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The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1911-04-28
Alaxv Bow. Invention.

The long handled shovel has made
over $3O0.0 for it's inventor, and the
inventor was lazy. shiftless boy of IL.
named Reuben Davis. whose father liv-
ed in Vermont at the time. He set
Reuben to digging dirt and loading it
on a wagon, and the short-handled
shovel made the boys back ache One
afternoon when his father was away,
he took out the short handle and sub
stituted a long one and found the
work much easier.
When the father reached home Reu-
ben got a licking, but after the odd
man had used the shovel himself be
saw that 1t was a good thing and opt
il patented. They are now manufse-
tured almost by the million Th4t
boys backache turned out to be . godd
thing for the Davis family.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1911-04-28
Money Spent for Creature Comforts
10 Not Necessarily Wasted, but
Reveals Optimistic Spirit.

The New York Times observed that
IN 1910 the cost of so-called Injuries
indulged In by Americans included
these items: Jewelry. $500. 000.0 900;
confectionery. $685.. 0e0. 900; automo-
l1Jeo. S495, OO0. 900: tobacco. $450. o00.-
80: alcoholic drinks 745.3o0. 600:
to1al, 81, se5. 300. 600. Waste. extrava-
nnnce.- howl the economists and the
wnRnIist. Yes. there is a percentage
= waste due to overindulgence and
y overcharges by retailers, particu-
Mn In the matter of liquid refresh
20. But this waste. comparative
~ opoaking. II only Incidental
- spoat for creature comforts"
- luxu1les b not necessarily
I - 4 H narrowed down to the
! - noeensoftoa = : very cOIor5ess.
nGoune oogt - existence. Il =
~ whothor overlndulgence O
1hGco = Wupnp than undeFln1ul-
- GGBo6 1uptsd sh0w 1000
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1911-04-28
COST OF AMERICAN LUxURIES

odd things. Apparently they prove
that the American woman is fonder
of candy than she II of jewelry.
which may. as one pleases. either be
considered an indication that she has
an unusual love for things that tickle
the palate. or a proof that she has be-
gun to discount barbaric array The
figures for tobacco are not relatively
high when one considers that both
sexes now indulge In the weed to a
considerable extent. Except possibly
in one instance the figures are en-
couraging rather than otherwise, be-
cause they reveal an optimistic spirit
in the people. A . rule pessimists
are not open-handed.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1911-04-28
OPEN, BRAZEN CONFESSION
Ono Man Finds the Game OF Chess
Too Much for Him and
Admits II.

The chessboards which are occasion.
ally given TO us by our benevolent
friends and relations are invariably of
the very useful type. They are studded
with spikes so that no piece can be re-
moved fortuitiously from its own sep
arate square. When people give us
chessboard they seem to think that we
are likely to play chess more often
than not on the deck of a ship in
hurricane. They picture us tossed
this way and that by waves which run
mountains high. They feel that
though we may be physically incom-
NODDED by the fury of the tempest. the
game of chess in which we are en-
gagged will be undisturbed- They are
right. Nothing short of volcanic
eruption Immediately beneath our feet
would cause the dislocation of the ar
rangements of pieces on these presen-
tation boards.
Personally, however. we have not
played chess at all for sometime. Our
knowledge of the game stopped short
ly after we mastered the various
moves of the various pieces. Every
now and then we get a wild longing
to rival those experts who win twenty
seven games blindfol6 simultaneously
while playing The Lost Chord on
the banjo. But our ambition general
" fades away when We get out one
OF our chessboards and realize that we
cannot make full use of its capabilities
unless we go to the Bay of Biscay on
a rough day. Besides, we once SUI
fered a violent disbursement We
were playing with an opponent who
also was no fiier, and each thought
II was the others move. We sat wait
ing for each other to move for three
quarters of an hour; until. IN Iact'
some casual bystander mentioned tnat
there was a time limit in such cases.
That incident has soured US perma'
nently.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1911-04-28

thoughtful man, is known to but four
officers of the government So yalu-
able is it considered the government
does not think 1t best to let the in
gradients of the compound be known
TO more than that number.
All the nations OF the earth have
been watching the experiments with
Explosive ID and have been expert
menting with high explosives. but
there is not anything in the world at
present that represents such tremen-
dous power as does this thing which
quiet army officer living in Bay
Shore. l.. L.. has been developing in
his laboratories and at the Sandy
Hook experiment grounds.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1911-04-28
LIVELY TOY QUITE AMUSING
Horse and Mannikins Move az Plat
form 10 Drawn About Room
Driver Initiates Man.

