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Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1910-03-15
SPOILED ITS EFFECT.
A Speech to tho Jury That Was e.
fectiveIy Answered.

A well known English barrister,
whom we will call Mr. *. was most
eloquent speaker. and his voice, par
ticularly In its pathetic tones. was
melody itself. His power over jury
was astonishing. and 1t was very sell
dom that he failed to secure a ver-
dict for his client
On one occasion. however. he was
beaten and In such ridiculous man
ner that crowded court and even the
grave judge were convulsed with
laughter ut the burlesque of the result
The - was charge of murder.
Mr.. X was Tor the defense. His
peroration was exceedingly touching
and beautiful.
Gentlemen of the jury" said he,
IF you can find this unhappy prisoner
at she bar guilty of the crime with
which he is charged after the argu-
ments to the contrary which have
laid before you. pronounce your fatal
verdict. Send him to the dungeon.
awaiting the death which he is to re-
ceive at your hands. Then go to your
families, lay your heads on your pill
lows-and sleep. if you canr'
The effect of the closing words was
really thrilling. But presently the
counsel for the prosecution rose and
said:
"Gentlemen of the jury, | should
despair. after the affecting speech
which has been made to you by my
learned brother, of saying anything to
do away with his eloquence. l never
heard Mr.. *. speak that better thar
when he spoke it now. Once | heard
him speak it in case of stealing at
Leeds and again in a case at Manches-
ter, and the last time | heard it was
when two men were tried for pocket
picking. But never knew him to
speak it so affectingly as Just now"
This was poser. The jury looked
at one another, whispered together.
and the speaker saw instinctively that
he had them. He stopped at once.
closing with a single remark:
If you can't see, gentlemen of the
jury. that this speech fits all cases
then there's no use my saying any
thing more"
And there wasn't. He had made his
ease and got his verdict.-Exchange.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1910-03-15
HUNTING THE WALRus.
Daring Of the Eskimos and Their Work
With the Harpoon.


With the hGrpoon as a weapon the
hunters left the solid ice to spring
lightly from one small piece to an
other until pan large enough to hold
them was reached far out In the open
lake The pieces over which the pas.
sage was made were often so small
that they would have sunk under a
mans weight had he faltered or hesi-
tated upon them for moment. IL
seemed TO me that the Eskimos were
absolutely reckless in this passage
over the broken pieces and took no
account of the manner In which they
should return Certainly only fear
less man with a clear eye and nerves
Of iron could accomplish IL. .
A large. safe pan once attained well
In the midst Of the blowing walrus,
stand was taken near its edge. where.
with harpoon poised the hunter wait
ed until walr'ls came within striking
distance Then like lightning the
weapon was SINK deep into the ami
mails body, and quick as fash a bar
pooh shaft provided with heavy
point of iron was driven firmly into
the ice and several turns of line taken
around II and held taut by the Eskimo.
This strong line held the walrus In
spite of its struggles to free itself, and
not an inch WAS surrendered to it by
the Eskimo, SIS the wal:us gradually
tired the line was frightened little by
little until finally the great animal
was well alongside the pan, when 1t
was quickly dispatched with lance
Harry Whitne. in Outing.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1910-03-15
A Strenuous Preacher.

WHITEHEAD. one Of the founders Of
Methodism. who died in ITO. was a
strenuous preacher. His usual pro-
gram was forty hours solid speaking
each week and this to congregations
measured in thousands. but he often
spoke for sixty hours. This was not
all, for after his labors. instead of
taking rest. be was engaged in offer
ing up prayers and intercessions or in
singing hymns. as his manner was, in
every house to which he was invited"
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1910-03-15
Subdued.

Hotel Guest ito pretty waiter girD-
This steak is not very good. Pretty
Waiter Girl-Teaorcoffee? Guest-This
steak-it's tough and Pretty Waiter
Girl Ito another pretty waiter girD-
Charley was asking after you this
morning, Jen. TO guesp-Did you say
teaorcoffee? Guest (gloomily,-Coffee
New York Sun.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1910-03-15
lnsinuating.

