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The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1909-11-11

The people Of the South, and
especially Of Texas, have heard
40 much during recent years Of
the wonderful possibilities" and
the great ''undeveloped resourc.
90" Of this section, that they
have accepted these statements
as true and few have taken the
pains to make an inventory or
catalogue these resources. While
such a task would be herculean.
il is not impossible. The one
item alone of unoccupied and I'M
productive land is typical of the
magnitude of many other sources
of wealth and material prosperi-
ty.
Land being in the last analysis
the basis of all enduring prospe-
rity, it follows that that section
which has the most unoccupied
and capable of yielding a profit
to the husbandman has the larg-
est possibilities of future devel-
opment. Measured by this
standard Texas stands at the
head of the list Of states and the
South leads all other sections OF
the United States.
A recent compilation makes
the startling showing that only
about one-fourth of the land area
of the South has been brought
under the dominion of the farm
er and the stockman, while near
ly three-fourths of the area Of
Texas is classed as empty acres.
And these are not sterile acres
in a forbidding climate. They
are in a section where nature
has been lavish with her gifts of
sunshine and rain, the prime es-
sentials to agricultural activities.
Acre for acre the millions Of
empty acres of the South con-
tain greater possibilities of agri-
production than are 20
be found in the soil OF any other
portion Of the universe.
These acres constitute the
great reserve strength of the
South. a resource which In the
years 20 come win lift her % a
proud eminence of prosperity
and commercial power.
While the great nations of
Europe are in a state of feyerish
unrest and straining every ener-
~ 10 increase their ornaments
n order TO forcibly possess more
erritory on which TO conolize
heir overcrowded population
entirely losing them as
.itzens, it is pleasing TO con-
how far in the future /
s the day when such problems .
yill confront our country. In .
stead of building warships and .
,quipping armies 10 open and .
maintain foreign markets, we f.
nay devote ourselves % the
more pleasing and profitable task
# peopleing our empty acres
With thrifty farmers. who will
rot only consume but produce.
The next decade will witness
IN unprecedented influx Of i'm
Migrants 20 the South and year
~ year the price Of land will .
% higher. The moral Of this
ituation is that every handles :
nan in the South should m9I
n effort 20 establish his g. ''Ae
n a house of his ov .a'''''S
o the land" is no. H. Dam
col 20 sertir . longer an APP
bo.y I. tent and a pro-
-, ~ IS a movement in full
- Fort Worth pecord
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1909-11-11

NJ. c. McCrummen returned
Monday from a visit 70 points.
north of here.
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1909-11-11

Gran ulated. brown, loaf and
pulverized sugar at Greenhill
Bros. the Cash Grocers. Phone
l3O. l. II
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1909-11-11

Creamery butter fresh and fine
always on hand at Greenhill Bros.
the Cash Grocers. Phone 230. Is 1t
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1909-11-11

J. +. Murfee and family re-
turned Monday evening from a
visit with relatives in the east.
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1909-11-11

Greenhill Bros. the Cash Gro
GERS, pay the highest market price
for eggs. butter and chickens
Phone 230. l. II
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1909-11-11
LUBBOCK HDW. & FURNITURE Co.
Are Always 10 be Found ~ Our Store


Rev. Joseph P. Galloway is in
attendance on the Annual Con-
ference which is in session at
Stamford this week.
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1909-11-11

Mrs. Grace Johnston did not
move her millinery.goods, as was
stated last week. The Avalanche
reporter having been missin-
formed in regard to the matter.
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1909-11-11

Geo. :. Parker fountain pens.
Wesson q Holland. Is 1t
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1909-11-11

u8est Callfornia honey and q fine
of Bishops preserves, Iams
p jcllles at nreenhill bros the
III Grocers Phone ESQ Or a..
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1909-11-11

Mrs. NJ. NJ. Harvey came in
on the train Monday evening.
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1909-11-11
NJ. +. Merrell returned Sun
cay from points north.

