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Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-05-23
The Soap an Water Cure.

The traveller IN The Himalayas must
be prepared for surprises Two days
after the Hon. c. G. Bruce had reach
ed Mana he received Il message from
n young lady saying that ever since
she had seen him on the day of his
arrival she had been i'll. II was very
much hurt, | allow" says Major Bruce
In Twenty Years In the Himalayas. ."
During the course of Il short but inter
esting career no such snu6 had ever
been administered to my self resnecs
said, But can't I do anvthingr she
said, Yes; wash vGur face and let me
have the water 50 we got hot water
and soap, ami she sat on Il rock to seq
that there WAS no &c, eptOn. The
water, or. rather, tue decoction. wa,
then put into long tumbler. and she
then and there drank it all! What is
more, the next day sle sei,t word that
she was quite cured
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-05-23
DON'T EXPERIMENT.
You Will Make No Mistake il You
Follow This Advice,


Never neglect your kidneys.
If you have pain in the back, urinary
disorders, dizziness and nervousness
it's time to act and no time to expert
ment. These are common symptoms
of kidney trouble, and you should seek
Ia remedy which is recommended fol-
the kidneys.
Doan's Kidney Pills is the remedy
to use, 1t has cured many stubborn
cases in this vicinity.
Can Bryan residents demand further
proof than the following testimonial!
Mrs. w. w. Cosby, of Hearne, Texas
says: 81 suffered from a weak and
lame back and other symptoms of kid
ney trouble. My health was becoming
run down, and although | tried many
remedies, received no relief. Hearing
of the remarkable cures effected by
Doans Kidney Pills, procured a box
at A. b. Boyd's drug store and they
helped me greatly. | am now com.
pletely cured and | have no hesitation
in giving Doan's Kidney Pills my en-.
dorsement."
For sale by all dealers. Price SOC.
Foster-Millburn Co Buffalo, n. Y, sole
agents for the United States.
Remember the name-Doan's-a
take no other.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-05-23
New Kind of Flute,

A large musician with larger vio-
loncello hailed hanson.
Drive me to Kings Hail." he said.
When. after a hard tussle. he had
wedged himself and his instrument
into the limited area of the cab, the
driver cracked his whip and drove off.
They reached the hall. The musician
alighted and took out shilling.
whats this?" demanded the driver
"Your legal fare" said the musician.
Eyes, know it's my legal fare for
carrying you" retorted the jehu, with
a direful glance at the bulky instru-
ment. but what about that there
"-LondOn Answers.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-05-23
One Thina Missing.

4 woman living in a small town,
says Everybody's, purchased from an
art dealer there a water color outfit,
with printed directions for its use.
These directions included. among 9th
err things, instructions TO moisten the
brushes for the first time with saliva.
In a day or two the dealer received
the following note:
Dear Sir-The outfit is complete as or
dered, except the saliva. Yours truly,
MRS. -.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-05-23
An Ironclad of 1885,

1t is generally supposed that the
first use of armor for battlcships was
during the Crimean war As n matter
of fact, the Dutch claim TO have been
the pioneers of ironclad building more
than 800 years ago. During the ia
nous siege of Antwerp by the Span
iards in 1885, says j. II. Hale in "Fa-
nous Sea Fights" the people of the
city built a huge fat bottomed war
ship, armed with heavy iron plates.
which they named the Fins Bell. a
boastful expression of the hope that
she would end the war. An old print
of the Finis Belli shows four masted
ship with a high poop. But the YES
sci steered badly and eventually ran
aground under the Spanish batteries
and fell into the hands of their com
mander, the Duke of Parma. He kept
the FINS Beli as a cugosity till the
end of the siege.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-05-23
The Answer.

YES" said Nagget, "a woman usual
ly treats her husband as the average
servant treats bric-a-brac."
eco ahead" said the wise Mrs. Nag
get. whats the answer"
"Why, the more he's worth the more
she tries to break him" Catholic
Standard and Times.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-05-23
HOUSE MOVING.

