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SAN ANTONIO EXPRESS: TUESDAY MORNING, JULY 11, 1911.
to the enlisted men what the officers'
lub is to the commissioned officers,
Hntered in th« i-ostoffiie «t Man Antonio Trim. | except that iii the exchange only beer,
n« si-oimicin-^ mii,ti'i. j wjnes aMC| soft drinks were dis-
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temperance was permitted. A man
might drink all that was good for him
in a rational and orderly manner, but
he would not be served more than the
management considered good for him.
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l-Mjclub, and it was conducted under such
xii | strict regulations as to make it no dis-
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daughters of the south.
found pleasure and recreation therein.
The post canteen was abolished by
act of Congress at the instance of
well-meaning but mistaken women
and men who thought prohibition
preferable to regulation. They did not
seem to realize that soldiers who de-
sire intoxicating drinks could get
them outside the reservation if not
permitted to have a club of their own
within the reservation. As the can-
I teen was not operated for the profit
of any individuals dependent upon its
revenues, but was essentially a social
club, the men who patronized the
place were the beneficiaries of its
earnings. The cost of its upkeep was
a mere fraction of the cost to the en-
listed men to keep up the joints and
dives outside the reservatipn, where
there is no limit to excesses, the ob-
ject being to get as much of the money
which the soldiers will contribute as
possible.
General Wood, head of the army,
has said that the effect of the aboli-
tion of the post canteen is almost un-
qualifiedly bad, and he is in a position
to know as much about it as any one
else. Practically all the other army
officers familiar with conditions have
said substantially the same thing, still
the bill before Congress to restore the
canteen does not appear to be meet-
ing with the favor that it should be-
cause of the misdirected influences
against it. Perhaps our contemporary
has come very near the mark in sug-
gesting that recruits for the army
could be more readily secured by the
"Evidence of real capacity for car-
rying on a world's fair will be found
in how San Francisco names her con-
cessions reservation," says an ex-
change. By way of suggestion, since |
we have had the "midway," the "joy l «ssum«a
way," and the "Great WTiite Way,"
why not call it "the usual way"?
Senator Owen of Okla2ioma thinks
the plan of commission government
might well he extended to State and
Federal administration, as veil as to
municipalities, and it really does seem
that some improvement might be made
on the billion-dollar Congresses that
we have.
Cipriano Castro is in Venezuela and
is said to have a larce and loyal fol-
lowing to help hiin regain the position
which he occupied before he went
abroad. But what will official Wash-,
ington do about it?
An old phrase is, "As the night be-
gin to lengthen the cold begins to
strengthen," and to this has been
added, "As the days begin to shorten
the heat goes on cavortin'." This is
not much for poetry, but there is a
deal of truth in it.
At the recent reunion of Hood s
Texas Brigade, held at Cameron, Miss
Katie Daffan delivered an address
with "The Daugnters of the South" as
jier subject. It was one of the most employment of some good cooks and
fitting comments on a topic ingrained ; ^ re-establishment
with all the warp and woof of the
Southland we have ever seen. Parts
of Miss Daffan's talk are worthy of
being told again and again and of
even going into a text-book for the de-
lectation and profit of every girl
throughout the Nation.
This talented daughter of a Confed-
erate soldier, who glories in the "re-
bellion" her father once displayed,
strikes a chord in these lines that calls
deeply unto every woman for an ex-
hibition of that which every true man
admires in tvev woman who shows it.
tMiss Daffan savs:
The daughter of u Confedernte soldier,
by virtue of her very blrthrltfhl. must lie
finely, supremely feminine, nntoiu'lied by
wloif. should forever remain far from n
woman's sphere She should teneh the
world, if need he. what femininity stands
for in its relation to life, to flod mid to
the human rure. Her "rights" are to
Ht ;i ud exactly in the place where God
placed her and lo live exactly up to his
plan iaid out for her.
To all those women demanding
of the canteen.
Certain it is that it would be better
for the enlisted men and would make
the task of preserving discipline at the
army posts easier.
"DRINKING IN DRY PLACES."
The "midway" was the firs' of the
Icsisnations for the .sort ot thing they
have at fairs at'd festival; and the
latest i-' the "gangway." As Galveston
is a seaport City then the application
seems lifting.
Boston has a Winter Street, and one
day last week the thermometer regis-
tered 10.1 in the shade on that street.
What's in a name?
If it be impossible to enforce the
ordinances requiring screens for street
fruit stands, perhaps we might take it
out on them by refusing to buy the
fruit.
A new style street car in the East
has no rear platform, everybody get-
ting on and off at the front door. It
is difficult to imagine any advantage
that sort of car could possess.
If you are really solicitous for the
city beautiful don't forget to water the
shade trees and the shrubbery when
Jupiter Pluvius neglects that important
duty.