A deal was closed TINS week,
whereby the Avalanche Publish
ing Co., purchased the Job out
tit of the Hill Printing Company
and the same has been console
dated With the Avalanche plant
making it better equipped than
ever for doing all kinds Of print
ing.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1909-12-23

Why is baseball the game OF the
summer instead of croquet. and foot
ball the game of the autumn instead
of tiddledewinks? 1t is the element of
conflict, of struggle, that gives to the
diamond ard the gridiron their empire
over the imagination. The whole man
goes into baseball. whereas croguet
cannot contain the entire personality
of any except very weak dilution of
masculinity. The normal man likes a
game that tries the players thew and
sinew. eye and brain. heart and cour-
age.
The fact of the matter is that moth
ing is more attractive TO men than
difficulty. hardship danger. The call
of the heroic is irresistible. \ case in
point is that of man who left one
position for another few months
ago He turned his back on friends
and n sure success 10 Grapple with
difficulties of n most unusual kind.
His employers offered him everything
they could give him to induce him to
remain. But one thing they could not
duplicate-the opportunity for Il strug-
gle such as tries mems souls. That
was more to him than the material
reward.-St. Louis Republic.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1909-12-23
AMERICAN CRACKERS.
Pilot Bread the First Variety Made In
the United States.

The first cracker produced in the
United States, so tar as known, was
pilot or snip bread, Il large. round,
clumsy, crisp affair, which supplied
the demand of the merchant marine
for an article of food that would, uu.
like ordinary bread, keep for a pro-
longed period.
Later another variety was origi-
waited, the cold water cracker, which
differed from the first chiefly i'll its
smaller size. more compact texture
and greater hardness. For long time
these two were the only goods known
to the trade.
They We're both made of unleavened
dough mixed and kneaded by hand,
and the crackers were rolled out and
shaped separately before being placed,
one at a time, on long handled sheet
iron shovel or peel and transferred in
order to the floor of the oval shaped
tile oven then in use. 1t was not until
some time later that raised or fer
mented dough was used in the manu-
facture of crackers, and it is only
within the past three-quarters of a
century that any great variety has
been produced.-Rakers Weekly.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1909-12-23
And YET n, lkina pi.d

? During the fatal" illness of King
Charles II. OF England there were four.
-teen doctors in attendance, and they
-dosed him in the course OF five and
a half days With the following drugs
aud powders: Orange infusion OF the
metals, white vitriol dissolved in cou-
4ound peony water, powder of sacred
bitter sirup, Of buckthorn. common
'decoctioh for clySters, rock salt, emetic
'wine, two blend pills, bryony com.
pound powder OF white hellebore roots,
powder of cowslip flowers. best man
IA. cream OF tartar. barley and Iiq-
Horire, sweet almond kernels, sal am
3moniac. antidotal milk water. mallow
root. melon seeds. chicken broth, bark
OF elm. juiep of black cherry water,
flowers Of lime. lilies of the valley,
spirit OF lavender. prepared pearls and
white sugar candy, senna leaves. ale.
sirup of cloves, Con stone. Rhine wine,
oriental bezOar stone and u number Of
other medicines. .ts ...-
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1909-12-23
PLAYED WITH A LION.
A South African Child Who Ran to
Meet the Bio "Doggie."

A South African Child Who Ran to
Meet the Big "Dossie."
The infant son of one of the Dutch
settlers in South Africa had strayed
away. After some time search par
ty discovered little footprints leading
in the direction of the bush. Follow
ing up these, the search party came
upon u large open space, at the far-
ther side of which they discovered the
object of their search sitting hugginS
a little wooden doll and munching
piece of bread and butter. Before
they could make their way through
the thick. tangled underground a large
lion sprang into the clearing. Tho lit.
tie boy. far from being frightened. ran
TO meet the lion, holding up his bread
and butter and said. Take a bite.
doggie."
The father stood powerless to move
or speak through fear. expecting each
instant to see the child crushed under
the lions paw. but iustead Of doing
as he dreaded the lion turned himself
over and lay on his back at the child s
feet. looking up in his face as cat
would do at play. Watching his op-
portunity, the father raised his gun
and fired. hitting the lion in the leg
The animal sprang up and, leaving the
child. rushed on the party, injuring
two of the number before it was final
ly killed. From this circumstance the
child was Immediately christened 10y
the settlers Daniel London Family
Herald
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1909-12-23
Tin to the WaXfarer.

"Wel." demanded the stern faced
woman as she leaned over the red
handled broom, what do you want?'
Lady" said the wayfarer with the
long beard and matted chin. I'm an
actor by profession and In hard luck. -
well, what have to do with that
"Why-er-I was thinking if you
could spare me quarter to get a
shave and 4 hair cut | could get job
in the role of Virginius."
She eyed him diSdainfully.
"Oh. that's a poor excuse" she said
with a curl Of her thin lip. Go up to
the town without a shave and hair
cut and get a job in the role OF Rip
Van Wrinkle"
And before he could say another
word she started to unchain the dog
Chicago News.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1909-12-23
WAITED FOR HEALY.
An Incident of the Land League Ag
tation In Ireland.

