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Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-02-17
TAXPAYER"
STRIKES BACK.

To the Editor of The Bryan Eagle
| received last week copy OF your
daily paper and in IL was an article
from your Commercial Club and one
paragraph marked in blue pencil in
tended for myself. did think that ]
would pass it up unnoticed, but after
thinking it over it was so personal,
seemingly so ungentlemanly and cow
ardly, felt it my duty to make some
reply that the good people OF Bryan
would understand and know the facts
in the case.
Yes, ! own brick building in
Bryan, which cost me the little rise
Of $4,000, and 1t rents for $4,000 per
year.
/ was attacked" last week by a
man who said that he was from Bryan
and secretary of the Commercial club,
In short order words to the effect, he
demanded of me $4,000, for which he
proposed to give me that amount OF
stock in "a proposed road to be built
out OF Bryan leading down into the
brazos bottom; very good enterprise,
I am sure, especially for the bottom
farmer, to enable him to market his
crop.
Had money to invest, and the prop
osition shown up to me in BUSINESS
| like manner, would have been more
than pleased to have taken stock.
Being a rank stranger, and he seeing
what little attention | was giving him
relative to wringing the $4,000 he so
keenly sought, changed his tactics
ana proceeded to threaten me by say
ing that he was one of the board or
eoualizers and would make 1t so hot
for me from now on that ] would al
WAYS wish hereafter that | did own
/ stock in the railroad.
l. TOO. had some dope" of your se''-
rotary before he left here, and when
accept advice it will be from man
that has made life a success and not
from one who had to buy blue back
speller on time few weeks ago from
an agent.
There seems to be a reward, at
least among some people, for the man
who makes no effort on his part to Sc
cure reasonable support for his fam.
lily, or his town, county or state, and
leaves it all for the other fellow to 60;
yet. on the other hand, contempt for
the man who tolls and accumulates
sufficient to raise his family. support
the free schools, town, county and
state in which he lives.
Regarding the raising OF my taxes
II the good people of Bryan and Brazos
county do not think that pay my pre-
rata of taxes into their treasury,
have no objection for them to raise
me, as I am always willing to do my
part as far as ! am able.
| paid the city of Bryan and the
Icounty Of Brazos, Texas, $253.9l taxes
for last year, and | guess If the facts
we're known paid my proportion, val
luation of property being considered.
NONRESIDENT TAXPAYER.
Navasota Texas, Feb. 16. 1911.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-02-17
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY II, 1911
DISTRICT ArtoaNEy6Avls.

In speech at cskert on the fifth
day of last July, Hon. w. c. Davis
promised the people that If they would
elect him district attorney he would
make them "a plumb good one They
took him at his word and elected him
by a large majority. His first service
in this new capacity was in the term
of the district court of Robertson
county, which adjourned yesterday
The records of this court show that
he has redeemed his promise in ample
measure Out of seventeen cases
which he prosecuted, sixteen convic-
tons were secured, leaving only one
acquittal This is an suspicious be-
ginning of what promises to be a
brilliant career in the field of juris-
prudence.
Mr.. Davis has returned to his home
in this city, and today is receiving the
congratulations of many friends on his
phenomenal success.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-02-17

Next Wednesday will be Arbor Day
and Governor Colquitt has issued his
proclamation requesting the people of
Texas to plant trees. One of the OBJ
jects of the newly organized Bryan
Civic League is Ito beautify the
town." and what means of doing this
is better than planting trees? There
are no better or more beautiful shade
trees than those in the surrounding
forests, which may be had for the
transplanting, with the permission, OF
course, of the owner of the land where
they are now growing.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-02-17

criminal tendencies have their source
in malformation or abnormal condi
tion of the brain. In Milwaukee an
operation is to be performed on a
kleptomaniac, whose malady, the doc
tors claim, is caused by pressure of
the skull on the brain. Whether it is
possible to substitute the hospital for
the penitentiary and the surgeon for
the convict guard remains to be
proved 1t may be too good to be true,
but the world is coming more and more
to look upon the criminal as an unfor
tunate, to be pitied rather than
blamed.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-02-17
PARAGRAPHS CONTRIBUTED BY
COMMERCIAL SECRETARIES

