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Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1915-09-17
CLOSING OUT SALE
PASSES EXPECTATION


After few days OF preparation
for closing out sale. under the d..
rection OF Jack London. the Bryan
Dry Goods. Company was forced to
close their doors on the crowds this
morning and admit a few at a time.
The sale Is on everything In the
house. including fixtures. etc. and
the company's word Is up that the
bottom on prices will come out and
you can get the goods practically at
your own price for the cash.
The stock is estimated at $4,000.
including dry goods. ladies' ready to
wear. groceries. tinware, crockery.
trunks. etc. in fact. house full o;
general misunderstanding can be-
found here In some department that
you need.
The sale will continue on through
tomorrow and probably few days
next week. giving everyone a chance
TO secure their needs.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1915-09-17
THE PACE THAT WILL KILL YOU

In the October woman's Home
Companion appears the following
sensible comment:
THE pace Of life today is so rapid
and the demands made upon vitality
are so tremendous that overfatigue
and oyerwork 90 hand In hand. You
do not wish me to become overtired.
said a patient to a physician. You
must avoid being tired was the phy'
sician's reply. You must stop before
fatigue so much as touches you Few
women. however, are able TO obey
this prescription. Housekeeping is a
complicated affair. Joy and grief
alike make demands on our resources.
WEAKNESS OF body and WEAKNESS OF
mind march with us because we have
sometimes too little leisure and
sometimes too little variety. A de-
c,ded change OF scene Is a panaeea
for many ills. II we may not cross
the Atlantic, we may perhaps make
n visit and rest while In farm
house twenty miles away. II We have
lived too long in one part of the town
It may do us good to remove TO an
other. Few OF US sleep so much as
we ought to. while we overlook the
obvious fact that the quality OF sleeI
Is as important as the quantity
Chronic indigestion Is the accompany
ment and forerunner Of nervous
breakdown. To eat moderately. battle
daily. drink plenty OF pure water rea'
entertaining books, exercise worry
and spend two hours In outdoor al
would transform many a nervous IN
valid into specimen Of buoyan
health"
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1915-09-17
WILD DREAMS BECOME TRUE.

We are living In an age OF wonders.
Ar age Of accomplishment. We are
doing things that are little short OF
miracles. We are bringing to pass
the widest dreams. and the wonder
of Il Is we are just now on the thresh'
ola of these wonderful accomplish
ments. The following discussion o.
this startling age Is from State
Topics:
The truth OF the philosophers
statement that whatever the human
mind can conceive. human hands can
accomplish, has been demonstrated
during the last year or Two. When
Jules Verne wrote his book. "A Thou
sand Leagues Under the Sea-" II was
read with interest. Just as the Arabian
Nights and similar works are read.
but with no idea that such a thing
as an undersea boat would ever exist
outside the cover Of a novel. The
same thing occurred again when
Wells wrote his enhancing book,
'sThe War OF the Air The horrible
sides OF underwater and aerial war
fare were too appalling for serious
consideration. and no one dreamed
that the wild imaginings OF the novel
lists would become realities. Yet both
are now accomplished facts; as much
so as are the dreadnaughts and iron
clad cruisers. State Topics has drawn
attention 10 the construction Of ter
powerful submarines in this country
each Of sufficient power 10 cross th'
Atlantic and return again. Now FOL
lows the statement that powerful air
ships are being constructed near New
York which will cross the Atlantic
flying at the rate Of seventy.fve mile
an hour and carrying one or two ton
of extra weight These airships vii
carry batteries OF Quick-firing gun
and hundreds OF pounds Of high eN
plosives. II Is said they will be abl
20 drop ton Of dynamite on a fort
fication, hattleship or other obiec
chosen for destruction. War is n
longer either the glorious nor excltin
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1915-09-17

MIR. W. l.. Turner. formerly editor
OF the Meteor. now real estate
dealer and farmer. sold s25 worth OF
sweet potatoes Saturday. Mr.. Turner
has about three-fourths Of an acre
in potatoes. consisting of forty'six
short rows. He sold potatoes from
only FIVE rows and Il he sells the re-
mainder OF the crop at the same price
he viii receive $3.50 for three.fourths
Of an acre OF sweet potatoes, 1t rays
To diversity. jacksonville Meteor.
Our old friend Turner is putting
into practice some Of the advice he
gave the farmers through the columns
of his papers while an editor
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1915-09-17
ALVIN bARTA WAS
SERIOUSLY HURT
Fell From Heavily Loaded Wagon
and Wheel Passed Over His Head,
Causing Severe Injury.

