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Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-05-09
Inscriptions Which Heretofore Have
Defied Savants Near Decipher-
Ing by Recent Find.

Cairo.-An important discovery has
been made y Professor Sayce. who
is engaged In digging Oh the site Of
Meroe, in the Sudan. Many ancient
inscription in the Sudan are written
in the hieroglyphics of Egypt. But
many others are In a language that
has, up to now, successfully resisted
all attempts at Identification. This
mysterious writing is known as the
Meroitic. Its pictorial characters are
similar TO the ancient Egyptian hero
glyphics. and is styled a denote al
phabetic writing" DR.. H. Brugsch
and DR.. II. Schafer have tricl to de-
cipher 1t in vain. but Professor Sayce
writes that ne has just obtained some
Egyptian TRANSACTIONS of MerOtic
words. Thus, owing to this discovery.
the unknown Merotic sc.ipt may be
read by Egyptian hieroglyphists for
the first time. just as the key to the
latter was obtained from the demotic
and Greek TRANSACTIONS on the Rosetta
stone.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-05-09
~E.I

Haven be Cancelled. Then these spec
~uIators will be punished for their pre-
sumption. Twill not allow anybody to
speculate upon anything which l may
do The persons who bought the
tickets in good faith shall have them
redeemed
That meant, of course. the loss to
Dickens Of several thousand dollars.
But he preferred to submit to that
loss rather than that injustice should
be done.
For a time he was ~intractable in
this purpose. But at last. upon the
guarantee Of responsible citizens of
New Haven that there would be a new
Offering OF seats, with the old Offering
cancelled and the money returned. and
with the further stipulation that Of
the new offering no one person should
receive more than two seats, Dickens
consented to give the reading.
Mr.. Dickens stand for fair play
having become known, 1t added great
ly to the popularity he had already
gained. ] have understood that his
share OF the receipts of the reading
after expenses he'd been taken out
was about $4,000. And not a seal for
the reading passed into the hands OF
spectators, who had learned well the
lesson taught them by Dickens"
1916. by f. ]. Edwards. All
Rights Reserved.)
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-05-09
PLAN to- isolate SNORERS

and lungs are affected by the large
quantities of smoke they inhale.
The members Of a fire company all
sleep in one large room and when
ever there is a member who has pecu-
liarly strong snoring powers the other
!addies often find 1t difficult to get
needed rest. Cases have come up
where the offending firemen found
their cots transferred to a rear room.
where they were less likely to dis
turb the peace of the night.
Now the suggestion has been made
to Marshal Seyferlich that one of two
things should be done. The snorers
should all be made members OF the
same company where they could have
no excuse for grumbling II kept awake
at night. or provision should be made
at the firehouses for separate quar-
ters for snorers, so that the other
members can have peace. The de-
velopment Of the snoring habit with
some of the firemen is responsible for
the latest propositions and also for
bringing out the fact that It Is not
considered a trivial subject Of com
plant, though there is nothing per-
sonal in the matter. AS a rule fremen
who snore are among the hravest.
hardest workers and most popular
members of the department.
At one engine house a string is tied
to the foot Of a loud snorsr and the
other firemen keep jerking 1t during
the night TO prevent the man going to
sleep before they do. At still another
house the champion snorer is forced
to sleep near the pole hole, so that
the man on watch In the station be-
low can prod him during the night to
prevent him from awakening the
other members OF the company.
IN the FIRE department snoring Is not
considered a physical defect. for many
OF the men who show the most agility
at fires are snorers who can easily
scale buildings.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-05-09

feed while she was doing 1t? The
man who earns $500 in a year and
consumes $500 of it, using the other
500 to employ a toolmaker in max
ing tools-that is. invests it In some
form of productive capitals worth
500 a year to the community. BY
reason of his existence the commu-
nifty has 5000 worth of productive
power or tools more than 1t would
otherwise have had"
The only logical conclusion is that
no person is OF an economic value
whatever unless he is by his own in
diyidual efforts performing some kind
of ~serviceable labor. and of these only
those of a positive value whose serv-
iceable labor is worth more than the
food, clothing. house room, furniture,
street a seats and other consumable
goods and services which they are
using up.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-05-09

