The Houston Post. (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 36, No. 311, Ed. 1 Tuesday, February 8, 1921 Page: 6 of 14
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HOUSTON TEXAS TUESDAY!
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H ?f y No Te r Exprim(mton - ;
; It U customary of court to bar the biennial lestoUtfre clndn
crowded with bills proposing various plana of control regulation or reetrto-
Uoa of prirata outness. At times meat ores of treat merit are submitted.
Wt Tao Post ioesnt retard tt as extravagant to say that the majority of
oca proposals though well Intended are ul-consWered foolrsh and potenUally
ttfL
Of all times however when the . lawmaking power of- the State ahouM
be exceedingly careful -In framlaa- leKisUUon affecting business it- to Just
each a time as we are living In now when the people and all their varied
t v activities are struggling to emerge from the confusion resulting from war.
. It may be that some regulatory measures are greatly' needed tp assist
. the pending readjustments but the legislsture should be doubly sure of the
necessity before' resuming the usual onslaught upon business.
! The Post is led to venture these suggestions by the three bills now be-
fore the Texas legislature relating to the divorcement of cotton gins from.
pH mills and packing houses.
- The purpose of the bills is to break up or prevent monopoly or combina-
Uona in the matter of buying cotton seed and they are the outgrowth of the
" V disastrous depression in the cotton seed market following the slump In
cotton and cotton seed. Those who urge the passage of these three bills
" ""' declare that the ownership of gins by cotton oil mills and packing houses
lv enable certain men to control prices and force down the price of seed.
- The cotton oil mill men reply by vehemently denying this by putting In a
T counter claim that dual ownership serves to create and stimulate com pet 1-
Uoa among seed buyers and that to force them to dispose of their gins
' would amount practically to the confiscation of 18000.000 worth of property.
The Post is Inclined to the view that the mill men have the best of the
; argument that they did not have the power to depress prices that the mar
ket quotations on cotton oil itself were proof that cotton on as other prod-
nets was In the grip of a natural after-war slump.
1 ' The Post -can add thst It does not believe that the cotton seed or cotton
oil quotations when prices were at the peak were good either for the cotton
- producers or the public generally. The unnecessary and unrestrained lnfls
Uoa of the war period served only to magnify the inevitable disaster at
home as we are beginning to see now with the gradual recession of prices.
It was Inevitable that the decline should cause upset and hardship; tn-
evttable that the apparent profits of inflation days would be dissipated In
extravagance Instead of saved for this very period; Inevitable that people
caught in the pinch of the reaction would look to the legislature and the
congress for Impossible remedies for falling prices.
' As for the dual ownership of oil mills and cotton gins if the monopolistic
price-fixing conditions alleged by those who propose the divorcement bill
J realty exist we have aniantl-trust law with teeth and an attorney general
9 who is both able and sincere. There Is already law enough to deal with
1 such conditions if they have been accurately stated.
Thb Post believes however that in the absence of imperative necessity
this divorcement hill and all nther mMium nmnnalnv nmhihhr miunrlT
considered revolutionary measures of regulation or control of or interfer-
ence with business should await a return of normal conditions. It may be
that the post-war era will require many changes in 'our economic methods
many changes of policy both in law and custom. It is best to ascertain
what the necessities are. It would be the limit of folly to base our Federal
or State policies relating to business or Industry upon the confused condi
tions of the transition period.
The legislature ought to know exactly what it is doing in all matters
affecting business and remember this Is no time for experimentation.
. Tacitly ..cm:r. "! C - - I
-. ty.Cewrga H tUHsy. .
We suppose Honstoe U the only tows to the wedd
where pice of commerce are -made with loving saw.
Thai to a woaderfm'sdvcrtisesaesst for a belter to ve
up to. Mince sad cherry pies awl punkisi coward
made wit! loving ear.' would- act he leas alfefr
donate in their coostructioa it ttey ease
derilmeat to "em. But we esust he twtoiactof - .'
If th sasmtrir eeaU'ret the s-eat kef back aai
get rid of the twO-bit loafer the hatttag average e!
boman aaee4ness would improve - .-. .
6W Wgiahture. is aow toasidertog a hill to rega
in ice eteam.' The HotatM article Is etmtly all
right with for exceptions. All that senW el k aeeit
b tomethiag that will help k to mek aed fwhahly
aa ewatioa of the cemrat and rubber would fix that.