! will be in Bryan for several days
and parties wishing houses moved see
me. Have complete outfit. Can be
found at the house of Mrs. A. b. Carr,
Sr., which am moving, or orders left
with Mr. ]. r. Hartgraves will reach
me. C. C. WYATT.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-05-23
Avoid Substitution,

Younghubby (as he gulped down his
first bite of pancake)-Wow! What
awful strip! What in the mischief is
It? Youngwifey tearfully)-Oh, dear,
was hoping you wouldn't notice it,
but the grocer was all out of table
sirup, and | got bottle of cough sirup
instead. Judge.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-05-23
Revenge.

81 had such good time the other
day watching my wifes discontinue"
Nice thing to say. How was it?'
"She is hard and fast in her rules
about the house-wOn't even allow me
a cigarette. Well. the chimney began
in the morning and smoked all day
in spite of her. Baltimore American.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-05-23

Cotton and Feather Pillows on hand.
All work guaranteed. The latest up
to-date machinery used. Get our pri-
ces before buying. Chas. +. White.
Phone 453
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-05-23
Preaching and Practice,

Visitor-Could | speak with the par
son for a moment? Servant-Oh, if |
disturbed him now he'd take my head
off. He's writing a sermon on self
Control Puck
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-05-23

Happiness at least is not solitary.
1t joys to communicate; it loves others,
for it depends on them for its exist
ence.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-26
Trust Busting Is Expensive

The payments to antitrust law yers in the two years ended May 31 last foot up $S45,18 Henry L. Stimson, now Secretary of War, got $83, 1920 of this sum. Chairman Beall of the House committee on expendi- lures in the department of justice, proposes to investigate some of the expenditures with view of seeing if they were earned.
 MT. Beall is on a trail that will af- ford him very little game. The people Eant more prosecutions of illegal monopolies and trusts rather than less, and he had better ascertain why the government did not start more prosecutions and pay out more money.
 In MT. Roosevelt's administration more than 5000 detectives were at one time carried on the payrolls, and the secret service of 1908 is said to have cost $9,000,000. In other words the detectives got s9,000,000 while the trust-busting lawyers got less than g million. There is more room for in. vestigation in the former than in tho latter.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-26
CO-operation in England

William Maxwell, president of the International Cooperative Alliance is in New York and he is telling New Workers how the workingmen of Great Britain have solved the prob- lem of the high cost of living. The English Cooperative union was start ed on S26, and it is now selling S565,- 000,000 worth of goods annually, It supplies 2,701 ,000 families.
 This great workingmen's trust has five flour mills in England, fleet of ships on the seas, four large estates in Ceylon to raise teas, coffee plan tations in Brazil, woolen mills, and cotton mills, several boot and shoe factories, groves in Greece, and wheat elevators at Montreal It has it's own jam and pickle plants and tailor shops.
 Edinburg, which is the Scotch head quarters of the alliance, numbers more than one-half of it's inhabitants as members of the alliance. The Eng fish headquarters are in Manchester, with branches at London and New castle The alliance maintains a purchasing headquarters for Ameri- can goods in New York. Among the advantages of the plan is that the members get only pure and unadul- terated products.
 Besides being able to purchase goods at lower cost than most large stores, and then sell them on 2 per cent margin, the alliance will give its members a dividend on the amount purchased. This dividend may be col lected at the end of each year or may remain in a savings fund and accu- mulate interest. The alliance also acts as building and loan association, 
 and any member who has one-fifth of the cost of proposed dwelling may get advances for the rest of the amount from the association. Several thousand members, MT. Maxwell said, had paid for their homes out of their dividends from year to year, first al- lowing their dividends to accumulate till they had .one-fifth of the amount needed to build home and then al- lowing their dividends from year to year to pay for it. Thus" he said, they literally ate and clothed them- selves into home, as many persons drink themselves out of one"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-26
TEp VOGUE OF BERNHARDr

