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Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-12-19
SHOT THROUGH TONGUE.

Tuesday afternoon while Ersyle and
Lewis, the eleven and nine-year-old
children of T. P. Battle, the efficient
Houston & Texas Central agent, were
playing with an air gun Lewis was
shot through the tongue. 1t seems
Lewis had his shot in his mouth and
after breaking the gun, stuck the
muzzle to his mouth, dropping the shot
in the barrel that way. The little sis
ter. not thinking it loaded, pulled the
trigger, the shot going through the
tongue and lodging in the mouth
While the wound was painful, it was
not considered dangerous. The little
fellow is doing very well just now
Normangee Bell.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-12-19
A TREAcHERoUs TROUBLE.
Bryan People Point the way Out.

bryan rcoplc roint tne way Gut.
Kidney diseases are very dangerous
They come on silently, gain ground
rapidly, and cause thousands of deaths
that could have been prevented by
proper treatment in the beginning. Ma
ture gives early warnings of kidney
disease-backache, twinges of pain
when STOPPING or lifting, headaches
and urinary disorders. If these symp-
toms are unheeded, there is grave dan
ger of dropsy or fatal Bright's dis
ease. Doan's Kidney Pills have earned
a reputation for their effectiveness in
kidney troubles, and are known and
recommended the world over. Bryan
testimony proves the merits of Doan's
Kidney Pills to our readers.
Mrs. S. E. Beard, Bryan, Texas,
says: -Four years ago l learned OF
the value of Doans Kidney Pills in
cases of kidney trouble. At that time
l was bothered by distressing kid
ney weakness and was obliged to seek
relief. Doan's Kidney Pills, procured
at e. r. Emmel's drug store, came to
my aid and proved their superiority
over the other kidney remedies had
tried, by disposing of my trouble.
For sale by all dealers. Price SOC
Foster-Milburn Co.. Buffalo. n Y, sole
agents for the United States.
Remember the name-Doan's-and
take no other.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-12-19
CITY ORDINANCE.

An ordnance Entitled IAN Ordinance
Regulating Distractions on the
Streets, Sidewalks and Alleys of
the City of Bryan.
Resolved, That an urgent necessity
requires an amendment to Chapter 3,
Article las, of the Revised Ordinances
of the City of Bryan, for the purpose
of permitting the use of coal boxes
and trash cans on the streets Of
Bryan.
There being no cellars or other
means of taking care of coal to be
used in the various business houses,
and the care and use of same being a
necessity; therefore be it
Ordained by the City Council of the
City of Bryan, That any person or per-
sons may place on the sidewalk in
rear of their stores, or on the walk on
the side streets, coal box for coal to
be used in their store for heating pur-
poses. The said box shall not extend
over two and half feet from the wall
when placed on the sidewalk. All coal
boxes when so placed shall be painted.
Coal boxes will not be allowed on
Main street of the City of Bryan.
Trash cans may be placed in front or
rear of each store at the option of the
owner. The size and location of coal
boxes will be fixed on application to
the chairman of the street committee.
No signs or advertising shall be al
lowed on any coal box.
Anyone violating the provisions OF
this ordinance shall, on conviction, be
fined not less than five dollars nor
more than twenty-five dollars.
J. T. MALONEY, MAYOR.
w. w. GAMER, City Secretary.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-12-19

Another new teacher selected by
the superintendent was Mr.. Vance
who teaches arithmetic and physiology
in the seventh grade and advanced
physiology in the high school. Very
nearly all his seventh grade pupils
made good grades, while all his high
school pupils passed on physiology. As
an illustration of what they had to do
take the following:
Compare the way in which the
ameba gets its food with the way in
which cell in the human body gets
its food
Discuss the conditions under which
germs live and multiply, their effects
upon the human body and how the
body resists them"
The other new one, in so far as
higher work is concerned, was Miss
Doo.l 11lAoA11 NV thA
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-12-19

In higher grades when vacancies oc
cur the superintendent has been re-
quested to select and recommend suit.
able teachers. This year he selected
and recommended c. E. Oxley for
mathematics and physics.
In physics every pupil in the class
passed with a high grade. In tenth
and eleventh grade mathematics there
were in all fifteen pupils in mathe-
MATES, and all of them passed with
fine grades, and fourteen of the fifteen
had grades of 80 or above. That, on
the kind of examinations we have
means much and shows that the selec
ton of Mr.. Oxley was indeed a mos;
fortunate one.
The following are the names Of
those fourteen mentioned: ri San.
ders, Ida Wipprecht, Deci Wellington
Evelyn Sanders, Sadie Elliott, Robbie
Nicol, Tom Evans, Anton Hajek, Ethel
Gelber, Mary James, Madeline Knox
Ora Powers, John Shramek, and Tom
Suber.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-12-19
HOLIDAY EXCURSION RATES.

