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The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1911-08-04
Arbitration Treaty

Washington, ID. g.. July %
A general arbitration treaty be-
tween the United States and
France and Che United States and
Great Britain win Boz signed here
next week.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1911-08-04

A petition is being circulated in
SNYDER asking senator Bailey 20
speak here at some future
date senator Bailey has agreed
o. sreek in near By town after
the adjournment Of Congress and
could possibly be- induced to come
90 Snyder on that occasion.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1911-08-04
M. E. RossER
AttorneY .at.LaW
Drs. HARRIS g. HARKRIDER
Dentists

Office up stairs in the Thomas
Building
SNYDER, TEXAS
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1911-08-04

Lisbon, July 29-Spain is tax
ing measures 10 suppress the re-
cruiting Portuguese monarchists
in Galicia. Spain.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1911-08-04
Guaranty Fund

Created by the State Of Texas
You carry Life Insurance and
insure your house against loss
from fire Why not have your de-
posts where 10 viii be insured by
the Depositors Guaranty Fund op
Grating under the laws Of Tezas7
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1911-08-04
Woman Insane

san Antonio. July 29-Mrs
George Moore who was arrested
here Yesterday Oh a charge of
Psrdering was today declared in-
Evening journal., 1911-07-08
THE NECESSARY THING

A SPiRANTS for high Office in Kent county are
as thick as mosquitoes and Kent seems to
have as many patriotic sons as ready to serve the
state as Sussex usually has They are talking
considerably about the various candidates for the
nomination for Governor, and the Dover Repub-
lcan has some mysterious man whose name will
be divulged at the proper time In praisine
another man thought of for the nomination the
Dover News remarks. among other things, that he
is director OF the Delaware Railroad Company
This We take It, seems TO be one of the chief
Qualifications Of a candidate for high Office in Della
ware IN either party-he must in some way be afhl-
Iztec with the railroad company. In many re-
erecfs this is not surprising Many of the So
called leading men in a community are in some
manner connected with the railroad interests In
the days gone by it was part of the political play
10 have the leading and influential men of com
munity, most of them, held TO the railroad inter-
ests by bonds more or less secure. And il always
happens that men with railroad connections are
amply and ably represented in our Legislatures
For The Journals part, it would like 10 see
some man nominated for Governor who did not
have these railroad or other corporation connec-
tions II might be difficult to get such man in
the lower counties. but he might be found If the
leaders wanted to find him
The peculiar part Of it is that these men with
railroad influences don't seem TO be able TO land
much from the railroad company for the benefit
OF their communities. For example Milford people
are crying for q new station and some of them
are swearing mad about it, even in hot weather
Why don't they get some Of the men influential
with the railroad company. men whom they have
joyfully supported for public Office 10 intercede
and secure the new station for Milford?
Evening journal., 1911-07-08
LIFE ON THE FARM.

n NE of the western agricultural colleges grad
~ uated 200 at the recent commencement ex-
ercises- They do things on big scale out there
The large number of graduates shows that a very
intelligent body of young men will take up agri-
culture their life work
The greatest demand for government literature
about farming comes from the western states,
but we have been informed that there is little if
any demand from Delaware. This seems odd con-
sderng the fact that the opportunities for agri-
cultural development in Delaware are not exceed
ed by those in any other part of the country What
could be more attractive for farming than wide
expanse of fertile land, situated between the two
bays and within few hours ride of all the great
cities of the eastern coast?
Some years ago, after the depression in peach
culture most farmers urged their sons to leave
the farm and 60 to the cities to seek their for
tunes. The boys went to the cities to become
lawyers or doctors or motormen or conductors or
to engage in other occupations. The commercial
colleges have drained the farms of hundreds
There has been no percephble change in the
tide, and yet the opportunities for young men
in Deawares rural regions are fully as good
as the chances in the cities il not better There is
no more independent life than that of a farmer
If he knows his business.
1t must be the social attractions that lure the
Young men TO the cities Some say that work
on the farm is laborious but so il is in the shops
and factories and stores Of the cities
Consider the life Of fairly good tenant farm
err He gets his house rent free, and his cost of
living is practically nothing In the cities house
rent and the cost of living the principal items
II is a poor tenant farmer in these days that
does not have at the end of the year more in bank
than the average man in a city who commands
an average salary.
Evening journal., 1911-07-08
THE BRIGHTER SIDE.