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Aavwar. we suspect France. Eagtaad aad. ether
allies will defer paying their debt w the United
States bag enoofh te give Uncle Sam aa abuseance
of oppertuaity te agree to cancel .
They are telKng us kow the price of meat has
dropped so per cent since last September. Weu it
the price ha dropped that .much the scales" that the
consumer's meat is weighed en ought to be greeted.
What we don't understand as why Charley Dawes
should call Edward B. Parker "a aaidbsiled egg" er
hat he means by k. They didttt teach Oucagoeot
in V. C when we were a school boy.
Ohio now has a "home search" law which will
enable officers to invade anybody's home oa a boose
hunt. Say Lake The Old Kentucky Home is set
so far away.
At times we think Mr. Henry Ford might stop
fKvverfat; m politics and religion.
From the profusion of cuse-words with which Gen
eral Dawes decorated his testimony we can not ten
exactly what denomination he belongs to but there
seems to be no doubt thst he is about ready for the
revival.
We take it all back. . Texas is facing destructioa
ss a result of the terrible Japanese invasion sad their
gobbling up of the land. Out of a population of
$.000000 sH are Jspanese except 4.900411 aad oat
of 1 7S.oooooo acres of our area the aps have ac
quired it all except 174.9871 18 acres. It's simply too
late. Texas is ruined.
'Credit confidence and the vhpl operating forces
of civilisation are psychological'' says a Boston
wincr "and everything depends upon the spirits of
the people." If that's the cause it's all up with most
people in this community. They have n spirits. At
least they say they havea't
.- 1 ' ' : v By Dr. Frank: &.' f ' .
There have' cone to my desk three remarkable Ht
tie books. . The nhree compose a set ..tailed "Mind
Training for Children." The first book is entitled
"The Senses of Faculties" the second "TheMemory"
aad' the third Helps in School." They are com-
poearaad aubusaed by w. e. MUier Aiaamors. m.
tacy are so enusoaSj pravocai cwar ug m
Raleigh is to have an Old Maids' Home
an old maid?
When is
I The Post's Support of Palmer
As far as The Post is concerned there is no foundation for the charge
I that has been brought out during the latter days of the mayoralty campaign
I that the newspapers which are supporting various candidates for mayor are
actuated by the desire to control the next administration.
In so far as it applies to The Post there Is absolutely no truth in the
statement made by one of the candidateagsoqj. etey gar yupport.
eacn oc me newspapers in Houston aspires to ne tne leader or a taction in
the city.
' When The Post announced its Intention of supporting Mr. Palmer It
specifically pointed out that It was taking that course solely because of its
belief that Mr. Palmer possessed superior qualifications for the Office.
The Post was and is in the position of any citizen wbo has the welfare
of the city at heart and wbo desires to promote actively the best interests
of the city at large. Surveying the field impartially' it selected Mr. Palmer
sot because he was at one time actively connected with The Post organiza-
tion in aa Important capacity but because it was convinced that he could
(administer the city's affairs in a more competent way than could the other
'candidates.
The Post in its advocacy of Mr. Palmer's candidacy has consistently ad-
hered to the policy of dealing only with his superior qualifications and
should he be elected. Mr. Palmer wonld be under no more obligation to this
paper than to any other ojtiien who supported him for patriotic reasons.
The Post has no interest in factional politics. As a newspaper it deals
T with all the people and stands for the best Interests of all the people of the
t City. Any assertion that it aspires to dictate at the city hall is contrary to
the facts.
' As far as The Post is concerned the various candidates stand upon their
respective merits. This paper has said nothing derogatory of any of the
ether candidates and has supported Mr. Palmer not because of his connec--.
tton with The Post organiaztion but because of the merits The Post knows
' he possesses.
w Vote for the Library Ordinance
Houston people always expect to see the name of their city included in
r very list of the progressive cities of the country. In nearly all matters
" Houston measures up to the standards required to be included In that class.
' Houston Is still outside the circle however in the method of providing
' for Its public libraries. Virtually every city with which Houston desires to
y be compared employs the plan of granting a fixed income to its public
library. Every other Texas city it is said now employs this plan leaving
. Houston as the last one In this State to still use the antiquated method of
appropriating from year to year various sums in accordance with the way
. i the general budget of the city is made np.
