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Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1914-10-28
SING A SONG OF eLADNEss.

Have you tried TO measure the depth
OF Europe's woe? Have you looked
beyond the glare and glitter and pomp
of marching armies TO the battlehelds
which make all OF Dante's imagination
OF the Inferno seem tame and com
monplace?
Have you opened your soul to a
study OF what II means to have 400.
10000 people in an agony OF sus-
pense, OF suffering, Of aching and
breaking hearts, for every shell fired,
though Il miss its mark. yet strikes
some woman's or child's heart
Have you thought that never in his
tory was there such an awful weight
upon so many millions OF people. and
that never before did the angels, OF
heaven look down upon SO much hui
man suffering. physical and mental.
as now?
Have you thought OF the millions
and millions who in their homes will
suffer in deepest poverty, and who
this winter will know more OF famine
and OF starvation than the world has
ever known before. while husbands
and fathers and brothers and sweet,
hearts will day after day be among
the killers or killed? ~
And as you think OF these things, is
not your heart so full Of gratitude for
the blessings enjoyed by you and
every man, woman and child who has
the privilege OF living in this country.
that there is no room left in your soul
for worrying over the petty things
that confront us in business
Sing a song Of joy and gladnessA-a
song Of thanksgiving every hour OF
your life. Make the best of the situa-
ton even though you may have many
real burdens to carry, and the clouds
win pass away ere you know it,
Manufacturers Record.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1914-10-28
ACTIVITIES OF WOMEN.

Interesting Jottings Concerning the
h., Doings Of the Feminine Sex.
Chicago has 500 women physicians
France has over 100000 families.
Women musicians in New York City
number 5,S04.
There are over 10000 trained
nurses in this country.
The Womans City Club Of Boston
has nearly 5000 members.
Woman suffrage is proving to be an
ally of prohibition.
Nearly 10000 women are employed
as bookkeepers in Chicago.
The death rate among females is
lower than that Of males.
Princess Tatjansa of Russia is
noted crack shot with a rife.
There were seventy unmarried emf
nent women in the nineteenth century.
Over 100000 women will vote for
President in 1916.
Mrs. Clara B. Lyman is a lightning
expert by profession.
The Philadelphia high school for
girls now teaches bookkeeping.
Philadelphia has 16S women employ.
ed in public service positions.
| Women employed in the bookbind'
ing trade average 50 per week in
wages.
More than one.fourth of the work
in Philadelphia is done by women.
Mrs. Ida v. Simonton will lead a
trading expedition into the wilds OF
Africa.
France and England each produced
/ six of the twenty most eminent
women in history.
Business in France is being carried
on largely by women since the war
began.
Milwaukee expended $2S,475.5S in
pensions to worthy mothers in the last
year.
The minimum wage for women Is
being opposed by the California State
Federation of Labor.
All foreign governesses in the
princely families in Germany have
been dismissed.
Fifty per cent of the working womer
in the United States are under p
years of age.
Unmarried women between the age
of 20 and so in Great Britain humble
! over 100000,
Girl students in the Northwestern
University have higher scholarship
standing than the men.
Mary Garden, the opera singer, 4
Fgoing to the front in France as Re-
Cross nurse.
Nine Mercier, poultry raiser 0
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1914-10-28
JAPANESE AND
= CHINESE IN j. S.
Statistics OF Yellow or Monaghan
Races Now Making Their
Homes In This Country