Probably never before has the aver
age Texas farmer been in better con-
dition than in recent years. Farmers
are rapidly acquiring the modern con-
veniences formerly possessed only by
those living in cities. Many of our
farmers have automobiles; rural free
delivery lines are reaching the more
populous sections of the state; the ru-
raj telephone is being extended to the
frontier farm homes, and our religious,
educational and social institutions are
building into the remotest rural re-
gions With good crops commanding
remunerative prices he has become
more and more able to secure such
conveniences and to indulge in many
Injuries enjoyed previously only by
the prosperous in urban communities.
The committees to redistrict the
state have been appointed and con-
gress has allotted Texas two more con-
gressmen. The indications are for a
genearl shakeup in redstricting the
state into congressional, senatorial and
Representative districts, and many a
political skiff is ready to run the
rapids.
The ability Of our soil and of agri-
cultural arts and sciences to produce
crops is set forth in the report of the
federal agricultural department. The
farmers cooperative demonstration
work now carried on on thousands CT
farms and reinforced by boys corn
clubs has proven by results that prep
aration of the soil so as to make the
best seed bed adds 100 per cent to the
average crop on similar lands with an
average preparation in the old way;
that the planting of the best seed
makes a gain of so per cent, and that
shallow, frequent cultivation produces
an increase of another 80 per cent
making a total gain of 200 per cent
or crop three times the average crop
produced on those farms where the
plans and methods of the demonstra-
ton work have not been adopted. II
requires intelligence TO properly run
a, farm.
The best part of the legislature
comes last-when they adjourn. The
appropriation bills are scheduled to be
introduced in both house and senate
during the present week and then
appearance will be cheerfully vel
coined all over the state.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-02-17

A Chicago millionaire chemist
claims that he has discovered the
elixir of life, and his reputation and
explanations are such that the start.
ling announcement is received with
respectful interest by medical men
and scientists. This reminds us that
DR.. Brown-Sequard, of Paris, an.
nounced a similar discovery about a
quarter of century ago, but it served
no other purpose than to amuse the
public for few years.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-02-17

The farmers OF Madison county are
to meet tomorrow "for the sole pur-
pose Of discussing seed corn and its
relations to bumper crop" 1T will
be an experience meeting in which
successful farmers will tell the secret
of their success in net having to buy
corn" If the farmers of Brazos county
would often get together and exchange
experiences it would help all con-
cerned
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-02-17

In making new departure the ex-
perience of those who have tried it is
valuable, therefore this paragraph
from the Temple Telegram is of in
terest:
THE city has been operating the
water plant but a short time, yet
within that period the consumption has
increased to where the Santa Fe road
alone uses as much water as the en-
tire city used under the private man.
agement. And the profits are some
thing great at old rates"
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-02-17
II OUGHT To Be Stopped.

The practice of throwing samples Of
medicine and other products into
yards as an advertising plan should be
condemned, for the reason that there
is ever present the likelihood that a
child will. find and eat the articles so
distributed. The advertiser has no
right to jeopardize the life of child,
and children who do not eat things
they find are few.-Houston Labor
Journal. H
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-02-17

The Eagle deeply regrets that the
offensive personalities in the con-
troversy between Secretary Hewitt and
Nonresident Taxpayer" have been
admitted into its columns, but it can't
be helped now Hereafter greater care
will be taken to exclude such things.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-02-17

No change can be effected without
meeting and overcoming opposition. In
every reform movement those who are
Indifferent should be counted against
it. Indifference is often harder to over
come than active opposition.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-02-17
An Echo from Altar.