An Incident of the Land League Ag-
tation In ireland
One morning during the Land league
agitation Mr. Paruell left Dublin 10y
the early mail train for HoscommOu
to address Il meeting. On arriving in
the town he received telegram from
Dublin which ran:
Missed mail train. Will get down at ,
O'Clock. Postpone meeting TIL / arrive.
HEALl.
Mr.. paruell was pleased to learn that
L. NJ. Healy, NJ. r.. was coming down.
Delighted. too. were the local promo
ters of the demonstration. and the meet
ing was gladly postponed for Il few
hours
At o'clock the railway station and
its approaches were thronged with
people with bands and banners. aud
the train from Dublin steamed IN
amid terrific cheering for Tim Healy
The train pulled up carriage door
opened, and the local reception com
mittee rushed to II, when out stepped
"uealy," but 1t was not L. NJ. HeaIy
NJ. +. 1t was w. Wallace Healy. Il
well known reporter on the stan OF
the Irish Times
He had been assigned to the ROscum-
mon meeting. had missed the mail
his paper should have report OF Mr
Parnelrs speech; hence the telegram
-Pearsons Weekly.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1909-12-23
Why We Lauqh.

Laughter seems to be a specialized
form of either the scream of a star
tied or injured animal or the cry of
triumph common to many beasts Of
prey. In children the cry OF terror
aud the shout of laughter often shade
into each other and the young child
escaping from pursuit will scream with
laughter or fear, according to his
chances of escape. Some unexpected
event that causes slight alarm short
roi actual terror IL the conifrieheSt cause
Of "hidfeu's lnup'Her. but HI ;iyIufS
s. ne sudden event that gives sensa-
tion of triumph over others has much
more influence. Really clever jokes
seldom cause laughter. and II has been
pointed out that a man chasing his
hat will produce laughter far more
hearty In character than the best eff
forts of the cleverest wit. The sight
of III fortune In another causes by
contrast feeling of triumph In our
selves. The ticklish parts of the body
nre for the most part the sites of i'm
portant blood vessels. and the laughter
produced In children by tickling is
even more closely allied to the cry Il
pain.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1909-12-23
ORIGIN OF THE ROD.
Used In Driving Oxen. It Came Handy
In Measuring Land.


The origin of the rud, pole or perch
as ineai and Superhcial measure has
been traced To the rod. pole or goad
used TO urge and direct a seam Of oxen
pulling Il plow. SO it came about it
was used as Il convenient aud handy
land measure in ieudal times by the
lords in allotting plots of land for ag-
ricultural purposes to the viIleius and
others.
One rod wide and forty long built up
a quarter OF an acre The furong, or
four poles wide and same depth-i. e.,
forty poles, one acre-was a convenient
length for furrow before turning the
plow. OF course these lengths some.
what varied in different parts Of the
country where soils and agriculture
varied, but gradually the slight varia,
ttons grew less, and finally the present
accepted statutory acre was evolved.
Gunter's chain of sixty-six feet Cten
square chains TO the acre. was invent,
ed by the Rev. Edmund Gunter G5S1,
1926. He was n professor of astrono.
my at Gresham college, London. and
ingeniously adapted it to facilitate dec.
imal calculations in land measure,
ments. The use of the rod in superfi.
cial measurements of brick work and
lineally in hedges. bitches and fences
followed as convenient existing
Observation-Disclosures Journal.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1909-12-23
ODD RACE ACROSS AFRICA.
German Officer Suggests a Go-as- you
please Contest.

Lieutenant Paul Graetz of the Ger
man army, who recently crossed AZ
rica in an automobile. has launched a
novel project for go-as-y please
race across Africa. Competitors will
be allowed to walk or use any other
means of locomotion known to man
except a railway.
Graetz, who will enter the contest
himself, agrees not to employ his auto
mobile, with which it took him $50 days
to bisect the dark continent. but he
may resort to a flying machine. bal
loon, dirigible airship, motorcycle. bi-
cycle, horse. donkey. zebra. jinrikisha
or native drawn cart. For the pres
ent he is not saying which. He plans
that the race shall start on March /.
1910. at some point on the east coast
not farther south than the twentieth
degree OF north. latitude. c'... -.
The lieutenant thpks that the con-
test. apart from its sporting aspect,
ought to produce valuable scientific
and economic results. He hopes that
adventurous Americans may be in
duced to enter his transafrican scram-
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1909-12-23
WOMAN.
A Mystery That Keeps Man Eternally
on the Guess.