Washington. Oct. 2s.-The total
number OF Chinese In the United
States proper. according TO the census
OF 1910. was 1851, while the total
number OF japanese was 72,i57. These
figures for 1910 are comparable with
so 1868 Chinese and 2i.326 Japanese
who we're in the United States proper
in 1900, showing that the number OF
Chinese in this country In 1910 was
1882 less than In 1900; while the
number OF Japanese increased 1881
from 1900 TO 1910. These figures do
not include the Chinese and Japanese
under the American flag living in the
outlying possessions OF the United
States.
This information Is contained in a
bulletin on Chinese and Japanese In
the United States. soon to be publish
ed by william ]. Harris, director OF
the census, Department OF Commerce.
The Chinese and Japanese in the
United States are mostly adults. Thus.
while 1866 per cent OF the native white
people In this country are under 10
years OF age, only SIS per cent OF the
Chinese are below that age. and only
60 per cent OF the Japanese. Two
thirds, or 65.3 per cent, OF the Japa.
nese enumerated by the census were
between 25 and IS years OF age; and
only &c per cent OF them were over
IS. or the Chinese. on the other hand,
Az per cent were over 49, The ex'
PLANTATION OF this difference is found
in the fact that the japanese repre-
sent a more recent immigration than
the Chinese. OF the Chinese enumer'
ated in 1910. 20 per cent came to the
United States prior TO 1890, as com
pared with per cent OF the Japanese
Four.hfths OF the Japanese had immi
grated within the 10 preceding years
or between 1900 and 1910. In the
next four years, or In the interval be
tween the date OF the census and July
/, 1914. 4O,999 Japanese arrived in the
United States and S5,4i5 departed
making a net immigration OF 1884
in the same interval 23,O7l Chinese
arrived and 26.496 departed. makini
net emigration OF 3,425.
or the 1881 Chinese in the United
States in 1910 66,s56 we're males ant
only 1875 females; in other words
there werea bout fourteen times al
many males as females. Among th'
72.157 japanese. the number of malei
was 63.O7O. and Of females, s.oS7, Of
about seven times as many males al
females
Regarding marital conditions, th'
census reports that 80 per cent OF thu
Chinese men we're single and 20 pc
cent of the japanese. For the females
OF each race the percentage single wa
very much smaller. only % per cen
OF the Chinese women being unrnar
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1914-10-28

The South has refused to believe
that supply and demand has anything
to do with fixing the price OF cotton,
Even in the face OF the present ,expe,
rience many cotton raisers think the
price is fixed by men who are speeu.
lating. Those who believe a minimum
production will bring maximum
price want laws to restrict the amount
produced.-Bonham News.
The whole country is now piled
high with cotton and there is no de-
mand for II. consequently It is worth
but little. Yet there are many farm
ers who are sufferers because of pres.
ent conditions who refuse to believe
that lack of demand is the cause Of
the present low prices and stoutly
maintain that Wall street is at the
bottom OF It.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1914-10-28
WOODROW WILSON DAY AT FAIR.

Dallas. Tex. Oct 2S.-This was
Woodrow Wilson Day" at the Texas
State Fair here. A number OF the
forty Texas delegates TO the Baltimore
convention were expected to be here
and II has been suggested by local
Democrats that these delegates take
advantage OF the occasion to start a
second term movement for the Presi-
dent. Mr.. Wilson recently refused to
permit his home State-New Jersey
to start such a movement. but, local
leaders say. such n movement. start.
ed by the Texas delegation to Balti-
more, would probably not be received
with disfayor.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1914-10-28

There is more money in a SOO-pound
hog than In bale of cotton. He Is
not affected by boil weevil, drouth nor
flood, and there is practically no un-
certainty about the price. The hog
does his own growing and while he
is at II you can be doing something
else. II you keep your cotton grow.
ing you have to work at 1t every day,
and when you go to pick 1t you have
TO put in the nights and few Sundays
and hire somebody to help you. Plant
hogs.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1914-10-28

; II is reported the Germans have
seized the Prince of Monacos beauti-
full Chateau de Marchais near Rheims,
and say they will blow 1t up. unless
the Prince Immediately pays a ransom
of half million dollars. The Prince
is the gambler king of Monte Carlo
and has won his millions by the other
fellows bucking his game. This time
however, he is doing the bucking, and
it looks like he stands sure shot to
lose
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1914-10-28
WOULD AMEND ELECTION LAW.


Austin, Tex. Oct Psf. c. Vein
ert, Secretary OF State. plans to recon-
mend to the Thirty.fourth Legislature
an amendment to the law regarding
the certifying OF names OF district
candidates to the State Department
Lack OF this provision. he says, has
caused considerable confusion and
much delay in getting candidates
names on the official ballot Mr..
Weinert's recommendation would Inn
pose upon district chairmen the duty
OF certifying and forwarding to the
Secretary OF State Immediately all
candidates names. This has not been
compulsory and many district chair
men, II is said, have been slow and
in many instances have failed entire
ly to submit names.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1914-10-28