Alvin Barta. son Of MIR. and Mrs.
Joe Barta. a well known family Of
the Shiloh community below College.
was very seriously II not fatally In.
jured this morning. when he was
thrown from the wagon on which he
was riding and fell under the wheels
One Of the wheels passed over his
head. crushing the back OF his skull
and inflicted painful bruises about the
face.
The Eagle is informed that young
Barta was returning from the Putz
gin TO his home with the wagon load
ed with cottonseed and a bale OF cot.
ton. Whether the team ran away or
not Is unknown. but In some way
Barta fell from the wagon with the
results as mentioned above. The
team was caught several hundred
yards from the scene OF the accident
by some negroes who were on the
road. and they say that Barta was
walking along behind the wagon in
semi.conscious condition and faint
ed when stopped by them. He was
taken to the home of Mr.. and Mrs
]. ]. Jones. which was nearby. and a
physician summoned as quickly as
possible. At the last report he had
not recovered consciousness suff
gently to tell how the accident hap
pened and the attending physicians
do not express hope for his recovery
The accident occurred about
O'Clock this morning.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1915-09-17
Miuht Need Them.

after de sarmint. t'mor night,
Brudder simmons" said Deacon
Whang. I'VE all is gwine to have
rousin' hozanner meetin', and burn
up your paragraphs, bless de Lawd.'
Burn up which. sah?" returned
Goat simmons. the recently converted
gambling man. in considerable aston
ishment
"Yo' gamblin' paragraphs. sab.
When a spo'tin man gifts converted
and washed whittier dan snow. dey
allus burns up his kyohds and dice
and sich scan'lous stuff as dat, midst
loud shouts o. praise. De Lawd Is
wit dem. and de gamblin' brudder
steps 10th and filings his paragraphs
on de fab. and he stands wit bowed
head whilst"
Not me. sab, amt gwine TO do
no sich.uh thing"
But. muh goodness. brudder, 20
am converted. isn't 20. and"
"Yassahl Use sho' converted. but
dat don't make me blame fool
mousht backslide and need dat stun"
l7Kansss City Star.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1915-09-17

The British government has con-
demned several million dollars worth
Of American products on board ships
previously detained by England and
taken before the prize court. The
goods were awarded the crown. which
means they ceased to be the property
OF the Americans who shipped them
and became the property of the Brit
ish government. This looks hard and
is liable to prejudice the cause OF
Great Britain to a certain extent II
should be remembered, however, the
goods were contraband and the course
pursued by England was not In VIC
lation Of international law. This wal
is developing new conditions and sit
nations and teaching us some law as
well as geography.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1915-09-17
The Store for Values in Mems
Wear.

The Waco Times. Herald has at.
tempted to put on show by asking
what is Joe Bailey decomracyg II
then attempted to answer its own
interrogatory and TO criticise its in.
depreciation. There is no occasion,
however, for Mr.. Bailey or any OF his
friends to feed bad about II, tor the
Times.Herald has criticised Woodrow
Wilson's democracy. w. J. Bryan 5
democracy, oscar Underwood's dem
ocracy and romped all over Champ
Clark's democracy All Of which
hears out the contention OF Joe Bailey
that there is no such thing as a pure
democracy.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1915-09-17
POSTGRADUATE CLASS AT
ALLEN ACADEMY.

For the benefit of some OF our
graduates of last year who will
return to the Academy for an
other years work, and for any
others desiring this higher
course, we will organize a post
graduate class. The course will
include higher English and lit
erature, Latin, German or Span
ish, and college Freshman math-
ematics.
In this connection, we wish to
call attention to the advantages
of the course offered in German.
Prof. Moers speaks German as
his native tongue. and he uses
the conversational method of in
struction. The higher course In
Latin will cover ground neces-
sary for a fourth entrance unit
in Latin. 1t will be especially
valuable for students who feel
the need of additional Latin be-
fore going to college.
There Is a growing demand,
especially in Texas, for Spanish;
and a knowledge of this Ian
guage will be Of great value not
only to scholars. but to business
men in the future.
We wish to call attention also
to our course in debating. In
former years the principals have
had great success in training
boys in debate. II Is our pur-
pose to lay emphasis on this
work during the coming session
and to make II a very valuable
course.
Special students viii be re-
ceived IN any of the above sub
iects.
| THE PRINCIPALS.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1915-09-17
WIT AND HuMoR.
Sounds Of Nature.