It was a beautiful barometer. Il
glistened from its splendid wooden
case with a spick-and-spanness that
boasted Of its newness. It's rich
framework clearly advertised \~the
large price that has been paid for it.
It's owner was justly proud.
But it possessed one drawback-it
wouldn't work Ever since IL had
been purchased it had remained at
"Set Fair" whatever the weather hap
pened TO be. And the weather had
happened to be particularly wet
At last its owner grew weary Of
its external beauty and exasperated
over its internal stupidity. One day,
when the rain was pouring extra
hard, he tore the weather indicator
from the wall and took It out into the
road
"Now, them" he cried, shaking it
angrily, cant you see its raining?"
For a moment the needle hesitated.
Then, as the raindrops began to dim
the glass, It made up its mind and
moved slowly round to Very Dry
Answers.
Evening journal., 1911-07-08
BADLY CUT BY
BROKEN BOTTLE

Special to THE EVENING JOURNAL.
SEAFORD, Del, July S-Stepping
on broken glass bottle, James, the
ten-year-old son of Mr.. and Mrs
Charles Hair, received an ugly cut on
the left foot
The young men of Seaford have or
ganized a tennis club and expect %
contest with the various clubs of the
state
The competition between the local
ice dealers has become heated, aud
ice is being retailed as low as Is cents
per hundred pounds.
The Sussex Light and Power Com
pany, of Laurel. which supplies Sea-
ford with electric fue4, is placing ad-
ditional lights on the streets here.
The Acorn Club realized nearly $1O0
from the entertainment and festival
held at the local athletic Park on
Tuesday.
A mandolin and glee club has been
formed by members of the Seaford
Crescent Club and nightly rehearsals
and concerts are being held
The wedding of Thomas G. Hobbs
and Miss Mollie Hewes, at Bridge
vile, was surprise to friends of the
couple here. The couple left on a
two weeks honeymoon trip to Phila-
delphia, New York and Atlantic City.
Upon their return they will live in
Philadelphia
A pretty wedding was solemnized
in the Methodist Protestant parsonage
at Laurel when Miss Odessa Waller
wa smarried to Harry Downes.
PERSONALS. f. Thompson was
Laurel visitor hursday-William
Rowe has returned TO New York after
spending the holidays with his
mother, Mrs. Harvey N. Roye-Mrs
B. R Riggan is spending several
weeks at Rehoboth-Frank Hurley,
Howard Morgan and Toby Thompson
we're Salisbury visitors today--Isaac
Downes, of Laurel, was a Seaford vis-
itor terday-Misses Fannie Parker
and Pauline Moore, of Laurel, and
John Harris, Jr.. of Bridgeville. spent
Thursday evening with Seaford
friends-Mrs. c. G. Bennett, Of Laurel,
has been the guest of her parents. Mr..
and Mrs L. w. Hurley-Mrs Mary
Ross has returned from spending sew
eral days at Smyrna. She was ac-
companied home by Mrs. Howard
Joseph, whom she has been visiting
Mrs. Lulu NJ. Howard. of Salisbury.
is the guest of Seaford relatives.
Evening journal., 1911-07-08
SATURDAY. JULY 8. IeM
CAREFUL COUNCILMEN?

VATHEN the city purchases properties, how many
w members of Council know personally any
thing about them7 When the Ford and Gibson
lands we're purchased, how many members of
Council had personally inspected those properties
or really knew anything about them? Did they
know or care anything about the assessed valua-
tion Of the properties, or did they merely take
the word of some people as to what they we're
worth?
The city is constantly purchasing property. but
it is very doubtful whether more than two or
three Councilmen inspect the properties or try
to find out what they worth. If the negligent
Counclmen we're geiHg to buy houses for their
own use or as investment for themselves,
wouldn't they want TO the properties and learn
something of what they we're really worth, or
would they take the word Of some real estate man
some friend? If they didn't want TO see the
properties or to find out something about them,
they would be rather careless business men, and
the chances are they would be stung. Men are
lkley to be stung, even after they make care
full inquiry but how much more likely to be
stung are they If they make no personal nvest-
CATION at all.
And .yef-to- be a good Councilman and to serve
the people properly personal Investigations should
be made by each and every Councilman Of ques-
tons that involve the expenditure of large sums
Of the money Of the people
Everyone seems to think that the new Council
is starting in the right manner. 1t is believed
that the Council will give the city fairly
good administration, TO say the least But to do
this the new Councilmen and members of the last
Council who are now members of the new should
consider that they have personal responsibility for
the expenditure of the money of the city
Men in a position 10 know say il is astonishing
how Councilmen in the past have voted large
sums from the City Treasury without having any
personal knowledge of whether the bargain is
good or bad for the city. Some one tells them
that it is all right and they vote some one tells
them.
Evening journal., 1911-07-08
UnchronieIed Goodness
BY The REV. r. L. JACKSON

