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The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1912-02-22
Tragedy at Childress

Childress. Tex, Feb ~. Ed
MulIons Was shot and killed to-
day by Charles Reid. Family
Affairs are said TO have been re-
nponsIble. n
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1912-02-22

Mrs. C@ Abney returned
last Friday from a trip to St.
Louis, where she has been
spending some time purchasing
her spring millinery stock. She
expects these goods to begin
arriving in few days. Miss
Hall, who has been with Mrs.
Abney before. will return to
Lubbock soon. and will again be
with her, which will be glad
some news to the ladies of this
city. Mrs. Abney will have her
establishment in the balcony Of
the Lubbock Mercantile store as
before.
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1912-02-22

X. B. Shaw was here the first
Of this week from his home near
Alternately.
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1912-02-22
Exciting Basket Ball Game

Plainview, Feb. 20. The Lub-
book school girls were defeated
at basket ball by the Wayland
girl team on Wayland field Sat
urday afternoon by score of IL
to 6. The score at the end of
second half stood s 10 2 in favor
OF Wayland, Lubbock playing a
hard game in the latter half.
Plalnyiew team was coached by
Prof. Wray. the Lubbock team
by Miss MCGEE. and for their
first years experience both teams
are closing successful season.
K d. Looney. of eight miles
east of town. was here Thurs
day and while in the city called
at our office and handed us the
coin to keep his paper going.
Also paying for one to be sent
TO his son. X. II. Looney. of
Ennis. Mr.. Looney seemed to be
in high humor over the prospects
as he has 10 acres of land broke
and all ready to plant. and thinks
the big snow will put it in fine
condition.
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1912-02-22

Our big state boasts. and just
ly. Of the greatest possibilities
any people in the world can see
IN future cotton felds. sugar and
orange lands. coal iron and oil
deposits and far stretches Of
grazing country.
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1912-02-22
Moved TO Lubbock

Rev. j. C. White, well known
to a number of our citizens. has
moved here with his family and
will make Lubbock his home in
the future. He purchased the
c. M. Sterling residence. corner
North First and Poplar street.
at this time occupied by DR..
Johnson, and will move into
same after the first of March.
Mr.. White recently sold his
property in Coleman, and after
travelling around TO a number of
different places, going as far
away as Oregon. he decided that
Lubbock was the place for him
and he is here, and here to stay.
We welcome him TO our city.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-01-06

Lansdowne and Flannelette Kimonos-$3.5
values, long, all colors, on sale Saturday,
choice ........ ................$1.95
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-01-06
This Sale is For Saturday in Groceries

VWT HHOWs HIghIhHu NnVeIs,
dozen 15c, zoe, 25c, SOC
The Hest mixed Nuts, lb. ...l5e
Special Lemon Sale.
Extra Large, Fancy, Juicy Lem
ons, 2l0, 240 and 27O size, per
dozen .............. 2OE
300 and 800 size, per doz. .15c
Per case, any size. ......S 3.25
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-01-06
Why Pay More
for Drugs and
Toilet Goods?
Buy Them at Our Drug Dept. ana
Save as to 6O9o.

~ @ANAA NJ SAA ANAuH oGVNs Anu
Save as to 6O9o.
SOC bottle Kinds Honey and ALI
mond Cream for ......... 2sc
ESQ bottle OF Rose Cream for 100
2bc size Eastman's Benzoin AL
mond Lotion for ..........l5o
~ Peroxide Hydrogen ..... 25o
Four bars Of Ivory Soap for lBe
ljc package 20-Mule-Team Borax
loI ,.....,........ 30
lOc Jap Rose or Palm Olive Soap
at 2 bars for...............15o
2bc Sanitol tooth powder or paste
TOT ...........,. ...... 1910
Three-ounCe bottle bay rum, gly-
ceTine and rosewater .......1 loo
One big lot Of 800 and $3.50
hair brushes go at,......... 7bo
20c can Mennen's or Colgate's
Talcum powder for ........lBo
ti.OO box of Aauren or La Trefle
face powder for.........,.. 7so
one hundred DR. Hinkle's Cascara
tablets for ................a so
3,OO Syringe or Hot Water bot
tie TOT .......,s,...... B9c
$3.50 Syringe or bottle cred rub
ber) Tor RECOMMENDATIONS. 81 90
$500 Wellington Syringe and bot
tie, guaranteed FOR five years.
TOT .''''.,..'...... ....,. 1900
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-01-06

Mail ORD ers
fnlOd " hile
the goods last.
Just an soon
as your order
L. received an
xpe err snoed
shopper will do
your b uyi n g
lust a. care
fully as II buy
ing for herself.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-01-06
Special Shoe Sale Saturday


will close quickly,
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-01-06
Towels and
Bedspreads
In Our High Grade
Linen Department
Saturday.