Corlay, France. has twelve sons and
two sons.in-law In the French army.
Mrs. J. b. Marksbury OF Sedalia.
Mo-, has succeeded in raising second
crop OF tomatoes in her garden.
Women shell divers have offered
their services to the Japanese navy
to clear the mines from Kiao-Chow
Bay.
Miss Blanche u. Pursel OF Danyille,
Pa, is the proprietor Of an industry
that turns out over 1900 glasses OF
jelly day.
Miss May Face OF New York City
has started a new trade all OF her own
that OF doing home millinery.
Princess Margaret. cousin OF King
Christian OF Denmark, has entered
the University OF Copenhagen.
Woman suffrage is legal in Illinois
according to a decision made recently
by the Supreme Court Of that State.
Forty.hve women have already en-
rolled as students in the new college
for women affiliated with Delaware
College.
American women have opened four
factories in London where women are
employed in making garments for the
British soldiers.
Among the entire membership OF
the Daughters OF the American Revo-
luton there are only 11S classed as
real daughters"
Both Dowager Queen Alexandria OF
England and the Dowager Empress
Marie of Russia have the same hobby
that OF photography.
The present States where women
vote have eighty-four electoral votes.
which is expected TO be factor in
the coming Presidential election.
Miss Augusta McCrellIs OF Berwick.
Maine, has been almost continuously
at work at the looms for the last fifty
three years.
In the freshman class OF the depart.
ment Of journalism in the Ohio State
University is Miss Lucy Stone. who
is 60 years Of age.
Mrs. William Thompson OF Belle
vile, ILL.,, is accompanying her hus-
band and party on a hunting trip
through the wilds OF Canada.
Madame Luis Corea. American wife
Of the former Nicaraguan Minister TO
the United States, has taken up a
course in law at the George Washing
ton University.
Female clerks in Chile are paid sal.
aries Of $50 a month, with a COM
mission on their sales. which In some
cases runs the salary up as high as
800 per month.
Women in the habit Of using rouge
and face powder will have to pay
more for their compilations now, since
the war has caused French manufac.
turers to increase their prices.
Mrs. Martin W. Littleton, wife OF
former Congressman Littleton OF New
York, is given the credit for having
the government negotiate for the pur
chase Of the famous Thomas Jefferson
mansion.
Miss Charlotte ]. Kuehne of st
Louis. recently passed an examination
for nurse with an average OF 97.1
per cent, being the highest mark
made by any woman in the State OF
Missouri.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1914-10-28
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

No, Cordelia, a prudent girl isn't
necessarily a prude.
ANY man can borrow trouble with
out bank references or security.
Occasionally we meet a man who
speaks his wifes' mind when he talks.
Many a mans success, like that
,of an actor, is due to a good manager.
Arm yourself with a dark lantern
when looking for honor among thieves
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1914-10-28

One farmer complained TO The
Eagle that II the farmers raise peas,
tomatoes and cabbage next year the
people of Bryan will not buy them.
To be sure, the people of Bryan could
not be expected to eat all the peas,
tomatoes and cabbage that could be
grown in Brazos County, especially as
many of them have gardens and sup
ply their own tables. If the farmers
of Brazos County, however, will. or
ganize in the growing and in the mar
keting, they can find market for
them in places where they are not
grown.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1914-10-28

The Eagle feara this wonderful cot.
ton loan pool that is going to come
to the relief OF the farmers will turn
out like the fellows scheme to train
his horse not to eat. Just as he got
his horse 80 he could live without eat
ing, he died.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1914-10-28

The farmer who has nothing to sell
during the year except cotton will feel
the so-called depression more keenly
than the one who has something to
sell at all seasons of the year and for
which there is a constantly growing
demand. Can't you see the moral?-
Eden Echo
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1914-10-28
TEXAS EcLEcTlcs MEET.


Dallas. Tex. Oct. 2s.-The thirty
first annual convention Of the Texas
Eclectic Medical Association met
here today for a two days session.
DR.. W. H. Walker OF Killeen was to
preside. The program today consist
ed Of reading OF annual reports and
election of new and reinstatement OF
old members.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1914-10-28

There is a great deal of talk about
the United States being unprepared
for war. Suppose we Just stay unpre-
pared and keep Mr.. Bryan and Morris
Sheppard as a standing committee to
talk the other fellow out of II.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1914-10-28

You can't raise too many hogs nor
too many yearlings. You can raise
too much cotton. The happy medium
Is some OF all three.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1914-10-28

II is reported that Tennessee
hunter killed a rabbit and a squirrel
al one shot. His gun must have done
like certain Texas politicians we know
of-scattered.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1914-10-28