Visitors from other planets would
get most terrifying impressions Of us
we're they 70 depend exclusively upon
certain daily papers for their informa-
ton as to our doings. A superficial
glance at almost any edition of a GER
tain class of modern newspapers would
suffice to convict US of total depravity.
How could they help thinking that we
did nothing but steal and murder and
get drunk, plus a thousand other
crimes and scandals? We who have
lived on the planet all our lives know
that generally speaking the daily
papers deal with only one side of our
life, namely the seamy side. II is not
that the modern journalist is such a
devotee of depravity himself, but ex-
perience has proved that the doings
of depravity sell more papers than
those Of goodness.
If our visitors would remain a while
with us we could show them such a
deal of goodness as would lead them TO
change their opinion Of US. We would
undo the effect of the sensational pub
lication of the alienation of the af-
fections CD of Mrs. Green's husband
by Miss Brown, by introducing them
to a hundred single women who mind
their own business and envy no woman
her husband To Offset the defalcation
Of Deacon Jones as exclusively told IN
The Morning Blaze, we could name
them off-hand a score of deacons who
can keep set of books without a
single thought of the salubrious cli-
mate Of Canada To neutralize the
sickening force of the startling moral
breakdown of the pastor of the church
OF the good shepherd, we could point
them to a hundred thousand ministers
of the gospel who are strictly immune
against stock gambling or FIVE o'clock
tea fiirtations
This is,not an exhortation to the press
to risk its circulation on a line Of
copy which It is sad to say. the paper
buying public does not seem to crave.
II is simply little word to the mod
ern reader 10 bear in mind that the
badness that is getting such a,volum-
inous blazoning is after all small and
impotent compared with the goodness
that gets little or no blazoning When
your eyes rest on headlines that tell
of atrocities. infidelities. dishonesties,
recall the many unchronicled kind
nesses, fidelities, heroisms and loyal
ties that keep the world sweet and
sane and hearten men for the battle Of
life.
Evening journal., 1911-07-08
JUVENILE COURT.

Ut IS difficult to understand why the Juvenile
4 Court matter in this city has met with so many
obstacles, When the agitation was started for
Juvenile Court the proposal did not seem 10 win
the support Of some men in politics They did not
actually oppose IT, but they tried to emascuIate the
bill and TO give the advocates Of the measure a
grain of sand when they should have been given a
handful
After many ups and downs, some sort of bill
was finally put through, providing for the appoint
ment Of judge who should receive no pay Then
there was long and absurd delay in securing any
man competent to act as Judge The Governor
finally appointed Mr. Lsttomus, and we have no
doubt that he will make capable Judge Now
II appears that Mr. Lsttomus may be forced TO
hold court in his own Office. This is fine state
OF affairs to be sure, and il is a condition which
should arouse the Juvenile Court Association TO
express itself in no uncertain tones We don't
know why the court proposition has failed to ap-
peal to many as a good thing. Other states have
done line work with their Juvenile Courts There
IS certainly need for in this city Persons fa-
mar with local conditions ought TO know that
But the situation Of having a reputable LAWYER
willing to devote his time TO the work of Iu-
venile Court and then being forced to hold court
in his own Office is little short Of ridiculous
probation officer should be promptly appointed
and the Levy Court should allow Judge Lattomus
to hold forth in the Grand Jury room or some
other suitable place should be provided The
Juvenile Court can be made great instrument for
good IN the community and it is a matter that
should not be trifed with
Evening journal., 1911-07-08
HONEST NOW,
ISN'T 1T BABEL 7
BY John 5. Hamilton.