A Mystery That Keeps Man EternaIly
on the Guess.
when woman has ceased to be
mystery she will cease to be of special
interest to man." said one among the
loveliest of her sex, and she is able to
speak as one having authority, for she
Is comely and has been alive long
enough to know whereof she speaks.
And, come to think of it. she is
about right-she Is right
1t isn't because woman makes of
herself mystery. She's a mystery in
spite of herself. And nature alone,
being mans superior on earth, seems
to be playing woman so as to keep
man ever guessing, for as soon as he
has succeeded in figuring out one of
her equations she hands him another,
and SO on, and on
At first the young man thinks he
knows all about all women, but by the
time his locks begin to whiten he is
ready to concede that he doesn't even
know all about one. Or do you know
all about her?
To the laddie they are all kissable,
or nearly all, but as time passes the
kissable list shortens and shortens un-
til ut last-well, you may answer for
yourself, but no doubt 1t is quite short
unless you belong to the promiscuous
brotherhood. gGazette-Times.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1909-12-23
MOUNT ETNA.
IL Is Said TO Hold AIlathe Climates Of
.' the Earth. -f ..s. ...

the Earth. -t :s -.
Mount Etna has furnished more ma
terial for Travellers tales than any 9TH
er mountain on earth. Astonished Eng
lishmen of century ago, who fell
into the fashionable habit of climbing
to Its highest peak-and some did so,
to the amaZement of the Sicilians, even
in the dead of ,winter-have left on
record in the exuberant language OF
their day the emotions that thrilled
their soul. The man who treads
Mount Etna," wrote one OF these, lis
man above the world Every river
on the island can be traced from its
mouth to its source ....,
The characters" the same writer
continues, 'of all the climates OF the
earth can be detected-the frigid close
around one. the temperate with its
belt of trees just beneath and the trop-
ical at the base OF the mountain. with
IT'S vineyards and luxuriant groves. The
great ocean around. with the islands Of
Lipari. Panari. Alicudi. Stromboli and
Volcano. with their smoking SUBMITS,
appear under your feet, and you look
down upon the whole Of Sicily as upon
a map"
In addition to all the climates, Etna
rs reported to have trees that rival the
giants OF California, tskes athat never
'thaw, bottomless caEernsa and salable
snow.-Chicago Negs ,ysu--,asnoddUia
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1909-12-23
PASSPORTS.
Method of Applying For Them TO the
State Department.
,uilders' Journal.

State Department.
Passports are issued to citizens of
the United States upon application to
the state department in Washington.
The application must be accompanied
by an affidavit attested by notary
public or other officer empowered to
administer oaths stating that the ap-
plicant is citizen and giving the
place of birth and age, and 1t must be
accompanied by the certificate Of one
other citizen to whom he Is personally
known that the declaration made By
the applicant is true.
The application must be uccompa.
MED by q description of the person,
particularly as to age, height. COM
pleXion. fore dread, eyes, nose. moth,
chin.f hair and facet Blank. forms are
furnished ,by1tile state department ca,
application. The fee for each passport
is 81. Citizens trayelng abroad may
also obtain passports by applying to
United States ambassadors and minis
tersd3ThE{ 2UGT9J4 4N.TlS-
Where any person has made n dec
laration of intention to become citl-
zen of the United States and has IT,
sided In the United States for three
years passport valid for six months
may be issued to him. This passport
is not renewable and does not entitle.
. the holder to the protection of this
government In the country of which
he was originally a citizen.7New York
, A.lertcan.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1909-12-23
FILIPINO WOMEN.
Their Cares Begin Early, and They
Win Husbands by Hard Work.


