The Devol Dispatch. (Devol, Okla.), Vol. 2, No. 12, Ed. 1 Friday, March 25, 1910 Page: 3 of 8
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BETZVUTF TALES
Otis Brupp and the Bull Calf
By Ellis Parker BuBei
Atdhor ofPids is Picjs” Eic
’ILLUSTRATED By PETEK NEWELL
Otis Brupp of this village lost a val-
uable animal a couple of years ago
when the front of Miss Susan Phil-
bin's Millinery Emporium fell out dur-
ing the fire that destroyed It and
killed his prize bull Otis had the
misfortune to have his pasturo next
door to the Are house of the Betzvtlle
Relentless Hose Company and every
time the hose company put on its
red shirts to run to a fire the bull
would snort angrily and Jump the pas-
ture fence and pursue the hose com-
pany It was no uncommon sight to
see the hose company gather at the
sound of the alarm bell and imme-
diately start at full speed In a direc-
tion opposite to the fire with the bull
In full pursuit Usually the hose
company would climb one or more
trees when the bull neared them and
the bull after falling to uproot the
trees would eat a few yards of rub-
ber hose off the hose reel and then
go home But the day of the Millin-
ery Emporium fire the bull made the
mistake of chasing the Are company
toward the Are and the wall fell on It
causing ft to become Immediately
dead Ordlnarllv a bull of the strong
character of Otis would not be harmed
by so small an event but Otis’ bull's
constitution had been weakened by
indigestion caused bv the consump-
tion of too much Are hose So It died
When Otis bought a new bull calf
after the Are he felt that he must do
something to avoid a similar catas-
Hi HI
TM NSW YORK si
The First Fireman It Caught Lost His
Red Shirt in About a Minute
tropbe and to prevent the calf eating
rubber hose and with his usual clear
sightedness he saw that the reason
the bull followed the Are com-
pany was because the company
wore red shirts which angered the
bull Mrs Brupp suggested getting a
phonograph to play to the bull calf
when the Are bell rang for music has
charms to soothe the savage breast
but Otis said that what he wanted was
not a preventative but a cure and
that the best cure would be to take
the bull calf while It was still young
and accustom it to red so that it
would not hate red but love It
Otis was always a man to do imme-
diately what he set about doing but
be brw that a love for red would have
to be sown In the calf's soul gradual-
ly lie would have to connect the Idea
of joy and red in the calf's mind So
the Arst thing he did was to think
what gave the calf Joy and hay
seemed to give the calf about as much
Joy as anything So he got some hay
and dyed it red and put It before the
calf and the result was not what he
had expected The bull calf swelled
up with rage and danced on the hay
ferociously and for six weeks it
would not even look at hay Even the
smell of hay threw it into convulsions
8o Otis had to" begin all over again
and be began by getting some hay and
boiling it until aU the hay odor was
boiled out of It and then be bleached
it and dried and offered it to the calf
and the calf ate it with every evidence
of Joy It did not seem to mind snow-
white odorless bar at all So the
next lot of hay Otis boiled and bleach-
d and then put the slightest bit of
pink dye in a tub of water and dyed
the hay a pale pale pink It was so
slightly pink that It was hardly a tint
And the calf ate that bay joyfully
! After that every load of hay Otis de-
lodorized he dyed a little pinker and
a little pinker and gradually he intro-
duced into the hay an odor of woolen
shirt and he kept making the hay
redder and re'dder and the woolen
shirt odor stronger and stronger until
