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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-04-20

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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-04-20

Efforts are in progress in Chicago to settle the strike of building em- D1oyes.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-04-20

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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-04-20
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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-04-20

Unusual sun spot activity was re- ported by astronomers at St. Louis.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-06

bets of the University club. amid pop ping of firecrackers. explosion of bombs and catankerous actions os a goat submarine"
 These two unhappy members of the club were obliged to masticate and swallow every morsel of meat on that acrid horrible bird all because of fail ure of the Germans to keep their boast to be in Paris by last Christmas.
 Tie men William Absolom and John r. Spotts of Burlington. who backed the boast of the Teutons-were game losers. They were on the spot last night determined to eat the crow or choke.
 To make the ordeal more trying. l. ether members sat nearby and regaled themselves with wine and good "eats." while Absolom and Spotts, faces ghast- ly. tackled the crow.
 Each sawed off portion of the bird, and. eyes shut. chewed violently.
 Absolom was biting vlciously at the brea stbone and Spotts was worrying wing when a goat was turned loose. 1t wore a placard with the words, Ger man submarine U-14."
 The goat seemed to know where to go. It charged the crow eaters table. but Absolom and Spotts seized the an- imal and hustled it out of the room. They were just finishing the crow when bomb exploded under the table, but the two young men had now become used to wariike measures and finished the bird
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-06
The Battle of San Jacinto

From tne DallaS, Tex. News.
 After two months of listening to them talk I was constrained to put a. different construction on the battle of San Jacinto from that which appears in the histories and that which we hear talked these times. The construction that I put on the battle as a boy would be something like the Sampson-Schley episode during the Spanfsh-American war. One captured the spanish fleet and the other got the credit Rusk whipped the Mexicans and Houston got the credit. As understand It, Sam Houston was wounded in the heel by a stray shot before the battle began and lay on blanket under a live oak tree during the entire fight. Sidney Sher- man's history of the retreat, a copy of which is now in the possession of L E. Daniels of Houston. bears out the facts of the battle as detailed by those three old veterans of San Jacinto. Sam Houston was elected governor of Texas before the Civil war, being whig, defeating Hardin R. Tunnels. the regular democratic nom- inee, but was not elected by the veterans of San Jacinto. He was governor when the war broke out in 1861 As he was a whig and a union man. he refused to take the oath after the ordinance of seces- sion and resigned and retired to pri- vate life and died short time after ward. All of the whigs left the state and came back after the war to torment us during the days of reconstruction. J. W. Throckmorton of Mckinney and A. Bledsoe who was elected controller in the F.. J. Davis administration and re- fused to sign an appropriation which saved the state s6000,o00, were exceptions to this rule, however. Bledsoe was buried in the cemetery at Lancaster. and the state of Texas owes him a monument to be erected on the public square for this q
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-06

