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The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1919-11-20
MISCELLANEOUS

DON'T FORGET Your Xmas
homstitching, be sure to get il in on
time. We do first class work on
short notice. Mrs Lena McElroy at
Barrier Bros ID. G.. Co. ls
FOR EXCHANGE-Oil lease or
royalty in Young county, for lots or
land in OF adjoining Lubbock. Write
owner. c. c. Mayes. Graham, Tex
as. clap
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1919-11-20
LOST AND FOUND

LOST-Fashion Park Overcoat,
knee length, half belted, double
breasted. Lost between square and
Lubbock Grain and Coal Co., prob
ably near Waples-Platter house. Fin
der return to Avalanche and receive
reward. 2O-l
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1919-11-20

FOR SALE-6 room house, three
so foot lots; well, shed, picket fence.
Cash price $500. Will sell house off
of lots for $500. G. C. Hufstedler,
box TOT. 20-2
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FOR RENT-One brick storage
room. See A. r. HELLER at GIFT
Shop. 2l-l
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1919-11-20

FOR RENT-Garage. Phone ~.
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The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1919-11-20

FOR SALE-Large heater in good
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css National Bank. 21tf
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FOR SALEM. Il. Turkeys. Toms
$500; pullets $500. r. |. r. Cock
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FOR RENT-Nice front bedroom
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WANTED-A housckeeper c. b.
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FOR SALE--16O acres two miles
South Of ldalou. Well improved,
good terms. See B. l.. Wright, at
Grollman e. Co. store. 9tf
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1919-10-02
FAMILY HOTEL" CAUGHT ON
RidicuIed When First Established In
London, Idea Has Met With
Enormous Success.

The first "family" or Temperance
hotel in London, the forerunner Of
tens of thousands of such hostelries In
all parts of the world. was opened In
Covent Garden about 145 years ago.
An inn for the more or less permanent
accommodation of families, and minus
bar. was an undreamed-of thing, and
other hotel-keepers laughed the prof.
ect TO scorn. Despite their derision.
the scheme was successful, and made
a snug fortune for its founder, David
Low. London now has hundreds of
family and temperance hotels, and the
United States has thousands Of them.
The editice in which Low started
his hotel is still standing. The build.
Ing was erected early in the seven.
teenth century, and was originally the
home of Sir Kenelm Digby. Crom.
wells council held sessions in the
building, 1t is said, and 1t was the
scene of many other noteworthy gath.
erings before 1t was converted into a
hostelry.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1919-10-02
Avoid All Form of Worry.

Worry is the skeleton that befouls
many a secret chamber. To be sure 1t
may be difficult to forestall the mon
ster. A moments unguarded speech
may occasion the loss Of friendships
that can never be regained. A hasty
decision may mean the loss of fortune.
The indiscretion of friends may put
us In jeopardy for the rest of our days.
There Is occasion enough TO be alarm
ed when such things happen. The mind
seems to revert Its troubles as water
does 10 its levels. II these things are
permitted to remain as the creaking
occupants OF the mind the result will
be worry and mental friction. Like
sand in the gears II will wear ont the
mental power and make people old be-
fore their time. You dare not allow
your mental life to be sapped by fric-
lon.-Exchange.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1919-10-02

Hewlett" he continued. turning TO me.
"And be sure your check will never be
presented"
There was something so sinister In
his manner that again l felt that
thrill of fear which he seemed able TO
inspire In me.
l went In with Pierre Caribou, and
the squaw gllded out of the cabin.
There were two couches of the kind
they used 10 call ottomans inside,
which had evidently once formed part
Of the chateau furnishings. for their
faded splendor accorded little with the
decrepit interior of the hut.
looked at my watch. I had
thought 1t must be midnight, and II
was only eight. Within three hours
had won JacQueline and lost her for
ever. With Leroux In my power had
yielded and gone away.
And on the morrow l should arrive
at Pere Antoine's hut just when he
expected me.
Surely the mockery of fate could &c
no furtherl
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1919-10-02
How Coal Is Tested.