SNAPS AND SPARKS
BY BENJAMIN AKSTKIN,
That The Sunday Express reprinted
from the American Magazine an article
under the above heading, showing j The man who blows Ills own horn usu-
that anywhere and everywhere under j al|y forgets to change the tune,
blanketing prohibition laws the drink-
er could get his drink, in no sense was
in defense of the attitude of this pa-
per. We have insisted only that pro-
hibition doesn't prohibit. This neces-
sarily unsigned article, out of its
broad field of observation, rings true
to that fact and to true human nature
itself. It will not be questioned sim-
ply because it is unsigned.
One of the most interesting points
in this paper is the fact that every-
where the intoxicants sold under ban
"equal rights and the privilege of the j 0f prohibition were of the vilest type,
ballot and to many others who have, T^e bootlegger, taking advantage of
turned what was once home into a J t|le alleged risks in selling, put out the
"club,' Miss Daffan s words may seem cheapest, rankest drinks possible.
a bit old-fashioned. But to our way
of thinking, and, in the view of normal
men of eveiy age and every clime, the
paragraph auoted above contains not
only philosophy's strained honey, but
the esse ice of a sentiment that is sim-
There are sober men who have taken
occasional drinki of intoxicants for
years, and only because the liquors
were of the best. Such men could not
stomach the bootleg poisons. A man
| drunk on a ripened, pure whiskey may
ply ineradicable from a heart that , t^fiave himself. Drunk on squirrel
whiskey, he might murder his mother.
beats aright.
"Womanliness," "femininity"
in
Poor opinions are those that differ from
ours.
Some people's horse sense consists In
their knack to saddle their faults on
someone else.
J'ho man who is always on pleasure
bent is almost sure to >jo broke.
When an inquisitive friend plies us with
embarrassing questions we are apt to
realize that the world is full of trials.
Few men realize that idle curiosity Is
extremely busy.
In some instances a half-told truth Is a
twice-told injury.
No, Kvanxellne, the woman who mar-
ries a man to reform him usually learns
that the sea of matrimony is devoid of
reform waves,
35 Years Ago Today
That a thing is forbidden today has
these terms are embodied the qualities j the same seductive something that at-
which all the sons of Adam worth the j tached to the apple in Eden. 'Pandora
name have enshrined in woman The opened the one box that she was for-
voman who possesses them need never j bidden to open. Forbid a normal
fear she will fall from the pedestal j young man to enter a licensed saloon
of the man for whose opinion she cares; that is in the open, and if he shall do
a baubee has built for her. . so the owner of the saloon, who values
They enforce respect; they compel | the license privilege which he has paid
Admiration. Before them rudeness 1 for, will put the minor out of the place,
flies as mist before the heat of a tropic ' In the alleged hidden joint, which has
sun. The woman who has them will I attracted the young man largely be-
remain in her "sphere/' and she will , cause it is hidden, what of him there?!
fSan Antonio Express, July 11, 1876.)
r*e\v Yorh. July 10. Nine sunstrokes are
reported by the police today.
Charles Graham, Esq., the celebrated
bartend* r ;.i d billiardist, is again to b«
found n: tiit Crystal, where he is ready to
serve his r: ,,ny friends.
Tendon, July 10.—Edward Pierrepont,
now CnttO'l jsiy.tes minister, has arrived
here and v... be presented to the Queen at
Windsor < as tie t< r.o'i'ow.
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Sheriff i
ed h iK*gr«
inst. and
when Alu
to uei a <•;
aii of Sun Marcos arrest-
nu'd Dike Allen on the 8tli
about to handcuff him
>ked that lie be permitted
w of tobacco and drew a pistol
from nis belt ard shot Sullivan t'wice,
killing him instantly.
♦ ♦ ♦
Let but authority be given to Ford,
Baylor, Jonws, MclSeely or n dozen other
Texans whose, names naturally suggest
themselves i<> organise a regiment of
mount< .1 men for operations in the Black
not need to study any special charts We have it from the man "Drinking J JJyf ^ive'-lvx^^fatr ^how^'thVex"
or text-books to retain intimate knowl-
edge of where that "sphere" lies.
Nowhere in all the world is there
more of womanliness and femininity
than among the daughters of Dixie.
in Dry Places" that he never failed to
get his drink, even if out of the rot-
tenness of it he was forced to pour the
liquor into a cuspidor. We do not
know if he ordered whiskev because
ultaut hioux and there will be consterna-
tion and mourning in the wigwams.
In
The Nijrht.
starlight, on
Lytle 11 era Ul has
paper to H. Doliahite, who lias
., charge. Mr. Webb has made
the Herald a lively paper and a credit 10
the Lytle community. The new proprie-
tor is well known in Southwest 'lexas
and under his direction the Herald will
continue to improve. Lytle is a growing
little city and there is no reason why a
weekly paper should not prot>pe>r there,
as it is being liberally patronizi-d.
