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Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1909-12-18

IN vintage n,slr Edinburgh ineIs
iIyei nn oIi lmk-r aud bis soil Ihci'
trade was IN a nonrisIing coi'diii"n.
bui unfortunately IN The 'nidsi ~ 'he''
prosperity the old man. who bnd once
been great drinkcr. turned iisair'
The son whu WIS renowned Tor hiS
love ~ money. was forced 10 p'i' MN
~ lunatic asylum aud. accordiug '"
the terms ~ the establishment. 10 pay
n Tee for three months 10 advance.
amounting 10 80. The old nan was
marrrl, IN u fortnight. however.
when he died. The son. thinking I"
rails. an aciion against the establish
Inenl for the recovery of the. as he
termed u. unused money. inquired OF
an old lawyer who was n bit OF wag
whether he thought II wonld he prn'
dent a. Try 10 recover the money OF
not, The CHIP of the law. putting "n n
grave face. replied seriously. Dye io
think II wad be- besl ~ gang ana pu'
IN the rest % the time ycrserf'
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1909-12-18

some OF the old laws OF Nepai. In
dia. were curious. Killing cows ranked
With murder as a capital offense. Tor
instance. Every girl nj birth was
married with great ceremony to a
hetel fruit. which was then cast into
sacred stream. As the fate OF tue
fruit was uncertain. the girl was sup
posed never TO become widow. Ic
obtain divorce FROM a husband vile
had only to place betel nut under his
pillow and depart. In Nepal the day Is
considered TO begin when u Is light
enough to count the tiles on the ROOF
or distinguish the hairs on mans
hand against the sky.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1909-12-18

Whist You Take into vocr system
With the Fruit.


do you know what you're eitingf'
said the doctor a. the girl.
An apple. 0f course
.Non are calling" said the doctor.
~albulncti. sugar. gun. nnlic acid. gal.
Nc acid. Alrr water and phosphorus.
II hope ,i,~r things nr good. They
sound alarining.
"NoihIur coiiid Ice better. iou ate. I
Observed. rather i,~ much np9ii AZ din.
ner. THE unIr' ncid OF applies neutral
lies the excess "i chaik ImI'"r 'T','s-
Ell bs i'~ much tH'ii apd thereby
helps a. Keep ,ou young Apples are
good fer your complexion. Their acids
drive "ui liir n',Anus rmiicrs wiiirh
caus. skin crlinhiis. They are gwd
><pr your train. Whh'h lhn>. same nvA
Sous maiirts n uiaiu'r render slug
gisii. Moreover. TIM ncids ut the nppl''
diminish the aridily ~ the sinnmcii
that comes viii sone terms Of ind
gestioB. The phosphorus. ot which ..l,.
pies contain n larger percentage thnt
any other fruit ur vegetable. renew
th. essential nervous natter OF The
braiu aud spinal column. oh. the an-
clients vert uoi wrng when they g.
tccned the apple The food % The g'"l.
the magic remover Of ycuth 20 which
the gods rcsorlcd when ticy felt them
selves growing old aud feeble. think
III have ga apple" conrindcsi the doc
tor."-New York Tribune.
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In, eensrsvs Barber.

Herr. say. l;'' a biz n"re careful
with Thar uyor That's the second
time you've cut NE.
well. we'll. 49, b T. l,ut there. |
always deduct hai'"nny for every
cut. WHY. a. nuihius for man TO
so or 81 i~r,' iE, inr w"u f"urpenee
n me e. lsatlun Tntler.
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Tn. TOUGH OF Fortune.