From the New York Times.
 Sarah Rernhardt, after 95 weeks of hard travel and the toll of many "one-night stands" retains her vitality. her good humor and her drawing powers At the age of 6s she Is assuredly the most won derful woman of her time, and still an actor of extraordinary ability. It is true that she could not make s250,Ooo in nine months in any other country, or in any European tour alert managers might lay out for her. Americans are the most ticles. and the excellent acting of Mme Bernhardt has had half century of ad- vertisement. In her prime she was as- suredly, the greatest living histrion Tones of hostile criticism prove noth- ing to the contrary. The criticism is for gotten Much of the art of the actress remains. Whatever impairment of vocal quality and strength time has wrought, the young play-goer of this hour finds her impersonations as clear in outline, as understandable as they were 30 years ago
 People who are interested in theatrical  annals have lately been reading a new line of Sarah Bernhardt's most illustrious predecessor on the French stage, Rachel Felix The brilliancy of Rachel's ca reer, the impetus she gave to dramatic art, are still remembered. But she suc- cumbed early to the hardships and trials of the histrionic career, while Bernhardt survives, and retains measurably her hold on popular favor, and late in life secures a new fortune in a professional tour of 9, 900 miles. She has made a quarter of a million dollars in direct and eager com petition with renowned acrobats, oper- etta stars and dialect comedians. It may be said that the success of her tour does not indicate necessarily an appreciation of French drama and exalted histrion- ism among the people of the United States and Canada. But she Is clearly en- titled to credit for what she has done, and the manner in which she has done it., as well as to the resultant pecuniary re- ward.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-26
WHEN IRVING MET DICKENS

M. B. Field. Memories.
 I never saw MT. Irving betray any ex- citement but once in my life, and that was upon an occasion when I dined with him in Madrid. The name of Dickens happened to be introduced, and he became very heated in telling me about his re- lations with that author. Finally he could no longer contain himself, and jumping from his seat, he walked up and down, up and down the floor in great apparent agi- tation. He told me that he had corre- sponded with Dickens long before they ever met. That both from his writings and his letters he had formed the highest conception of his personal character. That under these circumstances Dickens ar rived in New York and he, Irving, called upon him at his hotel. That immediately after sending in his card he was invited to Mir Dickens parlor, and as he entered the room, that gentleman met him, nap kin in hand. He had been dining, and the table was covered with vulgar pro- fusion of food, and the table cloth was stained with gravy and wine.
 Wringing his hand, Dickens first salu- tation was, Irving, I am delighted to see youl What will you drink, a mint julep or a gin cocktail?'' "The idea of inviting me to drink juleps and cock tails" naively exclaimed MT. Irving. .,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-26
From the Kansas City Star.

l TOnl lHe hduSdS Clly SIar.
 | lTSHE United States steel corporation the greatst combination of capital
 and the largest employer of labor 1 in existence, rounded out a decade on March S1, 1911. The totals which 1t has piled up guarantee it the undisputed right to the position of first place among the worlds great aggregations of corporate wealth for many years to come.' This is. the opening paragraph of a comprehensive review of the operations of. the great Steel corporation, recently printed in installments in the Wall Street Journal and now published in a small book by Dow Jones & Go. of New York. In 10 years the United States Steel cor poration has paid $1,s15,Oo0,0OO in wages and s660,000,000 in interest and dividends. It has sold S5000, GOO tons of steel. It has almost doubled its producing capacity while adding only about per cent to its total capitalization, which amounts now to s1,465,0OO,0oO.
 While increasing it's productive capacity from 7,700000 tons annually in 1901 to 13,750.000 in 1911. the Steel corporation Is said to control a smaller percentage of the total steel manufacturing of the coun- try now than when it started.
 We started with about 60 per cent of the total business of the country" said D. H. Gary, head of the great corporation, at the annual meeting last April, land at the present time we have about 55 per cent. We do not intend to have more than 60 per cent. We desire to avoid any question of monopoly"
 In other words. Independent steel com panies have made relatively greater growth than the United States Steel cor poration in 10 years past.
 The most extraordinary fact about the financing of the United States Steel cor peration is the immense equity value added to the common stock. With the producing capacity almost doubled, the requirements for interest and for div- dends on the preferred stock were act ually nearly s2,oO0OOO less in 1910 than in 1902 This has been accomplished by the exchange of per cent bonds for $15O0o0,- 900 of the original per cent preferred stock. and by immense expenditures out
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-26

that 1t is national need and that it is sure to come in the long run.
 The House certainly should rise above the opposition of the express companies and the mysterious move ment they are able to organize among country storekeepers. The entire opposition really springs from the four big express companies, and from nowhere else. The people are 90,0OO,0OO strong, but the Big Four have millions in their strong boxes and these millions of filthy lucre have thus far been more potent than the votes of freemen.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-26
WATCHING THE WAIsTBAND