"Hot weather is having Its effect upon
tne tempers of the most amiable people,
pon t touch them up on anything the
least exciting till the temperature
cnances," says Editor H. K. Johnson of
the Moore Model, which noes to snow
ne is an observing as well us a conserva-
tive man and who by swictly attending
u> DusincBs will continue to win friends,
i ne weathwr is no Joking matter and the
man who realizes it is a wise one.
' Asserting that this is the worst period
• i drouth the West has ever known,
*'ry Karmer' Campbell of Nebraska,
looks out over his experimental farm
find observes a wheat crop that will hai-
y«n f°*'ty bushels to the acre. Scientific
tillage has done this, and Campbell as-
serts if the directions are followed others
can do as well," says the Kort Worth
Star-Telegram. That the Campbell pro-
cess is a practical one many farmers of
Southwest Texas can testify. The acre-
age production of this section has beeu
doubled by those who have practiced
the Campbell method in a practical man-
ner. VVnere scientific farming is beiftg
tried there is generally no serious com-
plaint as to the result in Texas.
"A monkey shot full of typhoid fever
germs is reported to be loose In New
York City. Compared with this one, the
pink and green monkeys seen toward the
tall end of a sojourn in San Antonio and
El Paso are really harmless." says Kdi-
tor W. J. Yates of the Alpine Avalanche.
Keally, Mr. Yates must have got hold
of a mighty bad brand while viMting this
city. Jt he will call at The Kxpress of-
fice on his next trip he will be guided
to such emporiums as dispense a nectar
which is guaranteed to contain no rep-
tiles of any kind.
"The drought Is not without its com-
pensations. A Texas editor reports that
it has killed all the mosquitoes and most
of the chiggcrs, and he hasn't heard a
frog solo in many weeks," observes the
West News. That being the case picnics
should be the order over Texas at tins
time and fishing parties should have no
fears.
"The El Paso Times tells us that 'in
the Rio Grande Valley and other sec-
tions of the Southwest the people have
long ago become convinced of the uncer-
tainty of the rainfall, and are taking the
necessary steps to protect themselves
against it. streams and canyons are
being dammed to store the storm waters
that have heretofore been permitted to
go to waste, and the underground sup-
ply is being tapped wherever it can be
located. Where it will not flow above
the surface of its own accord pumps are
being used to life it. and we are now in
the midst of the development of the irri-
gation era, which is making the Kio
Grande and other Southwest valleys the
safest and most remunerative agricul-
tural district in the world. The drouth
will not have been amiss if it brings us
here in Central Texas to the way of irri-
gation," says the Waco Times-Herald. It
is true that greni areas are being re-
claimed in this manner in Southwest
Texas in the territory contiguous to San
Antonio and the drouth is being feared
less each year.
ihe verdict iu the Ilenwood trial in
Denver is a wholesome one, in convict-
ing of murder a man who killed another
with a shot intended for a third. The
wo«rd Intent' was defined in tiie Judge's
charge as 'intent to kill, and not to kill
any particular person.' It is a good law
and it is to be hoped the verdict will be
obtained," observes the El Paso Herald.
There is no doubt that a person reckless
with the use of the pistol should be pun-
ished severely. The very fact that a
person unauthorized to carry a pistol
lias one on should be the foundation for
presumption that he had murder in his
heart and he should be so treated by
a Jury.
J. C. Allison has become editor of the
Eastland Chronicle with Frank Jones
as his assistant. Mr. Allison is a native
of Eastland, but has for several years
been in other portions of the State ac-
quiring knowledge in the newspaper
game and has returned home equipped
admirably to give Eastland a good paper.
M". Jones, his associate, is also a news-
paper man of several years experience.
"The man who thinks the town in
which he lives is the worst he ever saw
helps to make it worse by exuding a
disagreeable atmosphere around his
neighbors," observes Editor L. F. Wade
of the Coleman Democratic Voice. There
is one offset, however, and that is, such
a man has no standing or influence iri
his community and no respect from those
whom he meets abroad.
"I hp San Antonio Express is sending
a carload of Texas peaches t<» Mexico.
One of em is from Del Rio and we know
she's good enough to eat. if Bertha is
a sample the whole consignment is top
o tiie basket," says Editor W. C. Easter-
ling <>{ tiie Alpine Guide. As usual lie
is right and shows the proper apprecia-
tion of the best things of this earth.
There will never be a greater aggregation
°J combined beauty enter the Republic
of Mexico^ than will go when The San
Antonio hxpress' oar load of peaches
crosses the border.