the hay was as red as the Are com-
pany's shirts and smelled about the
same And the calf would eat hay
greedily with Joy By that time the
calf bad become a full grown bull and
was strong and hearty and Otis was
the happiest man In Betzville for the
bull did not grow angry at the sight of
red woolen shirts at all If anything
the sight of a red woolen shirt gave it
emotions of pleasure
But the bull was rather expensive
It had become passionately fond of red
hay with a woolen shirt odor and
any one who has ever tried It knows
how costly it Is to bleach hay and de-
odorize it and then dye It red and
impregnate it with otto of wool So
Otis decided to drop the red hay diet
gradually for the bull was cured He
cut down the bull's ration of red wool
hay and cut it down until he cut It off
entirely and it was then that the bull
began to show signs of uneasiness and
wistful longing By the sixth of May
the bull was showing loss of appetite
and high temperature and the sixth
of May was the annual parade day of
the Betzville Aremen when the three
companies the Relentless the Fear-
some and the Hasty paraded As the
Relentless boys lined up In front of
their hose house the bull stood at the
fence and looked on with love and
longing licking its chops and sniffing
the odor of red woolen shjrt and when
the company marched off to join the
parade the bull lowed piteously
But only for a few minutes Sud-
denly its love of red woolen shirt over-
came It and It hopped over the pasture
fence and hastened after the parade
and when It reached Main street and
saw the three full companies lined
un In red shirts It gave a crv of Joy
The Aremen thought the bull was
angry but this was a great mistake
If was merely foolishly fond as Otis
had taught It to be of red shirts The
Arst Areman it caught lost hts red
shirt In about a minute and before
the bull had swallowed It the parade
bad stopped parading and was dis-
persing hastily shedding red woolen
shirts as It went until Main street
glowed red like a Aeld of battle
The bull uttered a few Joyful ex-
clamations and started in at one end
of Main street eating red woolen
shirts and ate to the other end It Is
believed he ate sixty-four red woolen
Bhirts mostly double-breasted brass
buttons and all At the end of the
feast he contained more woolen shirts
than any shirt store west of Chicago
and north of St Louis and the last
thing he did was to sigh a deep sigh
of content and lie down on his back
and stick bis four legs In the air Otis
says the bull died of Joy but Doc
Weaver our talented cow doctor says
the cause of bis death was eighteen
dozen brass buttons in the vermiform
appendix
(Copyright 1909 by W O Chapman)
Vanity -
Tha sun cornea up and the sun goes down
And day and night are tha same aa
one
Tha year grows green and the year grows
brown
And what Is It all when all Is done?
Grains of somber or shining sand
Gilding Into or out of tha hand
And men go down In ships to the seas
And a hundred ships are the same as
one
And bin kward and forward blows tha
breeze
And what Is It all when all Is done?
A tide with never a shore in sight
Getting steadily on to the night
The Asher dropped his net In the stream
And a hundred streams are the same
as one
And the maiden dreameth her love-lit
dream
And what Is It all when all Is done?
Tho net of the fisher the burden breaks
And always the dreaming the dreamer
wakes
—Author Unknown
He Didn't Know It
"What are you doing beret"
“Waitin’ on prosperity”
“Why prosperity passed this way
two months ago!"
“You don't say? That accounts for
the twltcbin in my j'lnts I had a
idee that somethin’ or other had run
over me!” — Atlanta Constitution
Wasted Time
Townsend— How did you like the
banquet?
