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The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1919-01-25
Yank Artillery Made Reoord.

The French take more pride in their
artillery than in almost any other fea-
ture Of their military service, writes
Q. w. Barron in the Wall Street Jour
nal. In this war they made world rec
ords in effective gunnery. The Amer
lean boys watched the French move
l3h-inch guns into position in As min
utes with horses and motors. Then
the Frenchmen saw the American
boys do 1t in 1914 minutes, and they
did not use either horses or motors
Fifty American officers and men nut
The. gun into place and they were the
talk of the town at that French camp
Afterward the French called upon their
officers for themselves and all their
man power to do this work when the
tractor was not about.
When the Germans met the AmerI.
can guhners they thought a new kind
OF raplddre three-inch gun had come
into Tie war because it shot so much
more rapidly.
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1919-01-25
Furs Frcgn the Arctic.

Capt. Louis L. Lane. veteran Of
the Arctic trader and miner, is on his
way TO northern Canada as an adj
vance scout for a vast chain of fur
supply stations to be operated by a
Boston firm. More than S1,O0O,0CO
worth Of choice furs annually will be
shipped 10 Seattle. Wash. from tie
company's stations and then dis
tributed throughout the country.
I'VE have % fur stations along the
Athabaska, Peace and Mackenzie riv-
ers and expect to establish rs more"
said Lane when he departed. "From
the mouth of the Mackenzie the furs
VIII be shipped around Point Barrow
to Seattle. distance of $500 miles,"
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1919-01-25
SOME oLD-TIME BIG CATTLE
One English OK, History Shows,
Weighed $500 Pounds, Another
4,340 Pounds.

With all the modern improvement
In breeds of live stock it may be
doubted whether there is living today
a steer or OK equal in size to some of
the fat cattle of olden times.
In 1S45 there was disposed of by
rattle at Pratt's Old London inn, in
Taunton, England, giant OK of the
Devon breed that stood 10 hands high
and weighed 300 pounds. But this
one was not in 1t with the Durham OK
which earned a modest fortune for its
owner, John Day, and broIght the now
famous Shorthorn cattle into high re-
pute little more than a century ago.
A writer in the Mark Lane Express
described this extraordinary animal
as having weighed when two years old
$500 pounds, and when slaughtered
at eight years old his carcass dressed
2,47S pounds, while his live weight at
that time YVES stated to have been
1910 pounds. He girthed IL feet
inch just behind the shoulders. His
owner exhibited him six years through
England and Scotland, having van
for his conveyance about the country.
1t was in 1907 that Days OK dislocated
his hip and had to be killed
Favorite, the sire Of this bovine
wonder, was made famous by the pro-
digious size and remarkably fine form
of the steer. When Charles Colling of
Darlington, who is regarded as the
founder of the Shorthorn breed. sold
all, his cattle at auction in 1910,
Comet, six-year-old bull by Favorite.
brought $4,000, and sly cows by him,
some of them eleven years old made
an average of S720, which was un.
heard of in those days and for many
years afterward.
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1919-01-25
Oh, YES, THEY ALL DO IT.
Characteristic of Mrs. Hobbs Showed
She Differed in No Way From the
Rest Of Her Sex.

docs your wife ever"
That was as far as Hobbs got when
his Office mate, hobbs, broke in:
"Yes, she does"
"What do you mean7"
Anything. don't know what par
hcular feminine idiosyncrasy you are
going to ask about, but whatever 1t is,
she does It. They all do it," Ii
well, what | was going to say
every night after supper my wife
wants me to read the news to her. She
says that's the least can do, as she
hasn't time to read anything any more.
Well, that's all right. She gets in her
little sewing or knitting chair and the
children take up their usual positions
on the floor. with their paper dolls and
one thing or another. and take the
easy chair and the paper and start on
one Of the most thrilling stories. Be-
fore get paragraph read. she sends
the eldest girl out for glass of wa
ter. Then two or three lines more
and the little one is sent upstairs for
the scissors. Then the children get in
a fuss about the paper dolls and my
wife breaks in as peacemaker and
keeps up barrage of conversation to
get them Strengthened out. all the time
telling me to go right ahead with the
reading Sometimes, right in the mid
die of the most interesting part of the
article, she will get up without word
and go out to the kitchen to get some
thing she wants or to attend to some
thing she's forgotten and If quit read.
ing she'll ask me what Pm stopping
for"
"Yep-they all do It," said Nobbs.
"But that isn't what makes me mad.
particular. It's this: Sometimes when
] think she isn't paying the least at
tention to what I'm reading. I try to
catch her. I'll quit all of a sudden and
say, what's the use, you don't know a
word of wnat I'm reading. And
blamed If she don't call me every time
and come back with the last para
graph, almost word for word. 1t beats
me-"
ME, too" said hobbs. "But they
all do ltp
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1919-01-25
AS TO MEN AND HUSBANDS
According to This Writer There lie
Subtle Distinction Between
the Two Species.

