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Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1914-03-30

A further news dispatch from Balti-
more says the boy who had pigs
eye grated on to him the other day,
can see. There was nothing said
about whether or not, when seated a..
the table, he asked for an ear of corn
or a biscuit.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1914-03-30

For beating a horse with an iron
crowbar a San Antonio driver drew a
fine of $3.50 and costs. Hats off to
that Judge. Brutality of every phase
is a blot on civilization. There is a
law in Texas against cruelty to ami
mails. Enforce it. Not emotionally
but earnestly. - Fort Worth Star
telegram
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1914-03-30

Flies are killing dozens of Texans
to every one killed by the Mexicans.
In the war on the fly no human blood
is shed; in a war with Mexico, hun
dreds of women would lose their hus-
bands, sons, brothers or sweethearts.
Swat the fly,-East Texas Register.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1914-03-30

Notwithstanding the rush OF bust.
ness this year your Congressman will
no doubt get around by sending you
your free seeds.-Detroit Free Press.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1914-03-30

When the Chinese constitution in.
terferes with the President, he knows
which to eliminate.-W Washington Post.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1914-03-30
A JAR OF GINGER.


In the latest French political scan.
dial It was not necessary to search for
the woman.-B Boston Journal.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1914-03-30

From all reports, the battle OF Tor
reon is going to prove to be the Get.
tysburg or Mukden of the revolution.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1914-03-30

The baseball training camp has the
bluebird beaten as the first harbinger
of Spring. - Norfolk Ledger. Dispatch.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1914-03-30
ENN0UNC DEMENT'S

The Eagle is authorized to announc,
the following candidates, subject t
the action of the July Democratic pri
maries:
FOR CONGRESS-:
HON. RUFUS HARDY, Corsicana
Dor REPRESENTATIVE:
HON. J. L. FOUNTAIN.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1914-03-30

Ulster is not the first tail that tried
to wag a dog, although the tail is not
usually patted on the head for SO do.
ing, paradoxically speaking.-Philadel.
phia Ledger.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1914-03-30

An earlier Jay Gould did not stop at
tennis. He won in higher COURTS
New York World.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1914-03-30

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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-04-07
THE PROGRESS OF CHINA.

The New York Times has recently
published an interview with {. r.
Reeves. an American who has been in
business in the orient for IS years. He
says China Is making greater progress
more rapid advancement in the ways
OF modern civilization-than is real
ICED outside itself and most of It has
been accomplished in the last seven or
eight years.
The Panama canal, Mr.. Reeves says,
will bring China and its trade some
thousands OF miles nearer the eastern
coast OF the United States. The trade
of the orient will be brough. as close
TO New York, reckoned by freights, as
il now IS to the European markets. and
there is only fraction OF a dollars diff
ference per ton in freight between the
new rates to the orient from New
York and the rates between here and
Europe. The price of passenger trans
portation, We figure, will be reduced
at least 25 per cent, and the Panama
canal will make the Pacific coast,
Hawaii and the Philippines practically
no further from New York than the
lower eastern coast of South America.
do you know" said Mr.. Reeves.
you hear a lot more in Hongkong and
Picking and in Europe. for that matter
about the Panama canal and what II
means than you do in the United
States. People elsewhere are alive to
it's possibilities and its values. Port
land. Seattle and San Francisco are
going TO be built up tremendously by
II, and not only they. but San Diego.
as well. The Panama canal will build
up the Pacific coast of the United
States because it will put il into direct
communication with both the Atlantic
coast and the far east. San Diego.
should say. as one who has studied
trade routes. will probably become
the great distribution point of the Pa
cific coast One reason is that il has
q fine big harbor. and another is that
II will be the nearest American port to
the canal on the Pacific side. Cargoes
from New York TO all other northern !
Pacific points will probably be distrib- |
uted there. and there cargoes for New |
York will be collected. Portland is GO |
ing to be the great lumber port for |
the Asiatic trade"
The contact between the orient and |
the United States will be of immense
benefit to all the countries involved.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-04-07
WILSON'S STAND FOR
HUMANITY.

