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The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1915-11-06
AGAIN TO BE FERTILE LAND
Building of Euphrates Dam Calculated
to Restore the Prosperity of
Old Mesopotan7ia.

With the completion of the Hindu
yeh barrage. on the River t,uphrates,
the first step has been taken which
will ultimately turn Mcsopotamja into
the fertile land it was in Biblical
/ times.
| For ages the waters Of the Tigris and
| Euphrates have run to waste in the
| desert. or accumulated in unWhol, some
! marshes. and devastation and the de
cay Of centuries have set their mark
upon enormous areas that once bios
somed as the rose. In the great Baby
lonian plain tradition has placed the
| Garden of Eden. and the still visible
ruins of old dams and canals show
how important a part was played by
| irrigation in the economic prosperity
of Chaldea and Babylon.
After lying dormant for ages as the
result of devastating wars. Tartar in
roads and Turkish apathy. fertility
is about to be restored to those desc
late regions as by the wave OF a ma
gician's wand.
The magician is the modern cngi
neer, in the person Of Sir William
Nillcocks, who in 1908 was commits
stoned by the Turkish government TO
prepare an irrigation scheme. III its
entirety Sir William Wilcock's plan
entailed an expenditure Of $4,000, 900,
and it is the first portion OF the works
which were iaaugurated.
The Hindiyeh barrage, AZ miles
south Of Bagdad, has been built just
above the town of Hindiyeh and to
the east of the present riverbed, and
it distributes the waters of the Eu-
pirates through regulators down the
old Hillah branch. past Babylon 70
Hillah. 1t is 500 feet loEg and CON
sists Of 50 arches fitted with sluice
gates 16 feet wide The arches are |
supported by piers 19 feet high and |
four feet thick, with key piers measur- |
ing II feet. This structure rests upon
a foundation of three feet Of concrete |
and six feet OF brickwOrk. Adjoining |
the barrage is a lock with 25-font |
opening for the use of the river traf- /
fic
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1915-11-06

her nodded
:" he
silver accommodating
Peterson
then looked
when disappeared
the did the
sergeant the Despanes station The said didn't know
told
"f silver pulled
dime Dog
dollar!
The spirits angry she told You'd
The smallest had
OF
after and that
would
bill She said the
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1915-11-06


tor this police
Not satisfied with entire dependence
Police Commissioner
between police headquarters
Information
municipal building
transmitting
powerful
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1915-11-06
Avoiding Complications.

i understand Doppel is neutral"
And strongly entrenched, too o.
How does that happen?'
His tavorite barber is a French
mali and his favorite bartender is a
German
How about his favOrite waiter"
He doesn't have to be on his guard
while eating. His favUrite waiter is
waitress. hailing officially from Kan
sas City.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1915-11-06

corps has been created. The men
waving the flags from the tops of sky.
scrapers are not weather forecasters.
but policemen trying to learn the wig.
wag system In use in the United
States army.
In the unlikely event OF war, New
York probably would be the first
point attacked by the enemy. Also,
In the event Of serious riots. New
York would be virtually In a state OF
war. In either exigency the New
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1915-11-06
Rnth Exposed to Dancer.

The man VII, makes q shell is N
as much a here as the loan who M
it
Il guess that's right. In these di
Of Zeppelius and aeroplanes. y,
never know when on aviator Is yh(
TO drop bombs On an ammunition y
tory"
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1915-11-06

Peterson gets to visit town but when
he does it's lively day. When he
went into the fOrtune-teling parior
the adventure with the doctor which
cost him SIS for two bottles Of medi-
cine was still fresh in his mind He
did not intend to be ''slicked" again.
AS he stepped inside of the cur
tanned doorway. the gypsy queen was
sitting before a table gazing at
crystal ball She raised her head and
Peterson noticed a far-aWay look in
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1915-11-06

1Uu6H UOdIU IdUI6 anu UUHK. IUdC
portion OF the eight-foot sewer was re-
Gently completed and through the
manhole Machill obtained light and
air. According to Policeman Mayer,
who discovered him. Machill was liv.
ing In comfort
The Tacony police were given a
surprise when the phone rang.
Say. listen" came an excited
voice. there is man living in a
sewer up at Torresdale avenue and
Cottman street. Come up and get
him. Everybody is scared to death"
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1915-11-06
Electric Plant in Arctic Circle.