Houston has a chance to discard this wornout and unscientific method
;-- Wednesday when the proposition is put before the voters to set aside 2 1-2
"cents on the $100 valuation from the current revenues for the maintenance
of the various Carnege libraries In the city including the branches and the
negro library. No Increase in taxes is proposed. The plan merely Involves
giving the libraries a certain fixed income from the revenues of the city
from year to year.
This rate will mean only about 28 cents per capita for the population.
y Less than 30 cents each to keep In circulation thousands of the best books
ij and periodicals obtainable. There Is scarcely a book in the library that
can be purchased for less than two or three times the per capita appropria
tion.
j . But compare this per capita appropriation with that of the other cities
y wnn wuom Houston expects nonoraoie mention. Portland Ore. gives 32
. cents; Denver 36 cents; Newark 40 cents; Los Angeles 41 cents; Kansas
City. 1 cents; Detroit 41 cents; St. Louis 35 cents; Louisville 46 cents;
' Flttsburg. 56 cents and on up until Boston the literary hub is reached with
-iv T4 cents.
U these cities can afford these appropriations Houston can well afford
SS bants. Let's keep Houston abreast of the cities of her class. Vote for the
library ordinance.
Debs says he would sink the navy. disband the
army and raise his niked arms to the sky ; then no
enemy woulS! hsv: the heart to attack. Debs simply
doesn't know just what kind of a bunch men are.
In this world of trouble the safe rule is to keep the
powder dry and rheumatism out of he trigger finger.
In New Jersey a young man is suing a 'druggist
for damages. He was nude violently sick by a poit
oned lipstick the druggist sold to his inamorata.
Druggists bad better be careful in such cases.
We used to know Charter Uawes when he wss
controller of the currency years ago a good many
years ago. We never dreamed in those days that he
would develop into such a snappy Yuba Dam sort
of cusser.
The movies are showing the picture of the North
Carolina father 01 34 children with the surviving
remnant 16 of his family. The North Carolina de
mocracy will be smart enough we suppose to keep
this patriarch contented.
f Objections are being raised to the acceptance of corn offered by West
n tanners for the relief of the needy In Central Europe on the ground
that the people 01 tnose countries are prejudiced against corn bread. If
.tey aro aa hungry as Mr. Hoover has represented them as being bread
mad of corn or any other cereal will taste mighty good to them.
ri.v- ?
1 1 -' Almost every harbinger of spring has appeared In these parts except Billy
f Jiasoa vornai touawusi ior nuxatea iron.
?4 Smm. .
fatefsoting. that I wish 1 had apses Is; describe them.
I smsst eeaflne snyeeif tea hint or two. .- ' " '
Any one who has to do with chiMrea. any parent
or teacher will find them books a treasure. t. . .
They shew how te train the child ht the very beat
of ways the only trot way which' to through play.
Over fifty games and as asany exercises are given
aO of which are based os) scientifle principles. .The
abject U te develop the senses ' '
- Here: to' a -great boon to mothers .-. Here to the
salvation of the rainy day and the solution otto
chQdrea'a party. . Y'':.-:V.?.. V;.vV'
Taerg is no bumaess to which nussaa beings are
engaged comparable to importance with the -training
of cafldrea sad any book which actually gets flown
te-teUtng as just how te do ft is a gooseaa.. sues
er these Stile napcr-keched pamphlets. ;
Sense training is the logical tegjnamg of gudw-
catiosk .J v ' - . (-
Te succeed in life we need sharp tools and these
are the kea senses. ' : T
Professor Msgaussen says: "There to affecting our.
... a .. . 1
senses waat may oe cause: ine disease 01 omusauoa.
Cnejiaed man does not have the use of his senses."
Nine grown persons in ten are deficient m sight.
hearinaV er the sense of smell. .
These faculties can be developed. Effort pad srao
tlee can aceomolssh woaders. .
la the matter of bearing for instsnse psycao-
togical tests have mealed thst the ear of the aver
age person is mistaken 34 per cent of the tune.
One Mr. Miller describes is Hide-tbe-WstcB.
A watch is concealed somewhere In the room. The
children are admitted; all art quiet and it is to be
sees who finds the watch J
Another ir called the Came of. Silence. An tne
children asost be absolutely stiu. even breathing
ouiethr. Then at a certain distance a number of pins
are dropped and the one who couats correctly wtos.
laea taere is taeaiamc 01 urop it. lae cdikhxo
sH quietly with their backs to the table. You have
a number-of articles in your hand sock as a key a
coin a pencil a knife a book a marble and the like
which yew drop upon the tabic one at a time tne
children to tell br the sense of hearing what it is
vow have drooped.
