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Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1913-07-04
He Illustrated the Great Possibilities Of Debate

I'm the early days of Oklahoma poll
tics there was a joint political discus
sion there between a Republican and
a Populist. Both played checkers with
their past political records. the Repub-
lican having been a 'Greenbacker' and
the Populist a Republican After qthe
former had finished a scathing attack
on the vagaries of Populism the latter
read a "Greenback' speech made
years before by his antagonist and
rested his case.
THE evidence was conclusive and
the case looked bad for the Republi-
can, when the accused dramatically
demanded:
Mr. Populist, did you never make
a political utterance of which you
were ashamed and for which you
would apologize?'
Yes replied the Populist with alb
solute frankness. I was living once
in a dugout in southwest Kansas, dirt
for the bottom, dirt for the top and
dirt for the sides, and 1t was bitter
winter had nothing but a fiimsy,
WORKOUT quilt hung in the doorway to
keep the chilling blasts of winter from
freezing my shaking frame. stood
shaking, shivering and chattering. and
l raised my hands to heaven and
prayed for high tariff on lumber.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1913-07-04
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TELEPHONES OF THE WoRLI
Very Nearly Three Out OF Four OF
Them Are Found In America
Europe Is Backward.

or 100000 telephones in the world.
100000 are in America. 100000 In
Europe and the other 100000 are scat
tered over the remainder OF the plan
cts surface. Commenting on these
recent estimates and their probable
correctness, the National Telephone
Journal of London says:
THE reason why Europe cuts SO
poor a figure in comparison with Amer
lea is that four or five of the most
civilized and populous countries are
extraordinarily backward in telephon-
ic development. France. Austria. Hun
gary. Belgium, Holland and ltaly--in
the first four of which the telephone
is entirely in the hands Of the govern
ment-may be instanced. In the whole
OF France there are less than 2o0,ooo
stations, and in Austria and Hungary
combined there are actually fewer
telephones than In the city OF Chi
cago.
Ancient cities of universal renown
counting 100000 or 100000 inhabl
tants. and moreover of greater com
merclal Importance. such as Lyons
Marseilles. Naples, Antwerp ano
Prague, are far behind American
towns with $4,000 to 100000 inhabi
tants. such as Peoria. St. Joseph. Day
ton and Norfolk, Va. which few Eu
ropeans have ever heard of; while
Vienna. with population of nearly q
100000. has not so many stations al
San Francisco. with 100000 souls.
the countries of central and western
Europe we're as well developed teie
phonically as even Great Britain AM
Germany. to say nothing of scandina
via. the comparison with Americi
would be vastly more flattering.'
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1913-07-04
so GOOD Of You !
l1O REMEMBER VI

we will call Johnson. although 1t Is
nothing like 1t.
One day Mrs. Lorgnette had occa-
sion to visit the Office in which Mr..
Johnson was working. Mrs. Lorgnette
had heavily brocaded friend with her
and for some reason it pleased her to
pretend not to know Mr. Johnson.
Up went the trusty lorgnette and
through it shot a large-sized, well
sharpened look of inquiry.
Let me see" she said with a tea
party accent, have | not met you
somewhere about Isn't yoar name,
er-ah--isn't it Gray?"
Remember, now, she knew that
name johnson perfectly well.
Yes" he said, cit is Gray. So good
of you to remember It,"
And now Mrs. Lorgnette is begin
ming tn believe that Gray-Johnson was
making game of her.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1913-07-04

VIyASHINGTON.--A curious request
w came to the editor in the early
spring months. "The next time you
90 to Washington" wrote subscriber
won't you make some observations
and tell us what the real styles are,
as observed by man? We have
fashion books, aof course, but what
does the average man observe in wom-
ans attire?"
The letter was dispatched to Wash
ington with other memoranda, but lay
neglected in Its envelope until one aft
ernoon | stumbled in on deputation
from a fashionable young ladies'
school being received by the president
in the east room of the White House,
writes Joe Mitchell Chapple In Ma
tional Magazine. They were bright
lot of girls, laughing and chatting as
became young and pretty maidens.
every hat seemed TO have ribbon
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1913-07-04
ELECTRIC PLANTS en- COAST
Huge Generating and Transmission
System to Be Undertaken In
Mexico-Power From Water.