II makes a dingbusted sight Of diff
ference in wearing blue overalls for
a show in this cotton movement, and
in wearing them because you have to.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1914-10-28
CAN NOW CONTROL
TORPED(|S COURSE

Washington. Oct. 2S. - BrIgadIer
General Weaver announces that It is
now possible to steer small crafts.
such as torpedo, several miles away
at sea by n radio station on shore.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1914-10-28

Tighten up your belt a few holes,
spit in your hands and take a new
grip on the task OF solving the situa-
ton for yourself. Nobody else can do
Il for you.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1914-10-28

A headline says. Bankers Cab But
Fail to Relieve Cotton Fix" Selahl
All the relief proposed so far has been
the greatest gabfest the country ever
saw.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1914-10-28


rIed and only IA per cent OF the Japa-
nese women.
or the Chinese over 10 years OF age.
1873 per cent were illIterate; OF the
Japanege, 9.2 per cent This indicates
for each race decline In illteracy
since 1900, when the percentage OF
illiteracy was 20 for the chiRase and
1872 for the japanese. "filityate," az
the term Is used In the census. means
unable 10 write In any language.
Probably many OF the Chinese and
japanese who know how TO read and
write In their own language are TX.
norant OF English, In fact. according
TO the census. Az per cent OF the
Chinese were unable 10 speak English
and 1913 per cent OF the Japanese.
Occupations.
The bulletin will present figures for
occupations for the Chinese and Japa-
nese combined, the data for each sep
arately not having been compiled. or
the i36,bS5 Chinese and Japanese 10
years OF age and over In the United
States proper in 1910. there we're 12O,-
400 males and 1851 females engaged
In gainful occupations. OF the num-
Der OF males, 1860 we're servants.
1887 we're farm and dairy farm Ia.
borers. 1880 we're laundry operatives.
9,i45 garden, greenhouse, pursery, etc,
laborers. 1910 laborers on steam rail-
roads, 6,626 retail dealers In trade.
1891 laundry owners. officials and
managers. $3.50 laborers In building
and hand trades. 3.i67 laborers In fish
curing and packing, 2.S77 gardeners.
florists, fruit growers and nurserymen.
1888 statesmen, 2.499 walters, 1880
restaurant. cafe and lunch room keep.
ers, 1856 farmers. 1.72i laborers IN
saw and planning mills. 1890 porters,
1882 fishermen and oystermen, the
remainder being employed in various
pursuits. such as BARRIERS, cleaners.
gold. silver and coal mine operatives.
etc. The three groups OF occupations
that give employment TO the majority
OF the Chinese and japanese are farm
Ing. domestic service and laundry
work. the Japanese being more numer-
Gus in agricultural pursuits and the
Chinese IN domestic service and laun-
dries.
Chinese and Japanese by State.
More than one-half OF both Chinese
and Japanese we're reported from
California.
OF the total OF II. 53i Chinese in the
United States In 1910. California re
ported 36.2is; Oregon. 1858; New
York. $500; Washington. 2,7Os: Mas
sachusetts. 1859; Illinois. 2.1O3; Penn
sylvania. 1884: Arizona. 1905: Mon
iana. 1885; and New Jersey. 1883.
The States OF Nevada. Idaho. Colorado.
Utah, New Mexico and Wyoming re-
ported Chinese in numbers varying
from 927 to 24e for each State.
OF the 72.157 japanese in the United
States. California reported 1886;
Washington. 1929; Oregon, 3.4ls;
Colorado. 1900: Utah. 2.llO; wyom.
Ing. 1896: Montana. l.5S5; Idaho, l..
1868: New York. i.247. The States Of
Nevada, Arizona, Illinois. New Mexico.
New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Mas
sachusetts reported Japanese in num-
bers varying from S64 to ISL.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1914-10-28
RECOVERING DEAD
BODIES FROM MINE

Royalton. H.. Oct. 2s--Forty-seven
bodies have been recovered from the
Mitchell mine. The dead will not ex-
coed fifty.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1914-10-28

Turn to the second chapter of Jude
and read the story Of every tub
standing on its own bottom" and then
crawl up on your tub.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1914-10-28
SENATOR HuDsPETH BETTER.
Legislator Has Fighting Chance for
Recovery.