The l. G G. n. Ry. will sell excur-
sion tickets to points in Texas, Louis
lana, Arkansas and Oklahoma Deem
Der 20 to 26, inclusive, 31st, 1911, and
January 1, limit January 5, 1912, at
rate of one and one-third fare; also
to ST. Louis, Kansas City, Chicago,
Washington, D. c., Memphis, Tenn,
and all points in the Southeast, and
to Mexico and Colorado, December 20,
81 and %, 1911, limit January is, 1912.
For particulars address ticket agent
D. J. PRICE,
G. p. & 7. A.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-12-19
Sea-to-Sea Road Planned.

Kansas City, Mo-, Dec. l9.-Plans
for permanently marking the Boon's
Lick road and the Santa Fe trail, and
to promote national road from the
Atlantic to the Pacific, were discussed
at meeting of the executive commit
tee of the Missouri Old Trails Road
Association here today.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-12-19

tendent for seventh grade English and
history and eighth grade English. The
result of her work was gratifying in.
deed, as so nearly all her pupils made
such good grades on thought-provoking
examinations. Take the eighth grade
English as an illustration: Twenty.
nine pupils were examined and twenty
eight of them made splendid grades
while only one fell short, and he was
a pupil just in from another school.
The following made grades of 80 or
more on that subject: William Davis
Susie Benbow, Johnnie NJ Gray
Richie Newland, Sarah l.. Powers, Ell
bert Cannon, Leila Brockman, Lucy
Harrison, Lois Pipkin, frankie Wilson
Maggie Benbow, Cora Cloud, Willie B
Johnson, Irene Pletzer.
Over and over, again and again.
Miss Ray Montgomery has demon
strated the fine work she is doing
There is no question about it and
never has been. In the first place, she
knows things, and in the second place
she lives for her work She believes
thoroughly in the training of teachers
and is always trying to improve her,
self as teacher. She studies all the
time and that room of children takes
all her thought. No statistics can tell
of the tone of earnest work, sympathy
and cooperation between pupils ami
teacher where she has charge. II is
wonderful-the spirit that exists where
she stays. That indefinable something
which Is felt rather than seen per.
vades the atmosphere.
AS usual, practically every pupil in
her room made good grades, and the
following made 80 or more on general
average: Grace Weaver, Lois Bethea
John Stasney, Harold Sanders, Pho.
cion Park, Brannan Leverton and Ho.
mer Lawson in the fifth grade. Sixth
grade pupils who attained like distino'
tons were Mason Cooper, Ross Dunn,
Lester Griffin, Claude Lawson, Rus.
sell Thomas, Maude Brogdon, Frances
Hall, Alma Holden. verna Massey, Lii.
liam ODea and Bess Spence.
w. c. LAWSON,
Superintendent.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-12-19
Japanese savant the speaker.

Chicago, Dec. 19.-Prof. Inazo Nj
tobe, a member of the imperial Jap
anese board of education aud an in
structor in the Imperial University of
Toxic, was the principal speaker this
afternoon at the eighty-frst convoca-
ton exercises of the University of
Chicago.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-12-19

You know that there are some peo-
pie who want child to memorize
what the book says and tell it all over
to the teacher the next morning, and
that Is the pupil reciting. Then there
are people who want the teacher to
know it and tell It all over to the
pupils, and that is the teacher reciting
But there is world of difference be-
tween teaching and telling. So much
telling and so little teaching is what
causes some of the trouble in later
years in school.
1t takes course in real training in
a school that knows how TO do that
work, and does it, to train teachers
When Bryan reaches the point where
II will stand for that kind of training
for every new teacher who fills va
cancy the schools will again go far to
the front of what they are or ever
have been. The superintendent wants
to see other advanced steps taken and
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-12-19

Two hundred watches to be sold.
A big special sale on watches--sale
en- today. 1t win pay you to BUY now,
as it win last only two weeks. J. n.
Caldwell.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-12-19
hopes that they will come in due time