Immediately after the wedding cere-
mony men become dull and unlnterest-
Ing and turn into husbands, says a
writer In Judge. Husbands are al
| just alike and can be sorted out OF any
social gathering by the same set ex-
precision about the eyes and mouth
II Is more trouble to teach q hus.
band to fetch and carry than FOX
terrier puppy, and as a rule the puppy
acts much better when there is COM
pany around. Husbands wait until
some Sunday morning when you have
distinguished guests with you for the
week end. They burrow in the back
Of the closet and pull things Off the
high shelves and go through the rag
bag. Then they appear at the break
fast table In the coat Of one suit, the
trousers OF another and fancy vest
with an lnch-wide tie tied In a four-in-
hand as finish.
And when you advertise your hor-
ror In a frantic effort to convince the
-Isitors that he is suffering from tenn
p0rary alteration any and every hus-
band will assume an air OF bewlldered
innocence and say:
''Why, what's the natter with thisY
It's just what wear every Sunday
morning when there's no one here"
Husbands always keep the Sunday
papers on the floor. No man ever does
this until he Is married. His mother
will no. let him.
Husbands read to you the printed
recipes they find on the woman's page
Of the paper They get enthusiastic
about some dish they have always de-
clared they would rather die than eat
and say
''Now, there's an idea for you. Why
can't we ever have something like
thatf
Women acquire a'hushand for much
the same renson that man gets
cane. They are fearful bother, but
one presents better appearance with
one In hand.
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1919-01-25
Passed BY Sentry.

A colonel of a colored regiment com.
ing in about 1890 was duly challenged
by the sentry. and responded: Col
onel 49,. officer Of the camp" The
The sentry tried his best to pierc
the darkness. gave 1t no, and finally
said:
Look 'enh, man. yo-all all de 10th
man what's done tried to make me
think he's Cunnel -. Go way wild dat
stun"
The colonel pretty warmly reafiirm-
ID that he was Colonel So and de-
handed immediate adm sior The
guard. unahashed. told him to step up
so that he could see him. The colonel
walked up 70 him in rage. and you
can Imagine his CONSERVATION when
the sentry took hold OF the silver
eagle on his shoulder, looked up N
him with grin on his face and said :
"Oh. Lawsy. ''ris de ole bird, amt
ltY'-The Bayonet.
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1919-01-25
How He Got Needed iJ,,hr.II,

W. NJ. Hughes, the premier of Aus
traIin' once came by an umbrella
through Illicit means. He is fond of
telling the tale against himself.
While he was walking home one
pltch-black night sudden storm
broke and seeking shelter from the
rain ne FASTENED to the nearest door
way. After waiting there for few
minutes, ne spied small hoy coming
along with an enormous umbrella.
The premier thinking the owner
might offer to share, called ont sbarn.
~; hi there, young man. Where
are you going with that umbrella ?n
The lad. startled At the sound which
apparently emanated from nowhere
dropped the umbrella and fed un the
street as hard as bis legs would carry
MN. lie vanished utterly, and Mr..
hughes predicament was solved.
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1919-01-25
WAS TOO PREVIOUS
Sarcasm That Berlin Newspaper
Probably Regrets.
Prophecy That American Soldiers
Would Soon Cross the Rhine and
Enter German Fortresses Has
Been Very Literally Fulfilled.