A toy that will afford lots of amuse-
ment for the little people is that de-
signed by q Kentucky man. When
the platform is drawn about the room
the figures on it move in lifelike fash
ion. All four legs of the horse are
pivoted to his body. The arms and
legs of the driver are jointed and the
man in the back of the vehicle is not
only jointed wherever he can be, but
is suspended from the roof on an elias
tic band. The turning of the rear
wheels actuates mechanism which in
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1911-04-28
Cure for His Dyspepsy.

Hogan-Phwat makes we swally all
your dinner in two minutes. Grogan
Are yez attn on a bet2
Grogan-It's for the good ay me
dyspepsy, Moike. Sure the docther
tould me to rist an hour after attn.
and how else am OF goin' to git the
hour of rist I'm onless OF ate loike the
dfyfl7"
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1911-04-28
WhY2 Just Because.

Papa" said the little boy, why do
they say a woman is setting her cap
for a man when she wants to marry
him."
Because. my SON" explains the
father, softly, "if she sets her bonnet
for him she knows blamed well the
price OF IL will scare him 10 death"
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1911-04-28
Lively, Amusing Toy.

turn moves the horses legs backward
and forward and instills life into the
mannikins. The driver leans forward
and pulls backward. giving a good i'm
itation of a man urging his horse to
greater speed, while his legs kick
about in lively fashion. The man in
the back jumps up and down with
great agility.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1911-04-28

Mamma" said little Edith an thol
were passing drug store. -can haye
a glass of soda waterr
Not now. DEAR" was the reply.
Then can l have some lemonadoYs
NO." answered her mother; Il for
got my purse and haven't any mooey|
to pay for Il"
..Oh. dear.- exclaimed the di1mDI
pointed Edith, then suppose IN joot(
have to b satisned with raw Waf0e.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1911-04-28

dt W ilNfh ANY, " 49,
was restore d TO
health by Lydia Il.
|Pinkham's Negeta-
BILE Compound. She
was pale. with dark
circles un der her
eyes. weak and irri-
table. Two different
doctors treated her
and called 10 Green
Sickness. bnt sh q
grew worse all tbs
time lydia E.pink-
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1911-04-28

hams Vegetable Compound was rec
commended, and after taking three bot
ties she has regained her health, thanks
to your medicine. / can recommend it
for all female troubles. Mrs. l.. A.
CoRKRAN. 1io3 Rutland Street, Balti-
more, Md.
Hundreds Of such letters from moth
ers expressing their gratitude for what
LYDIA T.. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound has accomplished for them have
been received by the Lydia Il. Pinkham
Medicine Company, Lynn. Mass.
Young Girls, Heed This Advice.
Girls who are troubled with painful
or irregular periods, backache, head
ache, dragging-down sensations. faint
ing spells or Indigestion, should take
immediate action and be restored 20
health by Lydia j.. Pinkham's Nege-
table Compound. Thousands have been
restored 10 health by its use.
Write TO Mrs. Pini1han, Lynn.
NIsss., for advice, free
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1911-04-28

which II proper" inquired the par
ticular new arrival. TO say stop 1T >
hotel or put up at hotel?"
Both replied thss register clerk.
but you must PIT ~ - this hotel
befors you en- stop - iGs-BsowD
ings lGaGn11not
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1911-04-28

The Customer quite seriously
An how's yopr liver today, sory
The Butcher--Fine and dandy, Mrs.
Flaherty-and only fifteen cents n
pound,
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1911-04-28

The German top is larger and more
expensive, and the French top is quite
different in shape. None of them will
stand the pegging and battering of the
stubby little American top.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1911-04-28
Preliminary Suspension.

How did Jobble's wife manage 10
nang up lace curtains?"
II think by making Jobble hang up
his watch"
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1911-04-28
On the Ship.