The Commercial Club of Bryan,
Texas, has Joined efforts with the
Women's Civic Club of that city and
determined move is being made to
have the town cleaned up" Now,
Gainesville clubs, take pattern and see
that this city has the cleanest cleaning
she ever ad-Gainesville Register
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-02-17

The flies have never gone into win
ter quarters and while we write this
paragraph pestilent little mosquito
is buzzing around There, We
swatted him. So perish all the enc
mics of Bryan.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-02-17

A California scientist claims to have
increased the breeding capacity of
flock of sheep as well as their yield OF
wool by pasturing them beneath high
voltage electric wires. Wonder if the
same cause would have a similar effect
on human beings.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-02-17

The Eagle is authorized to announce
T. p. BOYETT as a candidate for re-
election to theoffice of City Marshal,
subject to the action of the demo
cratic executive committee.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-02-17

That there is relation, more or
less close, between physiology and
psychology is indisputable if we admit
that the brain is the organ of the
mind. Some scientists believe that all
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-02-17

Col. Dick Wynne, superintendent OF
the Confederate home at Austin. has
turned the chapel into bedroom.
Colonel Wynne seems to think good
place to sleep is more important to
the old vets than place to pray.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-02-17

The Eagle is authorized to announce
w. w. GAMER as candidate for City
Secretary, subject to the action q the
city democratic primary.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-02-17

The Eagle is authorized to announce
COL. G. B. ABERCROMBIE as can
didate for City Secretary, subject to
the action of the city democratic pri-
mary.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-02-17

The cold weather in late December
and early January put the roses out of
business for a short time, but they
are blooming again with all the lux
uriance OF June.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-02-17

The Eagle is authorized to announce
w. A. WATKINS as candidate for
City Secretary, subject to the action OF
the city democratic executive commit
tee.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-02-17

The Eagle is authorized to announce
w. J. WALKER as candidate for
City Secretary, subject to the action
OF the city democratic primary.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-02-17
FOR CITY MARSHAL.

The Eagle is authorized to announce
c. L. BAKER as a candidate for City
Marshal, subject to the action of the
city democratic primary.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-02-17
FOR CITY SECRETARY.

The Eagle is authorized to announce
]. T. HINES as candidate for City
Secretary, subject to the action of the
city democratic primary.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-02-17

Bryan has so many things to be glad
of all at once. And these are only the
beginning.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-05-01
a STArE oRNITHoInGIsr.

The selection Of c. D. Howe of Essex
Junction to be state ornithologist is well
made, for there are few persons in Yer.
mont who are so well fitted by natural
inclination and years Of study as Mr..
Howe is. He is a graduate of the uni
,versity of Vermont and has long been
engaged in the teaching profession, dur.
ing which time he has kept up more
or less intimate association with bird
lore and other studies of nature. Those
people of Vermont who come in contact
with the new state ornithologist will
find him an accomplished and affable
gentleman. 1t might be mentioned that
his twin brother holds a professorship
of forestry in a Canadian university,
while an older brother has very i'm
portant position in nature courses in
Columbia university.
The position of state ornithologist is
an office of recent growth, it having
been created by act of the last legisla-
ture, by which the appointment to the
office is made by the state commission
err of agriculture to be held at the lat.
ter's will and with no salary. The chief
material value of the department may
come in the dissemination of bird knowl-
edge for the protection of crops, but the
less material benefit of fostering interest
in the study of birds for itself will be
counted as rather important also. State
Ornithologist Howe will probably find
himself called upon frequently to give
lectures on bird life, the calls coming
from clubs and schools largely.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-05-01

lay a great many buildings practical.
~ defenceless. Had it not been for
this bit of foresight in construction,
Bangor's blow would have been far heav.
Ter, terrible although it was even then.
When municipalities and individual
owners Of buildings in thickly built dis.
tricts contemplate this lesson will they
not be more careful2 1t costs some
what more to build a solid wall between
buildings, and, therefore, the rate Of
interest on the property may be triile
lessened in consequence but the bene-
fits in crises like that which Bangor
faced last night are incalculable. Time
after time we hear Of threatening fires
being stopped by the interposition Of
solid walls; the Bangor experience drives
home the truth of the lesson.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-05-01