All our 15c Linen Huck Towels,
each ............. ...'s.,. lOc
All our 19c Linen Huck Towels,
each ............. a &
All our 25c Linen Huck Towels,
each s............ loo
All our soc Linen Huck Towels,
each .,.'''.,.'.... A0C
All our Acc Linen Huck Towels,
each --........... Zoe
All our soc Linen Huck Towels,
each .........s.... .29c
All our soc Linen Huck Towels,
eacn ,........... SOC
All our tic Bath Towels, each, 1Oc
All our 22iAc Bath Towels,
eacn -........sl&h q
All our Csc Bath Towels, each,
at ."ss......, loo
All our 29c Bath Towels, each,
at .........'. .l9C
All our Acc Bath Towels, each,
at ......,......... .25c
All our soc Bath Towels, each,
at ..............2 0C
All our csc Bath Towels, each,
at ............. SOC
All our $1.25 Bath Towels, each,
at ..........t.. Use
All our $3.50 Hemmed Bed Spreads,
6acn 90
All our S1.75 Fringed Bed Spreads,
each -. .............S1.2 20
All our $500 Fringed Bed Spreads,
each -. ..............S1 so
All our $500 Hemmed Bed Spreads,
each ..................$1.9 S
All our $500 Hemmed Bed Spreads,
each ................. So. 80
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-01-06

Mems Outing Flannel PyjamAs,
$3.50 and $2.00 qualities, on
sale at, choice. 81. AS, csc
800 Outing Flannel Gowns,
men or boys, at. .40c
Fine Bath Robes at Half Price
Mems All Wool Union Suits, regu-
lar $500 values, splendid line
at ................. S3. 90
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-01-06

Women's Blanket Robes, all colors values up
to $3.50, on sale .,............... 1895
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-01-06

Mems Suspenders, all kinds, regu-
lar values to $1.00-
at. .40C, 35c, 25c
Silk FouT-in-hand Ties, to $1.00
values, all new colors-
at. .........45c, 35c, Csc
Mems California Flannel Shirts,
$500 to $3.50 values, in plain
blue, grey or neat stripes, on
sale. ........$1.4 As and Csc
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-01-06

Mail orders for
Fresh Fruits
and Vegetables
will be shipped
only by OK
press and at
b ur o II as o RS
risk. We see
that they leave
horO in first
class condition
always.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1912-12-06
OLD WEDDING DAY CUSTOMS
Many superstltions. Have Clustered
Around the Marriage Ceremony. :
. Especially In olden Times.

Superstition never clustered round
any episode of life more than. that OF
the wedding day, especially in olden
times.
Then 1t was customary for the bride
to present her future husband with a
bunch Of rosemary, tied up with rib.
bons, on his first appearance on the
wedding morning. This was supposed
to insure his love and loyalty, and to
make her happy forever.
In Yorkshire the old superstition
still abounds that nothing more IN
lucky could happen than for a newly
made bride to leave the church by q
different door from that by which. she
entered.
Another quaint custom, for which
there is no known; origin, is that
practiced in some Of the midland and
northern counties. This is to ring q
merry peal Of the church bells at the
first reading Of the banns OF an In
tending matrimonial couple. It Ia
called the spur peal" which In old
Anglo-Saxon means simply ASK"
OF course 1t is well known that Il
is the height of luck for the bride-to-
be to dream of fairies the night before
the actual ceremony. So much was
this idea believed in that many girls
would peruse fairy tales before going
to sleep.-Answers
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1912-12-06
LENIENT TO THE OFFENDER
Baron Martin, Old Time English
Jurist, Let Thief Fix His Own
Punishment.