Coal sold on the basis Of heating val
ne is tested by the United States hui
reau Of standards by the bomb colo
rimeter. A thlrtleth of an ounce of coal
Is enclosed in strong steel capsule,
oxygen under high pressure Is intro
duced and, this bomb being placed in
the calorimeter, the coal Is ignited
electrically. The heating effect is cal
culated from the rise of temperature
of the water In the calorimeter. Coal
samples OF known heating value have
been prepared. and are supplied to per-
sons using the calorimeter to enable
them TO check their own results.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1919-10-02
CHAPTER XIV.
The Old Angel.

Presently the Indian touched me on
the shoulder and looked up. He had
plateful of steaming stew In his
hands, and set II down beside me.
"Eatl" he said in English.
was too displrited and detected 10
obey him at first. But soon l man
aged TO fall TO, and l was surprised
to discover how ravenous l was.
had eaten hardly anything for days.
and only few mouthfuls since morn
ing.
The Indian drew the stool near me
and sat down. 'You meet Mile. Jacque-
line In New York;" he asked.
II brought her back" answered.
II know" the Indian answered. 81
meet Simon; drive him from st. Boni-
face TO chateau. l take Ma'mselle
Jacqueline to st. Bonlface when she
run way. Simon not here then or
bs fraid. Simon bad man; d. bad.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1919-10-02
.Victor Rousseau
cspyrish, w. O. Chapman

heard Raoul and Jean Petitjean quar-
reling, and their thick voices told me
that they were in no condition TO aid
their master.
Then there was only Leroux and
Philippe Lacroix to deal with. could
have saved the situation.
What fool ! had been! What an
irrcsolute fool never learned.
As we reached the bottom OF the
stairs Philippe Lacrolx came out OF
the ballroom carrying a candle. l saw
his melancholy pale face twist with
surprise as he perceived me.
philippe, this Is NJ. Paul Hewlett"
said Leroux. Tomorrow you will con
vey him TO the cabin of Pere Antoine,
where he Will be able 10 make his own
plans. You will go by way Of lie Well
Ange.
"Now, NJ. Hewlett, l shall show you
your sleeping quarters for tonight"
Leroux continued to me, and conduct
ed me out into the fenced yard.
Two slelghs were standing before
the huts. Leroux led me past them
and knocked at the door of the largest
cabin.
"Plerre Caribou ~ he shouted.
He was facing the door and did not
see what l saw at the little window
on the other side. l saw the face OF
the old Indian, distorted with a grim
ace OF fury as he eyed Leroux.
Next moment he stood cringlng be-
fore him, his features mask. Look.
ing In saw huge stove which near.
ly filled the interior, and seated be
side 1t the mlddle-aged squaw.
"Thls gentleman will sleep here to-
mighty said Leroux. curtly. "In the
morning at sunrise harness sleigh
for him and M. Lacroix. Adleu. NJ
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1919-10-02
An Election Bet.

II was at the time of the presiden-
tial election. There were two boys.
great chums. who expected to be mar
ried soon. One was a Republican, the
other Democrat. This young Re
publican was so sure of Hlghes that
he told his chum II his man lost he
would go without shave a week he
fore and week after the wedding.
He lost, and was married before a
large crowd, as grizzly as bear He
almost lost his bride over this episode.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1919-10-02
Officers Hat Cords.

Hat cords OF general officers are
gold; OF all other officers, gold and
black; OF men In infantry. light blue;
OF men In cavalry. yellow; Of men in
artillery. scarlet; in quartermaster
corps, bun; medical department, ma.
room; corps OF engineers, scarlet and
white; ordnance department, black
and scarlet; signal corps. orange and
white.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1919-10-02
Good Mannero.

