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Cotton Carnival Galveston


$3.50 round trip. summer rate. on
sale daily. limit Oct. 3ist. Stop
over one day allowed at Houston
both directions.
$500 round trip, season ticket for
Carnival. on sale daily July 20 10
Aug. 9TH inclusive. limit Aug. 10th.
1910 round trip. on sale for l.i5
p. m. train Aug. LIST, 4th and Sth.
and morning trains Aug. End, 9th
and 9th.
Tickets sold for afternoon Aug.
ist and morning Aug. md. limited
evening Aug ..
Tickets sold for afternoon Aug.
4th and morning trains Aug. 9Th
limited evening Aug. 9th.
Tickets sold for afternoon Aug.
sth and morning trains Aug. 9Th
limited evening Aug. 10th.
No baggage, no redcutlon for chill
dren. not good on Hustlers.
S. II. HARRIS. Ticket Agent.
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Plano Strings.

The tone Of plano Or OF an indi-
vidual string OF the same will DO high
sr In a cold room than In a warm ono.
The reason Ii not far TO seek. A
stretched string gives out a certain
pitch only when Il h OF a certain
length and a certain tension This n
shown In tho laboratory BY hanging
weights on q string and plucking II
The more weight hung on tho string
the higher the note given out Now.
the strings OF piano are metal wires.
all OF which contract when cooled As
they are fastened at both ends. how
ever. they remain the same length. but
just tighten up-that IA. the tension In.
creases just as II an extra weight
were hung on the end. or course. the
effect IN not great save In very cold
room. but even small variation In
tone may be detected by a good musi
clan This II probably one reason
why certain prima donnas always In.
sist on singing In a room OF certain
temperature. which. OF course, II the
temperature nj which the piano was
put In adjustment with their voices
or ought 10 be.-New York World.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1914-08-10
cy,u, Canal Builder.

In speaking Of the river regulations
Of the ancients Sir william willcocks.
the noted English engineer. said;
Cyrus the Great controlled the
Gyndes. n tributary Of the Tlgris. 10 o
truly original manner Babylonla was
already peopled and lands were needed
for his Persian troops The Gyndss
discharges 10000 sectional feet and
runs thirty feet deep In sandy aud
mobile bed lie could build no recula
tor. 80 he dug thirty canals divided the
waters OF the river among them. clo~ed
the river 10y an earthen dam and com
pletely controlled IL As he could never
have induced his wild soldiers to dig
these canals for any useful purpose. he
took advantage Of the fact that bis ta
vorite horse had been drowned In the
food and urged his soldiers TO dig the
canals and dissipate the waters OF the
river In such fashion that Il could
never again drown q horse Engineer
ing Record.
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Reversed

This mas be new one 10 some OF
our readers: Enter into the only drink
dispensary III the dusty town an en-
gineer on an examination trip. a
small crowd surrounds a happy looking
prospector who Is setting them m
One man informs our engineer. Jim
just struck the thin edge OF nm vrr
body on his Red mountain prospect 10
day, and he's feeling mighty good. ="
Then follows an introduction 20 jim
who declares with emphasis. Yes, sir.
am within Just three feet OF a mil
lion dollars" year later. happening
into camp again. our engineer encoun.
tiers Jim. sitting deJectedly on bench
In front OF the same dlspensary. After
drink In reply to an inquiry about
the great ore body Jim stated with sad
emphasis. Partner. lm million feet
from $3P' Engineering aud Mining
Journal
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1914-08-10

II there Is any exchange OF heat be
tween the planets. no human device
can measure It. for the bolomster can.
not he Increased In Its dellcacy sutii
cient to detect the minute amount.
That n. the platinum wire-the nerve.
more sensitive than human nerves. can.
not be made any thinner and hold to-
gether in use. No influence Of the plan.
cts upon each other has ever been de
tected by the most accomplished OBJ
servers with the most sensitive instru.
ments that can be made. besides two,
grayitatlon aud light II must be that
heat from the sun to the planets Is ab-
sorbed by them, since none comes to
the earth by reflection intense enough
TO be measured by an electric nerve
thinner than spiders thread.-New
York American.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1914-08-10
SWAT THE ARMY WORM.