Irishman, no matter what he believes or how he says his prayers"
 Another little incident in lighter vein shows the other side of the picture. It also relates to the Celtic football ground in Belfast, which is the scene of reg ular matches between nationalist and unionist teams, which often end in a con- test more serious than football. The sig nal for the beginning of the row is often the striking up of national airs by the Celtic band ard the unionists feel it their duty to stop the music.
 The incident was described to me by a Belfast linen merchant who is a strong unionjst. The match had ended and the band began to tune up. Some of the unionist lads showed signs of unrest but the tune they heard was not God Save Ireland' or "The Wearing of the Green" but God Save the King"
 ''I never heard of such thing" said my informant. "a nationalist band play ing God Save the King Our lads didn't know what to do but they couldn't let God Save the King go without a cheer and they cheered, and the nationalsts cheered and there wasn't single fight that day"
 Irish members of Parliament who are returning from London tell me, however, that the fate of Ireland and of Ulster is to be decided by the British uiionists. and that wonderful change has taken place in their attitude. They have never been so extreme as the Ulster party and many of them, if they had not feit bound by party loyalty. would have thrown over the Ulsterites long ago. Now they 60 not conceal their weariness of the whole squabble.
 One of the responsible leaders of the rarty was talking in his club the other day about the situation and he said:
 For my part the Irish can have any thing they want after the war. We were all wrong about them. 1 confess that l was one of those who thought that the Irish would take the opportunity of Eng lands difficulty to make things hard for us but l am also more than glad to confess that 1 was all wrong. No one appreciates the statesmanlike attitude Of John Redmond better than the Englis ! unionsts and we would be churlish in deed if we continued to suspect him after
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sition single-handed and killed eight Ger mans and captured five more in doing it. OLeary was sent over to Ireland with making a tour of the villages telling the lads about his exploit. They have sim ply fiocked to join and I am told that in two weeks o'Leary and his little com pany enlisted two full battalions of the Irish Guards
 1reland's response to the call for troops is all the more creditable because she has not had an opportunity of realizing the war to anything like the same ex. tent as England. For one thing, prices in Ireland have risen little if any, while in England the cost of living has gone up about 25 per cent. There have been fewer troops in training and until re- gently very few wounded have been sent home to Ireland, the Irish wounded hay ing been cared for in the British hos pitfalls. Now, however the convalescents are coming back to visit their homes and the young men all over the country are beginning to hear first-hand tales of the glorious deeds of their neighbors and friends.
 All this is helping along the new spirit for in hundreds of cases the Irish sol diers from the north and from the south travel home together and lie for weeks side by side in the hospitals. They get to know each other and they carry the gospel of good fellowship to their own towns and villages. I have even heard of cases where men from the north and south who made friends during the war have been visiting each other in Ireland and the result is that some of the south ern villages have seen an Orangeman for the first time and learned that he does not really wear horns and hoofs. while in the north the inhabitants of more than one village have been in introduced on equal terms to a "Papish' who turns out to be brave man and a good fellow.
 This process has been going on even 70 greater extent among the class from which the officers are drawn. In Ireland the workingmen. of both parties at least know something about each other. They meet in the factory and the field and at their games. In the middle and profess sional classes. however, the religious line is so strictly drawn that a Roman Catho-
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lie rarely enters Protestant house or vice versa. Now the officers of both faiths are compelled to meet each other at mess and in barracks, and are finding out that they are all very much the same after all l saw a couple of Illuminating letters the other day from a young Dub lin man, a Roman Catholic. who had re- ceived a commission as second lieutenant m the Royal Horse artillery and was sent to the depot at Fermoy to be trained.
 His first letter announced that he had to sleep in the dormitory between two Orangemen from Lisburn and he won dered how he would get with them. A couple of weeks later another letter an- nounced that he had come to the con- clusion that the Orangemen were very good fellows indeed, and promised to make excellent officers. l have not the slightest doubt that She Orangemen re- ceived him with the same suspicion a, first and came to the same conclusion on better acquaintance.
 All this means mixing the elements that have kept as separate as oil and water in Ireland for generations, and no one can foresee the result. It must make for a better understanding ana snOulu not De surprised if it led to a breaking up of the Ulster pale. Now the young men of Ulster will not seek employment in other parts of Ireland because they have been taught that the people are savages. Hav- ;ng learned that they are not savages there is every likelihood that their keen commercial instinct will lead them to seek out the wealth to be made in de- veloping the more backward parts of theIr own country. Similarly perhaps the over production of doctors and lawyers for ex- port in the south and west will cease and the young professional men will bs able to find career among their own countrymen in the wealthier north.
 At any rate Zone thing is certain. There will be no civil war in Ireland after tho great war is over. The soldiers will see to that. And another thing that is cer- tain is that Ireland will govern herself in her own way.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-06

the inclusion of Ulster in the territory to be governed by an Irish Parliament But what of Sir Edwards s followers? It is true that in Belfast there are a few of the older men still talking in the same way. and the Ulster volunteers are still to be seen drilling and marching They are vastly different body, how ever. from that which they were before the war. Then one saw a majority of fine upstanding young men of military age. Now the great bulk of the men in the ranks are bearded men well past mid dle life. The Ulster volunteers have given 25000 of their best to the Kings army and these 25.000 men have been figa
 side by side in France and Flanders with 25,o00 other Irishmen from the west and south, whom they would have met in bat tie if the threats of the irreconclables before the war had been carried out. .t is inconceivabe that these men canno, have learned to know and appreciate each other in the stern school of real war and it is unbelievable that they will want to fight each other after fighting together against a foe like the Germans It is far more likely that they will join hands and say to the politicians that they are all lrishmen and want noun.ng better than to manage the affairs of their own country together.
 An incident which shows that this new spirit is already dawning occurred the other day in Dublin hospital where a wounded Belfast soldier was telling the story of fight in which his regiment he had been serving ,.s an English unit had been badly cut up.
 There were only two companies of us left he said, "and we were pretty well surrounded. l made up my mind that we were done for, but suddenly we heard cheering on the left and singing that sounded kind of familiar. l thought for d minute 1 was on the Celtic foot II ground in Belfast for it was God Save Ireland they were singing. It was the Connaught Rangers and they went through the Germans with the bayonet and came back again and then turne and went through them again I tell you I never liked to hear that rebel tune at home, but that day I thanked God that I was an Irishman. I, for one, will never have another word to say against any
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-06
Too Much Prosperity