"whai do Won think. my DEAR Such
luck, We Ieaye for Paris In ap hour.
Yes: we're going TO Pasteurs. My
buslmnd has just been bitten b.
mad dog - Don viyanf-
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had IL pains 10 inform bin
Inn Hola.. lct which had been IN
Coy todsv VI Is relative 10 the Jewish
w wrote out the result 81
W. l. Skies wa. l. nnd laid the paper
attention aud time being
Jesse Rovs. aneihng else. some little
Weilborp "as lahore the subject or'ur-
n. p n. bod agniu. Then the same
stee, r,.,,"v wai i, we're given TO the sub
.d iHsn given a. II before.
to,. s"o A. q. Bu.ts were again put on pa
'fom Harvey i.hle So completely had
"ofBan Closs 49,. 30 that he had ,upisd The
harris school bo,,., iIli. aud reflections h,i"re
Prof J. 4 ~. .ni, when h. had found
rom bis hou. 90, which H. had iranscrib-
J. A. Has, ale 70 was rccall,i 10 his rec
ON b,. -. was ilis .am, nrihor had FIRE
Mr.. "e Rpm BIZ own InhiShed writ
=, = Ia Bryan today ~
.. ~. hiai was 4 Gus ,ion For the King.
u's farm In theif. doth not sinay~ h'dgr
w. Frame ana Tistr have b,rn man! rulers
sdge were In ~. ,uld take ~ we'll ~ give la the
ound cnv n, line The ,nn. striking In
1ore I'm, az this Kind IL s,-sii in the case
asb h., n -,y a.. TIM g,',,d naiur'd stu
y av.. 'oiis 81" an,,. asked his chaplain. Dr
'o' Hng greei.
. Mrsw IL u TINT you always read
'.'penders. tissermons bcfon me when ~ !
''s'nas boxes. lstaud. You eau preach eloan"nt'!
IA ,l-cwherc without book OF
John Bowies r.
EFF todav s,sd doctor answered. That b"
I'D. 80 overwhelmed by his majesty .
bIpa,,o l.nce tlai hr could no' trust hiih
os and handI"r ,lr'r'.' o"','" wv w. . r why
Lawrence. rtad ,oir s,s,fli~ wh'4 ,"n hh'"
h.l r,.ii., 81. i,aif i.rfniHf-
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| John Bowles
en- today for n
nd.
o'nation chris,r
% and handker
. q Lawrence
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A Far Stuhted Man.

Women vote. Never. sir. with my
consent
why notr'
What And have my wife losing
thirty dollar hats 10 other women on
the election--Boston Transcript.
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Wall Bred.

Gentleman-That looks well bred
dog owncr-I should think h. wnS
we'll bred. Why. he won't have hh
~ dinner tIll he's got his collar "n'
Punch
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Hes a vesy particular man"
yes. n the doctor told him that ~
was going to die he would want 10
telephone ahead for Q good room
New York Press.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1909-12-18

Ttere nrc about :'i.SaH worms q" go
arr. nf ,uiiiNai.le land
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-27

disabled Republic and Florida OF Nan
tuoket n the prompt and efectual
answer to their appeal. Every hrst-
class steamship is now equipped with
wireless apparatus capable OF sending
its etheric vibrations pulsing ove the
ocean waste for hundreds of miles. In
IN instant these sparks are caught by
other ships or at stations that dot the
shores of all countries, and IL the mes
sage be a call for help ships are soon
speeding from every direction to the
relief of the stricken vessel. Those
who go down to the sea in ships, who
do business in great waters" have
found in the wireless a wonderful ally
and an invaluable help in time of
trouble.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-27
A STEP.

The democratic delegation from this
county in the legislature seems deter
mined to undo what the last legisla-
ture did for the consolidation of the
auditing departments of Omaha and
Douglas county. The inspiring mo-
tive is, Of course, the fact thai the
present incumbent of the Office Of
county comptroller happens to be a re-
publican, while the present incumbent
of the office of city comptroller, which
was to be absorbed into the county
comptrollership, happens to be a dem
ocrat. Had the situation been re-
versed so that the merger when
brought about would %extinguish the
republican oficeholder and enlarge the
powers of the democratic offlceholder,
our democratic Lawmakers would not
be so much concerned.
Aside from the question of political
patronage, the retention of the dual
comptrollerships will be a distinct step
backward, and even more so the aboli-
ton of the present ONCE of county
comptroller and the resumption of the
old system of audit by appointees of
the county board. The county of
Douglas is paying out a half million
dollars every yea in current expenses
and in the next two or three years will
pay out an additional million dollars
in the construction of the new court
house, and it is decidedly unbusiness-
like to put the only check and audit
Of these bills in the hands of those
who make the contracts and spend the
money. 1t is just as imperative for
the taxpayers of the county to have an
Independent control of the county
money as 1t is for the taxpayers of the
city to have an independent control of
the city money.
II the legislative delegation would
look ahead and above personal poll
tics, instead of turning back on the
consolidation of city and county offices,
it would carry that movement still
further forward. We have now eff
fected the merger of the city and
county treasures with excellent re-
suits and a merger of the city and
county auditing departments is under
way. The next step really should be
the merger of the clerical and record
departments of the city and county by
making the county clerk ex-oficio city
clerk, to be followed by still other
consultations. The move should be
to abolish more and more the present
multiplicity and Implications of costly
offices of city and county supported
put of the pockets of the same tax
payers.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-27
NOVELIST OF CACTUS CENTER.