These little books are crowded with games and
examples by which the eye the senses of touch and
taste and smell can be sharpened.
There is also an excellent program for ' memory
training.
The books most needed in this world are real
books.
Aad these three books are so smaaing thst they
seem to me to be works of sheer genius.
(Copyright iow by Frank Crane.)
.'I
tinel wants Warren G. to talk
fl wcsil-be bosses of his party in the
senate w e think too he would make his own job
little easier by transmitting to about a dozen of 'em
the official returns showing 'just who was elected
president in November.
We are' saving the Jap problem the tariff the
transportation question the war mess the merchant
marine the war debt .the tax problem and a few
other little tangles for Warren G. And may the Lord
have mercy on him !
It is said that competent censors will go care
fully over the official report of Charley Dawes' testi-
mony and de-hell and un-damn it so that it will be
readable in polite society.
As we understand it the friends of Jim Cox on the
national democratic committee are not arranging to
resign snd turn the committee and its functions over
to William J. Bryan just at the present time.
Oh. if Charles Dawes were only a fullfledged dem
ocrat ! He possesses exscthr the sort of vocabulary
that is necessary to express aa honest and robust
opinion of the republican party.
1
The Toledo Blade is asking "Where oh where is
Eamonn De Valera this week?" It is solicitude like
this that thrills the soul. The Blade need not weep.
Hell come back. '
The price of eggs is falling in this vicinity. When
spring laying begins human confidence in eggs re-
turns and when men have confidence in eggs they
Believe in themselves and m mankind generally. We
now believe the worst is over.
The Missouri legislature is discussing ways and
means te reform St. Louis using the " Be-i t-enacted
treatment. Wel1 St. Louis is in a desperate condi
tion if the republican majority it gave in the recent
election spells anything.
Shall Texas Schools Go BackJ
To ths Euros or Ths Post:
Our State legislature in its present session hss be
fore h many items of vital importance to the ednca
tional interests of the State.
One of the most important ef alt of these is the
question of the State per capita for the coming year
Up to a' year ago the largest amount of money ap
portioned to the schools of the State in any one year
was $8.50 per capita. For the present year however
the apportionment was set at Sia-So. This was
made possible by a special appropriation of $4000'-
000 made by the legislature to supplement the avail-
able school fund. "
It was specified when this appropriation was made
that it was msde for the purpose of increasing teach
era' salaries. In a great many instances it was nsed
for this purpose. In the city schools of Houston for
instance the teachers and principals were given
flat increase of $soo per year thereby using the
amount apportioned out of this extra appropriation
by the legislature.
Judge Nelson has introduced into the legislature
a bill appropriating $5000000 to add to the avail-
able school fund. If this appropriation carries the
per capita can be kept at $14.50 and possibly even
slightly raised. Unless it is made the per capita will
be lower thanvk ss during he present year-' '
If the State per aapita is lowered it would be a
calamity for the schools of the State. It would mean
that the salaries ef teachers for next year would
have to be lower than they are at present In the
schools of Houston in particular it would mean that
the $200 increase granted last year would have to be
retraced.
Salaries of teachers have never been high and only
by heroic action have they been brought to the
place where they now are. It would be a great
calamity if some of the advanced steps recently
taken stfould have to be retraced.
The bill introduced by Judge) Nelson is known as
house bfll 361. Every friend: of education m he
State of Texas should let it be known that he ap-
proves of that bill snd to urge his representatives
and senators to vote for it.
The present legislature has also before it a num
ber of other pieces of constructive legislation of an
advanced kind. One of them is what is known as
the School Administration Bill. It provides for the
taking of the county superintendency and the State
superintendeacy out of politics as far as possible snd
making these officials elected by a board of trustees
or regents just ss the city superintendent is now
elected. It has the backing of the Sute superin
tendent of schools the State Teachers' association
and the State Cpngress of Mothers and numerous
other organizations that are interested in the edu
cational welfare of the State.
Miss Blanton the State superintendent. . has pre
sented to the legislature a most excellent progrsm
for advanced school legislation. The schools ef the
State are more nearly together in working for ber
program than they have been at any time in the past
history of the State. It is urgently to be hoped thst
many if not all of ber measures will be earned.