The ''farthest north" electric naut
is being constructed at Mount Hope,
100 miles north of the arctic circle
There are 400 persons at this place.
and the plant is being built by one
of the missions
The darkness at Mount Hope is In
tense during the long arctic night,
and the electric plant will supply pow
er for both light and heat. Engineers
at the University Of Pennsylvania will
design the equipment
The electricity will be generated by
wind power, as the wind at Mount
Hope is steady and seldom falls below
20 miles an hour
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1915-11-06

DUHK purposes mere and Tor general
commercial circulation along the Dor
der line among those who cannot dis
tinguish the counterfeit.
The Washington authorities pro-
fess their inability to stop the printing
of this paper or punish either the
photographers or the circulatOrs OF
the counterfeit, because it does not
represent a medium Of exchange OF
a government that is recognized 5y
the United States
Millions nj d0Iloro tn, crxh-r;.,
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1915-11-06

Mexican
authorized
needed
of the
When
detected
such executions have taken
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1915-11-06
New York's Police Learning How to Wigwag

NEW YORKNo muicolored
signals The police department CT New a
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1915-11-06
Unusual Type.

Unusual Type.
He's great pitcher, all right"
Sure. But an anomaly, at that"
why SOP"
1T seems that he never had any
preliminary practice on a vacant lot. i"
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1915-11-06

GAN FRANCsCOvast money
senng millions
year been printed and much Of circulated
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1915-11-06

Too many men don't even IT! ;
make anything when they white,
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1915-11-06
All Of a Kind.

Il suppose, warden, you have men
of various bent here?"
well, sir, they're all crooks"
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1915-11-06

Patroman
He
manhoe Remembering
he dropped into the manhoe and
table On he
cunk lay Machll
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1915-11-06
Western Farmland Visits Chicago Gypsy Queen

tCAGOStuat farmland the
~ Desaines a complaining witness
against parlor
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1915-11-06
Man Is Found Living in a Philadelphia Sewer

PHILADELPHIA Machi
he
been living week He through
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1915-11-06

Large hopes grow from small seed.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1915-11-29
PASSING OF A MIGHTY HOST.

A little while ago the reminder
came to all Of US here in Texas that
the men who wrote the romantic
chapter OF San Jacinto had one by
one passed on TO the Beulah land
not one survivor left. says the Waco
Times-Herald.
How many Of us stop to think that
presently not one survivor OF Leee's
army or Of Grants army will be here
70 bear witness to the heroism OF the
early sixties,
The question is suggested by a re.
cent incident In Bolton. the capital
city Of the county OF Bell.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. s. Riggs recently
deposited a bottle OF wine. Of their
own making. In the vault Of the Bel.
ton National Bank. with instructions
a. follows:
when the membership OF the Bell
County Camp, No. 122. OF United Con.
federate Veterans. shall be reduced by
death. removal and otherwise. to two
members thereof. then and there re.
aiding In Bell County. Texas. then
said bottle OF wine shall be delivered
by said bank Tor its successors) to
said two surviving members Of said
camp Tor TO either Of them. II the
other be physically unable to be pres.
ent). and said two survivors are re.
quested to meet together and 10 as.
sociate with them a few Of our old
friends. viz: George W. Tyler, New.
ton N. Proctor, NJ. II. shanklin. DR..
Taylor Hudson and Joe b. Ferguson
Cor the survivors OF them and drink
said wine in commemoratlon OF the
glorious and valiant deeds OF the sol.
diers of Bell County camp and Of the
Confederacy."
Bell County Camp. No. 122. United
Confederate Veterans. was organized
in Bolton some twenty-five years ago
and soon had between five and six
hundred names enrolled upon Its ros.
ter Today there remain only about
thirty of these veterans. which tells
the mournful story Of how fast their
ranks have thinned and how soon II
win be that not one Confederate sol
der remains TO receive the homage
Of the succeeding generation: all will
have crossed over the river to rest
under the shade OF the trees.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1915-11-29

A maker OF popular though low,
priced car has made a short speech
favorable TO the restoration OF peace.
he said: out Of the trenches by
Christmas and never back again. is
my motto" Some claim that he has
been assured by some high in the
counsels Of the belligerents that they
are willing to listen to n discussion OF
terms OF peace. We are nearer the
end OF the war today than we have
been before.-Temple Telegram.
There Is prophet whose prophecy
cannot be doubted. It's a cinch we
are nearer the END Of the war today
than we have been before. So are
We nearer the restoration Of order on
the Mxican border. the settlement OF
woman suffrage. the passing OF W. J..
Bryan from political activity. the elm.
nation OF Cyclone Davis. the mar.
rage Of President Wilson and the
day Of Judgment.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1915-11-29
INTERNAL CIVIL
|ANS WELL TREATED
Treatment Such Their internmens ls
as Little More Than
Formal.
thy Associated Pressl