MOTOCYCLES
MY FltUUKRIO J. 1IASKIN,
In this truth is explained in large j he wanted it. Yet he admits that he
measure the reason cultured men of is a drinker. Presuming that he is a
every nation feel a reverence for the j drinker and wanted his drinks, when j
women of the South. When Longfel- and where did he become a drinker?!
low wrote that women bend men as j That is the chief question. It is largely
the cord does the bow he was thinking I a question to have been asked of his
of the womanhood of the South. ! parents in the years before he was a
i*\ * TUP oncrrivTrrv ! drinker. Parenthood never has been
" CONCERNING rHL POST CANTEEN , . _ , ., .
[ performed by the State. A Nation
which would assume the full duty of
that estate inevitably would fail. Not
the most rigid criminal law ever en-
, . acted has stopped crime.
good cooks and re-establishing the
canteen," says the St. Louis Globe-
. "It is difficult to induce enlistments
in the regular army, but the situation !
could be improved by employing some
Democrat.
There has been some effort to edu-
cate cooks for the messes and the ef-
fect has been excellent, but there has
not been serious effort to restore the
post canteen, although it is a well-
known fact that post commanders and
■rmy officers generally are outspoken
in advocacy of ihe post canteen as de-
cidedly preferable to the dives and
joints outside 'lie reservation which
surround every military post.
Texas—with its local option law
voted and executed as law may be exe-
cuted if the majority demand it—is
doubly armed already. VC'hen five-to-
four decisions of the United States
Supreme Court have been necessary
on constitutional points
States courts, that old idea of the sa-
crcdness of constitutions—of their
might and power—has been just a lit-
tle shaken, anyhow.
To the Editor of the Express: The
Mexican people aud Madero owe a great
debt ot gratitude to Dr. R. Cepeda, pres-
ent trovornor of San Luis Potosl. Us is
the best and most honest governor that
nate i-vcr lu>d, and It is my opinion! that
the Mexican people will show their np-
preclatlon of his good work by re-elect-
Jng him In the election soon to be held
In that countrj'.
It is familiar to most every one how Dr.
' ejida protected Mad.iro during the war
thut ha;- just ended. And It Is iny opin-
ion that Madero will lose no opportunity
lo staii'l by Ihoso who ttood by him wiieii
thu battle was raging. It may be inter-
esting to note that Dr. Cepeda spent sev-
eral dnys in our city about six months
ago. The doctor has the confidence of
| the Mexican people and being such h
Down tli steep shingle and hollow speech ■ F"0'1. a"<1 honorable man, upright in nil
Of murmurous cavern lips, nor other ,,. 'Ings, will doubtless be re-elected
breach •. opposition.
Of am ient silence. None **as with me . . JAM12S MONTENKGRO.
ssav.i i San Antonio. Tex.L July 10, 1911.
Thoughts that were neither glad, nor
sweet, brave
But restless confides, each the foe of
each.
the barren
the cold
beach,
Where to the stones the rent sea tresses
clave,
I heard the long hiss of the backward
wave.
And i beh< Id th« waters In their might
Writhe as a dragon by some great sped
curbed
And foiled; and one lone sail; and ov»jr
mi
The everlasting taciturnity;
The august, inhospitable, inhuman night
Glittering magnificently unperturbed.
—William Watson.
" I guilty.
in United January
Budget of Curious Facts.
In 1 Si 1 tiie Emperor of Russia retained
a colored nun for one of h».s household.
A doe "I a buck were found in |
swa; i, itar Newark, N. J., on March
11, 1S01.
An eavesdropper was tried in a Per.n-
Ivanii cDi rt in March, 1S18. and found
was si severely cold day
in Lebanon, N. Y., where the inercurv
fi«*zi solid.
Lihaniux. Greek rop',:ist, in the Fourth
Century, taught rhetoric at Constanti-
nople, where his school drew* sueh vast
numbers of students that hi* rivals
sai'scd him to be expelled fiv.ni the city
What is the matter with tiie prohi-! ti^V
bitionisis i Is Texas not already drv ' "f s iom«n ••ronk, who had mar-
. | »_««»•, >»ed two oisters, llvlr.g with each a week
The post exchange, or cantecn, was j enough for them^ Bt * time, lie had twenty-six cimdren.
The Coolest Place.
\\ l,» n you would fel the cool winds blow
Head p, hat they've got in Cleveland, O.
When you think thai this weather's hot
Head up on what Chicago's got.
When the pavement seems to bum vour
feet
Read up on poor old Gotham's heat.
When you sigh for a day to pass
Think on the heat In Boston, Mass.
Wii< the gulf brcetes round you swish
iVt i pity for Detroit, Mich.
Think, when you think you ean't go on,
Oi sweltering folk in Hartford, Conn.