my letter had discouraged the author.
At all events. | felt that an explana-
ton was due me. So | wrote. saying
that | was anxious TO know whether
my suggestion had been adopted. and
that should be glad to receive the
manuscript OF the serial at the ear
lies. possible moment after its CON-
pletion. In any event. | added. I
should be glad to hear from the au
thor as to the progress of the serial.
II she were writing 1t.
In few days there followed one
OF the most curious OF my strange q
~periences. / got a letter from the
author in question to the effect that
she had gladly adopted my sugges-
ton: the story had been expanded
into one of some thirty thousand
words and completed. But by some
accident which the writer could not
explain-through some misdirection.
some INTERCHANGEABLE story had been
sent not TO McClure's Magazine. but
to the Century Magazine. and the edi-
tor. Mr.. Glider, had recently accepted
II and the story was about to be pub
lished in the Century.
When | got that answer. added Mr..
Mcclure, 81 said in my disappoint-
ment. That story will make a hit.
And 1t did. although by accident | lost
my opportunity to be identified with
IT. The story was Alice o'Hegan
Rice's Mrs, Wigs of the Cabbage
Patch"
Copyright. 1910, by e. j. Edwards. All
Rights Reserved.)
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-05-09
Mcclure Was Responsible for "Mrs.
Wigs Of the Cabbage Patch" but
Il Went to Another Maya
zine by Mistake.

vXYE were talking about the com
wv plants OF many authors un'
known TO fame that their manu-
scripts do not receive careful consid-
GRAFTON in the Offices OF the magazines.
That. / happen to know. is not the
case" said g. S. Mcclure. editor OF
McClure's Magazine. in the Offices
OF every reputable magazine manu-.
scripts from whatever source are
carefully read. and every editor IS de-
lighted when he is able to discover
a writer OF promise among the un-
known contributors OF manuscripts.
In this connection, | do not recall that
! yer rejected a manuscript from the
pen OF an unknown author which aft
erwards was published elsewhere with
success. But | have accepted a num-
Der of manuscripts by unknowns in
the mistaken belief that they con-
tanned stories or material that would
make their authors famous. An edl-
tors judgment is not always accurate.
But whenever this subject comes
TO mind I am always reminded Of
how missed one very great success
by a queer accident.
"One day | received through the
mail the manuscript OF a short story;
published In a magazine ~ the
standard size, II would have filed ten
or twelve pages. ! read 1t carefully
and was at once certain in my own
mind that the writer had struck a
new note. There Is no competent
editor who does not rejoice when he
receives a manuscript which contains
what | call a new note. especially II
there be humor or pathos. or both
combined. in the story.
after | had read the story I was
persuaded that the author had made
a mistake In her handling OF 1t. In
stead OF producing a short story, |
felt that she should have developed
her theme Into a serial OF six or eight
magazine numbers, perhaps more. |
therefore returned the manuscript to
the writer with the explanation that !
would gladly accept the story, but |
felt that It vas capable OF being ex-
panded into a serial story of say
about thirty thousand words. l re-
quested that she do this. and ended
by stating that | would be glad to re-
ceive the manuscript of the serial and
had no doubt that 1t would be found
very acceptable. The writer lived In
Kentucky; | had never heard her
name before; the story was plainly
her first venture In the field of maya
zine fiction.
Some time passed and 4 had re-
ceived no reply to my letter. At last
] determined to write again; possibly
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-05-09
Famous Novelist insisted That the
People Of New Haven Should Not
Be victImized by the Ticket
scaipers.