Arthur Chapman in Denver Republican.
We was visited in Cactus by a classic fea-
tured gent .rt.
Who said he was a writer and informed us
he was bent
On %securin' local color for a novel or real
life
Where the picturesque cowpuncher wins
the schoolma'am for a wife.
So we took him to the Bar X, where we
told the writin' yap
That he'd find real western color ever
ready and on tap.
And the foreman. Six Gun Roberts, made
him slave the live-long day
Fixin' irrigatin' bitches and a-feedin' stock
with hay.
He hustled wood for fires till his arms was
most broke off,
And he hollered at the milch COWS till he
nearly got a cough,
And when he saws Beg .~Pardon-but trot
Old Six Gun says. Keen workin'-this "a
all the west there Is.
Fer it's time to teach you writer's" goes
on Six Gun, speakin' stern,
That the lane of western fiction IL most
due TO take a turn;
There amt no hullsale shootin's sllus goin'
on out here,
Cause the bad men up and vanished when
we lost the old frontier.
80" said Six Gun, lest keep workin' and
a-workin'. nail and tooth,
Till you're sure that when you're writin'
you can tell the world the truth;
But that night the writer vanished, and the
Bar X was forsook.
And were wonderin' In Cactus II he'll ever
write his book.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-27
VOTES.

A. O. Calhoun, of Victor, is Missouri's
honey king. He has 5000 pounds OF honey
from the summer flow and as much more
will be collected this fall. o
New Jersey justice is peculiar in that
1t seeks to ascertain whether an accused
man is guilty or innocent, rather than TO
devise ways of getting him out of a scrape.
One OF the grievances Of Mrs. Clark
Black of Chicago, who sued for divorce,
was that she was compelled carly every
morning to curl her husbands long silky
mustache. ,r .r,'.
Among projected army improvements was
one for the elimination Of the faithful
mule, but the feeling prevailed that with
out the mule the army would not be quite
a real ARM and the mule stays.3 r-
Ex-Governor John c. Sheppard has been
telling the Bar association Of South Caro-
lima that in his opinion the effective, sat
isfactory administration of justice would
be greatly promoted by permitting trial
judges to deal with the facts as we'll as
the law in their charges to the Jurors, and
by doing away with the requirement that
a jury's verdict must be unanimous.
Mrs. NJ. e. M. Davis, affectionately
known throughout the south as "Mollie
Moon Davis, who died recently at her
home in New Orleans. was not only a
popular southern woman, but a social leader
Of New Orleans. Her latest book, The
Moons of Balbanca." was published in
September. Her other books include Tho
Price OF Silence" THE Little Chevalier."
The Queens Garden, . and THE Wire
Cutters"
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-27

AhG NNtAGD hASf Afib HbAIbf
The most comforting feature OF the
conference at Washington on the care
of dependent children is the keynote
running through all the addresses in
favor OF preserving the home life of
the child. wherever possible and. when
such preservation is not possible, to
furnish conditions as nearly like those
which a child would have in a home.
This proposition is the prerequisite
to any success which may come from
the efforts of those working for the
betterment of juvenile unfortunates
OF the country and at the same time
is a call to halt to o~verzealous reform
ers carrying juvenile work to such an
extreme as to interfere with the home
life Of children to an unnecessary de-
gree. The danger that threatens the
juvenile reform work of the day, as
it is being generally conducted, lies
in the blind enthusiasm of well-inten-
toned but misled workers attempting
to take children from home surround
ines to the detriment. II not to the de-
struction, Of the moral and physical
welfare OF the child. Disrupting the
home in the name of saving the chill
dren should be the last resort. In
stead first efforts should be to better
the conditions Of the home and bring
the parents to a realization of their
duties. II unchecked by wise direct
ton, some Of the juvenile reformers
would entirely relieve parents of their
responsibilities. As President Roose-
welt we'll says in his address to the
conferences:
Here we must provide for the exercise
of the greatest wisdom obtainable in
knowing just where to draw the line; so
as to know just when 1t becomes neces-
sary TO say that even the ~undoubted ad-
vanteges OF keeping the children in a
pretty poor home, II that home is its
own, are c-ounterbalanced by the fact that
the home has become not a source of
benefit, but a source of menace and dan
ger to the child. You will have to con-
slider a dozen such problems.
No M questions the need of TAX
ing the child from the home where it
is clear that the parents are either
criminal or deliberately vicious and
where the keeping of a child in such
environment is practically certain to
result in its physical, intellectual and
moral hurt. Children SO taken be-
come the wards of the state and
should be given every opportunity for
education and improvement, either in
state institutions or in well-selected
homes. The number of cases demand
ing such radical action must, however,
be small compared with the instances
in which better and more lasting good
can be accomplished by bringing the
reformatory influences to bear upon
the parents.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-27
4 L TRIUMPH.