Several places in the State have re-
ported that the army worm is begin
ming to be troublesome, although no
serious damage has as yet occurred,
and the Texas Industrial Congress.
following its custom when uniavorable
conditions are noted in its reports OF
local crop conditions over the State,
has sent suggestions to the farmers
of those sections as to the best means
OF exterminating the worm. The Con.
gress is now in receipt OF information
from the United States Department
of Agriculture that there is a general
outbreak OF this pest in the Northern
States east of the Rocky Mountains
and in other sections of the country.
and that the worms have apparently
swarmed from the Southwest. 1t APP
pears advisable, therefore. to send the
following to the press of the State for
general publication:
AS the army worms travel usually
in one direction. the farmer whose
crop is threatened may pillow furrow
around 1t with the perpendicular side
toward the field to be protected, and
drag a log along in the furrow from
time to time to keep the soil loose and
dusty and kill the worms which have
accumulated in the ditch. This with
poisoning thoroughly half dozen out
side rows of the crop with one pound
Of arsenate of lead to fifty gallons of
water will answer the purpose. The
heavy use OF Paris green or London
purple for poisoning is sure to injure
more or less the foliage of the plants,
and is not recommended unless the
arsenate OF lead cannot be secured.
Where farms are carefully and
clearly cultivated and not near to
waste or swampy land, damage will
not often be sustained. Deep fall or
spring blowing to beak up the under
ground homes of the larvae or young
moths with the burning off OF the old
grass land near the fields will gener-
ally prevent a start. OF course, the
preventive methods are best because
there are four or five and somtimes
six generations of these worms in a
season.
Where the worms are already dam
aging a cotton field they may be pois-
oned by scattering loose dough
made of one pound of Paris green to
a bushel of wheat bran thoroughly
mixed and moistened with sufficient
water, to which has been added a
quart OF molasses. This mixture
should be scattered at the foot OF the
stalks late In the evening and care
taken to keep chickens and live stock
ThrE
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1914-08-10
SUMMER SUGGESTIONS
FOR HOG RAlsERs

Don't let the hogs that are being
kept over this summer get thin. and
then wait until fall before feeding
commences When this is done the
little feed that is given is used entire.
ly to maintain the natural functions
OF the body and none OF II is left to
make gains with. One would be as
well of by throwing the little feed
he does use Into the creek and buying
hogs when he does get ready to feed
them. Keep all the hogs on the place
busy. Let them all be growing. fat.
tening or producing young. This Is a
business in which you can't stay still;
every animal is either losing or gain.
ing money for It's owner. The idle
hog. like the idle man. Is ruinous to
the farm. Check over each animal
you have and see that 1t is worth
keeping.
The dirt or concrete water hole Is
OF great value in Texas during the hot
months and enables the pork producer
to keep his herd In very high condition
without them suffering or being in
danger of overheating. II crude oil
is used in small quantities on the
water holes the hogs will dip them.
selves every day and keep free from
lice and will be In very little danger
OF screw worms from the small
scratches that they get. Crude oil Is
a better lice remedy than any Of the
patent dips because It stays on the
hogs longer.
Corn that is in the roasting ear
stage. II fed now. will give excellent
returns. Feed stalk and all and start
the hoes on little and increase daily
until they are getting all they viii
clean up. One VIII get more food
value out OF his own corn this way
than after It has gotten dry because
when the stalk dries out It loses near
ly all its feeding value and all OF rs
palatability as far as swine are con-
cerned.
Sorghum cane is about our surest
and most abundant hog pasture during
the Texas summer Animals can
either be turned in on 1t when II Ia
about six inches high and kept on II
all summer or It can be cut by hand
every day and fed over the fence.
Either way It will be found to help
the herd wonderfully. and though the
chemists tell us 1t does not analyze
high IT, food content, still It will main.
tain the herd in fair condition and
what grain is fed will be used for
making gains exclusively.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1914-08-10
NEW YORK DAY BY DAY.
BY CHARLES HENRY ADAMS.
Romance ReIsns IN Parks.