Recovery.
Austin, Tex, Oct 2S.-The report
OF the serious attack Of appendicitis
and the subsequent operation on State
Senator Claude V. Hudspeth has oc-
casioned some fear among his friends
at the State capital for his recovery.
Senator Hudspeth was in good health
while in attendance on the State Sen
ate except for several slight attacks
of indigestion.
Yesterday Judge d. A. Gregg, chief
clerk in the Secretary Of States De
partment, received a telegram from
L. A. Dale, law partner Of Senator
Hudspeth, to the effect that Senator
Hudspeth had fair chance Of recov-
cry.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1914-10-28
DALLAS SPOTS
MADE GAINS
(By Associated Press.)

Dallas, Tex, Oct 2S.-Spot cotton,
middling basis, was quoted today at
sic cents, an advance of one-eighth
of cent since yesterday Sales, 9,77S
bales.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1914-10-28

The temperature here dropped TO IS
this morning and there was a light
frost.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1914-10-28
FROST AND ICE
IN NORTH TEXAS
All North Texas Felt the Cold and Ice
Formed as Far South
as Waco.
INV Associated Press.)

Dallas. Tex, Oct 2s.-There we're
general frosts in North Texas last
night Ice formed as far south as
Waco. No serious crop damage was
reported.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-04-23
R OIeVNIANTS@VlpGlNkIs 81
1aaaaaEass AIT1MIT TRNINlT PIVTS : lRER
ILLUSTRATIONS 81 LAUREN stout q

making it stand out a mass OF woven
rubies set in emerald.
He drew a long sigh Of more than
delight, for framed in the doorway he
saw a figure in misty white, leaning to
the gilded upright of a harp, He
knew at once that it was Shirley.
Holding his breath, he came closer, his
feet muffled in the thick grass. He
stood in the dense ~obscurity, one
hand gripping the gnarled limb of
a catalpa, his eyes following the
shapely arms from wrist to shoulder.
the fingers straying across the strings,
the. bending cheek caressing the
carved wood. She vas playing the
melody of Shelley's Indian Serenade"
touching the chords softly and ten
derly-and his lips moved, molding
themselves soundlessly to the words.
The serenade died in a single long
note. AS If in answer to 1t there rose
a flood of bird-music from beyond the
| arbor-jets of song that swelled and
| rippled to a soaring melody. She
heard it, too, for the gracile fingers
| fell from the strings. She listened a
moment, with head held to one side,
then sprang up and came through the
door and down the steps.
He hesitated a moment then a sin
gle stride took him from the shadow
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-04-23
Selfish ontlmism.

Dr.. Chauncey M. Depew, at a dinner
to the earl of Kintore in New York.
was declaring %grayely that the bill
which grants free canal tolls to Amer
lean coastwise shipping must be re-
pealed under pain perhaps of war,
when a coastwise shipper shouted joe
ularly:
ooh, be an optimist, doctor"
BE an optimist, eh?" said DR.. De
pew. well, there's too much op
timism already-too much optimism
of a certain kind"
What is an optimist, sir?' a little
boy once asked me.
IAN optimist, sonny / replied, is
man who doesn't carr what happens
SO long as it doesn't happen to him.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-04-23
SYNOPSIS.

John Valiant, a rich society fayorite'
suddenly discovers that the Valiant cor,
poration, which his father founded ana
which was the principal source OF his
wealth, has failed. He voluntarily turns
over his private fortune to. the receiver
for the corporation. His entire remaining
possessions consist OF an old motor cara
white bull dog and Damory court, a neg
lected estate in Virginia. On the way TO
Damory court he meets Shirley Dand-
ridge. an authenticated beauty, and DE-
cides that he is going to like Virginia I'M
menseIy. Shirley's mother. Mrs. Dand-
ridge, and Major Bristow exchange rem,
iniscences during which 1t Is revealed
that the major. Valiant's father, ana a
man named Sasson were rivals Tor me
hand of Mrs. cambridge in her youth.
Sasson and Valiant fought a duel on her
account in which the former was Killed,
Valiant finds Damory court oVergroWI
with weeds and creeper and the oulld-
ings In a very much neglected condition
He decides TO rehabilitate the place ano
make the land produce a living Tor MN
Valiant saves Shirley from the bite OF
snake, which bites him. Knowing the
deadliness of the bite. Shirley SUCKS tne
poison from the wound and saves ms. llte
Shirley tells her mother of the incloen.
and the latter Is strangely moved a
hearing that a Valiant is again living a.
DamoFy, court. d..