When you seem gasping in the glow
Ft.1! sad for Boiae, Idaho.
And when the heat near melts you. pal.
Think of poor San Francisco, Cat.
if you think this is like heil
Think of poor old Wilmington, Del.
\nd w
Men s
Think, when ycu're fiintiir: pretty near.
' >f any other place but here.
Then lift your fare to the. gulf breeze
And sit aud tir.iilc and take vour ease.
—Houston Post.
Motorcycle enthusiasts of the United
States, and there are increasing thous-
ands of them, all are interested in the
National convention of the Federation of
American Motocyclists now in session m
Buffalo. The K. A. M. is to the raoto-
cycling sport what the L. A. W — League
of American Wheelmen—was to bicycling
in the golden age of that sport. Indeed,
rnotocyeling is the legitimate successor
of bicycling as a cross-country sport. The
racing and other competitive features are
the hame, and the uiotocycle, as did the
bicycle, lends itself to the uses of either
the solitary or the gregarious crONS-
country tourist. The newer machine,
however, lias advantages over its pre-
decessor in its superior speed and its
mechanical propulsion.
The Federation of American Moto-
cyclists is a confederation of inotocyrle
clubs, nearly two hundred in ntiinbe:',
scattered all over the United States. Any
i lub having as many as fifteen members
may becoino connected with the federal
body when 75 per cent of its membership
join the federation and pays tiie annual
dues. The F. A. M. has complete control
over the rules of racing and other com-
petitions, and Is the final arbiter In nil
disputes concerning speed and other rec-
ords. No record made by a motocyciist is
"official" until recognized by the F. A.
M., and the federation will not give
its seal of approval to any record made
upon any uiotocycle not conforming to
tho strict laws concerning dimensions and
power of engines.
At the meeting in Buffalo I his week
three amateur National championships
will be decided for tiie swill est one-mile,
ten-mile and one-hour runs. For tho first
time the title of amateur champion moto-
cyciist will be awarded. This title, and
compelled motocyclists to pay a license
fee and to carry a registry number. In
some States motoeycles are already in-
cluded in the automobile regulations. Tiie
Federation of American Motocyclists and
Its constituent clubs are endeavoring to
persuade motocyclists generally to be
more careful to observe speed regula-
tions and to avoid unnecessary noise in
order to escape the imposition of these
onerous legal burdens.
Motocycling has gained great headway
In tiie United States, but tne sport is not
yet as popular here as it Is in England.
Perhaps the good roads and the snorter
distance across country are responsible
for the greater vogue the wotocycle en-
Joys in the old couutry. Two years ago
there were 75,000 motoeycles in use in the
United Kingdom of Great Britain and
Ireland; today there are nearly 100,000.
It is interesting in this connection to note
that American-made motoeycles are more
popular in England than those con-
structed at home, and also that an
American professional motocyciist is the
winner of two important British trophies.
Jacob de Hosier won tho tourist trophy
for negotiating the course around the
Tsle of Man, thirty-seven and one-hall'
miles, in forty-three minutes. He also
won a gold medal for a perfect score over
a 400-mile course from London to Edin-
burgh.
One of the most remarkable tours in
this country way made by Nelson J. Mod-
gin of Indianapolis a few weeks ago. He
rode from Indianapolis to Chicago and
return, a distance of '41K miles, in four-
teen hours and forty minutes. He rested
in Chicago only ten minutes before be-
ginning the return journey. This record,
while authenticated, is not official. It is
said that Hodgin broke every speed lav.
magnificent trophy that goes with it, of Indiana and Illinois in making tiie
will be awarded to the amateur who trip, and had several narrow escapes from
makes the most consistent showing in all
three of the amateur championships men-
tioned.
The line between amateur and profes-
sional classes in motocydo racing is care-
fully drawn and it is the business of tiie
federation to keep the two separated.
This is the first annual meeting which
lias not included an endurance run as a
part of tiie programme. It was abandoned
this year because tho great interest In
touring for the sake of pleasure has so
increased that it was unnecessary as a
stimulus to the interest in the East.
Instead of the endurance run there were
two cross-country runs, one beginning at
Chicago <in the West and the other at
Providence on tho East. A large per-
centage of the delegates to the Buffalo
convention transported themselves across
several States i i these runs.
Motocyclists are enthusiastic sports-
men. They love their machines and the
sport they afford. At the same time per-
haps no other .-lass of sportsmen aro
subjected to so much antagonistic predu-
dice on the part of the general public.
The high speed and the terrific noise of
the open-muffler uiotocycle offends pedes-
trians and tends to create public enmfty
against the sport. In the early days of
motocycling, when the engines were Im-
perfect and the drivers' control over thein
limited, these features were unavoidable.