New York. August 1O.-Some OF
these nights. when life has los, It's
flavor and all hope seems phantoms
that elude you, stroll through the park.
ways and see romance budding. MSS.
ful romance. reigning In all OF It's tin.
selled glory. Forget the flarlng signs
that shrek in pallid incandescents Of
the glories OF toothpaste. hard coal and
washing soda. and stroll through the
winding walks. seeing romance nest
ling on each bench against It's green
background. At night. TO all the parks
OF this big city. come the sweethearts.
Tney are young and old. rich and poor,
stalwart and narrow shouldered. but
in all their hearts burn the desire for
romance. The young chap. with the
mop OF yellow hair, which he is just
promising his jill he will let grow
longer so that II will curl like that OF
fellow she knows. Is really soda
fountain clerk. Tonight, though. he
is a gallant, in whose voice there rings
magic. audible only to the red-haired
girl. who until a few hours ago. bent
YEARLY over a switch In a nearby
apartment house. A few feet away
in flannnels. sit a young man and n
girl, who live near by. talking In n
low. broken monotone. 81 can save my
money II want to. but I've never had
to before" he says. "Of course you
can. dear, now that you have an in.
centlve"-wlth n closer snuggle up to
the broad shoulders. In nearly all
cases-and II gets monotonously hum
erous after awhile--the girl has her
head buried on the young mans shout
ders. The silence is intense, save when
It is broken by a little sigh. always ac-
companied by a closer hitch OF the arm
by the young man and a readiustment
OF the head on his shoulder. What
would young love do without the soft
drapery and trees and shrubbery in
our public parks?
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1914-08-10
Euler. Wondertur klsmory.

Leonhard Euler. who was born IL
1907 and died In 1888 at St Peters
burg. where he spent his life as q
teacher OF great power and as a pro-
life writer, was an instance OF the
genuine mathematician endowed With
almost superhuman powers. He left
more than 200 manuscript treatises on
his favorite subject, and the bulk OF
the works published by his academy
between 1927 and 1888 were from his
pen. In his old age he was totally
blind. Then he carried in his memory
a table Of the first six powers OF the
"series of natural numbers up to 100"
1t is related that on one occasion
two Of Eulers students attempted to
calculate a converging series. As they
advanced they found they disagreed
In the result by unit In the fifteenth
figure. The question was referred to
Euler. who decided to make the calcu-
lation. He did this mentally, and his
result was found to he correct.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1914-08-10
Queer Publication.

Some years ago the following apollo
getic explanation for a compositors
blunder appeared In leading weekly
literary Journal published in London:
in our last number, as we discov.
cred unfortunately too late for correc-
ton. we announced that Mr.. John Stu.
art Mill's inaugural address lately de
livered before the University Of st
Andrews had since been published by
him in the form of Eve shilling
elephant Even the most ardent be-
levers in Mr.. MilTs powers among our
readers will probably have received
this announcement with some incredu-
lily. The fact is that by an error Of
the press the word elephant was sub
stituted for pamphlet and the mis-
take. salthough the proof was.read and
reread. unluckily escaped the correct
or,s eye" ~ .,...,....-....-.
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leisure instead OF prisoners doing time.
My visit to the farm has convinced me
OF its success. There are several barns
on the farm, and found all OF them
bulglng with this seasons crop. When
| ate dinner with the boys found ev.
cry vegetable on the tabl came from
their farm" Miss Davis has been
making special study OF the food
supplied to the prisons. and some time
ago expressed her disappointment be.
cause there was such n little supply
OF green vegetables. Now she says that
this problem has been solved, while
supplementary gardens at Rlkers Is.
land would soon make the green food
problem a thing OF the past.
A Battle Against Flesh.
Every over plump maid or matron
who signs despairingly at the vision
OF the sweet, seductive Julian EltInge
In skirts, should take heed. For what
he Is doing she can do. lie has
planned In three weeks to take off
twenty-four pounds, which Is some.
thing over a pound day. "The Grin.
oline Girl" boastlngly asserts that on
the opening night her weight win be
100 pounds, which "she" jubilantiy as.
serts, will mean slenderness. taken in
connection with "her" height. "Just
now I'm living like a Spartan. allowing
myself only two meals day" he said.
"In the morning breakfast on fruit.
dry toast and tea without milk or
sugar At o'clock I dine on either
roast beef. mutton or fish. with one
green vegetable, usually lettuce or
string beans. ! eat nothing else and
drink buttermilk. And I'm very
VERY fond Of beer. which | can't
touch" Mr.. Eltinge interjected with
quiet pathos. mo dessert or candy.
although / have a sweet tooth. Any.
one possessed of sufficient self-control
and determination can reduce. It
means denial and hard work. but 1t
can be done"
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1914-08-10
City Farm Greens for convicts.

