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Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1912-07-12
THE SLIME OF THE SERPENT
OVER ALL.

Former Chairman Cortelyou of the
national republican executive commit
tee testified before the congressional
investigating committee that the enor.
nous sum of $1,9OO,000 was contrib
uted to the Roosevelt campaign fund
in 1904. Just think of it; practically
two million dollars for an office that
pays in the four years only two hun
dred thousand, just one-tenth of the
amount of the slush fund. When We
read these startling figures we natur-
ally ask why the expenditure of this
vast sum? And while we get no an
swer to the question, the conclusion is
borne in upon us that there must have
been some powerful interests to be
served, some very dull axes to grind.
Men are not going to give up money
in punches like that unless they can
see where the bread thus cast upon
the waters is going to come back
buttered.
That the money was contributed by
the interests is further shown by a
statement of Mr. Cortelyou that $780,
600 contribution from a certain rich
gentleman was turned down because
he asked in consideration therefor
that he Ae given a prominent diplo-
matte position.
These disclosures are startling, and
show that not only the Lorimers, the
Stephensons. and others are buying
seats in the United States senate, but
that the very presidency itself is put
up and sold at a price.
No wonder the trusts, special inter-
ests and "big business" have their
fingers at the throat of the govern.
ment. They own the government
through their hirelings
These investigations, however, and
the publicity of campaign expenses
will open the eyes of the people to
the rottenness in high places, and
awaken the public conscience until an
aroused people will rise up in their
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1912-07-12
Thinking for Themselves.

One of the best indications that our
country is progressing is that people
are doing their own thinking and are
refusing to be led by, bosses. The
common people are revolving at the
leadership OF political degenerates and
are demanding intellectual training
and moral responsibility in their lead
ers. Things that were once tolerated
because the moral sensibilities of the
people were not awakened are not
permitted a
No country can make great progress
unless the common people are educat-
ed and take patriotic interest in the
government. A country of special priv
ileges can not meet the requirements
Of free people The history OF Eu-
ropean states proves that the people
must rule if civilization is to make
rapid progress.
People are demanding better quail
ficatons in those who are intrusted
to administer the affairs of the govern.
ment. Efficiency and economy must
be considered, even if party leaders
/ and professional office seekers must
be sacrificed for the general welfare
of the people.
Happy are those who do their own
thinking and stand for the principles
of good government. They are the
bulwarks of the state and the motors
of general progress. Upon them fall
the responsibilities of the initiative in
legislation and the pleasure of un.
selfish devotion to public duty-Farm
and Ranch.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1912-07-12
A LECTURE ON EUGENICs|
David starr Jordan, President Leland
Stanford, Before National Ed
cation Association.

The science Cor the art of being
well BORN, The sum of knowledge oil
conditions of beginning life with sound
heredity.
At birth, "the gate of gifts is closed.
1t is closed with the process OF am
phimixis or binding of germ cells.
The elements in life derived from
heredity, nothing new can be received.
Art of character building, the union
and coordination of hereditary ele-
ments. IF we know ourselves well,
we know our parents also" Let men
know by your deeds who your ances-
tors were. The germ cell and the pos
sibilities it carries. Influence of par
ents equal. Each germ cell half-cell
else the young would be overburdened
with hereditary character. On aver
age one.fourth peculiarities from
father, one-fourth from mother, one
sixteenth from each grand parent. The
rest from still further ancestors. The
mosaic of inheritance. Unit charac-
tiers, Mendelian Inheritance. Goethe's
poem of his heredity. Stature from
father, and the mood
Sound ancestry. Not one of all our
ancestors died in infancy. The cur
rent of life purifies itself as it flows,
after the fashion of a river. "The way
of the transgressor is hard" Nature
friendly and severe. The unfortunate.
Gods poor, the DEVILS poor and pau
pers." Reversal of selection. War;
drink, slavery. THE Judkes." The
Tribe of Ishmael" THE Cretin." The
true course of charity. Each of us
had 1854 ,O94,592 ancestors in time of
William the onqeuror S70,672, 100000
in time of Alfred the Great. Never
more than 1,500,000,OO0 people on
earth at once. Only few millions in
England. Must have counted some of
them thousand times over. Descend
ants of Isabella de Vermandais. All
of us of royal lineage, hundred lines
leading, if we could trace them, to the
Plantagenets. Effects of Primogeni-
ture.
Euthenics, the science of being well
nurtured. The science of self-activity
and control of environment Mature
and Nurture" Eugenics give only pos
sibilities Euthencs make them ac-
tual. Eugenics gives hereditary basis
of character. Euthencs puts it into
working form.
Breeding of supermen. Quite hui
manly possible along lines of selec-
ton. But not a possibility through
state action. Scientific breeding would
lose the two choicest results of nat
ural selection. love and initiative The
best choose their own mates for their
own reasons.
The most that can be done is to
diffuse knowledge of truth, and to
eliminate through wise charity, those
delinquent, defective and incapable
through bad heredity. There is al
ways room for the man of force and
he makes room for many
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1912-07-12