TOLD recently the story of how
Charles Dickens, when on his first
visit to America in the early forties
of The last century. and an e~leven-year-
old lad of Hartford. Conn, stared long
and hard at each other when Dickens
was on a visit to the Connecticut
state capital, That lad. Henry c. Rob.
inson. later became a leader OF the
New England bar. Al the time Mr.. Rob-
inson told me the dnecdote he spoke
also OF what he thought was an erro-
cor conception OF the American
people Of one, side of Dickens char.
acter.
q think the common impression In
this country is that Dickens was very
hard and close when making a bar
gain, and that. unlike Thackeray, he
was sometimes a little near as the
expression isl said Mr.. Robinson.
But ! have always been persuaded
since Dickens second visit to the
United States, which he made In 1867.
that the principle which governed him
in all business matters was Justice.
He wanted what>by rights should be
his, but he wanted no more; he was
as exacting in his personal relations
towards others as he was in their
business relations towards himself.
TN the early winter OF 1867 George
Dolby, who was the manager. both in
Great Britain and the United States,
OF Dickens as a reader. went to New
Haven. Conn. to make arrangements
for a Dickens reading In that city. He
found the town In a state bordering
on hysteris at the prospect OF listen
ing and seeing the guest, Charles
Dickens. That feeling was shared
equally by the dignifed and staid ele-
ments which predominated at Yale
and by the townspeople.
The music hall. then the largest
public meeting place in New Haven.
into which twenty-five hundred per.
sons could be squeezed. was secured
the reading, but II It had been
twice as large II still would not have
held all who wanted to see and hear
Dickens. Mr.. Dolby also made ar
rangements with a local firm OF music
TO sell the seats for the read
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-05-09
Professors Of Economy Differ in
Their Opinions.
Prof. Thomas Nixon Carter. Head of
Economics at Harvard, Discovers
That $40 is Fair Estimate
on Average Person.

Cambridge. Mass.-The California
state board OF health recently fixed
the value of a baby at 81, 000 a sum
considered far too low by Prof. Edwin
r. A. Seligman of Columbia uhivers.
ity. who declares that a baby less
than a year old represents an eco
nomic value of at least $780, 900. Now
ome Prof. Thomas Nixon Carver,
who is at the head of the chair Of
economics at Harvard, who using a
hypothetical case discovers that $50
is a fair value for the average person.
and that 1T would be a losing invest
ment to buy a baby at that price"
HOY much is a baby WORTH" asks
Professor Carver.
"Of course, the first thing to be de-
cided in the discussion of this kind"
he says. is what IL meant by the
value of a baby. To its own parents
after they have got used 10 1t a baby
is an exceedingly precious thing, but
their estimate is not necessarily the
same as that of their neighbors, or
that Of society In general. For ex-
ample, a certain man is reported to
have said that he regarded each of
his children as worth 500. 000, 900, but
that he would not give 8 tents for an
other one. Therefore. we must ex-
clude from consideration the value of
existing babies to their parents.
One way of finding the real eco
nomic value of a man is TO find out
how much the community would lose
II he were TO die or to emigrate. The
community would lose the value Of
his labor, but it would save what he
consumed. In case he was consuming
more than he was producing by his
own individual labor the community
would gain by his death. In other
words. such a man is worth less than
nothing.
This brings out the fatal defect in
a great deal of the reasoning regard
ing the economic value Of the man.
viz: The failure to take account OF
the cost of keeping him. The man
who earns 5000 a year and consumes
exactly that sun is worth exactly
nothing. How much would you give
for a COW that would produce 500
worth OF milk and $40 worth Of veal
in a year and consume s11O worth Of
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-05-09
Men in Different Organizations Who
Make Unearthly Noises In Sleep
Are to Be Grouped.

Chicago.-Chicago win have a
unique organization of fire fighters If
suggestions made by Fire Marshal
Charles F. Seyferlich are carried out
by the head of the department. The
proposal is nothing less than hat all
of the confirmed snorers of the fire de-
partment be gathered together as
members of the same company and
quartered in the same irehouse. A
mar to qualify must prove his ability
to snore and snore loudly.
What there is about the work of a
fire fighter that fosters and encour
ages the snoring habit would be hard
to say, but the fact remains that
among iremen are often found men
who can always shake the putty out
of the windows when they once start
snoring. Possibly their bronchial tubes
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-05-09
PORK AND BEANS ARE BEST
sir Hudson Maxim Praises American
Dish and Offers to Teach Women
How to Cook Them.

London.-The food controversy In
London has elected from Sir Hudson
Maxim a glowing letter in praise OF
what he calls the American national
dish-pork and beans. Sir Hudson
closes his tribute to the best dish in
the world" by offering to give cooking
lessons at his laboratory to English
housewives who do not know how to
prepare this nutritious food. His let
ter, states:
mo food in existence Is so bench
cial to man as pork and beans. II
has been proven scientifically that
pork and beans excel cod liver oil as
a stimulating food in cases OF COD
sumption"
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-05-09
Refusing to HumiIiate Judge Maynard
by Publishing a Letter, David
Bennett Hill MAJ Defeated
for Governor.

