"Bad Man’* Began H it
Lawless Life Early
Bill Langley probably was one of
the toughest characters that Texas
ever produced, Owen P. White tells
us. In Collier’s Magazine. According
to his family Bible he was born of
hi ni-st, God-fqarlng parents, but be
ok to shooting early. When he was
(nly fourtyey years nl<l he was doing
|ls dally dozen with a pair of stx-
{hnnters and tilling all the trees In
¡lie sr •ortrnl wood lot with clusters
ef leuden bullets, generally grouped
< dozen in a spot and no spot more
than six Inches In diameter. Thus
early in life did Biil make a bid for
fame. He learned to shoot with both
fiands; afoot or horseback. It was the
.Same to him. But, sad to relate of one
So young. Bill's'conscience apparently
was Just as well trained as his shoot
in g eye. It never bothered hint In the
slightest degree. Hence, before he
was nineteen years he had six nicks
on bis gun and had been hanged by
a Texas vigilance committee. But the
hanging did not “take." Members of
the party fired shots nt hliu as they
rode away. One of the bullets clipped
the rope, weakening It, and a few
-moments later be dropped to the
ground and quickly recovered. After ,
several years of wild depredation,
Langley was executed in Uiddiugs,
Texas, October 11, 1.878:
CHAIN
STORE
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of the Dally Chron
icle of London, who traveled by rail
from Bucharest to Cracow, writes:
“As Is the custom on transcontl-
mental lines, the menu for each meal
was printed In the language of the
country through which the train was
passing at the time. Thus I had
mt, lunch In Rumanian, but at
dinner was confronted by a Polish
menu.
I chose 'hementex,' which
somehow suggested an Esperanto deli
cacy. What was my delight whet» a
dish of ham and eggs was placed be
fore
D»r
Dogs Must Wear Moccasins
Army regulations referring to dogs
nsed,J^,Ah*kH for transportation pro-
vlde tlWt.^with other things, each sled
Iskeyuoaj abal! be furnished with “two
of moccasins specially fitted for
each dog." Another unusual feature
of these regulation. is that “the nails
of dogs will be carefully pored down
before the first work In the fall, and
*11, be examined every month and
pared as often as necessary to prevent
polling out, which noses lamerteoSb”
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W arm th without weight)
Or bulkineis. In a large va-
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stripes,
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silky Rayon weaves.
Cut,
wide, long and fringed. A ll
low priced at—
For a girl or woman, a
colorful, thoughtful* gift
on the Christmas tree, in
silk fabrics and gay Col-
o;s.
$1.49 and $1.98
98c to $3.98
Men’sWarm Bathrobes
Men’s Ties
Silk Hose
For Gifts
The Christmas Gift
Beautiful Silk Lingerie
Profusely Lace
. Trimmed
Every man likes a practical
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here in a large and interesting
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step-ins, chemises, and
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Blanket bathrobes that)
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Ism*. Seme are trimmed,
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braid. The workmanship
« U tailoring are
tionalT
Splendid valuel Bi—•sae
$ 4 .8 8 to $ 8 SO
Reasonably
Priced, Too
Ties of all descriptions,
both loud and quiet.
You
are sure to find one here to
satisfy you. Ties that will
fit into any color-scheme I
Stripes and figured designs!
AH cut long and wide.
49c to $1.49
tiri or wo
nan who re
ceives o u r
SiHc Hose on
C h r ì * l in a s
Day I
Full-fashioned, in an as
sortment of stylish colors.
1 e i n f o re ed
heel and toe.
The price, the
nair.
$1.49
Fancy Hose
Beautiful Handkerchiefs
O f Scotch P laid
For M en
Our Christmas Array Attracts
Just the gift for “Him."
M any fancy patterns in
checks and plaids. Of silk
and rayon mixed with mer
cerized heel, ton and top.
Our assortment or patterns at
it* best now.
Varied in Color
and Fabric
S c to
D rum s
Vanity Set
Beautifully Boxed
For a Fine Gift
GlfT
Good taste in Christ
mas gifts is exemplified
by a box of nice station
ery. Ours, priced,
25c to 98c
Witt'. Letters and
Number«
In Fine Qualities
Machine Gun
S ta tio n e r y
Steel Slates
For Christmas
$1.98
$2.98, $3.49
Everyone likes to get Hand
kerchiefs for Christinas! Don’t
you ? Well, why not give them,
too. For children as well as
grown-ups, and for boys and
men as well as girls and women.
In white, colors, and a grett
variety of Patterns in Linen as
well as Silk, See them, priced,
These warm, bright-col
ored, imported wool mufflers
make acceptable gifts for
Christmas They depict com-
forl and style, and are shown
here in a great variety of
pa Herns. The price, too, is
very low!
Our styles are varied and
original. Our price, too, you
w ill find different— it’s low
er! Don’t overlook our love
ly lingerie of »ilk I Priced,
for value, it ,
is the best 1
gift you can
buy I
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Men’s Mufflers
Girl» and women love to
receive powder, perfume, and
other requisites as Christ
mas gifts. Here is a box
'Combining several of these
attractively, priced.