The inhabitants Of a frog pond
close at hand awakened two little
girls who we're spending their first
night In the country.
First came the high, piping voice
of little "peeper"
What's that" whispered Winnie
81 think it's a bird" yentured SUI
san.
lust then basso proiundo frog
sang out one Of his lowest tones.
What's that" came another
startled whisper
Il amt quite sure" came the an
swer. but | think II Is either COW
or an automobile" - Youngstown
Telegram.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1915-09-17

thing II was In times past. II Is In
the hands Of the mechanic and chem
list. Those engaged in battle now
are either buried under the earth like
moles, sunk under the sea like fish.
or soaring through the air like birds
The machine shop has set aside the
military school. while the laboratory
Of the chemist has become of far
greater importance than the head
quarters Of the general staff"
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1915-09-17
Theory and Practice.

You must not be so quarrelsome'
Willie" said Williams father. i'm
pressiyely. Remember that the
meek will inherit the earth.
Maybe they will hereafter re-
sponded the young militant, but
around at my school they are used to
wine up the earth" 800 Richmond
Times Dispatch
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1915-09-17

Five troopers OF the United States
army and four civilians have been
killed since the border troubles
around Brownsville began. It looks
hard that we must sacrifice the lives
OF our soldiers to keep that bunch OF
greasers on their side OF the Rio
Grande.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1915-09-17

The American consuls have been
instructed TO leave their posts in
Mexico should II get too hot for them.
Surely such instructions were not
necessary, as the government would
hardly expect them to do the boy
stood on the burning deck" act.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1915-09-17

Reports Of tax assessors over the
state in the main show a decrease
from the assessments OF last year
williamson County shC'Ss g/decrease
OF practically a million dollars.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1915-09-17

The Bedias Monitor has reached
us. II is edited by Prof. W. ID. Out.
law. a well known Grimes County edu.
Gator and a man Of scholarly attain
ments The paper ably reflects the
news and business interests OF the
community in which II Is published.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1915-09-17

II has been suggested that the Dial.
las man who had bean to sprout
in his ear was carrying the diversl.
iication idea little too far.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1915-09-17
Al She 10 Spoke.

British Tommy somewhere In
Francel-speak English. Moosoo?
French shopkeeper - But - yes, a
leetle. M'sleu.
British Tommy-Righto, then give
us ten pounds O. spuds. an arnee o
baccy. a packet o. flags and box o
lights, an be slippy,-The Passing
Show,
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1915-09-17
WISE AND OTHERWISE.

His Whichever mind n you have
lost everything You still have me.
Mr.. Bustup-But you're not an as.
set You're a running expense
Judge
We shall escape the uphill by never
turning back.-Christina Rossetti.
That policeman is too conscienous
TO be gardener
What do you mean"
HE arrested the growth Of a vine
on his house when he found il climb
ing through a window. Kansas City
Journal.
Remembrance wakes with all her
busy train,
swells at my breast, and turns the
past 10 pain. Goldsmith.
Knicker-How do you suppose mer
live in a submarine?
Booker - Didn't you ever have {
room In a seaside hotel?-New Yorl
Sun.
In this broad earth OF ours
Amid the measureless grossness ant
the Stag,
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1915-09-17
MARRIAGE LICENSE.

Charlie white and Bertha Jones
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1915-09-17

Inclosed and safe within Its central
heart
Nestles the seed perfection.
Walt Whitman.
My heart hath one poor string to stay
II by.
Which holds but till thy news be ut
tered. King John.
Miss Wheat. the new teacher was
hearing the history lesson. Turning
TO one OF the scholars, she asked;
James, what was Wash'ngton's
farewell address,"
The new boy arose with prompt
tude that promised well for his favor
Heaven. ma'am," he said.-Tit'
Bits.
Nothing now is left bu, a majestic
neutrality-suspicious..
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1915-09-17

We shall escape the uphill by neve
turning back.-Christina Rossetti.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1915-09-17