It is particularly to be hoped that such financial-
provision will be made as t9 make' it possible for the
salaries of the teachers of the state at least not to
become lower than they are at present.
P. W. Hosn.
r . K!!.U gt tome . ''' i
I always spend my nLbti at home.; remote from
strife aad cart ; a piUow soft si : ports my dome my
I ret rest en a chair i and. s I read -tome gripping
peine or volume ripe aad rare; hly aunts and grand-
mas play some tones or blithely saw aad knit while
merry child rea full of prunes throw many s glad-
fit tUl lallabys their mother croons and so
the cabs hoafs Ait Aad when thf morning comes I
read how men who roamed by .night fell victims te
the auto's speed were shot up. hi a fight ot toothed
tot an tietr chicken teed by some smsory wignu
read of kidnaped maidens -fair and 'parents to dis-
tress of youths who. lose la 'White .Way glare the
ber of. their mess .of misdeeds to the gamblers
etr.ane crimes no man dare guess 1 say 11 uos
who nluvaat. would spend their nights at home.
with grandma niece and maiden sunt and read some
helpful toese. the stmvt ef which the- teeters rant
would' disappear' Che foam. ; I'd rather be with Varus
who tkihW thaa'wlzh tk sen who srfanes to nUcet
where jthe glasses dink and; there are games of
chance: a book Is better thee a drink or than a tango
nance. Ana when t dawn I leave my sea 1 caper ana
I meg. no holdup with a bar of lead has spoiled my
larboard wing. I do not heve to stitch my head or
wear it ia a auas walt mason. .
. tCepyrlght by ifoste. Matthew Adams) '
ON! TB HUMAN SIDE OF GREATNESS
My boys and t were walking yesyrday
Ana met a great man snows to wormy tssae.
He smiled neon the lad and ashed his name
Talked of the sperta the youngster loves te play
And sttskc his bead in my fsmihar way.
And wished hia son. had such a sturdy frame:
Listened to all the young lips had to say
As though from them rich pearls of wisdom csnvs.
When he bad said goodbye snd wandered on
s .a . a m .a . .a
1 saw tne noys eyes louow mm snq men:
Oh. dad !" he cried "he's Just like Uncle John
And you and Mr. Brown and other meat
For such a truth 'twere well worth going far
He'd learned kow human great men really Are.
(Copyright lost by Edgar A. Guest)
HE WASNT LOOKING
"And when you went down for ths third time the
whole ef your past totfe ot course flashed before
your eyes?" asked the sympathetic old lady.
"I expect it did mum answered Longshore Billy
but I 'ad 'em shut at the time so I missed tt."
MIXTURES.
Half a peck of trouble and twenty quarts of joy
Half a pint of old man fifty quarts of boy.
Life's a pleasant mixture
Anyway you say
For every bleak December
A rosy month of May..
Tip the bushel over ; watch tt how it flows
For every bit of faded weed a living bloom of rose
Got to give it credit.
Life with all its storm
- Has sense enough to balance
. The cold spell with the warm.
Hatf s day .of shadow half a year of song ;
Twenty thousand pounds of right for every ounce
of wrong.
Click your heels together.
Swing and iace the troth
Half the ugly weather 1
Is healed by rays of youth.
(Folger McKinsey the Bentztown Bard.)
' T lock I'j-and toi down
To took forward a- i not back
Tp lockout sad not in snd
i 40 icna a mm.-iN -
v-.:'i' StUctti.
. rassoaar iSfio opsTO.1.s '
Hon. W. B. ' Wottham aad lows J.' Wortnam of
ImiIi atw amMta lit the eitV. ' . '1 V-" :
r The RD. Grlbble Lumber eompsnyliss been chf"
tend with a capital of $50000 5 . rv ;r-
MThe Graa Opera company which wu
neat week. Ik starred b Mtoa Adelaide Rxndan.
i D F Row of Braxoria a wU knows lawyer has
moved to this fityand win make it hU future home.
? The Salvstlea Army Is praedds for a ptoy "The -
Drunkard's Home." which noil be given m their baa
oh; Februaiy fs ' " "' ":'" X "" :v i
An art exhibit hss been m progress --g
at Messrs. Browne fcMeDlngers oo Praine-a venue
free to the puhh'e. :n: x
Rev .Mr. HatotB has accepted aa tovitstton or
Pastors' association to preach at the market house on-.