Eyes" boosted Slowpay. ~ have
bought an automobile now. but VIII
pay you that So I borrowed six years
ago."
Better be careful" responded Binks.
with fine sarcasm. you might be ap
pretended for speeding" - Chicago
News
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1910-03-15
Washinaton's Farewell.

The farewell address of Washington,
the military chieftain, to his soldiers
stands without parallel in all history.
He does not refer to his own sacrifices
or achievements. He simply and COM
pletely sinks himself, the great central
figure. out Of sight. He sees only his
country and thinks only of her vel
OF American History.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1910-03-15
OLD TIME MANNERS.
Rules of Good Behavior In the Early
Eighteenth Century.

In work entitled Youths Beha-
vior," published in 1706, there is this
injunction to young gentlemen, Put
off thy Cap or Hat to persons of Desert
as are Churchmen, Justices and the
like, turning the Cap or Hat to thy
self@rds; making Reverence, bow
ing myself more or less according to
the custom of the better bred"
In the midst of remarks which indi-
cate the utmost refinement we come
suddenly upon such directions as this:
"'Tis not manners as soon as you
are set at Table to bawl out, L eat
none Of this. | eat none Of that. / care
for no Rabbit: love nothing that
tastes Of Re er. Nutmeg, Onyons.'
etc.
After stating that ''some have been
so refined in Foreign parts that they
will neither be covered. nor sit with
their backs to the picture of an emf
nent Person." the writer goes on to
remark that there are some who eat
with that eagerness and Impotence,
they eat themselves out of breath and
will pant like broken winded Horse,
but these are not to be injured"
He also warns his pupil thus:
when you are talking to any one do
not Continually punch him in the side.
as some people do; who. after every
sentence keep asking the person they
are conversing with. Did | not tell
you so? What say you. sir?' and in
TIE meantime they are every moment
jogging and thrusting him with their
elbows. which cannot be considered as
mark of respect"
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1910-03-15
He Failed to See Il.

Mr.. Closecoyne during his wife's re-
ceptioD-She gives 'em lights; she
gives 'em music; she gives 'em food.
flowers. champagne. and that's what
she calls receiving!-Puck.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1910-03-15

= We are not in this world to do what
we wish. but to be willing TO do tha.
which It is our dufy to do.-Gounod.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1910-03-15
Shocked.

Ella-Bella married an octogenarian.
Stella-I don't think the girl ought to
change her religion for a man.-Ex-
change.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1910-03-15

Falsehoods may be stated under i'm
preston that they are truths. but lying
Is characterized by the intention to de-
ceive.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1910-03-15
Same Way.

How did you find dear old Broad
way?r
THAT way yet"
sWhat wayw
"Old and ."-Cleveland Leader.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1910-03-15
j. w. BATS
REAL ESTATE AGENT
flee in Taliaferro Building. Opposu,

VEAL ESTATE AGENT
Office in Taliaferro Building. Opposu,
Court House Phone 81
lave IN office the only set OF Abstract
Books OF Brazos County Land title,
FOR SALE
Two lots and good 5-room house,
with stable and galvanized iron els.
tern, located in S. E. part Of town
convenient to school and churches.
Price $4,000. This place has beer
heretofore held at $4,000
One of the most desirable two-story
residences in southeast part of town.
Three lots.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-06-03
Capita s1oo,ooo.oo. Surplus s2oo,ouo.oo

the Carthage team and Quincy COLOR
err team, resulted in score of 5 to
3 in favor of Carthage
Miss Bernice Helms, daughter Of
Mr.. and Mrs. S. E. Helms, of this city.
and Mr.. David Briley of East Fort
Madison, were married at the Aleyan-
der hotel III Bushnell, H., Saturday
evening, May 20, Rev. BardoIph Off
ciating. Mr.. Briley is conducting
farm near Fort Madison, where they
will make their eome,
The marriage of Miss Anna Mary
Huston to Waldo Emerson Rose &C.
Cured at the home of the bride east
of the city, on Wednesday evening.
Rev. J. F. Young, pastor OF the First
Presbyterian church, officiating. The
couple will make their home at Cam
bridge. Iowa, where the groom is oper.
ator and lever man on the c., NJ. &c
st. p. gliding quite responsible pc.
sition.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-06-03