In this broad earth OF ours
Amid the measureless grossness and
the Stag.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-02-17
STARVED TO DEATH
IN SIXTY DAYS
Tailor Who Would Not Eat, Died
When His Organs Refused
to Work Again.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service ]
PALO ALTO, Calf, Feb. 17.-Louis
c. Roth, the fasting tailor, OF PaIo
Alto, is dead OF starvation. Though
he broke his sixty day fast Monday by
taking orange juice, his devitalized
organs failed to respond
It is believed that Roth established
a new record for fasting. His abstain
ance from food Of any description ex-
tended over period Of only few
hours short Of sixty days. The longest
previous authenticated fast was that
of Signor Merlatti who went without
food for fifty days in 1886 in Paris.
Roth weighed 145 pounds when he
started his fast and hut IS when he
died. With his dying breath he offer
ed his body to Leland Stanford Uni
versity for scientific research. but it
will not be accepted. Professor Swain
and DR.. M. c. Terry. Of the university,
were present when Roth died, and de-
clared there was not enough LETT OF
Roth's body to be of any scientific
value.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-02-17
CENTER or
SHIPPING BILL
Compromise Measure Passed by the
House 10 Now in the Senate
for Action.

/ Hunted Press Leased Wire Service.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 1.-THE storm
center Of the ship purchase fight shift
led along new lines today, from the
ihouse to the senate.
Following the passage early this
morning by the house. 215 to 121 of
the compromise administration bill, a
new campaign was Instituted by SEN
ate democrats. Revolutionary and
unprecedented "strong arm methods,
lit was rumored, might be resorted to,
to chloroform the opposition and pass
the bill regardless OF senate rules, be-
fore the week end.
One OF the reports in circulation
was that the democrats would have
a friendly senator supplant Vice Presi-
dent Marshall temporarily in the
chair, who would arbitrarily refuse
ito recognize republican filibusters.
Should such a plan be resorted to,
the republicans. 1t is said, would leave
the chamber In a body.
The doubtful element in this plan
was that Senators Norris, Kenyon and
La Toilette would refuse to join the
democrats. thus leaving them with
out a majority to pass any gag"
rule.
Jockeying for preliminary advan-
tage today hinged upon two tentative
plans
One was that the house should re-
turn the bill without asking confer
ence for the senate democrats to
move to concur In the house amend
ments.
1t was not certain that the house
bill would be completed and present
ed today. Some administration
leaders favored postponing action
until Thursday, to give time for per-
lection OF the administration new
campaign plans.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-02-17
CITY NEWS.

The American Society of Refrig-
Grating Engineers has notified the
Burlington that It will be the official
road Of the society to the exposition
in September
Regular meeting of Keokuk aerie
No. $50, F. o. E., tonight at Eagles
hall. 523 Main, at o'clock. Election
of officers. Visiting brothers always
welcome. Chas. A. Noakes, secretary.
Keokuk IS getting some more ad-
vertisement, this time In the Mime
apolis Journal The Journal Is run
ming half page display ad, telling OF
what want ads will do. It takes the
incident OF thu want ad which was
answered by Hugh l.. Cooper. as its
text for the sermon on the results OF
want ads. A cut Of the dam and dry
dock Is shown in the advertisement.
A series OF study In the Old and
New Testament characters Will be
taken up in the mid-week prayer ser
vice this evening in the First Metho-
Gfst Protestant church. The first will
be Lessons from the Life of Abra-
ham," The pastor will have charge Of
each service. special invitation is
given to ali persons to attend these
means OF grace. Each service will
prove Of special interest and lasting
benefit to ALL
Fort Madison Gem City: The
heavy pressure on the funds OF the
county are due to be relieved during
the remainder of February and
through the month of March in the
large and increasing tax receipts
which will b, paid to the county In
that period. The members Of the
board of supervisors are giving the
question OF finances close attention
but as yet have not agreed upon q
method that will insure a practical
and permanent relief from stringency.
Burlington Gazette: The ice pack
went out this afternoon at 1870, almost
a month earlier than last year. At
noon many people were attracted to
the river front by the report that the
ice was moving. but the ice only
moved down about $50 feet leaving
the skating rink located at the foot
of Valley But later on the move was
a fact. AS far up the river as the eye
could see the surface was covered
with grinding jagged, hummocks and
large pieces hundreds of feet in length.
The river blocked this year on Deem
Der 14th and during the short time
in which the Father OF the Waters
has been locked Burlington has en-
ioyed every minute of the time. The
skating was enjoyed by young and
old and the ice men reaped large
harvest. Last year the ice went out
on March 14th. The only casualties
noticed today was a, large bull ter
rier which fell into the water while
conducting a personal investigation
and received Gucking and row
boat which was badly battered by the
ice pans
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-02-17
steamer /. SAFE.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.1
NEW YORK, Feb. 1.-THE Scandi-
navian-American line Office today re-
ceived a cablegram from Kirkwall,
Scotland, announcing the arrival there
of the liner Oscar II. Fear had been
felt for the liner and her 400 rassen-
gers and cargo of general merchan-
disc. She left New York February 4.
The message merely stated the ship
arrived at Krikwall SunGay. Officials
of the company here are of the opin-
ion she was held up and searched by
a British patrol ship which probably
sealed her wireless, thus accounting
for her silence.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-02-17
IBETAS TO HONOR
| BARR AT Dinner
Farewell Banquet to Well Known
! Member Of Fraternity VIII Be
rendered Tonight at
Hotel Iowa.
MAJ. HAMILL PREsIDEs
Six, Members Of Chapter viii be at
This Dinner-oid keokuk
Man Was One of the
Founders.