Sunday afternoon
ii T. Loekett. E. H. Williims snd RV A.. Allen
have been invited to deliver addresses st meeting
of the Garfield Republican club.
The Houston Belt and Wgnolia Park
beea ordercd bold. This valuable property includes
five and one-half miles .of track with terminals si
Magnolia Park
a i...f uw-iiiii of the Woman's Chris-
ttoa Temperance Union wss held at the residence of
Judge snd Mrs. Breeding. Assistant hostesses were
Mcsdanses Jennie Kue tlisabeth iracy ruiier .-.-by
snd ciobren. '
Christ church company of the Cadets of St. An-
drew have invited their friends to be present at an
entertainment the progrsm for which contains the1
following names: W. D. Cleveland Jr.. Ff Lambert 'p
as. Hepoe rred uemens w.. r. rv v.-
The Texas and Louisiana Lumber Manufacturing
association held a meetina here today with Chairman
Jo S. Rice presiding and Secretary R. E. Kelly at
the desk. Among those" present were Messrs. v
Weiss and George W. Carroll of Beaumont; John
Tackaberry of Lexington. A. S. Hall. M. T. Jones '
S. T. Swinford and S. F. Carter of Houston ; ueprg"
and Eugene Bancroft of Orange; W. T. Carter of
Barnum and Charles H. Moore of Galveston.
v
WASTED ENERGY.
Butletw-Ckeer up Katie; it ain't your fault that
the silver was copped.
Katie the Maid I know but I just got through
cleaning it.
The cable reports a vast concentration of bolsbe
vist troops on the Polish frontier preparing for a
spring drive. If the nation's trigger finger is be
coming stiff it might be well enough to massage it
and make it supple enough for emergencies.
Atlanta is proposing to issue $8850000 worth of
bonds for schools and municipal . improvements. Quite
number of cities are endeavoring to cure unem
ployment and stimulate resumption this way but we
are glad Houston is not voting on a $8000000 bond
issue tomorrow. It might even confuse the judgment
of the saints.
Some Postscripts
The magnification is adjustable in a telescopic
ritle sight invented in fcurope.
Both ends of steel pins are countersunk at the
same time with a new drilling machine.
New Zealand has 430 1 registered spiaries repre
senting more than 50000 colonies ot bees.
Operated by clockwork a new toy figure of
man swims realistically using an overhead stroke.
An hydroelectric jlant of Joooo ( horsepower has
been completed in France to supply power to Lyon.
Among the household novelties . is s porous cov-
I ' -1 I. . a . . . 1 .
rrca cum wnica xceps m contents cooi oy evapora
tion.
Invented ' in England is a woman's vanity box
which ejects a shoe shining pad when a spring
pressed. .
To enable babies to sleep safely out of doors
wagon which can be completely closed has been pit
ented.
A new word counter for typewriters ii mounteJ an
one end of tb space bar being operated as the bar
is depressed. -
' LOSING A SALE.
The Salesman A pretty house slipper? Certainly.
Here's something that will please you. We have
them on sale today. Eight and a half.
The Shopper Sir! 1 wear nothing larger than a
three. Good day.
MILK-MAID OR MADE MILK.
A young man went' on one occasion to call st a
farm house to make inquiries after his sweetheart
who had charge of the dairy. The farmer opene the
door and her lover asked him timidly:
"How is the milkmaid?" '
The farmer angrily replied as he slammed the door
on the stranger's fsce:
"Our milk isn't made ; it's got from the cow.
AN EXPERT AT THE JOB.
A little boy stood sobbing as though his heart was
dangerously near the breaking point. A benevolent
old man approached him. "What is the matter my
child.' be inquired soothingly.
The youth only roared the louder. "My father"
he howled "has been beatin' me."
Come cornel said the old man you mustnt
cry like that I All fathers have to beat their boys at
times. You must" cheer up and forget all about it."
Then the small boy looked at him with a scornful
glare. "Ah I" he said slowly. " I might forget it if
my father was an ordinary- sort o' man ; but" and
here tears burst forth once more "he plays the big
drum in a brass band
ATTENTION POLITICIANS' WIVES. -
A politician was maUag a speech st one of the
town s school houses.
Naturally he was telling of afl the accomplish
ments of his administration.
And slways after he had told One he turned toward
his wife .who was in the audience and said:
"Mr wife will bear me out in what I have just
told." '
Over and over he repeated his rhther long-drawn
out boasts despite his yawning audience always
Cringing the lady in at tne timsn.