At tho present time, however, since the
engines have increased in power, and th»
mufflers in efficiency, the noise is worse
than useless. An agitation among moto-
e\ ( lists to discourage the use of the open
muffler is making considerable headway.
The lover* of the sport realize that they
must propitiate public sentiment or run
the risk of feeling the heavy hand of
restrictive legislation. One motoeycle
Journal advocates a movement among
manufacturers to omit from the construc-
tion of every motoeycle the "muffler cut-
out." a contrivance by which the moto-
cyciist opens or closes his muffler.
It is argued that there is no real reason
why a motocyciist should offend the ears
of residents of cities and towns by rush-
ing through the streets with an open
muffler, making hideous noises. It is
further declared that the closed muffler
in modern machines detracts little if any
from the speed of the road machine. Some
motocyclists prefer to leave tho muffler
open and let the noise of the engine
serve as a warning signal instead of a
horn. Others appear to like the noise
simply for the sake of the noise. If
motocyclists generally can be induced by
one means or another to operate th-^r
machines with closed mufflers, and will
use the new types of motoeycles which
are practically noiseless, it is certain that
a great part of the public prejudice
against the sport will disappear.
Motocyclists recently succeeded in de-
feating legislation in New York, de-
signed to include motoeycles under the
automobile regulations, which would ha. e
injury or death on account of the ter-
rific speed ho made on stretches of good
road.
The use of the motocycle for practical
purposes is growing rapidly. Jt is used
in cities and towns for rapid messenger
service, for parcel delivery and tho like.
The Library of Congress at Washington
keeps a motocycle solely for the purpose
of making rapid deliveries of books called
for by President Taft and members of his
Cabinet.
Many rural letter carriers use moto-
eycles on their routes, and wherever the
roads are good their employment has
been successful. Representative Henry
of Pennsylvania has introduced a bill in
Congress which provides for the equip-
ment or a motocycle field force for the
Department of Agriculture. It proposes
to mount agricultural instructors on
motoeycles and have them go over the
country instructing the farmers in the
principles of scienific and intensive agri-
culture.
The use of motoeycles by policemen,
especially those stationed in parks, *vas
made necessary by the automobile. Only
a motocycle is able to catch up with a
speeding automobile, and it was found
that policemen must be mounted on
motoeycles if they were to succeed in
capturing reckless automobile .drivers.
The motocycle has been Introduced into
the army in Germany and England, spe-
cial squads of motocycle scouts being
attached to various commands. The same
idea is gaining ground In this country.
The United States Army is experimenting
with motoeycles, and the Illinois National
Guard already has established several
squads of motocycle scouts.
The motocycle !n its present form Is
about fifteen years old. The first suc-
cessful machine was made In France, and
its development followed closely that <>f
the automobile. However, the aoplicatlon
of power for the propulsion of bicycles
was not a new Idea. As long ago as 1389
a motocycle driven by electricity was in
use in Boston. But tiie engine was so
heavy and so ui reliable that its car isr
extended only over a few weeks. The
first motocycle of the modern type, that
is. propelled by a gasoline engine, was
simply a bicycle with a motor attached.
Jt was not until six or seven years ago
that the manufacturers managed to get
away from this idea, and began to build
motocycles as individual, machines, ignor-
ing unnecessary rules of bicycle con-
st ruction.
To any one but an enthusiast tho
motocycle is, and must remain, an un-
lovely thing. But it is the cheapest and
most efficient means of affording health-
ful outdoor sport of the cross-country
variety, and with the improvements con-
stantly being made It will rise Inevitably
in the public estimation, desplto its
akward appearance.
Tomorrow—Portugal. I—-The Present
Outlook.
SIDELIGHTS ALONG WASHINGTON BYWAYS
Representative Ollie M. James of Iven-
tucky, who is slated for a senatorial toga,
and Representative Thomas J. Jleflin of
Alabama, both of whom are tall, well-pro-
portioned. fresh complexioned, clean cut,
manly-looking men, are frequently seen to-
get lier
Recently they went into one of Washing-
when they cast their eyes overhead, here
is what met ilielr gaze:
"Very fresh lobsters right here."
There is one explanation in the lobbies
of (he Senate as tlie reason for Mr. Fair-
banks' failure to show up well as a pitcher
of horseshoes, it took considerable dis-
cussion among the Senators before a
plausible cause could be settled upon. It
HCPe-
ton's weli-Unown epicurean resorts, famed
for its food of the fish hind. They re
galed themselves oe devilled crab, iohster
and a few other marine delicacies. When
they got through they sauntered as far as
the door, when an inviting seat in the
shade attracted their eyes. They couldn't
resist and sat down to watch the passing
throng
Finally Mr. lleflin became a trifle un-
easy.