Colgrove gives as tests of school
work the following questions:
/. Is there a perfect understanding
and sympathy between pupils and
teacher?
2. Does the school work accomplish
the objects for which the school ex
istsg
3. Do the pupils work steadily I'M
der the inspiration of interest and
duty?
A. Are pupils attentive in the reel.
tation?
5. Are pupils regular and punctual
in attendance?
6. Are the recitations characterized
by life, good feeling and spontaneity?
7. Is the atmosphere of the school
one of home-like cheer, freedom and
helpfulness?
Now, in the Bryan schools can be
found rooms which meet these tests
pretty thoroughly.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-12-19
THE CITY SCHOOLS

The Eagle is entirely correct about
the Improperly of teachers accepting
Christmas gifts at schools. The editor
stated the case so we'll that there Is
nothing left to add to his terse com.
ments. The first year of the incum-
bency of the present superintendent
he called the teachers together and
pointed out the improperly of permit
ting such things in the schools, 1t is
not expected that any specific enact
ment would be necessary to secure
the recognition of the principle In
volved, as persons of good taste and
discretion could hardly disagree on
the proposition.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-12-19

One OF the best of the new books is
The Teacher and the School," by DR.
Colgrove. In 1t occurs the following
language: Hearing lessons recited is
not teaching, nor does any pupil secure
ideas by merely memorizing words
And since memorizing words is not
acquiring knowledge, it is plain that
reclting to the teacher words so men,
orized is not a Notwithstanding pro.
cess and is not school work in the
true sense" Now, that is something
on the line of what we are trying TO
dc when we show how absurd 1t is to
suppose that memorizing words is get
ting educated. That is still the bane
OF too many schools. That is what Is
the matter when you hear OF the great
amount OF work done in the old-time
schools. They memorized the words
in an armfull of books and then under
stood them about as we'll as the little
boy did the hym at church when he
came home and eagerly inquired of his
mother, what Is a consecrated cross
eyed bear?"
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1911-08-17
lie HAD THEM IN A CORNER
Clergyman's Rebuke to Thoughtless
Youths at Once Neat and
Disconcerting.

A well-known clergyman vas one
day in a BARRIERS shop, when four or
five young men walked in whom he
knew by their voices, but who did not
recognize the man in the chair, with
lather all over his face. They pro
ceeded to spend the time by telling
stories and using expressions which.
to say the least, were rather strong.
When the barber pulled away the
towel the clergyman, clearly shaved,
stood before them. So nonplussed
were they that no one tried to take
the vacant chair, and the barber
called several times-"Next gentle
man! Next gentleman"
The clergyman smiled somewhat
grimly as he said:
1T isn't a bit Of use, John. There's
not a man here who has the effront-
cry to answer to that name"
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1911-08-17
SENT FROM FRANCE
CAINTIES THAT HAVE HIGH
PLACE ACROSS THE WATER.
Roast Beef MarseiIlaise Is a New Way
to Serve the Roast-Perfection
of a la Mode-SWeetbread
Outlets.

Roast Beef MarseiiIaise.-Have the
ribs of a two rib roast removed and
roast dressed up to retain the juices.
Many persons prefer the bones left on,
and while it is harder to cut this way,
it makes a juicier bite. Put half a cup
of olive oil into a pan and heat it.
Then add the meat, well sailed and
peppered, cooking either rare or well
done as preferred. The French way is
well done, but that goes according to
taste.
Make a sauce as follows: Mince
three onions and color in oil, simmer
ing until tender. When slightly brown
add two tablespoons of vinegar, a tea
spoon of mustard, salt and pepper and
a half pint of we'll favored stock of
bouillon. Boil for three minutes and
pour over the roast, serving in a deep
platter.
Beef a la Mode.-Have a juicy piece
Of top sirloin cut for this purpose and
have it larded with salt pork. Brown
in an iron pot, using butter and bacon
mixed. When the meat is brown add
a soup bouquet, two cloves of garlic
and a large onion, whole; adding also
a Calls foot, split in several pieces.
This makes the gravy gelatinous. Add
enough water to cover, then set on the
back of the stove, simmering at the
boiling point, but do not allow to bub-
BILE, as that extracts all the juice and
makes the meat dry and u~npalatable.
1t should be soft and full of juice.
About half an hour before it is done
add some small carrots. Some per-
son add potatoes, but beef a la mode,
according to the French style, has no
potatoes, these being cooked or the
side. 1t is just as good cold, sliced
with the gravey jellied, served on the
platter. The gravy should be strained.
eliminating the onions and any spices
that may be floating loose.
Sweetbread CutIets.-Wash, parboil,
and simmer for 20 minutes one pair of
sweetbreads, adding a slice of onion,
one of lemon and a bSy leaf, with a
teaspoon of salt. Drain well and
when cool remove the skin and mem
brane and cut in large slices. Make a
sauce with four tablespoons of butter,
six tablespoons of flour and one cup
of milk, season we'll with salt, pepper
and lemon juice. Cool this also and
then put two slices Of meat together
with sauce, coating it well. Bread and
fry like c%roquettes and serve with
green peas or a creole sauce.
Creole Sauce.-Cut in pieces n
small onion and two or three green
peppers (after removing seeds), and
fry slowly in butter. When tender add
several tomatoes (also cut in pieces)
and cook ten minutes longer. Season
well and serve very hot.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1911-08-17
Cruel Disappointment.