Judges were very considerable in
the old days. Lord Brampton, in his
"reminiscences, relates a story illus
trating this.
Baron Martin, a famous English
jurist Of the old school, whose native
leniency and sense of fun often placed
him at the mercy Of the very men he
was trying, was once about to SEN
tence an old offender charged with a
petty theft.
Look" said the baron, with an as
sumption of severity; 81 hardly know
what to do, but you can take six
months"
Il can't take that, my lord; it's too
much" said the prisoner, respectfully
but firmly. Il can't take 1t. Your
lordship sees l didn't steal very much,
after all"
The baron INDUCED in one Of his
low, chuckling laughs before reply
ing:
We'll, that's vera true; ye didn't
steal much" he said. We'll, then, ye
can TAX four months. VIII that do
-four months?"
NAY, my lord, but can't take that
either" was the reply.
Then TAX three"
That's nearer the mark, my lord,
the prisoner said, approvingly. "But
I'd rather you made it two, II you
will be so kind"
Vera well, then, TAX two" said
| the Judge, with the air Of one who is
; pleased to have done the right thing
at last. "And mind. don't come again
If you do I'll give ye-well, it all de
pends!"
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1912-12-06
BLIND SPOT IN EVERY EYE
II Is Located Just at the Point Where
the Optic Nerve Gen.
tiers.

In every eye there is a little spot
that is totally blind. Young eyes, old
eyes, sharp eyes, dull eyes, blue,
brown or black eyes-all of them,
even the most perfect, have, in each
retina, little round spot which is
wholly blind both to brightness and
color. This spot is located just at the
point where the optic nerve centers,
and is approximately one-twelfth of
an inch wide. Several interesting ex-
periments can be made to prove the
presence of this blind spot. For ex-
ample, cover the right eye with the
hand or bandage and gaze with the
left steadily at point on the wall or
screen about seven feet distant. Let
another person be seated against the
wall on your left-hand side, in such
position that his forehead is on a
level with the point at which you are
S0Lll6g anu Alo uCdlGl OuCCh dUOuL
twenty inches distant from it. Do not
turn your eyeball, but gaze steadily
as at first, and his face will entirely
disappear, and the wall will seem to
be perfectly blank. If you spread a
sheet of paper on the wall and note
the points at which a pencil moved
back and forth by another person APP
pears and disappears, you will be able
to make an accurate map of the blind
spot as projected on the wall. An
other experiment is performed by
painting nine large letters in three
vertical columns of three letters each,
upon a sheet of paper at such a dis
lance and in such a position before
the eye that the central letter of the
square falls within the blind spot,
while. the surrounding eight letters
are still visible.-Christian Herald.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1912-12-06
His Wishes Carried Out.

Old Forglen, the Scotch Judge, died
in 1927. DR.. Clerk, who attended his
lordship to the last, calling on his
patient the day he died, was admitted
by the judges cid servant and clerk,
David Reed. How does. my lord doi"
inquired the doctor. 81 .houp he's
well" responded the old man, whose
voice and manner at once explained
his meaning. With tears streaming
down his face, he. conducted DR.. Clerk
into a room where there two dozen
bottles of wine underneath the table,.
Other gentlemen presently arrived.
and having partaken Of a glass or two
Of wine, while they listened to Da-
vid's account Of his masters last
hours, they all rose to depart. mo,
no, gentlemen; not So" said the old
factotum, 1T was the express Of the
deceased that / should fill ye a. fou.
and l maun fulfill the will o. the
dead" DR.. Clerk used to add, when
relating the story, "and, indeed, he
did fulfill the will Of the dead, for
before the end OF there was ma ane
Of US able to bite his ain thoombl"
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1912-12-06
RUSKIN A GREAT TEACHER
Knew How to Lead the Child, Youth
and Mature Man and
Woman.

What a teacher Ruskin was! He
gave himself to those who came, en-
tering keenly into the young delight
in the perception of new truths and
beauty, knowing how to take the
learner step by step as he saw the
way ahead. He charmed all with his
inimitable style even when he spoke
10 the humblest in the guild Of st.
George.
To the sensitive, impressionable
nature Of childhood he came with
flood of artistic criticism that made
US yearn to draw and paint, to depict
the delicate tracery Of tree stems or
catch the varied tints of mountain.
lake, or cloud; while his scorn for
careless unconscientious artwork
drove US to strive for the best.
To the growing youth he brought
such keen perception Of moral beau
ty as made US desire to realize some
noble ideal in life, to enter seriously
some pursuit with pure love of do
ing beautiful work; while his con-
tempt for machine-made articles Of
poor finish taught US to value those
noble. craftsmen Of all ages who took
infinite pains with all that was worth
doing.
To our ripening manhood and WON
Onhood he opened the ideals of unset
fish life, where all might let their
hearts delight in the labor of their
hands and none should toll with suf
fering for a miserable pittance; while
his prophetic denunciations Of the
hideous conditions prevailing in oul
large manufacturing districts made
US earnestly seek to probe these
cores and find their cure.-Theosoph
ical Path.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1912-12-06
Cloves Main sourc. Of Income.