When Woodrow Wilson declined to
recognize the Huerta government in
Mexico. he CAV, ~ country
position OF moral leadership on this
hemisphere which will mean much. for
the permanent advancement of both
North and South America. That action,
supplemented by his speech at Mobile
last fall. has given the Latin-American
peoples a new conception of the mis-
sion OF the United States. AS these
peoples come TO interpret that mission
by the standards of Wilson and Bryan
they will see that what they have long
believed to be the frowning colossus of
the north. with professions OF amity
on his lips but with the lust of land
and power in his heart, is in reality
brother whose only ambition is the
peoples good in all the Americas.
whose only purpose is the consecra-
ton of the Western hemisphere to lib
erty. to progress. to fraternity, says
Senator Morris Sheppard of Texas in
the American Review of Reviews.
In refusing TO acknowledge the
Huerta regime the president OF the
United States in effect announced that
governments on the two American con-
tinents must have a higher basis than
absolutism sired by treachery and as
sassination. The beneficient and
steadying effect of this action can
hardly be measured by the present
generation. II is a promise of freedom
and opportunity TO the lands below the
Rio Grande. II means that humanity.
conscience. right, must hereafter be the
dominant consideration in determining
our attitude toward our Latin-Ameri-
can brethren.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-04-07
FINE TRIBUTE TO BURLESON

The following communication from
Aurora. Ill. and appearing in the Chi
cago Tribune. is self-explanatory:
"As my time Is out as postmaster at
Aurora and my successor has been ap-
pointed. / would like. through the col
umns of the Tribune. to pay tribute to
the best postmaster general under
whom l have served refer to Hon.
Albert Burleson. Early in his admin
istration he made the statement that
efficient postmasters would not be re
moved till their terms had expired.
He not only carried out this pledge
but he has given every aid to make Ell
ficient postmasters more efficient
Il have served over 16 years as
postmaster and the last year. under a
democratic administration, has been
the most agreeable and satisfactory of
nv entire service. All requests for
additional help or allowances have
been granted If. upon investigation.
they were found necessary for the
betterment of the service. Many red
tape rules that were greatly annoying
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-04-07

co. 100000 Americans read these pa
pers and are Influenced by the matter
furnished by the trust.
Mr.. Wilmer believes that there are
great possibilities for evil in this mo-
nopoly of the dissemination OF intelll'
genuce. and has asked the committee
to draw it's trust bills so as to dis
perse this control of the country press
In addition to the possibility that the
monopoly might sell out its columns
to the purveyors of tainted news, there
is the possibility pointed out that the
ownership of this great avenue OF pub
/ licity might pass to the money kings
of America, who could use it to chlor-
oform public opinion and perpetuate
evils which the people are now strug-
CLING to overcome.
Although these two ready-print con-
Germs claim to be cooperative, it is
pointed out by Mr.. Wilmer that the
ready-print paper-that is, newspapers
printed on one side only. the country
publisher to fill up the other side with
local Iews-is sold to the publishers
at figure which gives a living profit.
But in addition the ready-print con-
Germs sell advertising space at high
anu tilt puDiifSllti, VIM aNtunhN
gives this advertising circulation, does
not share in the advertising profit.
This ready-p-int trust has been
known to make big contracts with po-
litical committees" said Wilmer, land
is constantly looking for business from
publicity bureaus of one kind and an
other. Thus the country press has
been commercialized, while, by sys-
tenn of monopolistic prices and rhetor-
ical legerdemain it has reduced the
country printing office to a depend
ency, until 75 to So per cent of them
are under mortgage. Under this sys-
TEN how can the country press be free
to serve the public and be healthful
influence in the body of polite?
The country paper is the home pa
per. and one side of thousands of
them is in control of trust which
has power to say what shall go on the
ready-print side. The ready print
trust is a double Notwithstanding
and ethical"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-04-07