The most biting irony that came out
of Germany during the war was con-
talned in the Berlin Lokal Anzeiger, a
little more than a year ago. Several
Of our soldiers had been captured by
the Germans. They were dragged all
over the empire and exhibited to the
enraged populace, just to show the
Germans that the Americans were
mot to be feared" The day the un-
fortunate prisoners arrived in Berlin
the paper printed the following under
the heading Good Morning Boys"
"Three Cheers for the Americans
Clever chaps they are, 1t cannot be de-
MED. Scarcely have they touched the
soil of this putrefed Europe when
already they are forcing their way into
Germany. Before long they will cross
the Rhine and also enter our for
tresses. That Is express train speed
for American smartness.
st Is our good fortune that we are
equipped to entertain numerous guests
and that we shall be able to provide
quarters for these gentlemen. How
ever, we cannot promise them dough-
nuts or jam, and to this extent they
will be obliged to recede from their
former standard of living.
"As Americans are accustomed to.
travel in luxury and comfort, we as
sumo that these advance arrivals
merely represent cOuriers for larger
numbers to follow.
1--WE are sure the latter will come
and be gathered in by us. At home
they believe they possess the biggest
and most colossal everything, but such
establishments as we have here they
have not seen.
Look here, my boys. here is the big
firm of Hindenburg & Co.,. with which
you want to compete. Look at its ac-
compllshments and consider whether
1t would not be better to haul down
your sign and engage in some other
line.
Perhaps your boss, Wilson, will re-
consider his newest line of business
before We grab off more OF his young
people"
Clever chaps they are, 1t cannot be
denied" Yes. they were 'cleyer
chaps SO clever that today, a short
year after The sarcasm was printed in
the Berlin newspaper, they are actual
ly crossing the Rhine and entering
fortresses which seemed so secure
when the filppant editor gibed the lit
tie handful of soldiers who had been
overcome.
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1919-01-25

confidingly against her. Cecil squeezed
the plump little body to her, and kissed
the witching little face.
"Fayver won't bring me to see you
any more" she whispered; "he fink
you don't like little girlsl"
Cecil's head grew hot. Had Elsie
Akers put that and other ideas in his
head?
Little Babs danced away, but in less
than five. minutes Cecil heard her
scream of terror She sprang to her
feet.
my baby My babyl Where are
your" Then she saw the child-her
light dress blazing. Somebody had
dropped piece of burning paper. A
mist swan before Cecil's eyes, but she
shook it away and flung her tan wooden
cape around the child.
ITS all out-the little girl Isn't
hurtw she heard somebody saying.
Then everything grew dark before her.
That evening Cecil, waited on like a
queen by her four college girls,
frowned a little when the doorbell
rang.
IF it's that Lucien Glover" she told
them, "tell him Pm asleep, anything
only send him away"
But it was Driscoll that came In. He
started to take her hands, but seeing
the bandages, turned very white
Cecil smiled TREMENDOUSLY in his
troubled face. Don't feel bad" she
told him, my hands are only bllstered
trlfle. The DOCTOR says they'll be
healed in just little while. How is
INFLOW is Babs?"
II left her asleep" he answered.
"She isn't hurt at all. she begged me
to bring her to you"
II suppose" she held up her head,
you told her 1 didn't like little girls.
What have you heard me say, Ned
Driscoll, to make you think me that
kind of womanp
He colored holly, but he told her,
and of Mrs. Akers' subsequent remark.
With flaming face Cecil explained.
I'm ashamed" he said presently,
standing before her, full of contrition.
"Oh, Cecil, I'm ashamed to tell you
what is in my heart Forgive me.
need"
Her eyes twinkled. 81 think you
need a change of boarding placed"
NO." he said, II need to be in my
own home with the girl of my heart;
but when think what you must have
thought of me these unhappy two
weeks, Pm afraid"
whats two weeks?" She leaned
toward him. "Oh, Ned, what's two
weeks out of a llfetime?"
Then, very carefully, so as not to
hurt the blistered hands. he took her
in his arms.
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1919-01-25
aFlu. MARKETING.

Marie, who vas three Thanksgiy-
ing. was out trying her new mask.
Passing a grocery, she decl'ed TO buy
some bananas. Mother. not having
worn her stu" protector, sent Marie In
to make the purchase. Mother saw the
grocer pulling Oft tons OF bananas. II
seemed At length when there was
nothing left but the stalks. Marie hand.
ed the grocer her little pocketbook con.
tanning one solitary dime. "dow many
bananas did your little girl wantT
asked the grocer MS he came to tie
door. "Ten cents WORTH replied
mother. "She told me she wanted a
peck" said the grocer
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1919-01-25
Sailor Values Charm.