THE other day | told the hitherto
unrelated story OF The letter David
b. Hill, former governor OF New
York and United States senator. wrote
to Judge Isaac II. Maynard of New
York in 1898. In which he urged May
nard not to insist upon his nomination
for associate justice of the court OF
appeals OF New York. a request which
Judge Maynard refused to heed. Today
il is possible to tell the sequel, the
facts having been known hitherto only
TO three or four Of the more intimate
friends OF Mr.. Hill.
In September. 1894. the Democratic
party met In convention at Saratoga
for the purpose OF nominating a can
didate for governor. Senator Hill at
tended the convention. The delegates
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-05-09
Or. eIiot,s Secret.

New York.-"Moderation in eating.
a full allowance of sleep and no regu.
lar use of any stimalant." This Ia
the answer given by Charles w. Eliot.
president emeritus OF Harvard. in ex-
planning his good health at II years.
Or. Eliot also said be had the habit
of taking some exercise and some
fresh air every day.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-05-09
sneeze Powder pistvrbs a4oo .

New York.-Some person with no
art in his soul and less humanity
brought distress to New York's four
hundred at the Metropolitan opera
house the other night by distributing
a package of sneeze powder in the
standing space behind the first row or
orchestra chairs ON the main floor.
Within a few minutes hundreds of men
and women were coughing and
sneezing and within a few minutes
more most of them found it necessary
to hurry out In the lobby for air.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-05-09
Kindness Brought Disaster

could not agree, o could the lead
ers. upon any candidate for governor.
AT last the convention was STAN
peded to Hill himself. Always before
a master OF himself in political emer-
gencies, EHN seemed for a time COM
pletely aesnoralized by this demonstra-
ton. He insisted upon declining, pro-
testing that another thar he should
be the candidate, and that he should
be permitted to serve his term in the
federal senate. But the convention
would not listen and with the great
est reluctance Mr.. Hill was compelled
TO bow to the will of the convention.
After his nomination the campaign
speedily began. Friends who knew of
the letter which he had written to
Judge Maynard went to him and said:
Senator. the vital issue in this cam
paign is a personal one. You will be
charged with having forced the nom
nation of Judge Maynard last year.
and OF having forced 1t In the face OF
the fact-which every intelligent man
knew TO be the fact-that Judge May
nard was sure to be defeated. Now,
you have the means of proving the
falseness OF that statement. The let
ter which you wrote to Judge May.
nard should nov be published"
That doesn't seem to me worth
while" the senator replied. III | am
not attacked in n way. I shall be
.ttacked In another"
But, Senator. you have not only
Yourself to consider. IL is a question
of party success, ever more than the
success OF David B. Hill II we can
publish that letter, we can check criti-
cism, and possibly procure a reaction.
which will be OF great service.
Very well; do as you think best"
Senator Hill replied.
A day or two later a visitor called
at Senator Hilrs office In Albany. II
was Judge Maynard. Taking from his
pocket a letter, and somewhat abrupt
ly passing 1t to Senator Hill. he said:
Here is that letter they tell me
you want"
Senator Hill saw instantly that
Judge Maynard was returning 1t with
great reluctance. so he asked:
You don't want that letter pub
lished?"
NO. | don't" was the reply. 1T
will humiliate me. and it will greatly
humlliate members of my family"
Slowly and without another word.
Senator Hill turned to his safe. and
depositing the letter in a pigeon-hole,
closed the door. simply saying:
1T won't be published. Judge May
nard."
Aud the two men separated. never
again 10 meet.
1t was as the friends of Senator Hill
said. He was attacked during the
campaign chiefly on account OF the
Maynard incident, and he was beaten
by Levi p. Morton for governor by
approximately a hundred and fifty
thousand votes. !
A short time before Senator Hills
death a personal friend. Judge Alton
b. Parker, was calling upon him, and
asked to see the Maynard letter. The
senator took it from his safe. and
when Mr.. Parker had read and re-
turned IL, he said.
This contains the story of one OF
the tragedies of politics"
Copyright, 1910, by e. J. Edwards. AID
Rights Reserved.)
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-05-09
Abolish Birch at ston.