One of the greatest demonstrations
of mans triumph over nature is fur
nished in the thrilling story Of the res
cue Of the Gal passengers of the
steamship Republic, which collided in
a dense fog with the steamship Flor
ida on the New England coast. The
Republic was wholly disabled and all
indications pointed to another addi-
tion to the long list of sea horrors in
which countless lives have been lost
and the details of which have been
wrapped in eternal mystery.
Immediately after the collision the
operator OF the wireless telegraphy
plant on the Republic was sending the
distress signal. &C. Q. D." the ambu-
lance call of the sea which, translated
from the code, means. "All ships.
Danger" Instantly the call was
caught by other ships and by wireless
stations on shore, and two liners. two
revenue cutters and a coastwise vessel
were hurrying to the rescue. The rev.
enue cutter and the disabled steamer,
Florida, reached the scene first and,
after most hazardous work. succeeded
in transferring every passenger from
the Republic and in conveying them
10 shore and safety.
1t is needless to speculate upon the
number OF lives that might have been
saved had the wireless t%elegraphy been
in practical operation for the last
quarter Of a century instead of beins
a recent triumph Of inventive genius
IL is sufhcient cause for qualification
that its use has made possible such q
marvel as the call for succor from the
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-27
HE WRECK, OF THE NAME.

Governor Magoon's appeal to con-
gress to take immediate steps to &C
oomplish the removal Of the wreck of
the battleship Maine from the harbor
of Havana will doubtless be approved
by a majority of the American people.
His declaration that the leaving of the
wreck there has become "a national
reproaeh and an international scan
dal" may be an exaggeration, based
on the feeling on the subject in Hav-
ana, but he is eminently right in hold
ing that no just reason can be as
signed for further refusal to act.
It will be eleven years, on February
IS, since the Maine was blown up in
Havana harbor, prccipitating the war
with Spain that was already inevita-
BILE. The cause of the explosion has
never been fully determined, the
Americans %contending that it was due
to an outside attack by the Spaniards,
while the Spaniards contend that II
was due to internal accident. What
ever the cause, the hull of the wrecked
battleship has been allowed to remain
occupying a portion of the best an
chorage in the harbor and becoming
more and more of an impeachment and
menace to shipping. The wreck also
contains the bodies of sixty-three
American sailors, or what is left of
them, and 1t is not creditable that the
United States should neglect its dead.
Some opposition to the removal of
the wreck has been offered because of
the impression that the United States
government would place the wreck, II
raised, in one of the navy yards OF
upon some government property and
keep it as a memorial of the war.
| While the government would have a
clear right to make such disposition
of the hull of the Maine. there is nc
general sentiment in favor of IT. II
would be better by far to have the
wreck raised and sent to the scrap
heap or sunk in deep water where Il
would not navigation. II
would satisfy curiosity, too. to ascer,
tain definitely the cause OF the explo-
sion, II il is possible at this late day
To do SO.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-27
NO REFUGE FOR CRIMINALS.

The negotiation of an extradition
treaty between the United States and
Honduras is significant chiefly in that
it closes the last refuge for fugitives
from justice from this country. We
now have a treaty with every civilized
country on the globe, and with some
that are hardly classed as civilized, by
which murderers, defaulters, embez-
zlers, counterfeiters and those who
commit other felonies that are usually
extraditable, may be reached by the
long arm of the law. For many years
Honduras has been a refuge for many
offenders, although the government of
that country has usually been very
courteous in respecting e%xtradition re-
quests. BY the terms of the new
treaty the Honduras government en-
cages to honor all such requests as a
matter OF treaty obligation in certain
specified ~offenses.
Only a few years ago Canada was
the popular hiding place for offenders
against the law in this country, but
the ~extradition treaty with Great
Britain was SO modified that the doors
of all the British colonies are now
closed against f~ugitives. When the
famous st. Louis bribery cases were
brought to light in 1902, Joseph w,
Folk, then prosecuting attorney for
the city, secured the negotiation of
extradition treaties with Mexico,
Guatemala and several South Ameri-
can countries. Later an extradition
treaty was negotiated with Morocco,
just in time to secure the return of
Stensland, the defaulting Chicago
banker. The Honduras treaty makes
the civilized world too small to cover
a fugitive from justice for whom the
officers OF. the United States are search
ing.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-27
Doing the Next Best Thing.