From the New York World.
 It behooves mankind from time to time calmly even judicially, to give consid- eration to the record which the tape measure shows when tight-drawn around tine midriff No filter occasion offers thus for taking account of the distribution of avoirdupois than when buying the new tr0use belt.
 Alone with conscience and the encir- cling leather one may learn the truth, which Is the foundation of all wisdom, and be guided thereby
 Long ago friend of the race wrote Q gentle warning in the adake, watch your waistband at 40' He was too spe- oiGc How abonut the man of 30, or as a ccr ain hefty Secretary of War, of middle | age whose name need not be mentioned, once said good-naturedly Of himself, "a man ot riotous rotundity?"
 | Should not they all be watchful? While it is true that a smiling face and certain unctuousness usually go with ample girth it is nevertheless well to note where the buckle prong fits snug and
 keep it there. 1t is not of record that even MT. Pickwiclz so much as gave in ar l iucr by letting 1t out peg
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-26
Associates Again

'I see that Will Lathem, who was for many years associated with Mir. Gray in the management of the Peoples Savings Bank and Trust company has become associated with the Commercial State Bank said a friend of MT. Lathem yes- terday. By this new connection John Elliott and Will Lathem are again as- sociated in the same financial insttu- ton.
 For eighteen years Mr. Lathem was with the Peoples bank, commencing there as a messenger boy and rising until he was acting president on numerous oc- casions when MT. Gray was out of the city. For twelve years Mr. Elliott was also with the bank, leaving 1t to or- ganize the Commercial State about six years ago.
 Few banking men are better known than Will Lathem, and few have as many good friends He has been, for nearly 2 fifth of a century, uniformly courte- GUS and obliging. Business men, school teachers, fremen and policemen-in fact people in every walk of fife, know him and like him.
 The arrangements were completed Sat urday morning and Mr. Lathem severed his connection with the American Trust Dank, where he has been since the con
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-26
TEN YEARS OF U. s. STEEL

of earnings for extensions, extraordinarI replaoements, new construction and bet terrnents. These expenditures amount in all, to s414000,00O Of this sum, $352, 100000 went into new plants. In addition, $2so,- oo0,o00 has been set aside for deprecia- ton and sinking funds and $266 100000 ex- pended for ordinary repairs. Added to all these huge figures is a claimed increase of SSoo'ooo,oo0 in the value of proven hold lnss of iron ore properties, which now amount to more than 1,000,000,0O0 tons, not including 9o0,000000 tons in the Hill prop critics and 70o,O00,0O0 tons owned by the tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad com pany.
 The big corporation has 21s,00o employees and almost 100000 stockholders. More than sloO0Ooooo of the s5oS 100000 of common stock, and $3oooo,ooo of the $36o, o00,o00 of preferred stock Is held in foreign lands.
 It owns SSo7 miles, of railroad, 47,025 cars. 116S locomotives, s1 steamships and 122 barges.
 The Dow-Jones publication does not go into the statistics of original overcapital- ization of the Steel corporation In his re- cent testimony before the congressional
  investigating committee E. H. Gary said that the original capitalization was s1, ,322,- 00o,oO0, stocks and bonds ,and the capital ization of the companies absorbed was $S6S, ,000,00o. It was well known that the constituent companies themselves were greatly over-capitalzed. having been or-> ganized to take in various scattered plants In the various lines. It is probable that the actual cost of the properties absorbed by the Steel corporation in 1901 was less than half the face value of the s1, ,322, ,0O0,- 900 of securities issued by the corporation. The Morgan syndicate received SIX, ,0O0,OOO of the original capitalization for organ izing and financing the huge project
 Extensions paid for out Of earnings, large allowances for depreciation, sink ing funds, repairs and replacements and the immense increase in value of ore prop critics and coal lands have gone a long way toward elemnating the water from the original capitalization, and the $5OS,- GO0,O0 of common stock, which is conceded to have been water" to start with. is now looked on as reasonably safe per cent dividend payer.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-26
On the Fields of Bull Run