We have just run over that list of
indorsees of Ramsey's candidacy that
is being published and, without
stretching the blanket in the least, We
can say that it is certainly the most
beautiful array of has-beens, never.
wasers and disappointed pie hunters
of the past that ever rallied together
on any proposition. But, why, oh, why
were they SO unkind as not to give
Cyclone Davis an opportunity to en-.
dorse. Democrat.
Brother Gates, you should not be so
hard on the boys. They think they
are on hot trail for the pie counter
Let them enjoy it. Cyclone will no
doubt get his'n.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1912-07-12
THIS DAY IN HISTORY
July IL.

disadvantage of Henry VII with the
Protestant lady, Catherine Barr
his sixth queen.
l691-Cardinal Fignatelli elected pope
and took the name of limo
cent III.
l793-The first official trial of the
Claude Chappe telegraph made
with complete success, trans
hitting dispatches forty-siX
leagues in thirteen minutes.
of peace between
Bonaparte and the king of Prus-
STA at Tilsit.
lS56-After several days OF prepare
ton the allied forces of Great
Britain and France evacuated
the Crimea.
The submarine telegraph cable
was laid across the St. Law.
renee Gulf from Cape Race
Cove. Newfoundland, and Ashby
Bay, Cape Breton. a distance of
eighty-five miles. and messages
transmitted from place to place.
lS61-Battle OF Rich Mountain be-
tween $4,000 Federals under
General Mcclellan, and 5000
Confederates under General Gar.
nett. Federals drove Confeder-
ates from their position, but
loss was heavy.
lS64-W Washington reported captured
by the Confederates.
l90S-Senor Jose Domingo Obaldia
elected president of Panama
l909-Lord Roberts introduced a com.
pulsory military service bill in
the house OF lords.
Senate voted to submit income
tax amendment to the states.
19l0-Pan-American Congress opened
at Buenos Ayres.
Charles S. Rolls, aviator, killed
by fall at Bournemouth Eng.
land.
1911-England threatened with trouble
in Egypt.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1912-07-12

In these days of political strife We
must remember that after all we are
just band of brothers here on earth,
travelling from the cradle to the grave
We live side by side, our children at.
tend the same school, and after the
smoke of the battle has cleared away
we should still be friends and neigh.
bors. Let the bitter things go unsaid
At best life is short, and we get out
of it full measure of sorrow. Let
us all live as one big, good-natured
family.-Graham Leader.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1912-07-12

Senator Lorimer in his defense said
that if he were unseated 'it would be
a trayesty on civilized jurisprudence
a mockery of justice and ster
squarely in behind the red flag Of
anarchy" Senator Lorimer is mis-
taken as to what causes anarchy. The
amassing of great fortunes through
special privileges and the purchase of
offices that poor man can not even
look at, are the parents of the red flag
and fire brand
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1912-07-12
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