springfield Mass.) Republican 0nd).
The eclipse OF Mr.. Bryan is Just now
so complete that even the proceedings of
the Nebraska legislature with reference to
his political future attract little attention.
The legislature is democratic as we'll as
the governor, and if there were only a va
cancy in the United States senate at this
session Mr.. Bryan would be chosen to fiji
IL. The legislature IL TO do the next bes.
thing in his interest. how ever. A bill has
been introduced providing for the estab-
lishment in Nebraska OF the oregon sys.
tenn Of popular election of senator's. and
II ere seems to be no doubt that the bill
will speedily become a law. Thus Mr..
Bryan will be able two years hence to
contest for Senator Burkett's seat before
the people. His Nebraska friends have
great hopes Of finally providing for him a
place in public life, but the mans political
luck is usually 30 miserable. whenever he
runs for an office. that Nebraska may
turn against him again in 1910. notwith-
standing that Mr.. Bryan carried the state
as a presidential candidate in 1895 and
1905.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-27

Kong. 400 Chinese drowned; July q, 1905.
Steamship Prudential, lost on voyage 10
Argentina; August ., 1905.
Norwegian steamship Folgefouden' SUNK
many lives lost; August %. 1908.
Steamship. total wreck, in caribbean sea
September 1e. 1905.
steamship sunk near Annoy; 200 drowned
November 5. 1905.
Steamer Archimides, lost In Baltic sea
10 rowned November 5, 1908.
Steamship Finance sunk by steamhlp
Georsic off Sandy Hook; four lives lost
November 26. 1908.
steamship San Pablo, sunk off Phillip
mines: 100 drowned: November q, 1908.
Steamship Ginsei Maru, wrecked OIL
Wei Hal Wei, and crew and passengers
6roWned; December 10, 1905.
Steamship 500 City, foundered OF NE"
Foundland; crew lost; December T. 1905
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-27
Experimental Practitioner.

ANeNN NAA
William Jennings Bryan is an eclectic
practitioner in the field of craftsmanship.
A~llopathic ~phlebotomy. homeopathic bread
pills, hydropathic cold congresses, mental
suggestion, soul control, JAIL enter into his
experience. He has taken up. now, the
Oregon idea of a popular vote on the Sc
lection of a United States senator. to beat
the constitution. A bill to establish that
idea in Nebraska has been Introduced. has
been made a party measure. and is almost
certain to be pat on the statute books.
His critics will hint that Mr.. Bryan is
not altogether unselfish in his latest
scheme. There is one popular Nebraskan
in whose political future he las the very
deepest interest. hat popular Nebraskan
might easily win at an election for senator.
To be fair, however, it must be owned that
Mr.. Bryan has no doubt that the election
OF his favorite candidate would benefit the
United States of America more than Il
' ouid benefit the candidate himself.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-27
A Dash of Ginger.
Washington Star (rep.)

Mr.. Bryan is accredited with an ambition
to be elected to the senate. and his friends
in the Nebraska legislature are moving for
a law enabling a popular choice. He is we'll
entitled to that chance for the office. For
some years he had not been popular at
home, but last fan a new spirit was mani
Tested toward him. His home people in
dorsed him as against Judge Taft, though
by no great majority. 1t is not easy to
conceive him satisfied with the duties OF a
senator, but that is his affair. He would
undoubtedly add ginger to the senate.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-27
SMILING

Does your husband play .poker?"
I don't Know answered young Mrs.
Torkins. From what l hear he simply
sits up to the table and enjoys seeing
other people contend for what he nuts up,"
-Washington Star.
His Legal Adviser-That distant relative
OF yours is an old nuisance, you say, and
yet you think you ought to do something
for him, do YOU? Well, why not settle an
annuity on him.
draw annuities never die. Chicago Tri-
bune.
who is that unreasonable man who
first of February ?hp @nuof ih1Ui 1rT
why, that's one of those New York
congressman who don't like Roosevelt
Cleveland Plain-Dealer.
Mr.. Poots-Has yo' had de pleasure of
seem Brudder Bumps new wife? What
does yo' think OF her, sab?
Mr.. Spradley-Um-wcll, sab, I doesn't
way; but II do pear to me like he must-uh
done won the lady at a shootin' match
Puck.
son-in-law to you, pa. Even now he is
making plans to help you bear the loss
of your child.
Father-Humph. 1 do believe he is maxi
Baltimore American.
$50 you are encouraging your wife to
become a suffragette?'
Yes" answered Mr.. Meekton.
But l thought you disapproved OF the
movement" Ir.
well, 1t occurred to me that IL any
thing could discourage suffragettes In
general 1t would be Henrietta turned loose,
giving them a piece of her mindf+Wash-
ington Star.