''F'illpino women know how to win
husbands" says an American woman
who is living at Manila. ut is COM
mon thing In the islands to see a girl.
young and brown and strong. crushing
rice with heavy wooden mallet. while
around her sit q number of admiring
swains, looking on, but never dream
ing of offering to help. And the girl
doesn't expect 1t. She pounds cheerful
ly away, and by and by her reward
comes In husband to work for.
Life accustoms the Filipino woman
to labor at very early age AS a
tiny girl she Is rarely seen without an
appendage In the shape of a baby
brother or sister perched on her little
brown hip. When she grows a few
inches taller and few degrees strong
er she is pressed into service as a wa
ter carrier. bearing heavy jars of wa
ter poised gracefully on her head
from the river to her home. Now. too,
she works in the fields, and a vivid bit
of color she makes in her short killed
scarlet skirt When she becomes a
woman-and she is woman at fifteen
or before-she may have n small shop
to tend, and there is the rice to beat
and much other work to do.
Marriage brings no vacation. She is
pretty sure to have many children to
care for. She tends the fields, cooks
and frequently has a stall in the mar
ket for several hours n day. But when
the women are really old then their
rest time comes. They sit quietly by,
looking on as life goes past them, but
taking part no more. In spite of the
hard labor they have had there is gen
orally n very peaceful look in the
brown, wrinklcd faces of these old
women."-Ncw York Tribune.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1909-12-23
4 NATUnAL WONDER.
The DEVILS Race Course In the Blue
Ridge Mountains.

mage mountalnS'
"The Blue Ridge mountains abound
in natural wonders" observed an old
resident of Penmar. Most wonderful
of them all, In my opinion, is the Dew
lis Race Course. which Is but a short
walk from Penmar.
AT first view this strange natural
phenomenon appears like broad
roadway of great stones which ex'
tends away up the mountain in path
no human hand could ever build.
Many of these great stones weigh
tons. while others are only a few hun
dredweight. Lying close together by
the thousand. they present an extraor'
dinary spectacle.
Tradition has 1t and scientists agree
this strange track was the bed of an
ancient river. The conclusion is dra wn
from the looks of the stones. They
are all we'll 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 hemmed in by high
banks. nor is 1t located In rayiEp.
In fact, 1t stands somewhat higher
than the natural side of the mountain.
The puzzle only intensifies interest in
the queer place and multiplieS the ar.
guments and theories of It's prehistoric
origin. Baltimore American
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1909-12-23
'ithout the assistance of ropes.
EXPLORATION OF THE ARcTlCs
ProfesS9r D}0naI5. Mcmillan VIII De,
vote His Life to the Work.

Professor Donald Mcmillan, who oc-
cupied a chair in the mathematical de-
partment of Worcester NIass.l acad-
envy prior to his becoming a member
of Commander. Robert +, Pearys polar
expedition, has decided to make arctic
exploring his life work and to give
up teaching for good aud all. ...,s7..
" re declares that the arctic, life. ap7
.peaIs so strongly to him that uexl
summer he will join an expedition TO
explore tti4rodghIy Crockett's. island.
That Potnt ot land, be believes, pg.
COOK reached. :. 80 Professor Mcmillan
said ttiat itis' point OF land attracted
his attention when the Roosevelt pass
ed by on its way north?'ss
Iebelieve," the explorer said. that
this hand will be or muehf scientific
vaiue.u and 1t viii be aG7 interesting
study -iu itself torsees whether orfnet
Esktalos dwell there. set'T" "9 !
What expedition he will join Pro-
fessor Mcmillan could not say. g.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1909-12-23
MYSOST.
A Norwegian Cheese That Is Made OF
Goats Milk.

SOdIS mllk
There il n terrible kind of Norwegian
cheese called "mySoSt.' which is made
of goats milk IL is brown in color
and served in the shape OF bricks
done up In silver paper. The initiated
shave this into thin films and make it
into sandwich with black bread and
butter. This cheese is really made
from the whey after proper cheese has
been manufactured. ALI the water is
then boiled out. and the remainder is
compressed into these brown bricks,
which taste sweet and gritty.
Love of this cheese would take some
time TO acquire. The opportunity is
not lacking, for ii appears at every
meal. from breakfast onward. There
are several native cbeeses. Another
terrible one, "pultost," is made with
cara way seeds and always smells as
If it had gone bad. Mysost has no
smell, fortunately, only a terrible as
pect and taste.
DR.. julius Nicholyson sent a few
Norwegian delicacies to a friend in
Germany, and, among others, he put
in piece of the native mysost. His
friend wrote and thanked him for the
salmon. etc, and then continued. ''The
soap is very nice, but we find great
difficulty in making the lather." This
was the cheese!-London Saturday Re
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