Nine-tenths of the worlds supply
OF cloves comes from the island of
Zanzibar, a British protectorate, on
the east coast of Africa. The gov.
eminent receives as a tax one bale
out of each five. AS many as 100000
bales have been produced in season.
The industry, which has long been
the salvation Of the little island. with
its scant population, really had its be-
ginning in 1860, when an Arab plant
ed 200 shrubs. Said Burgash, sultan
of the island, saw the commercial
possibilities of the plant and caused
cloves to be set out by his people. A
cyclone in 1872 devastated the island
and uprooted the trees, but within a
short time the sultan had them re-
placed. Since then the industry has
grown steadily.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1912-12-06
His Position Exclaimed.

One of the curiosities of the British
house Of commons, very rarely seen,
was Erie Drax, for many years men,
Der for Dorsetshire borough. Once,
at a general election, on the day pre-
vious to the nomination, he put out
the following address to his constitu-
ents: Electors of Wareham! l un-
derstand that some evil-disposed per-
son has been circulating a report that
I wish my tenants, and other persons
dependent upon me, to vote according
to their conscience. This is a das-
tardly lie, calculated to injure me.
l have no wish of the sort. l wish,
and l intend, that these persons shall
vote for me-" $751;
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1912-12-06
"DeviIs Of DipIomacy.D

French papers say that the Italians,
successors to Machiavelli, are very
devils of diplomacy" and in coming to
an understanding with Turkey have
left no end of trouble for that un-
happy country. These papers say that
the Italians have not spared to SOW
the seeds of discord between the
Arabs of Tripoli and the Turks, that
the Arabs have long been distrustful
of the Turkish troops and have threat
ened to slaughter them to the last
man if they attempt to leave the
country to its. enemies. and that the
government at Constatinople will
hardly know how to withdraw its Lit.
tie army from Africa.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1912-12-06
Have Catalogue Of stars.

At Cambridge, Mass, there now ex-
lists the most extensive and valuable
collection Of stellar photographs in
the world, numbering over 100000;
and 100000 or more of them have
been secured at Harvard University
Observatory at Arequipa, Peru, at an
elevation of 5000 feet. The number
Of stars revealed on the different
plates depends, of course, on the den
sity Of the part of the sky being pho
tographed, and on the length Of the
exposure, the longer the exposure the
more stars, provided the light Of the
sky does not fog the plate. On one
plate alone, namely the region about
Eta Carinae, 100000 stars have been
actually counted.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1912-12-06
Ancient Eoyptlan.

The question. "Of what race were
the ancient Egyptians?" has never
been satisfactorily disposed Of, but
we may be sure that they we're not
negroes. They were not black. nor
was their hair "kinky"-therefore,
they belonged to some other than the
negro. race. They certainly were not
Caucasians, nor we're they Of the Mon.
golian or yellow breed Of man. The
builders Of the pyramids we're prob
ably of Arabic stock or stock In which
Arabic predominated. Although, as has
been intimated, 1t Is by no means set
tied as yet as to just where the old
Egyptians are to be placed in the hu-
man scale.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1912-12-06
PROUD OF HIS NEW CLOTHES
Rhodesian Native, Returning From
Mines, Was scandalized BY IN
clad Relatives and Friends.