The king and queen recently re-
ceived at Windsor castle the Austria
Han, New Zealand and South African
press delegates now on visit to Great
Britain. His majesty spoke warmly Of
the gallantry of the Dominions troops,
and exchanged recollections Of his
empire tour of 1901 When Mr. Pirani
OF New Zealand mentioned the name
OF Maggie Papakura, the Maori guide
who conducted the king round the hot
springs wonderland of Rotorua, the
king recalled her at once, and was in
terested to learn that she is now in
England. The New Zealand delegates
found that Princess Mary knew all
about the pre-war Maori prophecy con-
corning the battIe-cruiser New zea-
land--that she would go into action
within given number Of years and
would be hit but escape serious dam
age II her captain wore Maori tiki
greensboro charm). The first part of
the prophecy came true. and so up to
date has the second The captain
does not forget to wear his tiki.
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1919-01-25
Cecil Rhodes Dream Reahzed.

The early completion OF tunnel IN.
der the Straits Of Gibraltar, which, ID
CONNECTION with the tunnel from Dover
to Calais, win practically complete an
all-rail connection between. Cape Town
end .ondon, win more than realize the
dream Of Cecil Rhodes OF Cape-to-
Cairo railroad. The necessary Inks
along he Bafhars coast WIN be- simple
matters when the intervening waters
have been s7saned. England is tckiug
hold Of the Gihraltar tunnel In n way
that iuenas the erecsss Of that gisan-
Sc eE,sefpfiee.
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1919-01-25
Tha ronn Arm.

The war has furnished many strange
condolences. Here is another. A
young officer came home on leave and
brought his iiancee a piece of shell
fired by the Germans, but which had
evidently been among ammunition cap
tured from us. re thought it would
interest her, and II did, for she was
able to identify 1t as having come
from the muniion works in which she
worked. It Interested her st!ll MOI .
when she found her own mark on It.
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1919-01-25
An Was No+ To-.

General" cried the orderly, riding
up in great excitement, 'our left wing
is gone.
'Then 1t is no longer possible to
dy~ replied the general theugbtfully.
However. we should not forget that
our legs ats LETT
ThereupSr be led tho way Boston
Transcripts.
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1919-01-25
lived Lonu After nurIal aim.

'onn Boyle, who died at Jersey city,
N. D. rrently. was one OF the four
ren rescued alive in 1891 from the
seansViile mines, Of J. c. Hayden &
20. When q miners were entombed
ier ~ days by a rush Of water. The
iour survivors ate mine mule
crowned with theii IL comrades.
Boyle was widely known as fiddler
IN the Lehigh field. but lost his taste
f9r the coal regions after his re days
u dHskness and Moved to New Jersey.
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1919-01-25

Mrs. cesger- ION never pay me nny
compliments on my Appearance an you
ala when we were 6yst married.
Fer HushaEd That's sIl rlsbA i
paid fuijs ii advance then
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1919-01-25
man Revonne.

The Yanks in Russis must BE- nav
ing great fur
IN What wayY'
"In hearing the Russian correspond
ents worry over the English and Amer.
'enn names"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-02-25
Our Progressive Farming
Program.
ny DAVID r. HOUSTON.
Secretary Of Agriculture.