John c. Busby. the independence
weather prophet. predicts that June
VIII be hot, wet month. with storms
of wind and hail, sunshine and calm
in the states of Iowa. Nebraska, kan
sas and the Dakotas Earthquake
shocks are also scheduled to occur
and the south is to have bad CT
clone. He suggests that everybody
should construct cyclone cave. as
old Mother Earth is in for 8 good
deal OF trouble in a way we CO not
Ike In speaking of the comet, Mr..
Busby says it scared the ignorant
and made fools of us astronomers. "
The Independence forecaster is at
least entertaining. whatever may be
thought of the value otherwise of his
predictions.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-06-03

One of the North Side school build.
ings in Chicago has been made into a
social center and is now open to par
ents and children in the evenings,
greatly to the satisfaction OF all. A
gymnasium is open. games are played
and dances permitted. everything be-
ing under the supervision of the teach
ers. assisted by the parents and mem
bers of woman's club The purpose
of the plan is to give the children rec
reation and keep them off the street.
There is an occasional lecture with
stereoptican views for the parents and
older children The experiment prom
ises to be one that will have to be
followed sooner or later in all cities.
People are beginning to see that
school houses can and should be put
to more than one use.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-06-03
A Menace TO Prosperity

Burlington Hawk-Eye: The obsti.
nate refusal of the insurgents in con.
gress to accept President Taft's
amendment to the interstate com.
merce bill permitting agreements up
on railway rates subject to the super
vision of the commerce commission
has forced the administration to en-.
force the law as it now stands. BY
alliance with the Democrats the in
surgents have made it impossible for
the Republicans to so far modify the
Sherman law as to permit uniform
rates on competing lines. There has
been demagogic cry against meas
ures that vitality affect the interests,
not of the railways alone, but the
whole country. 1t has been politics
pitted against business and national
prosperity, and politics has, at least
temporarily, gained the victory.
The enforcement OF the Sherman
act against the railroads has alarmed
not merely the railway officials, the
stockholders and employees. but the
great industrial, commercial and fin.
ancfal interests that are SO intimate
ly associated with the successful
operation of tnc transportation lines.
The blow to the latter is bound to
spread over all other business inter.
ests, including the shippers, the farm.
ers and the workingmen. So init.
mately are all these interests inter.
woven that "a hurt to one is hurt
TO all" az was discovered in the de.
preston of 1896.
The railways, by pending litigation
and the court decision in the Missouri
rate cases. and by the failure of con.
gress TO come to the relief OF the coun.
try. are between the devil and the
deep sea" They have been forced to
increase the wages OF employees: the
cost Of operating the roads has great,
" increased: the cost OF money with
which - make extensions and repairs
and provide additional equipment and
facilities absolutely required by ship
peTg zpd business interests generally
has algo increased Operating ex
peB1eE are increasing. net profits de
crsaSing. FIXED charges must be met
bli with decreasing net revenues diyi
1en6g must shrink. If nor entirely dis
ayysar. and the weaker lines will &c
into bankr9pfcy The only recourse
n either redDced nages and expenses
or elge increased revenue II tht
grafg are M allowed By the govern
1 rneDt ~ @harge enough for transpor
istloD ~ pag inc east Of rnainten
anee. f2res aDd interest On Indebted
+ nesx - ~ 5osasng " dividends, thu
DsElDegE viii De@epae 70 undesirable
~ VI b,rss'.gept taat neither ship
PER- mr. any5Ds9 eige viii care e
/ puf noneY 5apo railway enterprises
When the seDDis ~ ne United States
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-06-03
sRlNkmAN AND Aoslsg