A town in Rhodesia is not general
ly q town, declares Mrs. M. L. Woods
in "Pastels Under the Southern
Cross" A few scattered shops, q
broad road deep in red dust, down
which a sudden miscellaneous herd
of blacks occasionally pours, consti-
tute a town. OF these natives, Mrs.
Woods gives the following descrip-
tion:'
They are collected from all parts
of Rhodesia, from Portuguese terri
tory, even from Nyasaland. Dressed
in anything and everything, they
come pell.mell, grinning and chatter
ing, some like young colts bounding
into the air as they go. These happy
fellows are probably rejoicing because
they are being sent to some mine
where certain Of their friends and
relations are already working.
This is the native as he appears
entering on his term of service at
the mines. / once saw group Of
black men who had completed their
term of service and we're on their
way home. They were serious, digni-
fed. conscious Of clean and complete
costumes, consisting of shirt and
trousers and a hard straw hat. Each
had his neat bundle and his gaily
painted wooden 5oE
? We were once appreciative witness
es of the Homecoming of such a min
er at a wayside station. A party of
relatives and friends had come from
the kraal to meet the returning one,
all innocent in their nakedness and
rags. The plutocrat surveyed them
with a scandalized eye; coldly he
waved their salutations and endear'
ments, obviously too shocked and
panied to appreciate them. Then he
withdrew from the platform to the
foot ola neighboring tree, and beck.
oned his bewildered friends to ap-
proach. In a few minutes, before the
eyes of the passengers in the train
he had clothed his whole party with
decency, and surely, in their eyes with
splendor. Then, and only then, did he
condescend to return their greetings;
and, exceedingly joyful, all marched
of together in the direction of theil
kraal.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1912-12-06
IOu BRIGHT FOR BUSINESS
Small Boy Put an End to Thefts Of
Candy Tasters But Lost
His Job.

A small boy began his business ca
reer in a five-and-ten-cent store last
week-and he also closed the first
chapter Of it in the same store two
days later. He was overzealous in his
efforts to protect his employers inter
est Every merchant displaying coun-
tiers of candies unprotected by glass
or wire screen covers loses pounds
Of candy weekly through the petty,
thievings Of candy-tasters who help
themselves to one or as many pieces
as they can grab while passing the
unprotected sweets.
The small boy feeling the response
bility of his position reported the
raids on the candy to the manager,
who, approaching the child's interest,
explained to him that it was almost
impossible to deal with such culprits
and that at least Is pounds of candy
were confscated weekly in such fash
ion.
Part of the boys work was to IN
cover the counters in the morning
and he was on the job good and early
the second day of his employment,
He assured the salesgirl at the candy
counter that there was going to be a
reduction in candy-tasters that day.
She thought nothing of the remarl;
until she noticed that every one help
ing herself to the sweets almost i'm
mediately clapped her hand over her
mouth and ran for the door. Tasting
her wares herself, she discovered the
upper layers of them literally sprin
killed. with cayenne pepper.
Half an hour later the boy who
thought he had solved the candy-tast
ers' problem was out on the street
ruefully contemplating a pepper shak
er while he went on the quest Of &
job.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1912-12-06
LAND OF OUR FOREFATHERS
o Edward Everett's Tribute to England
as the Cradle and Refuge Of
Free Principles.

For myself l can truly say that
after my native land feel a tender
ness and reverence for that of my
fathers. The pride take in my own
country makes me respect that from
which we are sprung. The sound Of
my native language beyond the sea
is q music to my ears beyond the rich
est strains of Tuscan softness or Cas-
titan majesty.
am not-l need not say ! am not
the panegyrist of England. l am not
daEzled by her riches nor awed by her
power. The scepter, the inter and
the coronet, stars, garters and rib
bons seem to me poor things for great
m6n to contend for.
But England is the cradle and the
refuge of free principles, though often
prosecuted; the school of religious
liberty, the more precious for the
struggles through which it has passed;
she holds the tombs of those who have
reflected honor on all who speak the
English tongue; she is the birthplace
of our fathers, the home of the Pill.
grims; it is these which l love and
Venerate in England.
l should feel ashamed of an enthu'
Siasm for Italy and Greece did l not
also feel it for a land like this. In
an American it would seem to be de
generate and ungrateful to hang with
passion upon the traces of Homer ant
Virgil and follow without emotion the
nearer and palmer footsteps o.
Shakespeare and Milton. / SHOULD
think him cold in love for his native
land who felt no melting in his hear
for that other native country which
holds the ashes of his forefathers.-
Edward Everett.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1912-12-06
Gas at Small Expense.

@ In some parts Of Holland the farm
ers have taken the HAT from nature,
and as the result have their own gas
rl1nts. On the drained marshy land,
below the sea level, natural gas is
quite plentiful, and plants have been
installed to put it into practical use.
The installation comprises a well,
into which water from the soil fl
tiers, with a gas generator placed
therein, this extracting the gaseous
properties from the water and con-
Quoting them to a reservoir containing
supply for the house. The gas thus
obtained provides all the wants for
cooking, heating and lighting in the
house or any other part of the farm
yard. After the plant is once install.
ed, which is at small expense, the
cost is absolutely nothing, and the
quality Of the gas is said to be par
ticularly good.