A most ambitious electric general
ing and transmission system Is soon
to be undertaken on the Pacific coast
OF Mexico Three large hydroelec-
trio plants are to be built, having a
combined capacity of 300.O00horse
power, and according to present plans
1000 miles of transmission lines will
be built. covering most of the Pacific
coast OF Mexico, or a territory about
seven hundred miles long. One OF
these plants will be situated on the
Mayo river, across which a dam ITO
feet high and 260 feet long will be
built. This will form reservoir
with a capacity OF lO.0OO.O0OoOO cubic
feet OF water. Another dam. 22S feet
high and 70S feet long, will be rum
across the Humaya river, forming q
reservoir Of 1000, 100000 cubic feet.
while the third dam S15 feet high and
145 feet long, will be stretched across
the Santiago river, and will furnish u
reservoir of 9,000.000,000 cubic feet
capacity.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1913-07-04
Tells All About Styles at the National Capital

rudder yeering out prominently astern'
Boat shaped" hats seemed the
trend of that line of millinery. There
were hats with little lone aigrette
popping up like a lonesome try-saii
located well aft. There were sweep
ing hats, suggesting saucy yacpts'
floating over dainty little shel[hke
ears.
Some of them might have been wor-
SHIPPED without breaking any OF the
commandments, being utterly unlike
ANYTHING either in the heavens above
or the earth beneath. The absence Oh
birds on those hats would have de-
lighted the Audubon and Humane So
cieties. for not bird was in sight In
that line of hat craft, although IL
looked as II several birds nest lace
creations we're slowed away in some
of the crowns. So far as the editorial
eve of the observer could see, the hat
bodies we're made of straw. This, l
believe. characterizes summertime
headgear.
AS the request was limited to styles,
nothing may be added or conjectured
as to the high cost" of the various
creations. The dainty jackets, loosely
worn, resembled in the upper story the
lines of "a fancy pajama, while the
lower story was reefed to preserve the
nautical trend of the fashions.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1913-07-04
Most Of the Statues at the Capital Face North

n NE of the criticisms made against
" the Sherman monument at the
south of the treasury is that 1t faces
the wrong way; that is, 1t faces to the
north, so that persons looking at it
from the front must generally look
against the light, thus obscuriRg their
vision of the details of the work. 1t
may be SO.
Most of the statues In the public
spaces of the capital face toward the
south but a number of statues In ad-
dition to that of Sherman look toward
the north. Among those facing
north or northerly are Rawlins. Ko-
ciuszko. Steuben. Paul Jones, Alex
ander shepherd and Samuel D. Cross.
the physician whose effigy stands in
the grounds OF the Smithsonian insti-
tuition.
Among those facing to the south or
scutherly are Mcpherson. Scott, Lo-
gan. Lincoln lin front OF the city
hahn. Lafayette. Eochambeau, Benja-
min Franklin. Farragut. Dupont.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1913-07-04

ID REPRESENTATIVE Charles D. Car
N ter of Oklahoma is proud of the
fact that he is one of the few men In
congress in whose veins there is a
goodly share of original American
blood. In other words, Representative
Carter boasts of seven-sixteenths
Chickasaw and Cherokee Indian blood.
Representative Carter spent his
boyhood on the western frontier Of the
Chickasaw nation. and since he en-
tered national politics has had much
TO do with the framing of Indian leg
islation under the dome of the capitol.
When the lumber schedule of the
new tariff bill was discussed while
ago Carter, who is straight as an
arrow and swarthy of complexion, told
the following story to illustrate the
possibilities of debate on that impor-
tant schedule:
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1913-07-04

Thomas, Mcclellan and Witherspoon.
Jackson, Greene, Hancock, Pulaski
and Marshall at the foot of the capitol
look toward the west
Albert Pike, Sheridan and Longfel-
low face toward the east and as the
correspondent writes this his memory
seems to tell him that the statue OF
Garfield faces west and that the statue
OF Daniel Webster faces east, but
memory is sometime a tricky thing.
The statue OF Scott is in the Sol.
diers' home grounds is another that
faces toward the south.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1913-07-04
Useful LIaht Aeluster.

name is derived from the two balls
through which pass the lamp cord.
By raising or lowering the lamp by
hand 1t may be placed in any desired
position. The lower ball is weighted
to certain extent to take up the
slack cord when the lamp is raised
This sort of adjuster will be found
most useful in machine shops in such
places as over lathe. The mechan.
&c may raise or lower the light to
the convenience OF the work. The
flexible cord also permits the NOV,
ing of the light to the right or left.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1913-07-04
Aid TO Meter Reader

Remove, a railroad town in Penn
sylvania, has adopted the very con.
venient scheme OF placing electric
light meters on the back porches OF
the houses. This arrangement per
mits the meter reader to read a
great many meters in day II is
a common matter to read 300 meters
Another advantage is that the meter
is placed in a conspicuous place
where the consumer may read It from
time to time and get better acquaint-
ed with It.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1913-07-04
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}11RQOIB

Electrical apparatus for permanent
ly curling women's hair is a German
scientists invention.
An electrically operated penny-in-
the-slot machine has been invented
in England for quickly cleansing
smokers pipes.
An orchestra In an Ohio school is
led by an electric fash light, so CON
structed that II can be made to beat
any kind of time.
Screens which effectually keep fog
from entering buildings by way OF
electric ventilating fans have been
perfected in England.
Electric heating units by which
any coal stove can be converted into
an electrical one have been patented
by New York inventor.
Telephone connection between
cities on the Atlantic and Pacific
coasts Of the United States is prom
ised before the end Of the year.
The invention OF flame derived
from electric energy that will not give
OF heat is. claimed b. French
scientist, who is keeping the details
secret
A wagonload OF grain can be load
ed into a car In ten minutes by the
use OF portable elevators. operated by
electricity. that an Illinois railroad
has adopted
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1913-07-04
MERCURY TO CLOSE CIRCUIT
Device 10 Quite Simple and is Used
as Indicator In Charging stor
age Batteries.