The general whose forces ne'er have had
10 taste defeat
May owe to luck his victories, may be
the tool Of chance.
But the enemy in terror makes arrange
ments to retreat
When he gets into the saddle and gives
orders to advance
The general who fell
May have planned and ordered well,
But he had reputation a victor TO
appall;
They that fought him fearlessly
From his famed successor flee
There is something IN the label on the
bottle. after all
We w~nld class as common drivel much
that Scotland's Bobbie writ
II didn't know he wrote II and that
hence It is sublime:
Much that Tennyson has LEFT US, with
an unknown name to ii,
We would pass as being nothing but the
common brand of rhyme,
The medicine drink
Oft We're better used ink,
But It clears away our headaches and
from bed at length we crawl.
Full Of JOY and full OF praise,
To go plunging in the trays
There is something in the label on the
bottle. after all
Oh. my boy. perhaps you're trying in
quiet. humble way
To be worthy Of the prizes that we
take TO mean success;
Perhaps you're meekly hoping for a
sweet reward some day
That they'll hand out to another who
you'u know deserves It less:
with the best that you do
You must haunt your merit, too;
Wear the manner of the winner, do not
humbly cringe and crawl
And the smiling fates will bow
AS they gladly wreath your brow
Much depends upon the label on the bot
tie, after all.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-04-07

condition today Is indicated by the
following Boston dispatch:
THE quick recovery in the Ameri-
can Wooden company's preferred stock
20 $79 share. is OF course. direct
reflection OF the maintenance OF the
regular per cent dividend rate. some
doubts as TO the status OF which. on
account OF last years unsatisfactory
showing. had been expressed. 1t Is
said that the company is doing as
much business today as at this time
last year"
The greatest shepherd since
Abraham" as Dolliver described
Smoot. not only is COMPOUNDED by the
showing of the wooden mills. but the
sheep growers OF his state of Utah
are getting more for wool today than
at any other time in history.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-04-07

called "ready-print trust. According
to Mr.. Wilmer. two concerns, who
have a working agreement with each
other. now practically monopoli=e the
business of furnishing patent in
sides" TO country weekly newspapers.
Under the guise of being cooperative
enterprises. these concerns have built
up a mammouth business, and have
driven practically every competitor
from the field.
They control the greatest publicity
medium in the world through the
country newspapers. These newspa-
pers go into the homes, and the patent
insides are read closely by the mil
lions of Americans whose chief source
of information is the local weekly
newspaper. There are approximately
$4,000 country newspapers in the Uni
ted States. The ready-print trust fur
nishes reading matter to all but few
hundred OF them. The average circu-
lation is 500. The total circulation is
100000 copies. II is estimated that
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-04-07
COST OF "LIVARLE" HOME.

The St Louis Republic says that
Mrs. Margaret Stannard. of Boston.
who told an audience at Central high
school that "Iivable home" cannot
De maintained on less than $500 an
nually. appears 10 look at life from
the viewpoint OF the snob.
Certainly her world of homes that
are "livable" Is a good way removed
from that Of the vast majority OF
American citizens who have managed
20 marry. established abiding places
and rear families on much less than
$4,000 a year.
The average American income is
said to be about $3.50 a year. Presum-
Fl bly, homes OF some kind are main.
-ined on this and sums ranging up
ward 20 Tar less than $500 a year.
Maids. buffers, limousines and 500.
pound ice boxes naturally are not a
part of their equipment. but the rent
is paid. the groceries bought and the
children sent 20 school.
Mrs. Stannard should revise her no
.tion OF 'livable home" Few col.
lege professors make much more than
$4,000 a year. and yet these men have
homes that are cultured and refined.
The number OF professional men, min
listers. teachers. lawyers and doctors
whose income falls short OF Mrs. Stan
nard's minimum exceeds that OF their
brethren whose incomes are greater
Yet these men have homes that are
homes in any and every sense OF the
word
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-04-07

When I went to visit my Aunt Mar
tina at East Arlington it was In the
spring of the year. and ! was delighted
to be in the country. sat on the
porch most Of the time watching a
pair of birds building nest In tree
near the house and listening to their
twittering. My cousins were all very
Kind to me. doing everything in their
power TO contribute to my enjoyment
Tom was in business in the city. but
came out on Saturdays and stayed till
Monday morning
Tom had friend. Alan Irving. whom
he said be had picked out for me. Any
girl who is fancy free is interested in
a man who has been picked out for
her. and l was very curious TO see Mr..
Irving / asked Tom to describe him
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-04-07