Jugend tells this story: "In the lower
liam had served faithfully and well
as attendant to the presiding judge
for many years without ever having
received any reward aside from his
legal stipend. On the day of adjourn
ment for the season, when visitors
had retired, the judge, who was also
about to leave, asked: William, do
you smoker" Seeing a square box N
der the judges arm, he answered re-
s%pectfully: Yes, your honor I
knew it by the smell of your coat
said the judge, as he walked out"
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1911-08-17
TO KEEP THE SKIN CLEAR

For more than a generation, Cuti-
cura Soap and Cuticura Ointment have
done more for pimples, blackheads
and other unsightly conditions of the
complexion, red. rough, chapped
hands, dandruff, itching, scaly scalps,
and dry, thin and falling hair than any
other method. They do even more for
~skin-tortured and disfigured infants
and children. Although Cuticura Soap
and Ointment are sold by druggists
and dealers throughout the world, a
liberal sample of each, with 32-page
book on the car of the skin and hair
will be sent post-free, on application
to "Cuticura," Dept. % l., Boston.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1911-08-17
PREVENT LOSS OF MOISTURE
Evaporation in Month From Bare Stub
BILE Fields Is Equal to Five Inches
of Rainfall.

Loss of moisture from stubble fields
left bare after harvest is each month
equal to five inches of rainfall sc long
as there is moisture left to %evaporate.
Plowed ground left loose, neither har-
rowed nor packed will. in hot, windy
weather, lose in "a hours suffi cient
moisture to equal one inch of rain
fall. Take Professor Ten Eyck's ex-
periences in the efficiency of moisture,
the loss in a month from bare stubble
fields of moisture is equal to five
inches of rainfall and is a loss capable
of producing ten bushels of wheat.
Stubble fields often lay bare two or
three months after harvest, many
growers thus losing each season suffi-
cient moisture to double their yield OF
wheat.
Following the binder with the disk
harrow, driving close TO the binder, in
the space between the machine and
the last row of bundles, produces a
soil that checks evaporation. Made
Immediately after the grain is cut,
there is no loss of moisture at all.
Farmers short of teams can wait until
the grain is cut and then can disk the
ground around the shocks, or in the
stubble following the header. This
not only stops evaporation, but puts
the ground in fine condition for plow-
ing later on.
Moisture goes rapidly out of fresh
ly plowed ground, left loose. Harrow
attachments are made for the plows
which %pulverize the furrow as soon
as it is made, creating a mulch on the
freshly plowed surface that stops
much of the evaporation. Some farm
ers take one section of a harrow, tie
an extra horse to the plow team and
let him draw the harrow yer the
fresh turned burrows. This is an eco
nomical method and the land gets
narrowed two to four times. Other
wheat growers unhitch from the pillow
before noon and then harrow what
has been plowed, say up to II o'clock,
following the same plan in the after
noon, so that each half days blowing
is narrowed Immediately after pillow.
ing.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1911-08-17
BARE FALL0W IN ARID REAS
Experiments at Indian Head Show
Possible Yields That May Be OBJ
tanned on FalIoW Land.