"Say. Ollie," he said, "have you uoticed
how people look at us aud then smile?"
"I'-m-m, yes, ye?. I have, Tom. Am I
was finally agreed that Mr. Fairbanks
is probably not getting the right kind of
buttermilk and is off his training.
When in the Capital the man from Indi-
ana who had to go to China before he
screwed up enough courage to sacrifice
his historic whiskers, always haunted a
well-known dairy lunchroom in Fifteenth
Street, opposite the Treasury. The at-
traction there was buttermilk.
This is the plnee where Gaorge B. Cor-
telyou, Mr. Loeb, now Collector of the
port of New York: "Uncle Joe" Cannon.
Senator Townsend of Michigan and a host
BRAD'S BIT 0' VERSE
You think your life is all up hill? Then
think of poor old Kaiser Bill; if anyone
deserves a crown for daring dark mis-
fortune's frown it surely is that monarch
grand who tries to run Der Vaterland.
in vain his fierce mustachios point up-
ward with imperial pose; in vain he
chants Die Wacht am Rhine—they calm-
ly chuck his right divine and tell him
bluntly to his face that "Me unt Gott"
can't boss that race. The Reichstag hands
him out a chunk that makes his daily
life seem punk; his stein of beer has lost
its charm; his soul is filled with deep
alarm. He sees the people getting wise-
it brings the teardrops to his eyes; each
day with bootless worry teems; the spooks
of freedom haunt his dreams. The
trouble with our good friend Bill, lie
wants to see the world stand still. Hc>
thinks it might advance too fast; h»
loves the cobwebs of the past. Ano
there be others of his kind who grope
about in darkness blind like blinking owls
that fear the light and hoot at all tilings
fair and bright. If all such dubs would
disappear and leave t he track of progress
clear, tills world would lose a heavy load
and be a place of blest abode.
(Copyright, 3911. by W. D. Meng.)
THE EXPRESS ANIi THE ELY
have even beard folks say
ems ;'Op in Trenton, N. J.
5
DfciNO MF A
fO HOT
PlTCH/*6
tWVtlVft
dressed according to the dictates of fash-
ion ?"
"You sure are," responded Mr. Het'lin:
and with fear displayed on his counte-
nance. for lie is a particularly neat dresser,
hastily added: "llow about rae? Is my
apparel all right V"
Ollie assured Tom he was all right.
Then they began to look about. There
was m illing under the seat. Nothing out
of the way to the right or to the left, but
of" other national figures dropped in f<-r a
light luncb, to be topped eft with butter-
milk.
And even now a group of members of
Congress and Government officials ma\ be
seen to gather at times it: n corner of the
little restaurant, lift high glasses of foam-
ing buttermilk and in unison say. with all
solemnity.
"Here's to Chnrles Warren Fairbanks,
the Buttermilk Kin&."
Looking Backward.
Fire engines were invented in 250 B. C.
School primers were first printed in
1535.
Bone setting be:,ran to be scientifically
practiced in ?620.
Tern cottage was first applied to a
t»mall house without land in 1275.
Culture of the grape In America for wine
began in Florida in 1564.
Vivisection was largely practiced in the
Alexandrian school during the first cen-
turies of the Christain Era.
Modern school of oil painters was
Initiated by the brothers Van Kyek, at
Client, in 1410, when they made improve-
ments in the use <.f c.il colors.
I'se of rockets in was was proposed :is
long ago as lftf^. but no progress was
n.i.de lowaid this end until the earn
pert of the Nineteenth Centrry.
j oldest volutiteei corps in the world is
! the llonorai le Artillery v'otnpany of Lon-
| don. which dates from 1537, during the
lielgn of Henry VIII.
F.ezaleel and Aboliab weie the first
j rculptors cn record, which was in 1491
b. C.n Besides carving in stone and wood
these two artists devised beautiful works
*>C *?old and silver.
These Be Dos Days.
Among the ancients dog days comprised
the pei l^ of the greatest heat in summer.
They begin on July 3 and continue to
Vugnst 11. The appellation is derived
from the heliacal rising and setting of
Sitius, the dog star, meaning the time
when the star, after being practically in
coujunctibn with the sun and invisible,
emerges from the light so as to be visi-
ble in the morning after sunrise.
To this conjunction was ascribed a
malignant influent e. i>og days originated
in iv-ypt. whtnee the superstitious feelin?;
gradually spread thioughout the world,
and still « xists among the credulous.
They Rather Applaud.
The batter standeth in his place
Ami makes the leather flit.
For no one thinks to call it base
To make s w'*-
And it wasn't a good day for killing
flies, either. On the morning ot' July 3 tho
boys of San Antonio brought to the office
of Tho San Antonio Express one aud a
qui rter million flies that had been kiih'd
as a result of a fly-killing contest. The
dead flies made a heap three feet high
and five feet wide. The boy who won tut*
largest prizo of $10 killed 4M,;'.2U flies.