Personally the writer has a great
love and admiration for a radical On
the other hand he has great sympathy
not to say pity for a. conservative.
In his soul Of souls. however, he is
constantly crying out: Confusion on
both your houses" He loves a radi-
cal because the latter turns his back
to the past and the future is his while
the conservative has nothing to rec
ommend him except that he is always
passing away
The radical is the enfant terrible
in the household Of humanity. The
conservative Is the patient whose
case Is hopeless and has been given
up by the doctors. In one event you
go about in trepidation and alarm
vainly trying to get yourself in a
condition of mind where you will be
prepared for the worst In the other
case you already know the worst
and are in a state of bewilderment as
to what is going to happen after the
funeral.
The radical if he ever heard of the
tower of Babel either believes the
story is a myth or utterly fails to
see the great truth portrayed. The
conservative has heard the Babel
story, believes il and is satisfied that
after the confusion of tongues told
about in the Good Book the people
came together, hired a corps of in
terpreters and the tower is finished
long ago
The radical is convinced that man
is the creature of his environment and
the environment is the effect Of man
made laws. If the laws were changed
he thinks the environment would also
change and we would find ourselves
in Heaven. The conservative never
bothers himself with anything of the
kind. He knows that he is having a
good time. at least he thinks he is,
and those that do not agree with him
are either fools or a great deal worse
than that
II apparently never occurs to either
the radical or the conservative that
personally they have any RESPONSE
bility for the conditions as they sx-
ist The radical in many instances is
actuated by the most exalted Of mo-
/ tives. He believes that there is crying
Injustice running through our entire
system and he therefore feels called
upon to denounce and call attention
to what is so plain to him and yet ap-
pears to be hidden from the multi
tude
In justice It must be said that the
conservative also has his opinions as
to what is wrong with suffering nu-
msnity. Give him his way and he
will have laws passed which would
regulate the habits of the rules OF
life of the rest of mankind. He.
therefore. has his reform movements
which aim at a race standardized or
rules laid down by lot Of men and
women, which God forbids
If every reformer in the world
would bend all his energy and all his
efforts towards making himself as
good as he might be. it would do more
for mankind in one year than all the
organized movements Of the kind have
accomplished since the beginning of
time
Evening journal., 1911-07-08
OVERTAXED
Hundreds Of Wilmington Readers
Know What II Means.

Hundreds Of Wilmington Readers
Know What II Means.
The kidneys are overtaxed;
Have too much 10 do.
They tell about it in many aches
and pains
Backache, sideache. headache.
Early symptoms of kidney ills.
Urinary troubles follow.
The statement below shows you a
certain cure
Mrs. Charles Smith. 122 N. Second
St., New Castle. Del, says "As The
result Of the failure of my kidneys to
perform their functions properly. 1
suffered intensely from pains in my
back, especially severe when / stopped
or exerted myself Dull headaches
were common and we're often accom-
panied by spells Of dizziness. tried
various remedies, but they proved of
no avail and when I heard Doan's
Kidney Pills so highly spoke of. I
procured a box 7 had taken only
part Of the contents OF one box before
the pains in my back became less
severe. In a short time the other
difficulties disappeared and my back
became strong and free from pain"
For sale by all dealers. Price 50
cents. Foster-Mi1buru Co. Buffalo,
New York. sole agents for the United
States.
Remember the name-Doan's-a
take no other.
Evening journal., 1911-07-08
A Right or a Duty7

Baltimore Evening Sun.
The doctrine that the exercise of
the franchise is not a personal right
but q public duty has lately crossed
the Alps from Switzerland, where it
originated. into italy, and already the
italian Chamber Of Deputies is de-
batting a stringent compulsory voting
bill At the last general election ia
Italy fully a third Of the registered
voters stayed away from the polls.
Many Of them. it is said, did so in
obedience to ecclesiastical prohibi-
tions, and had they voted it is prob
able that they would have voted
against the government OF the day.
But the leaders of the government
seem convinced that, even in the face
OF such possibilit es. it is dangerous
to permit free citizens to withdraw
from active participation in public az
fairs The stay-at-home voter, unfOrt-
unately, is often the most intelligent
sort of voter. Every time he refuses
10 vote he doubles the menace Of the
ignorant and corrupt voter, who never
fails to cast his ballot
The exercise Of the franchise mas
been compulsory in a number Of
Swiss cantons for many years, and in
Bavaria since 1870 In Spain a citi-
zen may withdraw from participation
in local elections, but when a member
Of the Cortes is to be chosen he must
vote or pay a fine. A similar law was
enacted in Belgium in 1898, and. TWO
years later n was extended TO al
elections. Only those voters who are
incapacitated by age or illness, or are
out of the country at election time,
are exempt Austria also has such a
law. but II is rendered ineffective by
the fact that Il may be suspended in
any province Of the empire by the
provincial authorities.
The need of such a law in Italy is
emphasized by the fact that a consid-
erable extension OF the suffrage
which is now limited by educational
and property qualifications. is con-
templated The new voters, il is ar
gued, Will crowd 10 the polls. and "a
n is essential that a counterweight Of
older voters, more experienced and
more intelligent. be maintained. Tn
this Connection IL is interesting 10 note
that a large number Of the Italian inn
Evening journal., 1911-07-08
Stories of the Day
sYMPATHIzEp MITH HIM.