Good manners, which give color TO
life, are OF greater Importance than
laws, which are but one OF their mani.
festations. The law touches us here
and there, but manners are about us
everywhere. pervading society like the
air we breathe. Good manners, as We
call them, are neither more nor less
than good behavior, consisting of cour
tesy and kindness.-Samuel Smiles.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1919-10-02
STARTED IN JOKE.
Explanation of Story Of Roose.
veIt'S Hard Drinking.
Colonel Informed Group Of Newspaper
Men How the Rumor Originated
Testing Remark Caused All
the Trouble.


Few things in Colonel Rooseyelts
later life are fresher In the public
memory than his suit against Mich
igan editor who accused him of drunk
enness. writes John j. Leary, Jr., In
McClurc's. The unfortunate editor.
unable TO produce scintilla of proof,
admitted his fault. and so far as the
records go. the matter was disposed
Of. There was nothing developed.
however. to show where the tale start
er or what foundation, II any, it might
have had.
Colonel Roosevelt. however, had an
explanation. He gave It to us one
afternoon in the trophy room in Oys-
ter Bay; when passing the cigars
around, he remarked that he would
vouch for the quality. "They must he
good" he remarked, "for they're some
of Leonard Woods. never smoke
myself. so | have To rely on the judg-
ment of Others"
did you ever smoker some one
asked.
"There Is where that story Of my
NlbTlfN, ne lbA
hearing the question or ignoring II.
"You see. when | would decline a
cigar. saying I did not smoke, folks
would often ask In a joking way:
what are your bad habits?' In the
same spirit I would reply Prize fight
Ing and strong drink.
"Now, 1t so happens that the Lord
f,, Ia ,iu fnG init ola IN .ra
ate some folks with whom II is never
safe to joke--solemn asses who lack
= sense of hrmor. l am very fond of
that story of Sidney Smiths who,
playing with his children, stopped sud-
denly, saying: Children. we must
now he serious-here comes fool
You know the kind he meant-those
poor unfOrtuhates who must take ev-
erything said to them literally.
"One of these to whom l made that
remark said: Roosevelt, | hears
drinks hard The other fool replied.
yes, that's true. He told me so him
self
"And so II went"
'That is all there ever was TO the
talk of my drinking. From that start
II spread and spread until, in self-de-
fense, was compelled TO take action
to stop It. Some folks have said |
went out of my way to find little ed
itor who could not defend himself.
The fact is, he was the one editor
could hold to account. There were
and are editors nearer New York I
gladly would have sued under like
circumstances. but they knew better
than to print what they knew was
untrue. Had any one of them done
SO would have hauled them up short,
and with much more glee than | did
the Michigan man. for the men | have
In mind have real malice toward me,
and he, | am satisfied, had none.
1--WE parted good friends. GER
tainly had nothing against him. In
his zeal to do things. he put in print
what shrewder and really malicious
men who would harm me IL they could,
dare not do. I believe he was honest
ly sorry when he found his error.
However the thing had its value
We're never too old to learn, and |
learned to he careful with whom 7
| cracked the simplest joke. Thank God,
| there are many you can joke with i'm
safety. II we couldn't laugh once in
while what world this would he I!
1t wouldn't be a world-lt would he
mad-house."
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1919-10-02
Breaking the News.

"what are you writing. Marie, you,
willf"
"No; I'm writing my won't Jaci
proposed last night. and ! told his
I'd answer by mail"
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1919-10-02
LEPPo. the capture Of which

by General Allenby on Octo-
Der 20, 1918, was the culmina-
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1919-10-02