On July 21 half century will have elapsed since the battle was fought near Manasses Junction which will ever bulk large in history. The first great battle of the war then and there fought greatly elating the south and awakening the north to the great con- flict then near at hand. Joe Johnston came to Beauregard's aid and the federal defeat became federal rout. The forces of Mcdowell were driven back pell-mell toward Washington. The spectators in or out of Congress were glad indeed to escape alive and uncaptured over Long Bridge into Washington itself. Those were stir ring days, and only few can rise to full appreciation of those days and their deep historic meaning.
 The veterans of the two armies are to meet on the Matthews and Henry farms through which Bull Run flows on July 21 to begin long series of semi-centennials of the civil war. It is to be hoped both sides will meet at Bull Run and that the meeting will be so conducted it will lead to other semi-centennials and to deeper spirit of patriotism in all hearts. The semi-centennial of July 21 is to be called the Manasses National jubilee, and it is expected to attract wide at tention in all parts of the country.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-26
Congress and a Parcels Post

European countries have long had the advantages of a parcels post, and in those countries farmers send daily to actual consumers in the cities but ter, eggs, vegetables and flowers, thus eliminating the middlemen alto gether in those shipments. The farm CT may visit his customer once year, and even an annual call is not neces- sary.
 The question before Congress re- lates not to the known usefulness of a parcels post in this country, but to the extent and power of the four big express companies as an obstructive force. Thus far these four companies have been able to keep Congress from meeting the demand for parcels post although it is everywhere confessed
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-26
CHERRY-RIPE

By Richard Allison. Tliere is garden in her face, Where roses and white lilies blow; A heavenly paradise is that place,
 Wherein all pleasant fruits do grow; There cherries grow that none may buy.
 Till cherry-ripe themselves do cry. There cherries fairly do inclose
 Of Orient pearl double row, Which when her lovely laughter shows.
 They look like rosebuds filed with snow YcI them no peer nor prince may buy,
 Till cheery-ripe themselves do cry Her eyes like angels watch them still;
 Tier brows like pended bows do stand. Threat'ning with piercing frowns to kill
 All that approach with eye or hand Thtse sacred cherries to come nigh,
 Till cherry-ripe themselves do cry.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-26
MEXICANs A WONDERFUL PEOPLE From signed statanent hu Ira ncirno I

T run SisHcu sldleIuSHl by fTdHclSCO l.
 Madero, Jr., In July Columbian.
 The Mexicans are 8 wonderful people, almost wholly undeveloped. All foreign CTS who have lived for any length of time
 in Mexico and have become familiar with our working classes, especially those of Indian blood, will testify to their quick native perception and their high intelli- gence. They are diamonds in the rough, the people of my Mexico; but as long as they do not receive education, as long as they are by law kept in their present ut ter ignorance, they cannot progress be- yond the rough. The Mexican people, whether of Indian or creole are a noble, self-deyning. long suffering race, full of artistic sentiment which demonstrates clearly the elevation of their natural sem timents; they are people of high aspira- tons and 'gerat virtues which, oppressed as they are now, cannot develop but must slumber in them. Thus the whole world loses by the present situation and such . situtaion canont be permitted to endure.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-26
REFLECTIONS oF A BACHELOR

From the New York Press.
 The more promises a man can make the fewer he can keep.
 The reason woman ought to have more rights is she has all there are al- ready
 Heaps of trouble always coming to peo- po just because they think they're too smart for it.
 A man who knows baseball is perfectly willing to lei anybody else try to know the copstituton..
 When smart man is trying to get your money away from you he can make you think he is trying 10 give you his till what he is after happens.