was on him. hammering him in the
face with Derringer. Having stunned
him. be took rsir of handouts out
Of his pocket and clapped them on his
wrists.
what can l do for you" / asked
Of the parson.
Get things In order to 20 on. I'm
Jack Sharp Of Scotland Yard. This
man was the others pard. l have been
following him to take him to England
| saw him rob you. and knew he was
here to help Tie other"
i did as he directed, got the driver
into place. and. finding some rope un.
der seat, Jack Sharp bound the
prisoner firmly. Then we proceeded
on the journey. Sharp took my gem
out Of the mas pocket and handed 1t
to me, ] got safely home with 1t. had
II ground and turned into cash. /
wouldn't like to say how much money
II brought me. but since sold II don't
have 10 work unless wish to,
Talk about transformations. When
the sniyeling curate changed himself
into the celebrated Jack Sharp of Scot
land Yard saw the quickest one on
record
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-05-01
Current Comment
Yermont,s Insurance.

The Vermont state buildings at
Montpelier have been offered for fire
insurance to private companies, and
there is lively competition among them
for the business. Vermont has a popu-
lation of 358,000 which represents the
area over which the burden of fire loss
to the state buildings is distributed
when no insurance is carried 1t will
not be a wider but a very much mar.
rover spread of the risk burden which
is now contemplated, and the state will
pay for it all and then some 1t looks
as though some gentlemen from the
rural districts had been in conference
with the persuasive tongues of a
crowd of fire insurance agents.-Spring
field Republican.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-05-01
WOOL, SILK AND LINEN.
Tests That VIII Determine the Quality
OF the Fabrics,

Tests That VIII Determine the Quality
Of the Fabrics.
If you wish to find out whether the
material sold to you as all wool or all
silk is really so make per cent so
luton Of eaustic potash and In this
boil your sample Of silk or wool If
the entire sample Is consumed in the
boiling your material is what it pre-
tends to be; II there is residue that
residue is cotton. The caustie solution
consumes the animal fibers.
IL you wish TO find out whether the
silk that seems to be heavy silk is
weighted with mineral burn the sam
pie and the ash will show you how
much mineral Weighing there is. The
pure silk will be wholly consumed,
In buying supposed linen goods Of
toweling or suiting. dip your sample
into concentrated sulphuric acid for
two minutes and wash II out carefully.
The cotton will have been consumed.
the linen will have resisted the action
of the acid. This test is one that
should be made with precaution. as
vitriol is not thing to be tempered
with.--Mary Heaton Worse in Success
Magazine.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-05-01
THE SOLID FIRE WALL CoNsTRUC.
TION.

If any one thing was proven more con
clusively than another in the terrible
fire catastrophe, which befeIl Bangor
Me-, last night, it was the value of a
modern fire wall between contiguous
buildings After the flames had ranged
here and there for three hours, despite
the. efforts o, the firemen of several
cities, it was left for fire wall to be
the most powerful agency in prevent
ing the complete destruction of the city.
As the fire spread out like a mushroom,
it was particularly hard to conquer be-
cause the efforts of the fire fighters had
20 be scattered over wide territory.
Eastward from the starting point OF the
fire, the flames made rapid progress.
Westward from the same point the
flames were marching in the same dead
ly certainty until they came to one
of those powerful agencies of modern
fire pTotections-the solid wall erected
between buildings. Knowing the nature
OF the construction, the iremen concen-
trated their efforts AZ this single point.
They stopped the westward progress Of
the FIRE at that point. Beyond the FIRE wal
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-05-01
Sailing L. So lntsrestinn.

The lady was reading nautical
novel; She struggled along bravely for
few minutes, but finally had to ap.
peal to her husband.
Gerald" she said. "the author says
that the boat was sailing wing and
wing What does that mean? I've
been on a yacht. but never heard that
before"
'sThat means" answered Gerald. re
joicing in the tact that he. too. had
spent several hours on sailing yes
seI--"that means that the schooner had
her mainsl out to port and her forest
out to starboard, or vice versa"
ooh. see" cried the lady It's just
like a Chickens wing on each side.
And now | understand why they call
those little sails in the middle jibs.
It's short for giblets,' of course. Isn't
sailing interesting T'-Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-05-01
It's All in the Viewpoint.