arrived they found that Phokas and his
army had quietly retired with their
prisoners and plunder, leaving ruin
and destltution behind.
Aleppo in the Middle Ages.
Aleppo's brief political greatness
thus fell beneath the hammer stroke OF
Nicephoros Phokas, but its commercial
eminence Gid not leave II. For two
centuries II led precarious political
existence-usually in vassalage to the
dominant great power. 1t was part OF
the empire of the mighty Saladin, and
probably the work of his masons Is to
be seen today in the citadel walls.
After Saladin and his house had passed
away Aleppo fell TO the Mameluke sui
tans of Egypt. Thither In 1902 came
the terrible Timur (Tamerlane) on his
way to overthrow the army of Egypt
at Damascus.
Timur left terrible traces of his pres
ence on Aleppo. but the city, thanks to
its splendid situation, recovered, and
for the next century or more, indeed,
was at the height of its prosperity
1t was injured by the discovery of the
passage round the Cape of Good Hope,
but remained great and wealthy until
1922, when It was smitten by an earth
quake and almost completely de-
stroyed. with loss of life calculated
at the lowest at 10000 persons. Dur
Ing the thirteenth. fourteenth and fif-
teenth centuries It was foremost among
the trading cities of the world, and its
renown spread far and wide.
1t was from Aleppo that the first pio-
neers of England's Indian trade and
empire started on their long journey
to the courts of the moghul emperors.
Doubtless 1t was from some of them,
or reports of their journeys which must
have been current In Eiizabethan
London, that Shakespeare and Marlowe
learned of the oriental city. At all
events, references to Aleppo are to be
found in the plays of bOth-less In
Shakespeare than In Marlowe, whose
bent was clearly in the direction of orr.
entail glamor.
Modern Aleppo still suffers from the
destruction wrought by the catastrophe
Of 1920. but there is no doubt that the
researches of skilled archeOlogists
would meet with rich reward in city
which has existed continuously for
1000 years, which has seen the char
ioteers of Egypt and of Khatti. tho
phalanx of Alexander and the legions
of Rome, no less than the mailed horse
men of ByZantium and the savage
riders of Timur and Selim the Grim.
The citadel walls still stand intact and
imposing; the walls of the inner city
are mainly in ruins. In the western
rampant there survives-in the form
of an nscription-evidence of the pres
ence of the Hittlte conquerors, who
wrested North Syria from the weak
hands of the hereto Pharaoh Akena-
ten. The fiat roofs of the houses are
often laid out as gardens, and soulh
and west of the city extend wide
plantations and orchards. Water Is
supplied by means OF an ancient
which, in Syria, as in Gaul and Brit
ain, has left indestructible evidence of
its passion for works of practical util-
ity. There is much local industry, and
as a principal statien on the Trans
Syrian railway close to the Bagdad
line. Aleppo still occupies position
OF great Importance. Under civilized
rule it has every opportunity of recoy-
ering its former prosperity
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1919-10-02

ton or the conquest OF syria,
Is, like Damascus and Konieh, one of
the ancient cities of the world. II
may, indeed, be older than either; GER
tainly It appears in history as early
as Damascus and before Konieh. 1t
was one of the Syrian towns captured
by the Egyptian conqueror, Thothmes
III, about 1880 Il. c., and thereafter is
of frequent occurrence In the agitated
annals of those early times, says a
writer In the Sphere. Under Roman
rule 1t enjoyed long period of pros
perity. It's ancient Syrian name Of
Halban, or Khalbar, was corrupted
by the Greeks into Chalybon, but 1t was
also known as Berea. When, after
seven centuries of Roman rule, 1t fell
into the hands of the Arabs, 1t was
called by them Haleb, nearer approx
imation to its ancient name than the
Greek Chalybon. The Venetian and
other Italian visitors, OF whom there
were many In the middle ages, blum
dered Haleb into Aleppo-that is, they
dropped the aspirate, as Latins so
often do, sounded the final "b" as n
''p," and added in the arbitrary fashion
of Romans, Greeks and Italians their
termination 90"
The secret of Aleppo's long prosper
ity, which endured even under Turkish
rule, is its splendid commercial posi-
tion at the junction of at least four
great trade routes. This was perhaps
largely due to the destruction of Pal
myra (Tadmor) by Aurelian, after
which the bulk Of the trade which had
passed through the city of Solomon and
Zenobia now diverted itself by a
more northerly route through Al
eppo. BY caravan 1t traded with
Persia and India through Mesopota-
mia, with Egypt by way Of Damascus,
with Asia Minor and Constantlnople by
the ancient route through Taurus.
In Romano-Persian times the caravans
passed by Uesiphon. but after the Sara
cen conquest was the halfway station
on the way tO Persia.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1919-10-02
Byzantine Versus Hamadanite.