This apparatus is very simple; It
utilizes the pressure OF the gas which
Is disengaged when the charging OF
the storage battery is completed Into
glass tube which has been bent
twice small quantity of mercury is
poured; this mercury is in connection
with the space above the battery,
which is Enclosed. When the charg-
ing is complete and gas in excessive
quantities begins to be given off, the
pressure pushes the mercury in the
tube until IT forms connection be-
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1913-07-04
Power for Electric Motors.

Internal combustion engines utiliz.
ing furnace gases are increasingly
employed In Europe. A large mining
and metallurgical works In the north
of France has decided to use the gas
from 100 recently built coke furnaces
to obtain power for operating cleo
trio motors and lights about the
works in the district
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1913-07-04
LIGHT ADJUSTER IS USEFUL
Lamp May Be Raised or Lowered TO
Suit Convenience Of Mechanic
as Illustration Shows.

One way TO raise or lower an cleo
trio light is to tie a knot in the cord.
Another way is to use a lamp cord
adjuster.
This latter method will be found
more satisfactory, however than the
former. One of these adjusters is
shown in the illustration.
BY the manufacturers this device
is called a two-ball adiuster. The
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1913-07-04
lamp Prevent, Eye strain.

Hector that the rays from both the
reflector and the bulb are thrown up
ward against another reflector which
throws the light outward and down
ward with a pronounced intensity.
thus making It possible to read print
ing or writing without straining the
eyes. or subjecting them to the di-
rect rays OF the bulb. ..t
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1913-07-04
nlscoxerx Of runnsten.

The rare metal tungsten was dis
covered In 1881. 1t came into world.
wide prominence few years ago
when the new metal filaments for
electric incandescent lamps were
made q the new metal. producing a
better and vastly cheaper light
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1913-07-04
DIFFUSED LIGHT FROM LAMP
Rays OF Pronounced Intensity So
cured, Making II Possible to
Read Without Effort. II

An entirely new type of reading
lamp. the reflector OF which throws a
dlffused light instead of glare. has
been invented says the Popular Me-
chanics. The electric bulb in this
lamp is so arranged within the re-
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1913-07-04

tween two wires which form part OF
the circuit of an electric bell. A sort
of safety valve is also provided for
the escape of any accidental sudden
pressure. caused for instance by I'M
pressure OF the stopper or ny then
sudden expansion of heated gas.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1913-07-04
Keep the weeds down.


Alfalfa does things and never loafs
on the job.
Alfalfa with fair chance always
makes good
Flowing under clover saves hauling
out manure.
Begin early to fight the mites with
all your might,
stingy feeder is never profitable
pork producer.
high selling price does not lessen
the cost of production.
AS good grain as you can find to
make milk is ground oats.
Variety of foods should always be
found in the chicken ration,
Concentrated foods should always
be fed with those more bulky.
Everlasting watchfulness is one Sc
cret of success in stock raising.
1t is often better TO buy good fer
tilizing than to sell good stock
Fresh water should be easily acces-
sible to the ducklings at feeding time.
II your method OF feeding is not CIV
ing results adopt another system.
Golden Bantam sweet corn Is be-
coming more popular throughout the
east
Good seed corn is one OF the most
important factors in producing good
yield.
Better cows mean fewer of them TO
supply the demand for beef. milk and
butter.
On the average farm poultry feeds
can be raised more cheaply than
bought
No man can tell whether corn viii
grow or not, without making germin-
alton test.
The fun in poultry raising is meas
ured in the terms of profit for the
most of us.
Keeping down the weeds will great
ly assist in the determination of the
pesky flies.
A vinegar jug and pie tin may be
quickly made into very serviceable
water fountain.
What excellent yields of hay some
fields would bring if the weeds would
only turn to grass.
II does not pay to devote high-priced
land for long periods to pasture and
the production of hay.
Planting only such vegetables as are
liked by the family Is better han
| planting a great variety.
Wheat has been proved to be an
excellent hog feed practically equal
pound for pound, to corn.
To kill Canada thistles in a field
put the field in some cultivated crop
end keep the weeds down.
The busy hen is the productive one;
hence she should be so fed as to in
duce the greatest activity, if in con
finement.
Ground oats, green clover hay and
sweet skim milk make a good ration
for the lambs after they are three
weeks old
Collngwood says there is no ami
NAL mixture under the sun so intri-
cate so compact. so full of power and
force as the egg.
Don't lose half day in critical
time on account of a broken fork.
Keep one or two extra ones on hand,
also an extra handle.
In France they mix spices and herbs
with the food given to fattening poul-
try which are said to impart de-
licious flavor to the meat.
Arrange 10 begin haying in gor
season Now is the time to make your
work adjust itself properly to the hap
! ing season. Look ahead and be ready
Get good dairy cows, good alfalfa
fields and a silo, and the farm success
is assured.
There should 10 ali means be a hay
press in every community where hay
is grown for market Where farms
are small. the owners should purchase
one in partnership
Don't feed swale hay 1t isn't II
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1913-07-04