MsSsrs George RriaSaaan ana /.
Hosier, asmeeys OF the l4oe County
board ot supervisors, have yielded 10
the solicitations OF uaay OF Their
friends and consented 10 Sc candidates
for nomination Ter smother term,
Neither gentleman cared 10 coatsaae
in MS present position. They would
have Preferred TO retire and ssf others
manage sse saasrs o. ihe county. s..t
many ias-passns voters who have
watched with Increasing interest ana
approval their methods Of transactsnc
the public business are unwilling 10
dispense VIII their services. II Is
only simple and exact Justice Is
saessrs. BTinknaaa and fsosier To say
That they have been two of the very
hess supervisors the county has ever
lad. They have given the necessary
thought ard attention 10 every detail
Of the matters coming before them
and hsse exercised gooa business
sense IN disposing of them. By their
wise management OF the eounty,s
finances they have saved the taxpay-
ers many thousands of dollars. In ex-
pending the public funds they have in
sisted IN every Instance upon setting
dollars worth OF labor or material
In return for every dollar paid out.
Thanks 10 their watchfulness in scan.
ming reports and bills there has been
entire absence of graft of all kinds
Everything has hsen cnp6uote3 49,.
the line OF the square deal and in the
open, without fear or favor. The tax,
payers of the county are TO be con-
graduated that Messrs. Brinkman and
Hosler have consented TO renomina-
ton and reelection and they should
attest their appreciation by voting for
them In overwsa Ginning numbers at the
primary next Tuesday and at the gen
eral election in the fall. In this wav
only can fitting acknowledgement be
made of the value of their services.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-06-03
Very truly yours,
SHIRLEY GILIILLAND.
"Victory in the Air.u

Mt. Pleasant Journal: The district
is today being deluged with hot air.
literature emanating from the camp
OF The Gentleman from Washington
and entitled Victory in the Air" II
is in the form of a clipping from the
Pennington Republican, paper pub.
lished by another disgruntled and dis
appointed politician who embraces the
progressive doctrine" If you can dig
Nifty it by the title of doctrine. because
he was not re-aDpointed to the office
of postmaster. These are the men
who are trying vainly to throw
down Taft, Carroll and Kennedy
They are a bunch of disappointed of
fee seekers, grafters and incompe
tents. Victory is in the air, but it is
a victory for Taft, Carroll and Kenne
d.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-06-03
BUSINESS CLOUDS AND LIGHT.

BUSINESS ClOOOS AND El66 i.
The Financial Review remarks that
early in the spring there was a period
of gloom in the business world 1t
was thought in part to be due to the
and the tobacco trust cases. No one
felt that these two cases were in
themselves controlling witl respect
TO the business situation, but rather
that they We're typical OF what might
occur with reference TO a vast number
cf great corporations if the decision
were unfayorable and meanwhile
there had been no change in the read
ing of the antitrust law.
II is noted in the Review that since
these cases were postponed until fall
for reargument and decision there has
been tightening of TIE gloom and,
with feeling that the crop of the
year viii be harvested and the bust
ness operations of the season con
Quoted without interference by the
courts. the whole business situation is
Frightening.
In discussing this change the Buffalo
News suggests thar it would be easy
20 mistake its Significance. Many who
think al business should be conducted
without legal oversight express taem-
selves 10 the effect that the more the
courts interfere with business the
worse IL Is for the business But the
News points out that the larger
truth Is thar the antitrust law is 80
sweeping in its terms az to include
the innocent with the guilty alone TO
the possible sweep 81 its eondemna-
ton, so that no man however innocen,
his purpose. Gowerer correct his act.
ual conduct. is safe from being tho
aim of prosecution II IL form. though
not in actual fact his corporation II
within the range Of the antitrust lay
! What the business world has z rle,zt
! TO ask the News contends, is that tse
law shall be so amended as 10 f5om.
ply with the common isU doctrine
5 that combinations In restraint d,
J trade must be shown to have scted
IN a way to carry out such a purF<5se
before they are open 10 progecutstr
and that the mere fact that a coYDors
tion may be used TO restrain trade
shall not be laid up against # ~
ire corporation itself be prosecutet
e when It has done nothing actuaIly u
restrain trade or to create a rnonopoly
$ or to interfere with the ordinary ron
petitions of business.
: 1t is to amend the law in this psr
z ticular that great effort Is made II
: congress, backed by the great pre
ponderance of the intelligent busineg,
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-06-03