Beers — Oh it made me tired in the
time I was there I could have eaten
10 meals at the dairy lunch counter
Sand and Gravel Production
The production of sand and gravel
In the United States In 1908 was 37-
216044 short tons valued at 13270-
032 a decrease of 4635870 tons in
quantity and of 11222037 In value
over 1907
IN BRIDAL FINERY
SLIP FORM IS FAVORITE FOR
' WEDDING GOWN
Utmost Magnificence is Allowed for
Momentous Occasion — Shorter
Trains the Rule of Fashion
for Thla Season
In both Imported and domestic
trousseaux the wedding gown in slip
form is much to the fore a princess
overdress on much the same lines of
embroidered net or chiffon or lace
covering the slip to the feet or else
falling somewhat below the knees
One beautiful fancy seen In a late
wardrobe was a slip of magnificent
satin covered by a princess Jersey of
sliver lace from which fell a skirt
drop of net edged with a wide band of
the net
Importers display many of these
Jerseys in separate form in every-
thing from the finest lace to a cuirass
of pearl beads They are bought In
this shape and put over lace or chiffon
Blips as the case may require
The white materials used for altar
frocks are In a dead shade though the
SOME NOTES ON NEEDLEWORK
With These In Mind Many Tasks Will
Be Found Easier of Accom-
plishment Japan floss is the finest embroidery
silk made
The covering of embroidery hoop
rings should be renewed frequently
Badly torn places In lace may fre-
quently be mended with a little net and
the result is exceptionally good
A dainty gift for a school girl Is a
white satin rlbon snood on which wee
pink rosebuds are embroidered here
and there
A pair of tweezers Is a handy ac-
cessory of the work basket and Is a
very useful article in pulling out little
ends of baste thread
The busy housewife who dreads
darning day may not know that paraf-
fin rubbed on the heels of stockings re-
duces friction and saves many a Jag-
ged hole
Embroidery can be cleaned by rub-
bing the surface with a piece of bread
a day old Use a small piece with the
crust still on It and then throw away
as soon as soiled
If you can work letters neither with
a loop nor without it compromise on
a piece of fide oilcloth sewed under
the letters Baste outside the portion
to be worked otherwise there is dan-
ger of pulling the embroidery when
bride to whom this trying white is un-
becoming may accept a material in a
faint cream Trains are moderately
short and if the bride wishes she
may go to the altar with her face un-
covered though tradition suggests
the propriety of wearing the veil over
the face Unhemmed tulle bunched
over a coronet or half wreath of
orange blossoms still constitutes the
veil most liked for tulle is always be-
coming and fairly inexpensive Other
veils of more elaborate sort are of
Chantilly Spanish lace or laceedged
Brussels net and these are consider-
ably smaller than the tulle ones
In the department of negligees the
fiounced petticoat topped by a loose
or belted Jacket is plainly the favor-
ite lounging habit for when prettily
made such a combination may be
worn for breakfast and for the recep-
tion of Intimate friends
So complete is the little walking
suit pictured which is eminently prac-
ticable for the bride's traveling gown
that tt needs scarcely an accessory
beyond the hat and shirtwaist The
coat which is without revers fastens
far over the under lap at both bodice
and skirt point It Is trimmed with a
band of braiding done on the mate-
rial and finished with a satin edge
the wide belt being formed of this
material The skirt is a plaited
model braided at the bottom of the
apron and showing six satin covered
buttons
One of the very newest of the brim
hat styles Is also shown by this fig-
ure the shape being of rough straw
and the trimming of wide loulslne
ribbon and closely massed flowers
Cloth serge or a novelty wool
suiting appropriately elegant in color
would do for the gown and If It is in
a warm cream with black braiding
and satin edge It would be very
striking In this event the hat could
be of leghorn with a band of folded
black satin and a front knot of pink
roses or violets
Stage Waitress’ Apron
Those cute little apron overskirts
that remind one of the stage waitress'
apron will be popular for girls this
summer
To my thinking only a waist on the
gulmpe order should be chosen for
use with a skirt In short apron effect
if one preserves the girlish appear-
ance An elaborate or even a plaited waist
is not in keeping with such style
skirt At the same time one sees the
two In combination often
When the wearer Is not tall it is a
good plan to run a double box plait
down the back of the Bkirt over the
underskirt
Bright Colors
Bright colors are being introduced
for the early spring wear Most wom-
en will resent this intrusion of vivid
colorings Subdued effects that have
prevailed for the past two seasons
have been generally satisfactory but
with the Introduction of a “touch" of
color the death knell of conservatism
Is rung as color Is bound to be over-
done this spring and summer
the stitches are cut It Is easy with s
little practice to do the lettering with
out sticking the needle point on th
oilcloth