While this is of considerable interest a*
a mere news item, the fact that the file.*
wen killed is oi great importan
only to .San Antonio, but to other parts
of the ytate as well. It is a well known
fact in the medical profession thut i..e
fly does a great deal of harm by carry-
ing germs of disease, such as fever, fro :i
one plat o to another, often causing a.i
epidemic of disease in a community. *•'<>
t he killing of every fly means the mi -
ting of one little stone in the guarding
wall against disease. Of course, one m!i-
liou and a Quarter files is a small num-
ber as compared with the entire number
in the State, bui if every community
would get in the habit of killing fiier as
San Antonio has done, the : ossibiiliie* ..f
d'teass would be greatly decreased. This
could be made a paying occupation f.»-
some of the idle small boys about eveiy
tow.i. -Kustland Chronicle.
THE MULES OF CHINA
North China is Noted for Rearing
Splendid Mules.
In Peking one wili see mules quite as
good in every respect as the Missouri and
Kentucky product. Tho finest are em-
ployed by Chinese officials and other
wealthy men to draw their "Peking
cartr. '
These Peking carts have been until
recently, the only vehicle used by Hie
Chinese to correspond with pleasure car-
riages in the United States. Now the
more progressive ot the wealthy Chinese
ne beginning to use mode n ee.rriag-
The latter, however, can be used oniy in
city streets. The country road:- are wor*>
than any dirt road that can be found i i
the I ii it ed States, and no carriage built
on American lines could make a journey
over them without breaking down.
There Is considerable export of muled
from Tientsin, the British government
buying them for army service in India,
the PI ilippia • government fur use in tho
Philippines, and they are purchased for
other uses—some even going to the Flitted
States.
The mules on the market are four to
tight year? old. They range in height
from 14 hands down to VIVt- The large:-
wo!gh about eight hundred pounds, tho
smaller six hundred and fifty to seven
hundred potinds. However, it mu-: be
considered that the Chinese mule is usual-
ly in very good condition. Ilis normal
condition is one of eeniistarvation. As a
rule, a mule never gets any food but tho
roughest of grass, tho leaves of a plant
allied to the American broom corn, and
black beans boiled in water, which, take
the place of grain. Any tr.ule here, .f
proper-iv fed, would weigh mueii moie
than the above figuies indicate.
Mules of 14 hands Fell for nbout $1 >
Mexicen W.SO American currency!, an:
those of 12k' or 13 hands for about $11 j
Mexican <f40.45 American Currency).—
Consul General S. S. Knabenshue.
The Cost of Horse Labor.
At present the liovse is pmcticnll.v tlifl
entire motive power uf the Tnrm. In torn-
Mnation with Improved farm mnehinerj;, .
the horse hits, to n Brent extent, replaced
hmnnn labor. And tile modern farm de-
ponds as much upon the efficiency "I Ihe
hoi'se that Is kept to perform the labor ns
il does upon the use of human labor upon
the farm. In fact, the efficiency of hunnin
labor upon the farm, and In many instances
the proper operation of the farm, depends
entirely upon the farm horse. We inny
readily understand, therefore. that 'lie
farm horse is often the greatest single fac-
tor in the success of the farming opera-
tions. It is essential, then, that tiie farm
horse to be cared for. and the farm so or-
ganized. that a maximum return on the
horse's labor can be secured annually.
It Is true that horse owners generally
are not accustomed to look upon the horses
of the farm, or their labor, as costing any-
thing. The horse has been considered ho
much a necessity, and so much a part of.
the ffirm. that the question <>f the cost
of the horse labor to the farm, or of the
methods bv which such cost may be de-
creased, litis been very largely neglected.
The question of economy of power on the
form Is only brought up at those times
when consideration is being given to some
other form of motive power than the horse.
It is a question, though, that with in-
creasing cost of feed, of care, and larger in-
vestment in horses- will constantly become
of greater and greater importance.
The cost of horse labor depends upon
many conditions that vary on each firm,
so that costs are not similar on different
farms. However, the items that make up
cost are similar on all farms, and only vary
in amount. It is essential, then, that the
farm operator have au accurate knowledge
of what comprises cost, and what average
costs are. that he may institute sueii
economies In his management as seem de-
sirable. Carefully-kept records and ac-
counts with the farm horse show that tlie
average cost for horse labor on the farm
is about eight and one-half cents per hour.
The rate seldom averages less, and gen-
erally runs higher. This means that the
actual cost, on the farm, of a horse's labor
for a ten-hour day is cents, or $1.70
for a team. Thomas P. Cooper.
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