From the New York Times.
 "A lawyer friend of mine is responsible for this story" said well-known play wright, and vouches for it's veracity:
 "One morning he picked his way to the edge of an excavation and called down for Timothy Gilhooly Who's wantin me% queried voice.
 '' T am.' said the lawyer, it is my duty to inform you that your Aunt Mary has died in the old country, leaving you an estate of S90,000 in cash
 For about eight months Mir. Gilhooly, in a high hat and patent shoes, lived a life of elegant ease, trying to cure him self of a great thirst. Then back again he went to his old job at s1.75 a day. Shortly afte> the lawyer again appeared and found him hard at work.
 'Mr. Gilhooly,' he said. I've mora good news for you. Your Uncle Michael is dead in the old country. He has left you another $30,000.'
 '' 'Indade, thin. Oi don't think Oi'n take it. said Gilhooly, leaning wearily on his pick. "Oim not as strong as Oi vance was: and Oi'm doubtin' if Oi could go through all that agin and livel' D
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-06

what he, and Ireland under his leadership, have done for the empire. l. for one, and I know most of my colleagues agree with me, am willing to trust MT. Redmond and I don't see that Ulster need have anything to fear.'
 This, I am told, is the attitude, too, of the unofficial unionists. the British merchants and professional men who are the backbone of the party They are tired of hearing of the Irish question and they are ready to trust MT. Redmond and the men who fought for them in Elan ders.
 With this spirit anmating both Brit ish parties it ought not to be difficult measure of home rule than the present act.
 All are agreed that 1t needs revision, especially in it's financial clauses. and no one really accepted it as final measure
 In the meantime there has been great boom in Irish recruiting for the army especially in the south and west. There can be no denying the fact that Ulster did better at the beginning of the war ip furnishing recruits than the rest of Ireland. but there are other reasons than excess of loyalty for that. Ulster is mucn more largely industrial than the rest of the country and it is easier to reach a factory population than one engaged in agriculture. Then, too, it is much easier for a factory hand to leave his job and elist, than it is for the small farmer to leave his farm. Moreover, there is no doubt that the activities of the little group of extremists, who are said to be supplied with money by Sir Roger Case ment in Berlin. has had some effect ln confusing the minds of the peasantry. The average farmers lad is not in a position to distinguish between the va rions brands of patriots, and he is much disposed to take the written word for gospel This has been counteracted now by a vigorous campaign in the country districts by the members of the Irish party, many of whom have obtained commissions and raised companies and even battalions among their own con stituents. Perhaps the most successful recruiter in Ireland. however. has been Sergt. Mike O'Leary, V. C., of the Irish Guards. the man who took German po-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-06
The Way of Robert E. Lee

From the Southern Churchman.
 General Lee was in the cars going to Richmond one day, and was seated at the end farthest from the door. The other seats were filled with officers and soldiers. An old woman, poorly dressed, entered at one of the stations, and. finding no seat and having none offered her. ap- oached the end where the general was seated He immediately arose and gave Ter his seat. Instantly there was a gen. eral rising, each one offering his seat to the general. But he calmly said: No, gentlemen, if there was no seat for tho infirm old woman, there can be none for me-"
 The effect was remarkable. One after another got out of the car The seats seemed to be too hot for them, and tha general and the old lady soon had the car to themselves.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-06

Aires. Some of them have bought i'm.
 proved stock, and they are taking more
 care Of their farms than ever before. They expect to breed up their animals to such state that they will be suitable for chilled beef for the United States and Europe At present most of the Par aguay cattle are turned into dried or 1erked beef. There are saladeros at Con- cepcion and other places, and the cat tie are driven there for sale Conception IS now slaughtering something like 2O,0Od a year, and it exports salt, dried bees
 hioes, bones and grease. The dried beef goes to Brazil, Cuba and Porto Rico and to other Spanish-American countries
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-06