Peace finds american agriculture on sound
io% ne, ..r5 pSrs # the nations
with fr oa e ns
sense Of direction. Ne shall be pestersd by
esied nfr triends Theso Already
'6er !" own nSS% W,insness 10 a,lemp, BY msrcp
sre srn agenee ne as tho
stats f1'lSses ana the hehepai de-
me Amerean faemers ore no, essily fooled,
AMID may 'Fas at ie ]d
We especially: representing great agencies of
tee s W ama anG Unless
but 'nf w S S be sssS
ton OF selection, and emphasis Many experi-
All parts of the country have seaiousiy been
gSnF the nffSSs Curing s"I the as gem
Grafton
nesaase Of 1t. short actual nsrisinason in
Americas reia,iVS positIon' industrialiS, imam.
%s% IL sl. Of
5SoS,oo@ '"sn kilsa an1 1000 oG w9rnasd
{Ta Sfg Of ooo ' to S
900 900. only ii per cent of its wealth, or $500
gain 's 's"! 1Ty 'asflns ma,
aSS HS naft nH Of goods
services. our thought Snoulu DC now. IN Inc
period of recovery. We may properly assist the
desperately stricken people or Europe rather
than how. We can take advantage OF them in
thci, plight.
Ever possIIh'c assistance will be given Z"
besin ia anew II ,hG dlaleuit nnsiness OF farm
ing. \ very special duty viii devolre upon
agricultural es,s,hiahmenls TO see that the
Farming is = difficult business; and i will be
kindness 10 any man without knowledge and
experience TO encourage him to enter IL.
We shall give our support to any we!i-con.
sdcred plans 10 promote more orderly land
farmers in this country. but only for as many
ucts which the public will tako at rcmuncra
tive prices
We favor hastcnina the process from tenancy
TO farm. ownership: the Improvement OF rural
finance: establishment Of state Systems OF per
ual-crcd!t unions; mme diate resumption Of
road construction under tho Federal aid road
proper regulation OF the stochyards and
hacking houses: reduction of diseases and pro-
Of adequate medical facilities in rural
communities: cont iniiation OF the enlarged
tivitieS Of the agricultural extension forces, the
Depa rtmeut OF ASrcultures farm labor work
and discouraged market news services; Federal
and States o-operatioT TO assure reliable in
formation the cost or farni production, and
legiSla ton to enable State departments of agri-
culture to operate with the Federal depart
mcnt in regulatory activities in the same way
that the agricultural colleges able to
operate In resear ch snd expcI mental work.
Copyright 1919.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-02-25
or Tire years: but he wa

within two or thre years: but he was
disappointed.
Tie ngurcs of expenditures OF 1866.
compared with those OF the present.
seem like something VIC sec ioolIhs
from tho large, end OF II microscope.
aiwI v, small; The oo amount for
sions and Indians" SI2,o0O.OoO; War
Departments, including bountlcs. SIS.
100000; navy. s2a.000.o00., rhc prin-
opposite OF what VIC have now. Thirty
seven different articIes OF nc.cssii y
were specifically taxed. including boots
every animal slaughtered. Every bank
cheek and receipt paid its 2-cpAt ian
eotton was taxed cents per pound
IN h,,si, paid , cent box. every line
sions but the clergy. paid It's Internal
revenue taN. The official estimate was
tax Of sl1+6 in sold annually per
There was tho same complaint we
now have OF increases OF wages They
were ere, said to have advanced from o6
farm labor had Increased in cost rs
That ' at s.. " assk sn%
s sgni i i9f ma, a1E they we're n worse
war at S1t a week and tho ten-hour
day. That sounds familiar to ali read.
erE OF the newspapers OF now.
l'rlcos began To drop I'm 1867 txo
years after the close OF tho war. and
the decline In all commodities con
tinucd pretty consistently nearly thirty
years. untii the points Of absurdity and
tragedy were reached, during which
tirnc' however. there was fatneEu for
those with fixed incomes
Or course, VIC have 10 considcr IA.
enormous rush Of Immigration. Tia
opening up OF the West and the hnrs
Developments OF resources which foI.
loved the end OF tho war Baiwe.n
the states. We cannot rely on thcs.
now for our rcinvigoration. Yet our
burden is far less than was borne sue.
ecssfully and triumphantly then. Wbaf.
eyer cmbarrassments we NAV have
abroad VIII hardly compare with fhs
cost. disturbance and anxiety of thu
ten years following the war, caused nv
the uncertain and sometimes chaotic
conditions In the South, involving a.
most commercial paralysis for 4 third
OF the country
Comparing the figures and tho uItua.
lions. certainly we have every rleht
TO look now for much faster nd
quicker recovery. We arc In soundcr
condition financially and moro lightly
buTdened. We have TO Offset thu ad
gsntages and stimulating forces of
hf'y- three years ago which Nc Iack a
position OF dominance in the worids
finance and of Influence and popuIariiS
with the rest of the world Of yhicS
me people OF that day could not evan
dream.