London.-The birch has been abol-
isked at Elton college so far as the
upper form boys are concerned. A
cane may be used instead over the
clothing. The lower form boys. how.
ever. still may be birched Oh the bare
flesh. The use of the switching block
at Elton dates back to 1870.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-05-09
KEY TO EGYPTIAN HISTORIES

Professor Sayce has also discovered
the anne of some new kings. Some
Of them call themselves kings of
Egypt, and as they belong to the Oh
scure period of the twe~nty-seventh,
dynasty, the inscriptions are expect
ed to throw some light on Egyptian
history.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-05-09
Monuments to Herolnes.

The most notable monuments In
Elmwood cemetery, Memphis. were
erected in honor of Matte Stephen
son and Emily Sutton. who opened
their doors to homeless victims of yell,
low fever in 1872 aud nursed them I'M
til they both succumbed to the dis
ease.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-05-09
Gives Sweden s2so.ooo.

S5ockholm.-Andrew Carnegie has
donated $3.50, 600 for a hero fund Tor
Sweden. 1t is announced here.
The hero fund for Sweden is the
sixth OF it's kind established by Mr..
Carnegie. In February be gave $780,
900 for the same purpose to Denmark.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-05-09
coino Too Far.

ut is my policy" said the impulsive
young candidate, to send every law
breaker and every ~law-evader to jail
Good heavenslr exclaimed a promi.
nent citizen, this fool wants to lock
up the entire community Chicago
Record-Herald.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-05-09
FInd WashInaton,s Sword.

Albany. N. Y.-George Washineton's
sword has been recovered from the
ruins Of the New York state library.
The weapon is little damaged 1t was
at first believed that the sword had
been demolished by the heat and
flames.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-05-09
COLLEGE Bows Ask Work.

Topeka. Kan.-More than 100 east.
ern college boys have already inquired
of Charles Harris. director OF the state
free employment bureau, as + the
prospects for employment in the
wheat fields the coming summer.
The daily Alaskan., 1911-06-10

r-E. rs~. Lake ear rraw FOURTH AVENUE r-...... r,.-,... ... r.,r--r Bet. Union N Pike
The daily Alaskan., 1911-06-10
WONDERFUL CURE
 IF SORE HANDS
Skin Peeled and Flesh Got Hard and Broke Blood Flowed in Fifty Places Single Box of Cu-
 ticura Ended Suffering"

"Ahout eleven years ago I was trou- blrd with sore hands. SO SOTO that when l would put them in water the pain would very nearly set wU crazy, Che skn would ped of and the feh would get hand and break. There would be blood flowing from at least fifty places on each hand Words could never tel the suffering ! endured for three years. tried everything that ] was told Co use for fully three years but could Eet no relief. l tried nt least eight different doctors. but r0UC or them seemed Co do me any good as my hands were ss bad when ] got through doctorine as when ! first began. ! also tried many rrmoHiaa. but none of them ever did mo one cents worth of good ! was dis outraged and hg8rtsore. [ would feel SO bad morning. when ! got up Co think haH tD Eo tu work and stand Che pam for ten hours. and ] often lo't like gIv- ing uu my position
 Before I started fo work mornings would have Co wrap every finger up separately, SO gs Co try and keep them soft and Chen wear gloves over i0e rags Co EnaD Che rrr1ra from getting on my work. Atr|Eht ] would have to wear gloves m bed Tn fact ! had Co wear gloves an Che iimo After doCtoring Tor tHr0n years. end spending much money, @ single box uf Cultcura Ointment ended aH my mT0rn--. Its been eight years since ' used any and don know what sora hand arru0w. and never lost day work while using GutgIn Ointment Thomas A. Clancy. BIO N. Montgomery St.. Trenton N. J., Nov. n, laJ3.
 rf-r1r --t of 0rfr--a Soap n0t clntu-1t e -Hrrr H#HH.HHr =#HI#=-s E thr most rrHnn7r i.fl r--aIr..4r for fr#Irr-a Hf frr at.n and Hrsin Sold rr-r.HrHnI TrH world Potter Umr f I1rrl. Corp