Ma. did you observe that man walk
ing up and down the deck-what a
searching expression he has,"
Guess he's q custom-house officer"
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1911-04-28

TAYLOR. Cherokee Remedy Of Sweet Gum
and Mullen j. Natures great remedy
Cures Coughs Colds. Group and Whoopng
Cough and all throat and lung troubles AZ
druggists. DC. soc and 81 90 per bottle.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1911-04-28

Praise not a woman for what she
hath. but for what she hath not, and
thy reward shall be exceeding great.
-Gelett Burgess.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1911-04-28

We are interested in others when
they are interested in us.-Publius
SyruH
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1911-04-28
SPLENDID peveIopment.

Developed your gold mine any mn
yeti"
Sure. ] started with desk room.
and now / have a suite Kansas
City journal.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1911-04-28

Mans best possession Ia a EympR-
thetic wife. Euripides.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1911-04-28
lnvInciblo Modesty.

Modesty was a prominent feature
in the character of the eminent physi-
cist. ]. willard Gibbs. for many years
professor OF mathematical physics at
Yale. He had just appreciation OF
the value of his own discoveries. says
the author of the biographical sketch
of Professor Gibbs contained in
Leading American Men of Science"
but shrank from any form OF praise
or publicity.
In 1901 the Copley medal Of the
Royal society of London. which IL
awarded for the most important SCI
entific work done in any country, was
given to Mr. Gibbs. He deprecated
the congratulations Of his friends who
had read the announcement.
Better not say anything about II. :"
he urged. very likely it II an err
ror"-Youth's Companion.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1911-04-28

DO you see that quiet man over
there in the corner by himself"
Yes. He looks % meek. he might
be q heartbroken teacher Of Latin"
"On the contrary, for years he has
played desperate parts in melodrama-"
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1911-04-28
MY
DAUGHTER
WASCURED
BY Lydia +. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound

Baltimore, Md send you here
with the picture of my fifteen year old
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1911-04-28
4SHe52
0g1@2TiISE/
JURORS

"One boy Is better than three eirls,"
So runs German adage old
Old. and false old, / deem.
Like many things In proverbs told
For sex has naught to do with worth.
The world needs both the boy and girl
The strength of one like rugged rock.
The others grace like peerless pearl
All. dark the world II all the girls.
With rosy cheeks and eyes agiow,
Were to be banished from its bounds,
Full dark and drear. indeed. I trow.
God bless you for your sunny smiles.
Your presence pure, and winsome ways!
Bless You for what today you are
And will be In the coming days.
And may your lives 50 fruitful be
IN things that girls alone can do.
Ihat all who read the German gibe
May own IL Gas IL fs) untrue
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1911-04-28

He used to be very strong for for
est conservation"
Yes. and he is just as strongly op.
posed to any such measure
A sudden change"
Yes. he heard that . good quality
Of brandy could be made from saw
dust"
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1911-04-28

How fast are we going. John?"
asked the lady of her imported chauf-
feur ~ she strove TO wipe the dust
from her el6s.
DIRTY mnes . hour. mann. replied
the truthful John
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1911-04-28
Busted

Many a man goes broke-in HehIJh
then wealth. Blames his mind
says IL don't work right; but oil the
time it's his 6owsis. They don't work
liver dead and the whole system gets
clogged with poison. Nothing kills
good, clean-cut brain action like COM
stipation. CASCARETS will relieve
and cure. Try IL now. slG
CASCARETS Ice a boz for a weeks
treatment All druggists Biggest seller
10 the world Million boxes a month
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-08-28

One call for services a professional
photographer dislikes above all others
and that is to get an order for pic.
ture that is to be used as evidence In
q lawsuit The photographers who are
most I'm demand for THIS purpose are
the busiest ones. those who make a
speciality Of taking pictures OF news
events for the papers and magazines.
When any one wants Photographic EVIL
dence he is likely to remember the
name of some firm OF professionals
that he has seen often In print and
asks them to do the job.
I'VE wouldn't mind that sort Of
work so much II taking the picture
was all that there was TO It," said one
Of these picture men. I'VE get So or
So for the picture. Later we get a
subpoena. and we have to send to
court the man that took ii. to swear
that he recognizes his work. that he
took the picture. that he never was
arrested and lot of other fool stuff
that uses up days time. Therefore
we never touch such a job knowingly"
New York Sun.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-08-28
FIGHTING FISH.
In the Rage Of Battle They Turn From
Dull to Brilliant CoIors.