CtNy TdTNn OFecUS tut OOUNiSbSs
Green vegetables grown on a farm
owned by the city have become part
of the diet Of prisoners in practically
all prisons under the Department OF
Correction. The fresh vegetables con-
sist OF green peas. new potatoes.
beans, lettuce, cucumbers. cabbage.
beets and carrots. In addition to the
food for prisoners, the city has OBJ
tanned from its farms 200 tons OF hay.
These come from the Orange County
farm. a tract Of 500 acres, to which
the city obtained title last March;
and where Commissioner of Correction
Catherine Davis has her "boys." Miss
Davis says she found the boys as
black as Indians and as happy as IL
they were paid workers with plenty Of
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1914-08-10
Winter.

In the winter nature ceases from her
labors and prepares for the great
change. The wind sweeps through the
great forest with sound like the blast
Of trumpet The dry leaves whirl In
eddies through the air. fretwork OF
hoary frost covers the plain. The
stagnant water In the pools and ditch.
es is frozen into fantastic figures. In
the low hanging clouds the sharp air.
like busy shuttle. weaves her shroud
Of snow. There is melancholy and
continual roar In the tops OF the tall
pines like the roar OF cataract. II il
the funeral anthem Of the dying year.
-Longfellow.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1914-08-10

At bal masque group of girls de
handed OF magician:
Tell ms, Oh. tell us. how wc may 70
main always young and always beau
tifulw
.Humphi Nothing easier" gruntad.
the magician. Get q, million and. star,
single."lFxchange. % -assN~Ns'
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away from II. II should be remem.
bered that arsenate OF lead. Paris
green and London purple are deadly
poisons and that these mixtures must
be kept away from children.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1914-04-23
Congress Acts on
Resolution,
LONG SENATE DEBATE
Action Empowering President to
Use Armed Force Ends
Sixteen-HOuT Session.

Washington, April 23.-American
blood flowing in battle in Mexico
spurred congress to action.
At 2:30 a. m. the senate, by vote
of 72 to 13, passed the Mexican reso
luton "justifying" the presidents
course in Mexico.
At 1915 the resolution was intro
duced in the house by Representative
Flood and at 1929 IL had been passed
Passage of the resolution in the house
was by viva voce vote.
1t places absolute power, authority
and complete responsibility in the
presidents hands.
Bloodshed in Vera Cruz stemmed
the food of oratory and Republican
opposition in the senate.
Not since the Spanish war have
such spectacular and dramatic scenes
been enacted in the Capitol
Careworn, wearied and hollow eyed
from sixteen hours continuous de
bate on the resolution, it was a hag
gard and draggled group of senators
who voted.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1914-04-23
-FOUR THOUSAND
MARINES ASHORE
Batt|eships Shell Seaport to
Cover Landing Of Amer
lean Forces.

+ II T - T% s' i" .- IL i" 's i. .t~ .' .' "ts
!. Washington, April 23.-The
+ American forces are in COM
+ plete control of Vera Cruz. No
!. noncombatants were injured in
!. the fighting there. This word
+ was received in dispatch
+ from Consul Canada.
+ The White House gave out
+ the following statement:
!. Dispatches received from
+ Consul Canada at Vera Cruz
J. announced that the American
1. forces are now In complete
+ possession of the city; that ap-
+ parently no fatalities occurred
+ among American and foreign
!. noncombatants and that firing
]. had ceased, except for occa-
+ sional picket shots"
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1914-04-23
GRAVE APPREHENSION FELT
Feared Americans Now In Mexicc
Are in Danger.

Washington, April 23.-Overshad.
owing everything else in the Mexi.
can situation was the position of the
many Americans and other foreigners
in the interior of that country. Grave
apprehension for them was felt.
Sinister rumors of anti-American
outbreaks at several points have been
circulated. They are not confirmed
however.
President Wilson at the White
House, Secretary Bryan at the state
department and Secretary Daniel al
the navy department all were anx
iously utilizing every avenue for
news. They tried to maintain an at.
titude of optimism.
There are many Americans in Mex.
leo City and interior points. Wash
ington officials realize the savagery
of the native Mexican may be diff.
cult to restrain once he was con
vinced that armed Americans have
entered his country.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1914-04-23

Under these conditions full protection
will be given to the city by the United
States naval forces.
ut is ehjoined upon all inhabitants
and property owners to prevent firing
by individuals from the shelter of
their houses upon United States
forces, or upon any one else; such
firing by irregulars not members of an
organized military force is contrary
to the laws of war; II persisted in it
wifi call for severe measures"
The navy department is arranging
to take to the United States the bodies
of sailors or marines killed at Vera
Cruz and either forward them to rela-
tives or make final interment in a
national cemetery as the families de-
sire. All expenses of transportation
of the dead will be borne by the Unit
ed States.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1914-04-23
WILL GO TO CONFERENCE
Volunteer Army Bill Now Before
Congress.