Budapest, Hungary. Nov. 2s.-ln.
termed civilians In many parts OF Hun.
gary are treated so lenienily as to
Justify the recent statement that
their internment is little more than
formal. Most OF the foreigners who
remained in Hungary after the first
month or two Of war were OF long
standing in their communities and
are not even regarded as in any way
menace 10 the welfare OF the com.
munity. Although actually forced to
live in formally assigned internment
camps. the trusted aliens are given
leave whenever they have a good rea.
son to assign. For example. recent.
ly the entire population (only 2D OF
an internment camp near Budapest.
were given a weeks leave 10 attend
the races at Vienna. The Hirlap tells
why they were compelled TO return
before their leave was up:
"A party OF visiting neutral jour.
nalists was being shown the capital
few days ago. and they asked II II
would be possible for them to visit
one OF the Hungarian internment
camps. Application was made to the
Minister OF the Interior. and he i'm.
mediately designated the camp at
Alag, a village near the capital. where
twenty.four enemy aliens are In.
termed.
Two days before the date fixed for
the visit the official In charge Of the
internment camps rang up his Alag
subordinate In order TO advise him
that visitors were coming and that he
should put the colony in order.
"'See that everything Is in order
at your camp, as a dozen neutral
newspaper men are coming to inspect
your prisoners.
"'when are they comin!'
Tuesday at noon
but that's impossible.
why
because the prisoners are not at
home
"'Where are they them
They went TO Vienna TO the horse
races
well then. the newspaper men
viii have TO put up with those who
remain suggested the Budapest OF.
fetal.
Yes, indeed came the reply. but
none Of them are at home. They
even took their women folk with
hem. You see one cannot very well
give permission to four or five and
gnore the rest ! had TO let all OF
hem 60
The Budapest official scratched
his head minute and then ordered
kilograms sent to the prisoners In VI.
,nna asking them TO return at once.
With his apologies for disturbing their
4
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1915-11-29

In discussing the subject Of Empty
Estate Treasures" the Houston Post
asks. why cannot the State pay the
citizens who serve Il? The answer
Is just as simple as falling off a log.
The State cannot pay lis citizens who
serve II because 1t has too dinebusted
many doing the serving. II has too
many needless commissions: II has
too many Jobs that need to be com.
bined and let one man do the work
now being done by ten. II has too
many hangers on. II has too many
salary grabbers Il has too many tax
eaters and too few tax payers. II
has a system Of spells where political
debts can be paid with fat Jobs, and
let II be known here and now, once
and for all. that where such system
prevails. the nose OF the tar payers
win be kept to the grind stone a.
long a. the world stands.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1915-11-29
LITTLE HAL KNOX HARRISON.

The death angel entered the happy
home OF Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Harrison
at 6 o'clock Friday morning. Novem.
Der 2s, and plucked one OF their fair.
est flowers, little Hal Knox. aged
years.
The little sufferer had been sick
just few short days and all was
done for him that human hands could
do. The doctors skill. the ministry
OF friends, the sleepless nights OF
father and mother awaited nothing.
AT 10 o'clock Saturday the little
body was laid lovingly and tenderly
to rest in the wellborn cemetery.
May the Father OF all mercies. the
Giver OF all good and the source Of
all comfort bind the broken hearts Of
father and mother. sister and brother.
and teach them the way OF life. so
that when they. too. are called. they
may 20 to him and be at rest.
II was a pleasant day in November
When an angel softly said:
MY little one. this very day
Youll be numbered with the dead"
The little prattling tongue that
talked
With spirit gay and brave:
The little busy feet that walked
lie silent In the grave.
Weep not. thou loving mother.
For thy babe so sweet.
For at this very moment
He Is sitting at Jesus feet
Grieve not. thou loving father.
For the good Lord knows best:
He u not dead. hut sleeping:
He has called him home 10 rest.
He 3nss the songs OF praises:
Hd shouts Hosanna, bold:
He walks the ivory palaces
And the folden rates unfold.
-oNE WHO LOVED HIM.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1915-11-29

A Kansas paper rises to inquire
how about the prodigal daughter,
stating that the prodigsl son can 20
away on n high lonesome whiz and
come back TO hearty welcome-but
the prodigal daughter has to stick to
the husks?-Port Arthur News.
The trouble with the prodigal girl
is that the more she sees OF man
the better she liks hogs. Tires a
ason.-Austin American.
And besides this "riotous living"
does not appeal TO the prodigal daugh.
ter. What she wants is trunk full
Of the seasons latest. dad" who
will come across and her own eight
cylinder. Given these she'll do the
rest right at home without going to a
far country
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1915-11-29

American women says the Waco
News. paid out sio.o0o.0oo on poo
dies and their maintenance last year
according TO statistics. Had this sun
been spent on babies the return would
have been much larger and much
more satisfying both TO the donors
and the recipients" This is the
sharpest criticism OF woman dog low
ers which has yet been indulged.-
Austin American.
Sharp criticism' yes: but Is II de-
served when nothing Is said OF the
hobbies so vigorously pursued by the
men? Compared to the sum spent
by men on dogs on horses. on racing
autos. on high powered motor boats
and other rainbow chasing. the won.
ems dog expenditures Is a mere bag.
atelle. Let's cut out our own waste.
fitness before We make such a loud
noise about the small vanities Of the
women.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1915-11-29

Garlic applied to wound stops the
infection and heals quickly. according
to the experience OF eminent army
surgeons who have been treating war
cases. As the price OF new and ex.
pensive drugs 20 up The people may
have recourse to old.fashioned RENE
dies which are cheaper and better
Temple Telegram.
Another instance where the remedy
would be worse than the disease. We
had rather die from the wound than
be asphyxiated by the garlic.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1915-11-29
NEGRO CUTTING scRAPE.