II takes shrewd man to get rich in
spite lof his wife.
\ little widow is even more dangerous
than little learning
There are more lemons than plums on
the political plum tree.
4 woman's brainstorm is always ac-
companied by heavy rain OF tears.
The only time a bore is not bore is
when he talks to us about ourselves.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1912-07-12

A cannery. creamery and peanut
factory are all needed for Bryan, and
could be inaugurated at comparative
ly small expense.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1912-07-12

The wonderful corn crop prospects
of two weeks ago have played out, and
the cotton is hanging in the balance.
Not more than half as much corn is
made as was thought, and cotton can
hold out but few days longer
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1912-07-12

Everybody's doing it, but the ma
stampede to William ]. Bryan, and
never showed the slightest symptoms
of doing IL
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1912-07-12

might and scourge the whole rotten
mess from the temple
The slime of the serpent is over all.
Turn on the light.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1912-07-12

Subscribers will confer favor on
the management by teleploning tho
Office promptly when carriers fail to
deliver the paper. or when change Of
residence occurs.
The evening world., 1912-02-14
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curl or life In them. suppose Oasa
Mudrtdge-s Smith Will laugh right In my
lace whom h sees this old hat, but
with a sudden aercensSs-"shs'd bssssr
ndtr"
Mr.. Jarr asked II there WAS . afety
pin and craved Mn. Jarr's kind assist
ancs in tautening his waistooat In front
by means OF the pin. in lieu Of the miss
ting strap buckle.
'Oh. dear! suppose I must stop and
dress you nowv' said Mrs. Jar, I'M
patiently. What do YOU DO with the
buckles? have sewAd buckles on the
back OF this vest . dozen times II have
sewed them once"
She stuck Mr.. yarr with tho safety
pin. but that hero never WINGED. Their
she tautsned HIM III ne felt trussed,
but he dared say no word. although hi
knew the pressure would sooner or later
force on the pin. (And II did Just a
they entered the restaurant. later on
The evening world., 1912-02-14
Mr.. Jarr Tries a Fancy Bout
With a Desert Sandstone

And Mr.. Jars dress w%aistcoat sagged
down in the style affected by Mr.. Jo-
seph Weber from that on
Mr.. Jarr hoped she would not notice
his shoes. They were the common or
garden variety OF black shoes n had
not been shined since the last cold
spell set In.
Mr.. Jarr was glad 20 see that Mrs.
Jar did NOT notice his shoes. 1t
would have spoiled hsr evening. As for
himself. no felt IS the peacock Is said
10 f~sel-proud OF the rest Of his personal
appearance. but Inundated when he
looks down at his ugly. leaden colored
feet. He hoped Mrs. Mudridge-smith
and her husband wouldn't notice II
when they came to call for him In their
town car.
They didn't. But the chauffeur. who
was ~giancing with a sneer at the Jarri
emerging from the neutrality-suspicious.
vatorless no-hallooy-lats they lived in,
The evening world., 1912-02-14