DR.. G. Walter Barr, who leaves
soon for Des Moines, will be the
guest Of honor at dinner to be Civ
en- tonight at the Hotel Iowa. by mem
bers of the Beta alumni chapter here
There will be six at dinner, including
the guest Of honor. All are members
OF the Beta fraternity, and several
colleges will be represented about
the banquet board.
Major David B. Hanin will be
POSTMASTER He represents Mon
mouth college: ]. p. Coyle represents
the University of Illinois: e. NJ. Har-
rison, Purdue University; Edward w
McManus, the University OF Iowa;
Ralph B. Joy, Knox college and Dr..
Barr. De Paw university.
The full ritual of the chapter will
be observed at the banquet tonight.
Following the banquet, there will be
toasts by each one Of the members,
mplimentary to the guest OF the
evening.
keokuk Man, Founder.
A fact not generally known in re-
gard to the Betas Is that S. T. Mar
shall, father Of Mrs. George Hassall
and A. T. Marshall of this city is one
of the founders of the society. Back
in 1899 in Miami college, together
with John Riley Knox Of Greensvills,
Ind, he organized the 6ociety.
DR.. Barr has done much to keep
this fact that the old keokuk man
was at the head Of the society alive,
and his efforts are being widely read.
1t is planned to distribute to the
members of the fraternity pamphlets
numbering one hundred, which give
history of the society to which
these men belong. The pamphlets
are being prepared under the direc-
ton of Professor Shepardson OF the
University of Chicago.
DR.. Barr will have editorials in the
first three CT these issues. These writ
ings will deal with Mr.. Marshall for
the most part.
The Keokuk Betas have always
been prominent members of the chap
ter in other cities and states. The
Betas expect tonight to pay some
appreciation to this fact.
The local chapter members have
received a special invitation to at
tend district convention to be held
at Davenport on March 6.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-02-17
FUNERAL RECORD
o o 9 o o 9 o o o o o o o o 9
Mr.. Anna Ward.

The funeral of Mrs. Anna Ward was
held at St. Francis de Sales Catholic
church at $50 o'clock this morning
where impressive services were con-
Quoted by Rev. Father Dunnion in
the presence Of large attendance Of
neigibors and friends
The pallbearers were John L. Fini-
gan, w. L. Mcnamara, E. P. McManus.
George w. Ewers. John Joyce and
James r. Breheny.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-02-17
DereIIet Balloon.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.1
LONDON, Feb. IA despatch
from Amsterdam to the Exchange
Telegraph Co., says that big balloon
believed to be either Zeppelin or
Parseval passed over that city today.
floating northwestward in vertical
position and apparently derelict.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-02-17
PIunaer 10 Bankrupt.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Servicel
NEW YORK. Feb. 17.-Jesse l..
Livermore, who engineered cotton
pool that netted him fortune few
years ago, today filed voluntary pc
tition in bankruptcy. He listed liabil-
tiles totalling s102,474. Value of his
assets. the petition stated, is I'M
known