John II. Bayless has disposed of the
Blandinsville Star-Gazette, which he
has published during the past six
years, to s. H. Trego, who will in
future direct its course az a news
medium. Under Mr.. Bayless' manage
ment the paper has grown and pros
pered and taken on increased in
fiuence and usefulness. In the matter
of publishing interesting local news
it has been a model for many of its
contemporaries. The new editor and
owner is as yet unknown in the news
paper field, but is vouched for by the
retiring publisher as the possessor OF
ability to make the paper as good as
it has ever been and even better.
This is good endorsement, and Mr..
Trego is cordially welcome to the
ranks of active newspaper workers.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-06-03

cult Aaslains railways, and cease to
keep ua those already built, ali bush
aess Will suffer in Ike manner
II seems 3 pity that GemaSogic poll,
ties car Shas aais the country's pros
aevsts Possibly the only cure Tor the
folly : the experience that viii sure
~ Follow It's preparation. 1t is to be
hoped the country may yet be aroused
q the pern il faces and that some,
thsns saner and safer than the la
Foilette@ arnnins coarse OF treatment
wall avert another period of business
depression like that Of fifteen years
AGO
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-06-03

The Pennington News-Republican
reprints what Editor Scott of the Mon
trose Journal said in reply to the ar
ticle in the Pennington Republican at.
lacking him, and commends it as an
honorable way to answer the article
which could not have been made for
any other purpose than TO injure the
candidacy OF Hon. c. A. Kennedy for
congress" The News-Republican fur
Their says that it certainly looks 10
Us like man who has to attack q
third party or not strike at all. had
better be at home hoeing his pota-
toes If he's got any This is In
line with the verdict which right
people generally have reached
in the case.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-06-03
Defends His Appointments.

Clinton Herald. Governor Carroll
Is developing some remarkable char
acteristics. characteristics such as the
people of Iowa never imagined he
possessed. For two years he has been
going along in an easy. plodding way.
giving to the state a business-like
and conservative government. reduc-
Ing the tax levy. reducing expenses.
placing the affairs of state in compe.
tent hands, welding out the grafters
and sinecures and saying little.
But when Harvey 1ngham. editor
OF the Register and Leader, charged
that ne was not Judge enough of men
to appoint members of utility com
mission which is likely to be provid-
ed for by the coming legislature, the
governor showed that there was some
nre behind that calm exterior. He
summed the insurgent editor most eff
fectively, and naming the men whom
he had appointed to various offices.
Gefied lngham to indicate wherein he
mad made mistake in single in
stance. 1t is not at all probable that
lngham will walk into the breach
Tor the men who have been appointed
by Governor Carroll all have given
the state efficient and competent
service.
AS a matter of fact the appoint
ments OF Carroll, made without ref
erence to factionalism, but upon the
merits and qualifications of the men.
have caused most favorable com
ment. From political standpoint
they have caused surprise I2r his
friends all along have been declaring
that he was altogether too honest
and that he was not playing politics
enough.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-06-03
Four Letters in Verse.


Dearest. may thus address you?--am
| not forgiven YETI
| was cruel to distress you; all said
then regret,
Tell me that | am forgiven; sadly,
humbly, | repent:
To despair shall be driven if you do
not soon relent.
FROM HER.
Dear Sir: I've received your letter
and I've thought the matter o 'er,
But think it may be better if we cor
respond no more,
forgive you very gladly; let this,
therefore, be the end;
Think not that | treat you badly
shall still remain your friend.
FROM HIM.
Dear Friend: I'm indebted to you for
the kindness you have shown.
When another comes to WOO you and
TO claim you for his own
Let your gladness be unblighted by
regret concerning me;
BY another I'm delighted since your
letter sets me free.
FROM HER.
Dear Jack: It's an old, old story-st's
an ancient gag. indeed:
Helen doubtless deemed it hoary
when young Paris came to
plead;
Every lover has employed it since Eve
found out how to sin;
But long use has not DESTROYED IT..
come and get me, dear-you
win.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-06-03
Letter Carriers Philosophy,
Twas s grayhacked letter carrie,


met on the street one day,
And said to him,
So gray ana grim,
As he plodded his weary way:
My friend, l said and spoke him
fair
Are not your burdens most heavy Il
bears'
Twas a grayhacked letter carrier
Who replied 10 me that day,
AS spoke 10 him.
So gray and grim,
And he said in CHEEKY way.
They are heavy enough when start,
yoa bet;
But the farther / go. the lighter they
get
w. ]. hampton. IN the New York
Tribune