OF course every granite man will say
that his location is the best possible
for the production of granite, but just
to show how strongly any one will shut
out everything by their own idea;
when one speaks of granite, the
mind naturally reverts to Vermont"
says the Chicago tribune. For goodness
sake, whyl We are going to invite
that Chicago man to Concord the day
the historical society building is dedi-
Gated and send him home by way Of
Washington, with the request that he
look at the congressional library. Then,
if his mind does not naturally revert
to Concord, N. H., when one speaks
OF granite, we will be even more sur
prised than we are now over his
Vermont idea Concord Monitor.
Poohl Pooh Did you ever see real
granite quarry? Come over to Barre
and see why the Chicago Tribune got
that impression Your Concord, your
Milford, your Fitzwilliam at al quar-
ries would look like pale ray of sun
light as compared with the full burst
of the cribs splendor Times.
STEADY there now, you people up
there in New Hampshire and Vermont.
What's the matter with Massachusetts,
and Quincy graniteH Did 70 never hear
of the Bunker hill monument-and a
few Others, to say nothing of build
ings all over the country Quincy
Ledger
And Rion quarTyman writes as fol-
lows. "Sav what's the matter with YOU
fellows, do you all belong to the Know
Nothing party? If you want to see
the finest quarries in the world, come
to Rion, s. C.r-From American Stone
Trade
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-05-01
Lngles and Jests
IN 1850.


II was an aged pen,ioner who stop
ped me on the street;
See here he says, my teeth are
gone-it's hard for me to eat;
/ lost EN- breakin' bareback twas nc
job that / chose
In the year nineteen leven, where the
Rio Grande flows.
MY digestion was plumb ruined in that
long and hard campaign;
| ct strawberry shortcake till all
doct'rin' was in vain;
1t was tough to be soldier, YOU en-
take my word or no,
In the year of nineteen leven, on the
edge Of Mexico.
"This arm of mine was injured-it has
never been the same
A-writip' endless postcards to the home
folks-and | claim
There never was campai2nin' that was
half so hard on men
As the row of nineteen 'leven, jest a
folerin nineteen ten"
II was an aged pensioner, who wept
the while he talked,
And limped like Rip Van Wrinkle when
finally he walked;
For he'd injured both his ankles-they
had rusted from disuse--
In the war of nineteen lever, when
the Diaz cinch came loose
Denver Republican.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-05-01
Mistaken Identity.

Walking down ST. James street.
Lord Chelmsford was sccosted by a
stranger. who exclaimed. mfr. Birch.
I believer
IF you believe that. sir. you'Il be-
lieye anything" replied the ex-chaH-
eellor as he passed on.-"A Book About
Lawyers" by jefferson.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-05-01
IRE Borrowing Nsinhhor.

Say. John, yer haven't been over ter
my home since my birthday gatherin',
fest year ago termorrer."
1T amt that | have hard feelin's
ag'in you, but you have so COMPOUNDED
many things what belongs ter me that
when come il kind o. makes NE
homesick. "-Pittsburg Times.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-05-01
Cause Of .be DELAY.

"Wby is your friend staying so long
IN New York;
II don't know-haven't heard which
of the two reasons is keeping him.
(Which Of the twoT
Eyes. whether he is having toe good
b time to come away or has spest all
his money and can't get away."-Buf-
falo Express
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-05-01
Cross Purposes.

"Can you tell me something about
the game laws around here?" asked
the stranger In Crimson Gulch.
"WeIl." replied Three Fingered Sam.
Il could. but Ny advice to you would
be II you don't know the rules of a
game don't try to play Washing
ton Star
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-05-01

Back from winters sojourn in the
South, the editor of the Newport Ex-
press and Standard takes look at Yer
mont and declares "All things are for
The best" The editors resigned spirit
is soothing
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-05-01

A gun, an axe, human fist and a
wooden club were the implements of
destruction and intended destruction in
four tragedies in southern Vermont dur
ing the past month. There are few
agencies of death not tried out.