there see a farm that has been cut out of the woods. Here and there are cattle feeding along the banks but often you travel for miles with no living thing but the alligators in sight.
 The Paraguay river runs through one Of the forest regions of this part of the world. As seen from the boat, the trees are knotty and gnarly and but few of them are more than a foot in diameter. They are bound together with vines. Farther inland is a densc jungle of vegetation through which it would be impossible to make your way without an ax or a knife. As you ap proach Asuncion the land rises and the boat, now and then, stops at a Para guayan town whose only communica- ton with the outside world is the river Such towns have unpaved streets, in which the grass grows. The houses are all of one-story They are mostly of stucco. They have roofs of red tile and they are painted in the brightest of colors. Continuing your voyage, you by and by, land at Asuncion, the capi- tai of Paraguay It is a city of about 10O,000 people, and is the social, politi- cal and financial center of the Upper Iarana system.
 But before 1 describe the Paraguayan capital l want to give you a general idea of the country. In the first place. it's location Paraguay lies in the heart of the South American continent, much the same as Illinois lies in the heart of the North American continent. It IS at the junction of two mighty rivers, having great waterways that carry it's products out to the sea.
 The country is divided into two parts
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thorized by the Paraguay government, and it is practically supreme in Its locality. It has now about 30,00o or more cattle. which it has turned out to graze.
 one of the chief businesses of this syndicate is in exploiting its forests of quebache wood. It has built a railroad 25 miles long to bring out the timber. and it has a number of boats of one kind or other. It has an s00-ton steam,r r that floats the Argentine flag and it's manager has a launch that carries the stars and stripes. intertwined with the colors of this republic, up and down the Paraguay river.
 This American company is said to be operated somewhat in connection with the Farquhar syndicate. the stock of which is held largely in Europe, but which is often supposed to be under American in fuenee It is the same company that has taken over the Paraguay Central rail- road, that now goes southward from Asuncion to the Alto-Parana river and from there across into the Argentine and on to Buenos Aires, making a through railroad route between the two countries. The same system owns the electric light and street cars of Asuncion, and 1t has been receiving the most profitable con- tracts of the government given out here within the past few years. It is now push ing it's railways on toward the Niagara. Falls of South America, on the Parana river near the Brazilian boundary. The direction of the work is under American constructors.
 Another concern that is now owned by the Farquhars is La Industrial Para gnaya. This company controls the yerbe mate industry. It has millions of acres of yerbe forests, and employs thousands of laborers in getting out yerbe mate or Paraguayan tea. It Is also interested in timber production, and owns forests of hard and soft woods
 Among the other large companies of the Chaco is one which has 30000> cattle, and vast tract of land which it is trying to colonize. It's holdings amount to 5000,000 acres. It is exploring the ter ritories about it's estate. and it's engineers and surveyors have gone something like 300 miles into the interior. l am told that they have found plenty of pasture. and that they will eventually have one of the largest cattle estancias of this part of the world.
 As it is now. there are many large ranches Tn Paraguay proper, whose. own CTS are raising cattle for the market. They are beginning to ship to Buenos
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-06

UBLIN, May 2I.-(Special Corre-
 spondence.) )-What will be the
 fate of Ireland after the war? koeSS%SI Will it become united country
 in which men of all parties and all shades of religious belief will unite as in other countries, for the common good, or will the age old divisions which have weakened the country and made it the Cinderella among nations be revived? Men of good will of all classes are asking these ques- lions now, and I am glad to be able to report that the outlook is decidedly fav- orable for really united Ireland.
 Of course 1t is too much to say that the division between Orange and Green will disappear utterly from the face Of the country. That is too much to expect. Men who have been brought up for life time in an atmosphere of political and religious hatred can hardly shake it off even after so great an internarIonai con vulsion as the present war There is still q section, small on both sides and com posed of men well past middle life, who are irreconcilable, but the great bulk Of Irishmen are now casting around for | way to reach an agreement for the fu- ture government of Ireland. which will ratisfy her national aspirations and an tagonize none but those who refuse to be reconciled on any terms.
 Ireland has won home rule. There can be no doubt of that. The law is on the statute book and all that is required is to fix the date of its inauguration. That does not necessarily mean, however. that the present law will stand in it's every dot and comma. Even it's warmest friends admit that it is capable of improvement Gnd most of them would be willing to see it altered considerably to satisfy the fears and save the pride of Ulster
 What form these changes will take de- ponds on two factors the attitude of Ul- ster. and in a far greater degree the atti- tude of the English unonists. suppose there is no harm in saying that Sir Ed ward Carson is an irreconcilable. He says so himself. A few days ago he de- clared that nothing had been settled as regards the Irish question by the parlia- mentary truce and that as soon as the war is over the Ulster volunteers will be ready again to resist by force of arms
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-06
Two Clubmen Eat Crow

From the Philadelphia Record.
 Crow-a big, fat bird of the familiar variety that haunts cornfields in au- tumn-was eaten last night at the Par ker house. Burlington. by two mem
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-06
Same Old Sandwich

From PUCK.
 Nothing but caviar sandwiches com- plained the man in the depot restaurant. Why do you have nothing on sale in the way of sandwiches but caviar?"
 'sThey don't slow coal dust responded the Wa ikneas hrieflY