But at last he stopped
Then an irrepressible high school youngster turned
to his companion and said in a tone loud enough to
De heard fry tnose in his vicinity :
I m so tired that I wish his wife had borne him
out the first time he suggested it."
Lure of the Widow
(From the Chictto HtraU-Esomintr.)
Miss Virginia Hammond the violet-eyed baby
blonde Angelica Brice in "The Famous Mrs. Fair"
was asked recently : What is the secret of a widow's
popularity? Her deductions are most interesting.
"There is no secret in a widow's populsrity.
"The whole sum and substance of a widow's popu
larity is that the widow has common sense. She
has no foolish superstititioas 'about men she knows
that while all husbands are alike men are different.
She knows when a man is and when he is not in
love with her. so she does not sobtter energies in the
wrong direction.
A widow knows mat tne only way. to nolo a man
is to let him so: in fact the widow has no false.
. . . i . l : 1 1 1 1 .:
semimenis luia mc pig ivivr in mr iKiiuninx
qualities.
All popular notions to tne contrary the widow
never slushes over with sentiment ; she does not in-
dulge in 'baby tslk.' "
A Scandal Averted
(From tht Ntbratka Stale Journal.)
A scandal from Vassar college has broken into the
newspapers. A young woman was seen on the campus
wearing a skirt reaching to her sboetops. The mat-
ter created an enormous amount of gossip until it
was disclosed that the madcap was merely wesring
this daring costume for a lark. Nothing serious was
intended and her colleagues agreed that all stories
about s possible retprn of the long skirt were pure
fabrications i The college authorities . jt is hoped
will see to it that no such departure from the pro
prieties ever occurs 00 tne vassar grounds sgsin.
faying tig Pries' For It
(From tht Columbus Dispatch.)
Who envies the president-elect his six weeks in
Florida when after thst comes four years in Wash
togtonf 1; . . r
' STATE HAPPENINGS.
Waco Miss Ross dsuahter of ex-Governor Ross
is visiting Dr. and Mrs. Robert Rutherford of Hous
ton this week.
Lexington. Judge I. H. Bowers Messrs. John
Fields and Q. Watson of Giddings were guests at the
Lee County Teachers' institute this week.
Webster. Cititens of this comihunity have peti-
tioned Judge Tod for a jury of view to locate a
county road on the west side of the railroad begin
ning at Clear Creek and running through here to
Houston by the most direct route.
. GENERAL. "
London. The return of Cecil Rhodes to South
'Africs has beep a matter of reat political surprise
in this city.
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Little Stories For Bedtime
By Thornton W. Burgess.
Anger is an awful thing;
It never stops to reason.
' It boils right over all at once
No matter what the season.
"lt was so with lohnuv Chuck. The minute he
caught sight of the strange chuck over by the tone
elm tree anger filled his hesrt snd fairly boiled over
until he was in a terrible rage. Of course it was
foohsh very foolish indeed. The strange chuck
hadn't said or done anything to make Johnny Chuck
angry ; not the least thing in the world excepting to
come down on t0 tiie Green Meadows. Now the
Green Meadows are Very broad and there is room
for many chucks. It was pure selfishnrs on the
part of johnny Chuck to want to drive away every
other chuck.
But anser never stops to reason. It didn t now.
Johnny Chuck hurried as fast ss his short legs
could take him toward the lone elm tree and in his
mind wss just one. thought to drive that strange
chuck off the Green Meadows and to punish him
so that he never never would dare even think of
coming back. So great was Johnny's anger that
every hair stood on end and ss he ran he chattered
and scolded.
"I II fix him I These are my Green Meadows snd
no one else has any business here unless I say sot
in iix mm 1 111 iix nimi
Then Johnny would grind his teeth and in his
eyes was the ugliest look. He wasn't nice to see
not a bit nice. The Merry Little Breezes of Old
Mother West Wind didn't know what to make of
hira. Could this He the Johnny Chuck thev had
known so long the good natured happy Johnny
Chuck whom everybody loved? They drew away
from him. for they didn't want anything to do with
any one in such-a frightful temper. But Johnny
Chuck didn't even notice and if he had he wouldn't
have cared. That is the trouble with anger. It
crowds out everything else when it 'once fills (he
heart.