In the Rage Of Battle They Turn From
Dull to Brilliant Colors.
In the gardens of Singapore it is the
custom to stock the ponds with all
manner of queer fishes, many of them
Of the fighting variety so dear to the
heart of the orientals. This species of
fish is so combative that It is only nee
essary to place two Of them near each
other. like lighting cocks, and perhaps
to irritate them a little to bring on a
lively conflict.
They at once charge each other with
fms erect at the same time changing
color in their excitement from the dull
est of gray greens to brilliant reds and
blues. Indeed. confinement in close
quarters is not needed to arouse their
combative propensities
Place two glass jars close together.
with one of these fighting fish in each
and they will at once swim round aud
endeavor to charge each other through
the interposed glass.
Even a single fish seeing himself re
f1ected in mirror will dart at his
own image and. irritated all the more
by his failure 10 reach his supposed
enemy, will assume the most brilliant
hues. Seeing his reflected antagonist
do the same be will +, double his eff
forts TO reach him Exchange.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-08-28
WEIGHED THE ELEPHANT.
A Problem Which a Hindu Prince Was
Able to Solve.

Able to Solve.
There Is a story often told In India
of Shajee. Hindu prince. who on a
certain occasion showed himself al
most as clever as Archimedes.
high official had made vow that
he would distribute to the poor the
weight Of his own elephant in silver
money. But the great difficulty that
at first presented itself was the mode
of ascertaining what this weight real
ly was. All the learned and clever
men of the court seemed to have en-
deavored in vain to construct ma
chine of sufficient power to weigh the
elephant.
At length Shajee came forward and
suggested a plan which was simple
and yet ingenious in the highest de-
gree. He caused the unwieldy animal
to be conducted along stage special
ly made for the purpose by the water
side into a fat bottomed boat. Then.
having marked on the boat the height
to which the water reached after the
elephant had weighed 1t down. the
latter was taken out and stones sub
stituted in sufficient quantity to hold
the boat to the same line. The stones
were then taken to the scales, and
thus, to the amazement of the court.
was ascertaned the true weight of
the elephant. Exchange.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-08-28
A Bitter controxsrsx,

The Shakespeare Bacon controversy
formed the subject Of debate at well
known theatrical school not long ago.
On both sides the orators were would
be actresses. and pro and con the dis
cussion was feminine and furious. 1t
seemed at first that the ardent par.
tisanship OF the fair opponents would
preclude the possibility Of harmonious
conclusion. But The last speaker. in
the nervousness of her first public
speech. suggested common ground.
Ladies" she said. speaking rapidly
81 think there has been much misap
prehensi0n as to the real truth of the
Baconian theory. stand ready 10
show that the great plays we know
so well were written not by Shake
speare or by Bacon. but by Bacon and
Shakespeare In collisiOn."
Amid laughter and applause the de.
bate was declared tie.-New York
Tribune.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-08-28
A Curious Locomotive.

The Darjeeling- Himalayas railway is
one of the most curious in the world.
1t is of two foot gauge and on ac-
count Of the steepness is full of loops.
curves and spirals. many OF the curves
having only seventy feet radius. Some
Of the gradients are as high as one
foot In twenty-eight. a special type Of
locomotive, the CARAT. had to be
made for 1t at Manchester. This loco
motive was required by the specitica-
lions to be able to travel on reverse
curves not exceeding sixty feet radi.
us. with only twenty feet Of length OF
tangent between the curves. The en-
CINE consists of frame supported at
each end by four wheeled bogies. each
Of which is described as Il miniature
locomotive without boiler. The boiler
is carried on the frame between the
bogies. Companion.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-08-28
SOME FEATURES
Of THE BIC FAIR
BY l.. Nj. HEWITT.