During the middle ages AleppO'S eX-
istence was life of stormy magnifi-
cence. During the earlier wars of the
Saracens with the eastern Roman en-
pire it was more than once taken and
retaken. In the tenth century II be-
came the seat of brilliant local dy-
nasty from Hamadan in Persia. The
most noted ruler of this family was
Seyf-ed-Din, whom the Byzantine his
torians call "Khabdanos," /. e., the
Hamadanite. Seyf-ed-Din kept great
state at Aleppo, and probably the chief
portions of the present Notifications of
the citadel were built by him, though
1t is quite possible that they are older.
He was n patron of art and literature
and also a mighty warrior. who led
many expeditions against the eastern
Roman empire with alternate success
and defeat.
After much success he sustained
terrible defeat in 961 in the Taurus
passes. and himself escaped only by a
breakneck scramble up precipice.
Next year his fate was upon him. for
the great Byzantine marshal. Nice
phoros Phokas, soon to be emperor-re-
gent, marched against Aleppo with all
the available forces of the East. Seyf-
ed-Dln made desperate efforts; he lew
led all the citizens of Aleppo and In
trenched himself TO guard the ap-
proaches to his capital, while in Mes
opotamia holy war was proclaimed,
and the troops of Mosul, Edessa, Mar
din and many other places marched to
the relief of Aleppo. Could all these
forces unite the Byzantine genera
must have been defeated, but he was
so prompt that be reached his goal be-
fore the Mesopotamians could arrive.
BY one of those mastery turning move
ments which IN those days only By
znntine generals and Byzantine troops
could achieve, Phokas flanked Seyf-ed-
Din out of mis- intrenchments and
| forced him to hght in the open before
| the city gates He was utterly defeat
| ed, and as his beaten troops poured
back into Aleppo seditlon broke out
The citizen soldiers laid the blame OF
the rout upon the Arab and Turkish
mercenaries; thay turned their swords
! against one onotleE and amid this in
ternecine strife the Byzantine cuiras-
siers stormed the walls and came pour
Ing into the streets. sweeping the last
army of "Khabdanos" before them In
rout and ruin. For three days the vic
torious army wrought its will on un-
happy Aleppo, while upon the sack and
destruction the fallen emlr and a rem
nant of his army looked down from the
walls of the impregnable citadel. per-
haps those sef-same piles of ta1ny ma
scnry which crown the fortress hill to
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-03-08
FROM THE LOW
 FEVER COUNTRY
Cheering Message From South Geor- gia to People Subject to Fevers
 and Other Ills. Try Black
 Draught Liver Medicine.

Ocilla, Ga.,-Mr. J. H. McNeil, a resident of this place, says: T and my family have been users of Thed- lords Black -Draught for years and never yet found it's equal for liver and stomach troubles. It is without doubt the best medicine for headache, indi- gestion and such ills on the market. l firmly believe if family would use it regularly they would never have any fever, as it keeps the liver ac- tive and is so easy to take. We have never had any lever in our fam lily since we began its use, although we live in To wcountry in southern Georgia.
 l use it in broken doses for indi- gestion, gas or sour stomach, but for colds l use a full dose"
 When you feel bad all over, stomach not right, bad taste in your mouth, head achea, bilious, etc., try that old, reliable vegetable liver medicine you have heard so much about-Thed- lords Black -Draught.
 You have read over and over again the statements from users who found it of great relief to them intheir suf- fering. Try Black -Draught for your self. Why should it not bring you re- lief, too
 At all druggists. Adv.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-03-08

A dose ill time will prevent the Flu. Take Dr. Brunspn's Favorits Prescription. A system builder against cousins aud colds, influenza, etc. For sale by all druggists. 12-4tf