To Inset lace or Insertion first baste
the material to be ornamented on stiff
paper then apply the lace to it and
sew by hand or machine To form
yokes or cuffs of insertion cut the
shape in stiff paper then baste on the
insertion making It lie flat and sew
on the machine One edge of the lace
must of course be lapped over th
other The machine sewing gives a
better finish than hand sewing and is
much easier
Latest Evening Gowns
Veiled effects are much the vogue
in evening gowns and though at first
the idea may seem a particularly ex
travagant one yet on the other hand
the lovely veiled gown may often pro
vide the opportunity for using up as
a foundation one's last year’s silk or
satin party gown Perhaps the pret-
tiest of these gowns this year are
trimmed with artificial flowers either
in garlands or arranged here and there
in rather formal-looking little bou-
quets A Journallstlo Providence
Young Housewife— "Can't you make
that story in your Journal go on a lit-
tle longerT Our cook reads it and I
think she will stay aa long as it con-
tinues" — Meggendorfer Blatter
Berlin “Newsboye
“The up-to-date newsboy of New
York can learn eomethlng in Berlin"
writes a New Yorker from that city
“One of the popular sellers of news-
papers In this town Is a gray bearded
tall soldierly looking man who has
the papers attached — one copy of each
publlatlon — to a long fishing rod on
the top of which there is a little
pocket for coins People on omnibus-
es and at upper windows may be
served by means of the rod They
help themselves to the paper they de-
sire deposit their money In the little
bag and the sold paper Is replaced
by another from the stock which the
old man carries in a bag slungf over
his shoulder The children In the
district where he does business cal
him the “nickel fisher”
Valuable Old Documents
The chance discovery of a secret
drawer In an old writing desk which
has been In the family of Charles
Beckel of Bethlehem Pa for genera-
tions as a treasured heirloom reveal-
ed that the drawer contained an In-
teresting and valuable collection of
historical letters and documents The
papers a score or more are war de-
partment letters letters of Gen
Anthony Wayne and others and proo
tarnations that date back to the rev-
olutionary war and early days of tha
federal goveramenL Prof Allison of
the historical department of Carnegie
institute states' that taken together
the letters form a Valuable source of
first-hand information of an Important
period in the nation’! hlstecj-
Will Develop Victoria Falla
A company has been formed to de-
velop the great Victoria falls on the
Zambesi river in Africa as a source
of electric energy These falls rank
among the greatest cataracts in ex-
istence The total of the water is
more than 400 feet At Niagara the
total amount of energy running to
waste has been reckoned at 7000000
horsepower but the corresponding en-
ergy of the Victoria falls is said to be
no less than 35000000 horsepower
When utilized It is thought that this
energy can be employed for working
a large part of the South African rail-
way and that it can be transmitted by
cable to the gold mines of the Rand
800 miles and more away
A Cynical Citizen
"Is your town Improving"
“Yep” answered Bronco Bob “The
figures show that the tone of Crim-
son Gulch Is Improvin' The popula-
tion has decreased ten per cent In the
last year and I don't know of anybody
whose absence wouldn't be a benefit"
Texas Directory
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send for our largo free catalog of Beautiful
Pleats Flowers Fruit and Shade Trees
Farm Vegetable and Flower Seeds Bulba
sad Roots of every description
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Cures Whiskey Drug and Tobacco habits
Only place tn Texas using Keeley Remedies
4000 cures In Texas Write for literature
The Grand Canyon
It la of course possible that the
Grand Canyon of the Colorado ma$
have been a “crack" In the earth
auaed by earthquake action but In
the books of geology we are given
to understand that It la the result ol
the wearing down of the atrata by the
action of the watera of the river IF
it impossible to get at anything like a
definite conclusion as to the age ol
the Grand canyon The figures ol
the geologlats differ but all agree that
the mighty gorge has been many ten
of thousands of years In the making
Continuing In Prayer
Tt la not enough to begin to pray
bor to pray aright nor 1s it enough
to continue for a time to pray — but
we must patiently bellevlngty con-
tinue in prayer until we obtain an
answer and further we have not
only to continue In prayer unto the
end but we have elao to believe that
God doea hear ua and will answer our
prayera Most frequently we fail la
not continuing in prayer until the
bieeslng Is obtained and In not ex-
pecting the blessing”— Exchange
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Jones, Rex D. The Devol Dispatch. (Devol, Okla.), Vol. 2, No. 12, Ed. 1 Friday, March 25, 1910, newspaper, March 25, 1910; Devol, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc1763576/m1/3/?q=wichita+falls: accessed July 18, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.