spotted their duh. down-at-thc-heei con-
dition. the minute Mr.. Jarr came down
the front rteps.
So did the hver!ed footman Who held
the door OF the limousine. and this in
pudent nunky conidcd soto yoce. bat
Will odd emphasis, 20 the chauffeur
that every time tt,at he came to tow
the boys started kicking my dog
aroun'."
And he further stated that ne "D!dn'i
care II he's only a houn'. they gotto
stop kicking my ,loun' aroun'.'
Mr.. Jarr could not exactly grasp the
significance OF this. but the footman's
employer, Mr.. Smith. WAS deaf n
heard nothing OF Il. and Mrs. Jarr II
Mrs. Mudr4dge. Smith (she did not per-
nit her husband to use her hyphen, that
being all she brought with her in the
, way OF personal property when she
married) were both chattcring at the
top OF their voices abou. how we'll the
other looked and wondering II nice peo-
pie would be there and ought one TO 60
TO such places. really:
! Tho first place they YER to. however.
vas the theatre. The cabaret show at
tlc IfSsdtA nv Il w WINK ihlt'' ~
the theatre II was found that Mr.. Smith
had forgotten or m!siaid the seats he
had bought. And after his wife had
been heard 10 wonder audibly no.
strange 1t was tina. people so stupid IN
every other way were always success
fui In business lie, the nervous and
doddering old gentleman bought four
more seats. And then. inside the tho
a.rc, 1t was fourd that three OF tho
seats were together and the other seat
was way down In the front row.
4 feeble effort was made to recufy
thc mistake. but Mr.. Jarr said that he'd
take The front seat. ana really It d!dn''
matter. 50 he bade goodbye 10 wife
and friends ard was led TO the front
row. The show was m Oriental ons
with 4 sandstone IN the desert scene
The sandstorm effects were worked h,
fans Blowing breakfast focd 20 simulate
the wild s'nuon.
ono Of the Fans got OF rs hca-!aS.
ana "VhooSl.' a r,Hud os bre2kfas'
fool blew across the :ootllghts INTO Mr.
Jars hal, into his best clothes, into
his sys.on.
Cabaret show or not, clean ana brush
lim as INC coat room boys afterwart
I'D, Nlr, Jarr to this day Is a foe OF al
cereals.
The evening world., 1912-02-14

n FRS. JARR was AN dolled up" As
INU Mr.. Jarr expressed It. And he
was almost 30. True. ne couldn't
md his patent leather pumps. May@be
he hadn't any-and there was no buckle
on tho back OF his white dress valet
coat. II had been lost IN the laundry,
perchanoe. and he was afraid to ask for
one.
How DO I look" he asked a. ne
came into the boudolr OF his bride.
"Oh. ell riEht," said Mrs. Jar. r
isssty.
She was lifting on her dress over hc'
hat-A proceeding that nlled her nus
band with awe-the Thought occurring
20 him thAt ~ no wvs OF the superior
sex and had had his hair buildcI up b,
the local magnificent young lady WIFI
came at command by telephone to bullt
up ladies hair from material on tn
promises ne would STEP into his Dress
Particularly would he DO phis were
wide picture hat OF plumes nailed 4
said edinoe OF hair.
Mrs. JArr must have sensed that h!
gaze was one OF inquiry. FOR she aid
Please DON stare at this old hatl
should have = theatre cap: but. a.
haven't. I'm wearing my hat, and thos
poor feathers have Seen made over >
often that there 10 positively no NOR
The evening world., 1912-02-14
FINE SPORT.

~UATERs should be grtsful for tha winter. Rardy come 40
many successive days Of coed loo and bright weather 4 tho
- best part Of the season.
No sport il. at once 40 healthy, such sood run, ana 70 cnesp
1hnk "a warm clothes and . pair Of Skates costing but . few
dollars are all the capital needed for many IN hour Of s1ml,satng.
tinclipp movement through pure cir with daAding beauty al about
one. No exercise save walking needs % little preparation or expense.
Primitive mar tied the dharp rib bone Of some animal to his
f.ot took = stout stick in his hand and dhuHled over the ice. In tire
fourteenth century the wooden skate With An iron runner oams in.
snl - this ws made sharper and better Inc supporting stick would
b thrown sway. Holland. naturally. did most to make tho art
paaicl.
To-Day, Win many styles Of existing. phAn and fancy, md many
farms Il sk,ass, the sport has become largely indoor, luxurious. and
- lott some Of il innocence. London, PAzb, Berlin have each
hsn 4ashionabs 10 palaccs whore soosty and hslfsodsty show
fAsrsSlv,. end dnnk ta amidst an incongruous setting Of ice AM
pdn %ssL
Your true sksesr viii always prefer . bright, cold morning OF
~ liver VIZ only . world Of snow clad hMb and pure sunlight.
The evening world., 1912-02-14
Proof of Failing Mind.