The fair will be the big thing thil
year. 1t had its inception in the bi,
thing OF last year, the Trades Day
which was pronounced by all grea
success, considering the small expense
and good results. The merchants, one
and all, began talking up big fail
for this year. 1t was agreed that a
fair in itself could not be financial
success, but as an auxiliary to the de-
Ivelopment of the trade territory no
better method could be employed.
There Is no surer way of convincing
visitors of the resources of territory
than to show its products. There is no
better way of improving products than
by comparison. If the plans of the
committees do not miscarry there will
be the greatest show of Brazos county
products ever assembled in one place.
This will be accomplished by the pre-
miums offered, and We desire to say
right here that every premium will be
paid in cash the last day of the fair.
This plan was followed in the Trades
Day premiums and will be adhered to
at the fair.
There will be some unique prizes
offered; for instance, the management
desires some designs illustrating Tex
as and her products, to be worked out
with such products, and has
onered purse of $75 to be divided as
follows: For the best design, $40; sec
end best, $40; third, $l5. Another prize
is for the largest and best exhibit of
farm products, $50. The corn show
will be one of the best, as the prizes
are liberal. The colt show will be fully
~ to last year, and the premiums are
worth striving for.
In the ladies department one par
Licular prize offered is $25 for the
largest and best domestic exhibit. An
other is for the best art exhibit, a
prize of $25.
The poultry and pet stock exhibit |
promises to be one of the best ever
'een in Central Texas, and will prove
| revelation to those who have not !
lept up with this line of development |
IN Brazos county farms.
The amusement attractions will be |
If the highest order, and will be a
strong feature.
A feature of this fair which is of |
much Importance to every business in
he city is the advertising campaign
which will be carried on for the next
tx weeks in the adjoining counties.
will not only advertise the fair, but
will be united invitation to come to
Bryan to sell products and buy sup
lies.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-08-28

The rain filed everything out OF
doors that will hold water-old tin
cans and other vessels-and every one
OF them is breeding place for mos
quitoes. Every citizen should see to
1t that his premises harbors no hatch
cry of the pesky little insects that
murder sleep and spread disease. 1t is
also Of the utmost importance that
Accommodations in corrals should be re-
moved, because after being wet they
breed flies much more rapidly than in
the hot. dry weather. In a short time
Bryan will be infested with insect pests
If preventive measures are neglected.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-08-28
Hired Crowns.

To economical minds there must be a
certain waste implied in the making
OF new crown for every queen. Yet
this has been the rule. Queen Alexan-
dra and Queen Victoria both had
crowns made for them. and II was
Queen Adelaide who was the first to
rebel against hired crown. Il will
not wear hired crown she said to
the minister who was discussing the
matter with her. "Do you think II
right I should?" Madam. the late
king George ~, wore one" well. |
will not do not like 1t. | have
jewels enough to make one for my.
self" in that case" interposed the
king. they will have to pay for the
setting mo. no." replied Adelaide.
~ will pay for 1t all myself" And
this was the course adopted. London
Chronicle.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-08-28
FOUR IN OLD PERU.
The Mystic Number About Which Gen.
tered All Their Beliefs.

The Mystic Number About Which Gen.
tered All Their Beliefs.
The Peruviuns cared nothing for any
Of the supposed mystic properties OF
either three. dve or seven. To them
the four was sacGd. and around II
they intwiued the main features OF
all their religious ceremonies and
queer beliefs. They believed the earth
to be square divided into four parts
and suspended from the heavens by
four cords. one at each of the four
corners. All of their cities were quar-
tered by four principal streets running
from square In the center. They
held four annual feasts In honor Of
the moon. the "silver sister Of the
sun"
TO them eternity was to be divided
into four periods Of time. each com
posed of four times 1000 years. and at
the end OF each of these cycles the sun
was to be blotted out of existence. They
prayed to the four winds. or to we
gods that dwell at the four corners OF
the earth" To them the rains came
from four enormous heavenly turtles
that vomited dampness, and the four
winds from the lungs Of the four 81
gantic caryatids which stand at the
four cardinal points of paradise. The
above are but a small portion of the
tours alluded to In the legends of the
Incas