Washington, April 23.-Members OF
the house military affairs committee,
including Chairman Hay, decided not
to concur in the senate amendments
to the volunteer army bill, but to ask
for a conference with the senate.
They did this believing that the
need for raising a volunteer army for
Mexican service is remote enough to
justify delay caused by the confer
ence.
Senator Shively, acting chairman of
the senate foreign relations commit.
tee, was one of the first senators to
reach the Capitol. He said that al.
though he expected to hold a meeting
Of his committee he did not contem-
plate any further discussion In COM
mittee of Mexican affairs at the pres
ent time.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1914-04-23
FIRST LIST OF CASUALTIES
Americans Killed or Wounded al
Vera Cruz.

Washington, April 23.-The follow.
ing official list of casualties at Vera
Cruz was received at the navy de.
partment from Admiral Fletcher:
Dead. F. Schumacher, coxswain
G. l. Poinsett, seaman; ID. A. Hag
garty, private; S. Martin, private.
Seriously Wounded-C. X. Harsh
berger, seaman; G. ID. Raine, private;
E. A. Bisburne, electrician; Il. p. Pc
terson, private; p. N. Nickerson
boatswain's mate, second class; ]. l.
Kwapick, seaman.
Wounded-N. Swartz. ordinary sea
man; w M. Davidson, private; j. Nc
MILAN, private; F. Nauz, ordinary
seaman; r. Shoker, private; j. Cope
land, seaman; " ]. Reed, private
w. A. Mangels, seaman"
Other men slightly wounded were
not reported.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1914-04-23
PRESIDENT SAD
BUT DETERMINED
Says Dignity Of the Flag Must
Be Upheld.

Washington, April 23.-"I'm sorry,
terribly sorry" were President Will
sons first words when news of loss
of life In taking Vera Cruz reached
him.
The president is sad and disheart.
ened. AS he walked slowly to his Of
fee through the White House his
head was bowed and his face showed
deep feeling.
The president had hoped the seiz-
ure of Vera Cruz might have been
accomplished without loss of life. He
has determined, however, that there
shall be no backward step. He is
trying to avert war and prevent fur.
ther bloodshed, but he realized that
the American people want to see the
dignity of the flag upheld.
For the present the United States
will content itself with holding the
customs house at Vera Cruz, collect.
ing duties and preventing shipments
of arms from reaching Huerta.
Adhpico 10 TIC next ODJectlV6 pO1nt.
1t has not yet been decided whether
a blockade will be maintained there
or the customs house seized. The pas
sage OF the resolution in congress has
given the president the feeling that
he is justified in going further ahead
now with aggressive steps, but he
wants to have the full effect of the
seizure Of Vera Cruz impressed upon
Huerta, with the hope that he may
be brought to terms without plunging
further into armed conflict.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1914-04-23
PUTS CASUALTY LIST AT $50
Consul Canada Reports on Mexican
Casualties.

Washington, April 23.-Consul Can
ada reported to the state department
that $50 Mexicans were killed and
wounded at Vera Cruz. Consul Can.
ada's message said:
Have sent messengers to all hotel
keepers to reopen their establish
ments. which will be given full pro-
lection. Customs house and warehouse
on fire, but now extingui3hed. Now
informed that American troops have
been ordered to advance to take pos
session of the CITY,"
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1914-04-23
HOPES WAR WON'T RESUL1
Taft Says You Never Can Tell When
Il VIII End.

New York. April 23.-Former Presi-
dent Taft. who came to New York to
attend dinner, expressed the hope
that there would be no war when in
formed of the latest news from Mex.
leo.
"Once you get into a war;" Mr.. Taft
said, you never know where you will
come out of it, ! don't mean in re-
gard to the winning, but with respect
to sponsibilities that may have to
be assumed. When we began the war
with Spain who would have thought
that We would come out of it with the
Philippines?"