The experiments conducted at In
dian Head, Sask., at the government
experiment station, show in a very
striking manne the possible yields
that may be obtained from growing
wheat on fallow land under dry condi-
tons. The figures submitted below
cover a period of 20 years. They are
field returns, which are always
smaller than returns from plats.
The period covered begins with 1891
and ends with 1910. The average
yield of red fife spring wheat for the
said period was 1895 bushels. The
average precipitation during the en-
tire period was 1909 inches annually.
This, however, does not include the
snowfall, hence so far the record is
incomplete. But the snow fall at In
dian Head is usually light.
In 1892 OF a rainfall of 6.92 inches
the yield was 28.20 bushels. In 1894
on a rainfall of 3.9 inches it was IT'S
bushels, and in 1899 on a rainfall of
9.44 inches the yield was 1920 BUSH
els.
During the same years the oat crop
on summer fallowed land gave an av-
erage of 82.33 bushels per acre. Dur
ing three of those years it went over
the one hundred bushel mark. In
1909, on a rainfall of 1856 inches, it
facts are very striking. They show
what may be expected in dry areas of
the semi-arid northwest where the
best of cultivation is given to the land.
In 1892, on a rainfall of 6.92 inches,
the yield was SIG bushels. In 1894
on a rainfall of SO inches it was "a
bushels, and in 1899 on a rainfall of
9.44 inches it was "a bushels.
1t should be stated, however, that
the returns in wheat were not exactly
proportionate to the precipitation. In
1900, for instance, with a precipitation
of 17.74 inches the yield of wheat was
only 17.49 bushels, and in 1907 with a
rainfall of 1917 inches the yield was
Is bushels per acre. Other factors,
therefore, play an important part in
determining yields in dry areas.
1t should also be borne in mind that
the yields given relate to crops grown
on summer fallow land. This would
mean that a return of 16.4S bushels
was the return for each year in wheat,
and that 41.16 bushels was the return
in oats. The one crop grown in two
years would involve considerably less
labor than two crops grown in the
same period. The summer following
of the land also prevents it from be-
coming foul with weeds.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1911-08-17
Lemon Gincer Made at Home,

Pour over six lemons, sliced thin,
two gallons of cold water. Add a
pound and a half of sugar and a scant
ounce of ginger root. Let come to a
boil, then add a tablespoonful of cream
of tartar. Strain, set in a cold place
and when nearly cool add a yeast cake
dissolved in a little lukewarm water.
Stir thoroughly, set in a cool place
over night and in the morning bottle
well, cork alright and lay the bot
ties on their sides in a cool place.
Do not use until they have been laid
away at least two days.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1911-08-17
The FLY.

Where on earth do those flies come
FROM" is a frequent and %despairing
question.
They may come down the chimneys,
if the fireplaces have tipping hampers.
These should be tightly closed in fly
time. An appreciate falling off in
their number will be the result.
If the chimneys have not the tip
ping damper, a screen such as is used
for a window can be fitted into the
fireplace; or, easier still, a bundle of
paper may be stuffed up the chimney.
Either method is successful, and no
trouble is too great to get rid of these
summer pests.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1911-08-17
ASPARAGUS Rolls.

Asparagus tips (fresh or canned)
serted in cases made of rolls are ex-
cellant. Cut the tops from the rolls,
remove the crumbs from each, and
dry them in the oven. Make a sauce
of ane cupful of milk, one heaping
tablespoon of butter, one egg, add
salt and pepper to taste, then add to
it two cupfuls of chopped asparagus
tips, cooked until tender. Fill the
hollow rolls with the mixture, replace
the covers and serve hot.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1911-08-17
Temporary Pasture on Good Land.

The Cornell station recommends
the following for a temporary pasture
on good land: Timothy, 10 pounds;
red clover, s pounds; alsike clover, 4
pounds. Four pounds Of red top may
be added to the above for land that
pasture on good land the following
seeds should be sown: Timothy, s
pounds; red top, 4 pounds; Canadian
blue grass, 4 pounds; red clover, 6
pounds; alsike clover, 8 pounds; white
clover, 1 pound.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1911-08-17
For ironing Stand.

Many housekeepers of experience
still cling to the iron or the asbestos
rest for f%1atirons. An ordinary brick
is far more satisfactory, as it is a non
conductor of heat, and an iron resting
On it does not cool off as quickly as
When on iron or other substance.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1911-08-17
To Brown a rus

If the top of a pie is brushed with a
little rich cream before baking. the
crust will be more attractive. A light
sprinkling of granulated sugar ove1
the cream produces an even richer
brown.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1911-08-17

could not wear my Shoes. Noth1ng
helped me until 1 began using Doan's
Kidney Pills. They gave m prompt
relief and in a short time l wa entire
ly cured"
Remember the name-Doan's.
For sale by druggists and general
storekeepers everywhere. Price SOC.
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, n. Y.