Raise what you feed and feed what
you raise,
Alfalfa means more money and bet
ter homes.
Good condition is measured by both
weight and health
Loosening the subsoil allows the
winter rains to soak in.
Your hens should be thoroughly
busted before setting them.
A hog to gain profitably must have
plenty of pure water at all times.
Cabbage growing for kraut factories
is a peculiarly uncertain business.
A thing of beauty and Joy through
out the entire year is grape arbor.
Robbing late in the fall is danger
GUS practice-that is, wholesale rob-
bing.
Head off the lice and mites. Now is
the time to thrust in the whitewash
brush.
Switzerland Is first and Belgium sec
ond in the interest taken in the rails
ing of bees.
Plan to keep a few bees next year
and see how much you learn in attend
ing to them.
One of the big arguments in favor oil
the incubator is that the chicks are
not born lousy.
The calfs digestive organs are very
easily impaired. Keep them in good
working condition.
Corn meal and skim-milk make the
best Of feed to hurry chicks along to
the fry and broiier stage.
The gooa dairy COW not only pays
for her feed but she pays for food for
the whole family as well
| When you find weak or queenless
colony put it on top Of strong colony
and it will be taken care Of
One beekeeper in the west took l3S
pounds of comb honey from one colony
last season-a pretty big yield.
Inbreeding of bees is as Impractical
as inbreeding of animals. but the diff
guilty is in controlling the drones.
A new asparagus bed may be
started by blowing up an old bed
splitting the roots and resetting them
The farm work Is now crowding the
daylight hours Don't let this be the
| cause Of neglect of the milk OF cream
Keep the hens supplied with a dust
bath. and little insect powder mixed
with the dust will have it's good ef
| Feet.
The work of the dairy must be reg
ular. There must be certain times &c
feed and certain times to milk the
cows.
Plant plenty OF beans. There is nc
better vegetable food grown, and the
market for excess production is never
glutted.
Grow early onions from sets, but
the main crop from seeds. Onions
from seeds keep better, grow larger
and are OF better quality.
| When buying new rooster, though
| he costs more. get good one, be
| cause the rooster is half the pen dur
ing the breeding season.
The proportion of down-feathers on
the legs OF Asiatic chicks when hatch
ed, indicates the amount of feathers
| they will have when matured.
| You cannot fully Judge Of the ca
pabilities OF your cows unless yor
supply the feed in liberal quantities
during the whole period OF lactation
L
In organic form the egg contains
$50 grains OF water, le5 grains Of
fat. los grains OF lime, so grains OF
albumen, 26 grains of sugar and ten
grains Of ash.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1913-07-04

The calls digestive organs are yer!
easily impaired. Keep them in goot
working condition.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1913-07-04

Don't feed swale hay. II isn't II
for feed It is good for packing
around crockery. iron castings aDc
such things. but isn't fit TO pack q
horses stomach with
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-09-13
WITH THE TRAVELLERS

very hard working, cheerful and sell
dom complain Of the hard life. 1t takes
a mighty manly fellow to make a sue
cess of commercial travelling. OF
course, there are many young men who
hin they IA make a. lot of Easy
money, quick, and have a fine time on
the road. Usually a young man Of this
class doesn't show up the next season,
somehow he is not sufficiently appre-
ciated by the house, or else he settles
down to the grind and makes pretty
much Of a man of himself.
The usefulness of these men Is not
always appreciated by the home folks.
A great many wives and kinfolk hin
because a man is eating at restaurants,
etc, etc, that life is one big play time.
They don't take into consideration the
territory, lonnliness and hardships Of
travelling. One man told me just the
other day hat he was very, tired of
the road, but that he could make so
much better money, n therefore, give
his wife and children greater advan-
tages and comforts, so he felt repaid
for the hardships of the road. I only
hoped the home folks appreciated his
quiet herOism.
Travelling men do more charity than
any other class of men. They tip, not
only because it is necessary for good
service, but because they are sorry for
the girls waiting on them. 1t is amaz-