This is the story of the Harvard
Gold Coast" Some students who
had either a real or imaginary griev-
ance against taxicab chauffeur
boarded his cab and rode all evening
and part Of the morning, winding uu
in front of the halls. They excused
themselves to raise money enough to
pay the bill and never came back. The
next day the taXicab company was
called up and the manager asked :
did you have some Harvard students
use a cab all night?"
yes"
did the chauffeur wait four hours
for them to come out and pay him ?'
Yes
And you were never paid?"
mo"
Well concluded the voice, isn't
that too -- bad" and the receiver
was hung up.-Boston Record.
Evening journal., 1911-07-08
Editorial Opinion
CHAMPION Fly sMATTER.

Pittsburg Dispatch.
To young Robert Bssse. OF San An
tonic. Texas. must be awarded the
more or less proud title of the world S
champion fly swatter In a fy-killing
contest, open to all the boys OF San
Antonio, just concluded, II is reported
that 1,25O000 flies we're slain by the
enthusiastic youths in pursuit of seven
prizes, one of $40, a second Of So and
FIVE Of a dollar each. We can hardly
imagine a more economical expendi-
ture Of $40 than this massacre of a mil
lion and a quarter of the musca do
mestica. At the same time we confess
some curiosity as TO the correctness Of
the count and the method Of enumera-
tion in the absence of any fly COM
putators on the market II they were
counted by hand the job was certainly
worth more to the judges than the
amount awarded to the swatters
Young Basse had 4S4,320 in his bag
when the competition closed, or at
least so II is said Now, considering tho
agility and exertion required, payment
at the rate of a cent for the slaughter
of 500 flies is certainly not excessive.
The boys Of San Antonio seem to be
lacking in financial ambition when we
reflect on how many ways there are
of earning a cent with much less exer-
ton.
Evening journal., 1911-07-08
:: Personal and Pertinent ::

One can admire girl at the same time for her mod
esty and her cheek
No girl is more than so per cent as pretty as she
thinks she is.
The alarm girl feels when kissed is generally
still alarm.
TO melt others
A pretty girl is not so sure that We ought not to
Judge by appearances
II easier for girl be vain without being pretty
than 10 be pretty without being vain
When You lay your heart az girls feet she expects
you TO put ring on her finger
The girl whe delights IN keeping the rack
may find herself later on the shelf-Boston Trans
crpt
Evening journal., 1911-07-08

The law limiting the working hours Of railway
employees caused considerable trouble to some ten
thousand holiday makers on the Fourth near Los
Angeles Cal They had gone to the beach re-
sorts, but after certain hour at night it was an
nounced that because of the law the trains could
not take them home. Fully one-half of the ma
rooned throng we're women and girls clad in light
attire and they had to spend the night on the
beach, The company should have provided for
new shift of men.
Evening journal., 1911-07-08
;: With the ParagrapheEs /:

The Richmond limes-Despstch says: THE Judge who
Issued an injunction inhbiting from yowling has
peen outdone by an Iowa judge who has handed down
decree restraining mule from kicking" We hope the
deputies to enforce the orders OF the were skilled
IN mental susgesuon.-Florida Tirnes-Unon.
The Rev Charles NJ. sheldon Of Topeka the novelist
preacner mas invited the member his parish 10 tell
MIN al their truobes, matter hw private nature
The pastor must be looking for material for a new
novel.-Omaha Bee.
She who became Mrs Gambler wrote Il love vou" on
on MT Gamblers chir BOSOM but the laundry obliter-
ateq the sentiment One Of es little ironies-Chcago
Tribune.