When Johnny had first seen the stranger he hail
thought right away that it was the old grav Chuck
with whom he had had such a terrible fight the
day'before and whom he had whipped. Perhaps that
was one reason ior jonnnv muck s terrible anger
now for the old gray Chuck had tried to drive Johnny
Chuck off the Green Meadows. But when he 'had
to stop for breath and sst up to look aeain he
saw that it wasn't the old gray Chuck at all. U
was a younger Chuck and much smaller than the
old gray Chuck. It wss smaller than Johnny himself.
"Hell be all the esster to whip" muttered Johnny
1 ( as he started on
again never once
On the Trail of Oil
(From ikt Washington Post.)
"Westward the course of oil has tsken its way
only to turn eastward again - and Arkansas has the
newest oil bansza on the map" remarked Charles
H. Sprigmann of Ranger Texas at the Franklin
Square "Since the days when all Pennsylvania went
wild over the discovery of oil on the farm of 'Coal
Oil Johnnie who recently died a poor man sfter
spending a fortune the search and discovery of oil
has moved farther and farther west. From Pennsyl
vania those who sought fortunes in oil followed the
drill and the derrick to West Virginia and Ohio then
on to Indiana and Illinois and down into Oklahoma
and Texas. When the early Texas fields at Beau
mont snd Humble began to show signs of running
out the oil seekers hurried to California only to
rush back to Oklahoma Texas and Louisiana when
new and rreattr fields were brought in. In recent
years oil has been discovered in Kansas Kentucky
Wyoming snd Montana and lastly in Arkansas.
"Each new discovery has caused a stampede that
equaled anything that occurred in the stirring days
of the Klondike' gold strikes. The lure ef the ebon
fluid is ss stropgSs the yellow metel and each new
field offers greater promise to the fortune Aunter.
When oil wss discovered st Eldorado Ark. s few
weeks sgo interest in development in the Texas and
Oklahoma fields instantly shifted to the new field.
and thousands of operators drillers speculators. Is
borers and hangers-on of every description tnado-a
mad scramble to get there first. There appears to
be sufficient ground for some excitement ss reliable
estimates on the well indicste it is flowing or had
an initial flow of about 8000 to 10000 barrels dailr.
Many substantial companies hsve been looking with
favor on Arkansas for some time and undoubtedly
other wells will be brought in. Soonf however in-
terest will slscken on the part of the fortune hunters
snd the news of a discovery ia another State will
precipitate another .mad stampede'
t
7
mi
1 . . sT" -M . - . a
t . W
"i
0gfj thinking of how un-
fair it would be to
fight -with one smal
ler than himself.
That was because he
was so angry. Anger
ever is fair. Pretty
soon he reached the
lone elm tree. The
granger wasnt" to be
ten I No. sir. th
stranger wasn't' any
where in siuht Ink.-
4 ny Chuck sat up and
.juuKca mis way and
looked that way but
nowhere could he
See the stranger.
"Pooh!" said John-
ny Chuck. ''He's
afraid to fight I He's
cowara. But he
can't get away from
me so essily. He's
' hiding and IT1 find
Johnnv didn t finish hut' ha
ground his teeth and it wasn't a pleasant sound to
hear.
So Johnny Chuck hunted for the stranger and the
longer he hunted the angrier he grew. Spmehow the
stranger managed to keep oat of his sight. He .was
almost ready to give up when he almost stumbled over
the stranger hiding in a little clump of bushes Ann '
iutn a lunny uimi n.ppcucu. vvnai ao you think
It whs? Why all the anger left Tohnni rtu 'k
His. hair no longer stood on end. .He Hi' t
whv. but all of a sudden he felt fnnllih ..
indeed. 1 ' ' '
'Who are youf
mended gruffly.
him and then-
he de-
"Who ste you?" he demanded gruffly.
."I I'm Polly Chuck" replied the stranger in
small timid voice." '
y (CcDvrurht. ion. bv T. W n...
Require! No Menial Exertion.
tFrom tht Ohio Slat Tnul '''. '' ."'
"
Well we guess one thing thst was pretty well ea. 'V
taoiisneo oy me evenis 01 last ween wss thla. h. -
th Antiulnnn leSmie rlnara Ita u.k
tvonuor vrng i van Dl
(From ths Indianapolis SlarA ' '. !
orrau uuninot pany soouia nave s kaoer and t t
could name the men to whose sis it hat h. whJs. ' 1
tied down.
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