There was only one big room in
The house-over that was a big loft
where some of the family slept and
at one side was a small "lean-to,"
politely called the store room. At
The center of one side of the big
room was the huge built-in fireplace.
The FIRE hole was large enough for
Patience to stand i'll even tho she
was tall for seven years old.
Just back of the fireplace and a
little to one side, was the brig oven
so big and hard 10 heat that it was
never used except for very special
occasions such as Christmas or
Thanksgiving or big family re-
union.
Most of the cooking and baking
could be done in the big fireplace
itself. you see.
One day Patience's mother was
more than usually busy, so she said
10 her little daughter, Patience, can
j trust you TO take care of your
little brother John (who was only
two years ODD. while / go out for
some potatoesr
Surely you can" said Patience
cheerfully, for she loved her mother
and was very proud to help her all
she could.
KcNlc1uDcE 10 WatCn MIN CAREFUL
ly. Patience" reminded her mother,
'for you know it is easy for him TO
get into mischief And be sure he
don't go near the fire"
Yes. mother. I'll remember" re-
piled the little girl and, as her moth
er went out the door, she turned to
amuse her little brother.
They played with some dried
pourds and strung some corn and
then Patience told him some stories.
As she talked, she stretched out on
the big rag rug on the floor and got
so comfortable that before she knew
il she was fast asleepl
When the story stopped. little
John looked around and seeing that
he was free from watching, decided
10 do some things he had long
wanted TO see about.
Onto the quiet OF the room the !
door opened and the mothers brisk
'Copyright-Clara
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-04-07

Mother! Mother, I'm hungry"
thought l could trust my little girl,"
Patience jumped up before she
was even awake-"J John! he's all
right here mother-I was telling
him story and must have fallen
asleep" But John was not right
there--nor was he anywhere near.
In the lott, in the store room, in
the yard and barns they searched.
At last the father and his helpers
were called from their work to hunt
too.
Finally. as the dark was coming
on, the father said: It's no use,
mother. he must have wandered to
the forest, well go quickly and start
a search therep
Just then a faint little voice pipcd
out, Mother! mother, I'm hungry"
1t was Johns voice, but where did
It come from?
They were not long in doubt. The
door to the great oven swung open
and John stepped out.
You see" he explained gravely,
over his bowl of bread and milk lit
lie later, Il always wanted to see in
here and SO when sister went to
leep | went in the oven and then
md then-maybe / went to sleep,
oo"
-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-04-07
SMOOT AND WOOL.

Speaking on the tariff last summer,
Senator Smoot Eaid:
Shares IN the textile mills in New
England have declined greatly as a
result Of this proposed law. II Is est
mated that only 90 per cent OF the
mill capacity in the wooden and worst
. ed mills is now employed. and that
viii be reduced by % per cent by
the time this bill takes effect"
: The bill has since taken effect II
has been IA operation half a year. The
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-04-07

1OAA - VI
Western Press as
ISOLATION. 1t was
the intent and pur-
pose of Mr.. Joslyn
to sell out to
Rockefeller n n d
Morgan. who fully
appreciated the
Importance of be-
ing able once n
week to reach co.
100000 people of
the United States"
This is n para
graph from a re-
markable S { a { e.
ment TO the house
judiciary commit
tee by ID. W. Wit
mer, of Kansas
City. in which he
des -ribed the dan
gers in the So
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-04-07

The Cedar Rapids Gazette perpe-
trates the following: Mrs. Ella Nc
Hose was one OF the sunraget lead
ers at the Des Moines convention.
Now would you call her constituents
McHOse supporters
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-04-07
What He Deserved,

You must not imagine" she said,
that I would be willing to sit out here
alone with you il you were not so big
and strong, and able to pick me up in
your arms as if l were a mere child
in case anything happened"
Then because nothing happened she
told her friends that he was dull-witted
and probably had a soul like with
cred lemon.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-04-07
April z in American
History.