Wash Nicols. colored. was arrested
late Saturday afternoon and placed
in the county Jail by Sheriff Num-
on charge Of aggravated assault for
stabbIng Eulish Nelson. colored. with
n pocket knife just over the heart.
The fight occurred In local saloon
and both negroes are reported to have
been under the influence OF liquor.
Nelson was cut very badly. but his
condition IL not thought 10 be serious
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1915-11-29

The Corpus Christi Democrat says
one trouble with the real estate men
OF that city is, they advertise too
much. First complaint we have ever
yet heard OF too much advertising.
We would gladly give up ten dol.
lar bill Just to take look at one OF
those men who can make a newspa.
per man boiler calf rope" on adver.
tisine.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1915-11-29
SPECIAL DINNERS
TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY

The Eagle was in error in stating
that the price Of meals served by the
ladies OF the Catholic Church Tuesday
and Wednesday would be % cents.
The price should have read 80 cents.
and will be worth double the price
ing in their arrangements for their ba.
zaar and dinners on these two days
and we hope their efforts will meet
with the success deserved.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1915-11-29

Character is money" says Lord
Lytton. and according as a man
earns or spends money. money In turn
becomes character" The difficulty
that many have is that they neither
know how to earn or spend money.
II Lord Lytton is correct. then we see
a cause for the many characterless
people in the world.-Corpus Christi
Democrat.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1915-11-29
WISE AND OTHERWISE.

DO you suppose the women will
make any radical change in our laws
when they get the power?" We'll. !
shouldn't wonder II they'd pass a law
making every day a bargain day
New York World.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1915-11-29

An item in an exchange is headed.
How to Remove a Cork That Has
Fallen Into Bottle" II the bottle
has nothing but a cork In II we are
not in favor OF fooling any time with
the thing.-Elgin Courier.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1915-11-29

Dr. Hills, who went broke In wild
speculation. has been presented 81. 900
by his congregation. which proves
that an honest confession is not only
good for the soul. but the purse as
well.-Austin American.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1915-11-29

Teddy-"Dad. what are ancestors?"
Father-"Well. I'm one Of yours.
Your grandad is another" Teddy
"Oh. but why Is II that folks brag
about them Manchester Union.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1915-11-29

The people OF Houston were no
doubt thankful that their ship chan.
mel is not suffering from slides.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1915-11-29

The Maco. Ca. News wishes to
know what has become OF the old.
fashioned woman who boiled a ham
on Sunday and sliced II for the bal.
ance OF the week. The old-fashioned
woman Is still here. but II takes so
much money to buy ham that will
last more than one meal that she is
kept busy cooking something else for
the family. And. by the way. while
this old-fashioned woman IL in the
kitchen cooking for the family. the
daughter is In the parlor pounding out
new.fashioned music. when she ought
to be assisting her old-fashioned
mother. Times have changed.-Ty.
Ter Courier.Journal.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1915-11-29

A city manager would not be an au.
tocrat-far. far from II. All he could
do would be to systematic the bust.
ness Of the city. subject always to his
employers. the city commissioners.
and they in turn subject to the people.
What's everybody's business Is no
body's business That's why II is
deemed advisable to have city mana.
ger. But the manager would be sub
ject to dismissal inside OF forty min.
utes.-waco Times.Herald.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1915-11-29

What kind Of melon Is II which
the corporations cut7" well. judg.
ing by the condition OF their stock, 4
must often be a kind of watermelon Z"
Baltimore American.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1915-11-29

| had rather have a fool TO make
me merry than experience to make
me Shakespeare.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1915-11-29

Now. Tommy" said the teacher
you may give an example OF coin.
cidence." "Why. err" said Tommy,
with some hesitation. "why-my fad.
der and mudder was both married on
de same day"-Chicago News.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1915-11-29

she sent her husband out to shop;
He had some crackers listed,
But he brought wetzels back. Pool
pop.
He always gets things twisted.
Puck.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1915-11-29

Measure your minds height by the
shade In casts.-Browning
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1915-11-29

BE bright and jovial among your
guests tonight.-Macbeth
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1915-11-29

He gave a deep sigh. saw the
iron enter into his soul.-Sterne.