$2.49
Tool Chest
AluminumSets
Ju»t Perfect for Boy«
Our Dolls
For “Make Believer
For Christmas Gifts
I t Keeps Firing
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It really shoots litre a
machine gun!
how boys adore
that! Priced..
Imagine
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Struct© Toys
T h e y 're P o p u la r
No general is equal, In
I boy’s mind, to the drum
mer 1 Let him learn to
beat the drum«, priced,
49c to $4.98
W h e e l Barrows
They Do Their Staff
Hid Stolen Gold in Eye
New Name for Old Dish
For Christmas
AT LOWER
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Handel Rebuked King
A correspondent
GOODS
DEPARTMENT
Ponderous German Verbs
The death of the owner of a "pub"
at Kalgoorlle, western Australia, re
cently revealed a unique theft from
the gold mines many years ago. In
his youth the man had lost an eye in
an explosion and a glass one had been
substituted in the socket. A cavity
at the back of this furnished a hiding
place for gold stolen from the mine,
and though the miner stole only a
■matl blt ot gold each day, his reve
nue from this source was about $40
a week. Before his death the man
told his friends that he had stolen
several thousand dollars worth of
gold, but that he retired and bought
a “pub," fearing he might arouse sus
picion.
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RELIABLE
QUALITY
A Comfortable Gift
The first published vork of .b el
Chandler Harris, creator of “Uncle Be
nins,” was set Into type by hand as
Ideas came to Ills head, without first
being committed to paper, says .1. T.
Maury of Plain Dealing, who worked
with Harris on the Monroe Advertiser
In Forsyth, Ga., shortly ufter the close
of the Civil war.
Harris would not read his composi
tions after they were in print If he
could avoid it. He taugiu Maury lo
mad proof au d ’ tlius avoided having
to read what he hud “written" with
type. Harris was extremely shy and
declined to meet many persons. Once i
HarrlSi Mark Twain and George W.
Cable met In Ney Orleans. Twain
recounts the instance in his "Life on |
the Mississippi." When the New Or- I
leans children saw “Uncle Remus” I
they were greutly dlsapolnted and ex
claimed :
“ Why, he’s white."
To console them, a move was made
to have Harris read the Tar-Baby story
aloud. But he never had real aloud
to people and was too shy to make the
venture.
Th courage of conviction is a char
acteristic to be admired. Handel held
no other avocation or Individual
higher In his estimation than the ele
vated standard to which he placed
music. To him the power of man was
no greated power than that of his art.
With such exalted reverence did his
genius worship the spirit of music it
la quite reasonable to accept his fear,
less manner of constantly champion
ing It, no matter what «he dignity of
the personage whom he found himself
compelled to address. On one c m -
sion, when the king of England told
Handel how grently the performance
of “The Messiah” hnd pleased him,
the composer answered: “Your majes
ty, I did not intend to amuse or afford
pleasure, but to make the world bet-
ter.”—The Violinist.
LARGEST
For “His" Gift
Joel Chandler Harr's
Never a Social "Lion'*
The ponderous use of the divided
German verb Is as characteristic of
their mental processes ns is one of
their great machines. In fact. It re
minds one of Big Bertha shooting at
Paris. It qlso seems to be tbe tiling
which la meat embedded in their wuy
of thinking.
I knew a German who had lived
forty years In America and had prac-
tlcally forgotten all of his German.
But to the end of his days he would
get off such an expression as this:
“As long as I live In this town the
more I find, by Jlmlny ^Christmas,
out,” and that final “out" landed with
all the force of a projectile which had
been carefully alined and had carried
a long distance.—Henry C. Emery in
Harper’s Magazine.
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WORLD'S
Rayon Scarfs
Isn’t it time your boy
had a tool chest of his
own? Why not give him
one of our excellent sets
this Christmas. Priced,
98cto$7.90
Letter Blocks
Because they represent
real, fascinating machinery.)
A sure hit for a boy I
98c tp $2.98
The Whole Alphabet
For the tree housewife
who just must cook for
her doll-babies 1 Alumi
num sets, priced,
69c to $1.98
39c to $1.29
Sewing Seta
A Gift for a Girl
For the Doll Dressmakerl
Every need in sewing kit*.
Priced,
Telephone Toys
I f you want an exquisite,
Doll, of fine quality, and.
beautifully dressed, we have
them! Priced,
98c to $9.90
“Hello, hel
lo I" Here's toy
Telephone to
tic k le
tiny
tot» I Priced,
29c to $1.49_______
Penco
slate, priced,
Children Adore Them
B o y « J e s t m u s t have
wheelbarrows to play w ith!
Our Christmas selection is
beret
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The boy or girl learn
ing his or her letters will
w e l c o m e this alphabet
Flyer
39c to
98c
An AU Steel Wagon
Scooters
la • Large Size
Walk-a-Way
The Car for Kiddies
Glasbake
Real Cooking Wear
Efim
For the little girl who
loves to “play house" I Gla»s
baking dishes like mother’s.
All the world of chil
dren love scooters I Here
to comes — and on a
Penco Scooter, of course 1
Priced low.
$1.49
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Baby can’t do without,
a scooting car like this!.
Ours are vyell-made to
withstand rough u s e I
Priced,
98c
Have You Done Your Christmas Shoppin
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