be In a great hurry to find shelter I
must warn him to go slowly. . Two
miles an hour on an average through
the snow in the woods is all that a
man In his condition will be nble to -stand
without overfatigue and Its at-
tendant dangers overheating nnd per-
spiration. Ry exercising caution a
man may live through a week of what
ho Is undergoing.
To make this article brief however
we shall suppose that he regains tho
road by the afternoon of tho first day.
He doesn't yet know of course just
where lie Is. no should examlno the
tracks of the person who last passed
that way. It being afternoon he must
follow In the direction taken by tho
last passing vehh lc or team as shel-
ter will be nearest In that direction.
Had It been morning he would nave
taken the opposite direction as who-
over made the tracks must have coma
from the place where ho obtained shel-
ter tho previous night A. B. Carletew
lb Outing Magazine. .
tee iMKh.-Putbili4ec. .-; ; baa example.
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