= YNIrED STATES SENATOR oOpRMAN
Of New Ycr, las a lols l.st % Irish s;o-
rics. and I've tells this one to prove ti'I,
rn. 81 irish people are insersitle 10 The 'aiue
o. more. .sys the Popular Mscss'ne.
IA, was on his dcathbei and a, his si1a- hnelt
his faithful. loin. wife, May. -
I'm M; last momen, h." said Fat. 81 want 20
,,lI ,el how we stand Financially. fcn oRoufse
owes ~ 81"
,,,, A look Of r~aptl;os admiration al Fat.
.,l,sr in hi. mind 10 the last"
And" continued Pat. billy Dinnin owes 10
se2."
Mind a. clear as nell. AMI him near to death!'
interrupted Mary rSsiu.
And" Ia, resumed. Tin D5olin owes u
50. ri"
The evening world., 1912-02-14
SAVE THE DAY.

rs 81. Valentines Day losing ir bot fricnds7 People not yet
old say 1t has COMO down hill from sound, pleasant sentiment
- to depths either silly and scnscless on the one hand, or vulga
aud cruel on the other. Even children. II they remember the day a,
all, welcome 1t mainly Is a license 10 launch insulting and arociously
colored lbels at their elders.
The day has certainly fallen from its fay fame in the old
court life Of tho Middle Ages. when lords and ladies mot on Fob, II
Ia exchange presents and to chooss true lovers for the ensuing year
Even the Saint for whom the day Ia named never concerned
himself In the least with Ito love meaning. st. Valentine was nm
obscure martyr Of the third century whom the Emperor Claudius
Imprisoned, tortured and finally beheaded, He led a hard life thai
had nothing to do with hearts and cupids,
Without real patron, debased by It's former friends among the
tsuaG what 10 to become Of tho dayi
The evening world., 1912-02-14
GIANTS IN THESE DAYS.

GIANT" has just Died in Pennsylvania. He was i've feet
~ ten inchss high, weighed ba6 pounds, measured three feet
4 y ssos the shoulder, five feet around the waist, and could
In . ~4oo-pound barrel Of oil without effort. He died only forty
psoving Tho general rule that people Of unusual physical develop
msot are neither firm in constitution nor long lived.
This Pennsylvania was strong man rs*her. than giant. The
RANT 10 rcly tho tall man and he has been . wonder among all
peoples. Some raoss have stories Of men fifteen feet toll. Piny
tells OF two giants ten foe. high and another. an Arabian, nine ans
oncIhalf.
OF absolutely authentic recent giants on record the biggest il
q Finlander measured by the French scientist Topinsrd and fount
to be nine feet four inches. A close second, however, was Mach
now, q Russian, who WINS in London seven years ago, who at twenty
three measured nine feet thrco inches and had q hand two feet long.
Clients do not 1.-Two to DO old; they have very little brain; the.
u'nnnv have some illness, anc they rarely leave descendants.
The evening world., 1912-02-14

OF all the saints, the one dearest IL the heart Of
a boy is 81. NichoIdS- to the heart Of a girl, ST. Valentine
The hardest task Of a bachelors life is to conpose a ratuine rbirb
brcathes derohon, but which uOud not be negotiable in a breach Of prom.
Use suit.
tnttne fr his sVeethedrt; al twcnty, a thoIe reeks agony rritiRg her an
original poem; al thirty a uhole minute at the telephone ordering a boa
Of roses; and at forty-rclL u she reminds him that us 81. Valentines
Day, he wH probably glance up and say why thafs {. Come opr here
and Kiss me"
TeFc are mGhy rerS!ons OF the origin OF 81 Valentines Day. but
after all isn't It Just the symbol Of that first touch Of spring in the ain
YhtH the ice Of cyHiiSm Mtlts and the tender emotions begin o nor!
This is the day when a wary bachelor dirideS his sentiment up Ike
Wage aud passes Il round impdrtia!y among all the girls he kaGus.
The GtSt acceptable valentine to any ,coman Is a real oldtashioned
hcnd-rrtttcn lore lcttcy-but alas, those antique paper ralenfnes' are
almost crtinct nowadays.
The old rohnnnes re keep ar the tmmorte1es o tho 0rnres OF dead
'ores
The evening world., 1912-02-14
Last of Grim Relics.