17S0-Dr. William Ellery on ssi
distinguished Unitarian d,'.s s',lrss
one of the most eloquent A'''
writers. born: died lSi2. o,,,rO,s.
lSSS-General Quincy Adams o1 r.,oE
Federal commander ON tpe Aid
ma coast during the civil w"i' :
born 1925. ,otei
1se1-Phineas Taylor Barnum'
Snowman, died; born lsiv los
191I-Mining disasters caused nv alues
of 12S lives in the hanhe. ~ pss
Alabama. aud e. lives ~ w
coast mine at Throop. w.
- - uow- Al the time 4 The Ars''
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-04-07

John D. Rockefeller. Jr.. IS due for a
calling on the carpet from father for
some OF the admissions he made in
Washington yesterday. The son is
displaying altogether too much sym
pathy for the commoner. at the
expense OF the Standard Oil bank &C
count, to suit pater. we would imagine.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-04-07
Variable Conditions.

That man says he doesn't know,
whether he is married or unmarried
sane or insane"
Yes. He has had n great don, n,
trouble with court complication. Those
things all depend on what state he
happens to be in."-Washington Star.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-04-07

Why, you queer
child" she re-
phi e d, W h a t
makes you ask
me to do that? l
don't think ! could
if | tried"
wv ell. a peli-
can can stand on
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-04-07

Il has been suggested in connection
with the celebration OF the 100 years
OF peace with Great Britain that we
celebrate over 100 years OF peace with
some other countries we never had
any trouble with.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-04-07

An hour after his wife had obtained
q divorce from him in London yester-
day. George CORVALLIS West had be-
come the husband OF Mrs. Patrick
Campbell. the actress. That's going
some for IN EngIishmGl.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-04-07

With taxes as they are at present
II Is doubtful II the news that naval
vessels built since the Sranish-Ameri-
osn war are 20 be shot TO pieces as
-rgets. is likely to create sentiment
Tor bigger navy.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-04-07
He Knew Riuht Off.

"Ah!" sighed the wretched Mr..
Newpop. what can be more wearing
on the nerves than baby that cries
ell night long,"
Twins" answered the man who had
been through IL
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-04-07

Forty-seven per cent OF the dag
noses made in hospitals are found TO be
wrong by an official test in New York
City, according 70 the World. Guessing
right SO times out OF a hundred would
make a better showing at race track.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-04-07

beth TO the public and the postmaster
and employees have been abrogated.
The Christmas holidays of 1913
were the first holiday period that l
was not obliged to pay for extra help
out of my own salary. My experience
has also been the experience of Post
master Campbell of Chicago and all
postmasters in this section Of the
state that l have talked with. In the
correspondence from the various de-
partments we have been treated as eff
ficient officials and gentlemen, which
has not always been the custom in the
past. Ia a. CONSTANTINE"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-04-07

The new Chinese minister to the
United States evidently does not pro
pose TO be lonesome in Washington
The party he brought from his native
home consisted OF 16 persons.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-04-07
The Cause.

What made her faint?" asked the
sympathetic old lady.
Madame" replied the sour-faced
misogynist. there was a cookbook
ing young man standing right behind
her"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-04-07

Berlin, Germany-Bankruptc pro-
ceedings were opened here against w.
Werthelm G Co, whose liabilities
amount to about s6,OOO,OOO, with as
sets estimated by the process at s715,-
900. The difficulties of the concern
began when the Princes trust" ceas-
ed financing the undertaking. The
firm operated three department stores
here
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-04-07
Supreme Test.

us Jones really such a clever man
as his friends seem TO think"
rs he? Well. he can explain the
income tax law so that you can al
most understand IT"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-04-07
The Check Did That

DO you think the things you eat
influence your dreams?"
Undoubtedly. l ate a porterhouse
steak the other evening and dreamed
about bankruptcy all night"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-04-07

At the recent election at Dies Moines
there was a candidate whose name
was z Roe. one guess as TO where
he landed Right