A RELIC Of the days OF terror IN
"A revolution. when tho arlstocrn.s
4 were strung up To lanterns IN the
Paris streets, has disappeared. Until
last week the last OF these old lanterns,
which were pulled up and down Oh q
pulley TO a gailows shaped iron rod.
st!ll hung opposite the Hotel de Lau-
same on the Quail dos ce,estlns. Some
necessary repairs to tho auay made Il
imperative 70 phil down IN. wall. ard
ths lRn,esn has been sens 10 tns Musee
Cnrnavalo. II vas the last oil lamp
In the Faris streets. and until, last week
was nhed and lighted every evening"
London uvsaisg otAs1AsA
The evening world., 1912-02-14
ON MAKING BEDS.

~ME-TOOT bed Ghsets By N means.
A bl introduced ct Albany would make 1t q mnde.
msaer for . hoti proprietor 70 supply guests with bed
s>,s, lss than nine fest long. BsHess make Il nm.
~. =. sbr. .ound. simple. homdy rsssons for . big sheet.
Yirt. II on b tucked in securely ct the foot OF the bed.
Ncxh,n, : vm,. than a shet th.k pulls loose over the feet during
The night.
Second, ths upper sheet can b turned os'k s0ca inv .~'
ovrr N. M.nl,t thereby making a smooth, sot clean surface
against neck, cheek and hand. Every good hotd bed IN france or
Germany u always arranged for he night With soh . broad band
Of clean linen At the top.
Vin.Nv tho mora tho woonen blanket b covered and protected
h, washable linen the lsss chance for germs and dirt. In German
h,tc. they even 20 90 far . 70 button up tho covsase completely
in linen. The sheet il like q big pillow casa
Since ve spend Q third Of our lives IN bed, Ses make sleeping
av,v from home "A clean and comfortable - ~ en-
The evening world., 1912-02-14
Wrong Argument.

ON pN this car" said III, asc-,. casinS
Biluis ~atjrut.1u 10 a handsome iimou.
sine in the corner. "is a dandy. It rus
-. sm1othly You wouldn't know YOU wer, 10 IL,
Rides Just like a rocking chait."
What do YOU think ! am, an escsa-! inmate
OF an old ladiss' homef" demanded Blum. II
want a car that III know I'm 10 when I'm In IL.
and when ! 60 out looking for q ocklnS chair,
III 10 to a furniture store. and no. to a s~arag.."
--nArper's Weekly.
The evening world., 1912-02-14
DEGREES OF THE GODS.

Heaven is discernible."
AT once pathetic and profound is this phrase from the
edicts with which the Imperial family Of China steps down from
tho throne it has held for nearly three centuries. With this graceful
Oriental embroidery on n hard bare fact it bows to the inevitable and
makes way for the republic.
All over the world, from the beginning Of history, the prefer
soes Of the peoples hearts, though ofton sighted and scorncd for
generations q. a stretch, has finally had is way. But never could
that vsy be secured so peacefully as at present.
John Lakeland, Lo1s the XVI, Charles | would have stood
amazed at the comparative quic,ncss with which to-day Sultans,
s4nhs and Emperors submit and allow that the will OF God mutt
b. dome.
After Ill. This same flower Of Chinese experience that runs to
thirteen words Of English, the Romans put in four:
Voc Dopsl, oos Del.
TAs solas Of the people v ts voice OF Goo
The evening world., 1912-02-14
The. DAYS Good Stories

Was eve paA'. urno-r lie 'lsi.' au-s.
,.oned Mar 'rs'ati IN r,g Wondtr.
"fh.n," salt lst. we oac Hily C,o,k.s
si4."
"rhe SIMS preserve u.s." Grid Ma 4, dis
;rr.s. "Dea;h's OF the maa. Hes d,,-rarns
crazy