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HOUSTON DAILY TOST: MONDAY 'SEPTEMBER 29.1913.
Tea i ikiw avrrt.v mxM iw tw nm
:JEEP
en Iron
' HOTJaflPOy AXD
KDITKD BY HARRIOT RUSfCLL
"yARCELT A DAT PA88E8 that
fW w do not hear from tone of our
Sa "too too fat ilatara" th cry. "Ob
I U I could loae a few pounds." Soma
timet It li becauae they And their weight
area physical- burden but most often
tt la eceuse they can not aea In their
mint the slender willowy . itlhouetta
uch i Dame Faahion demands the fash-
lonab i woman of today to possess.
Not soma times the woman la really
In eaeest and she will do anything and
all th if which will take away some of
the hied pounds but also very very
often i spite of her sighing and crying
you wl And that she refuses to do any-
thing ia will bring down her weight.
A v ry charming little actress. Miss
iHyrothV Brenner has confided her secret
fur keelng down her weight and It sounds
so slnile snd easy that any . one really
and(trjly In earnest could easily follow
her surcestiens.
Ml (Brenner declares that buttermilk
Is her let panacea (or whatever alia hr
and. tlt It never falls. .An exchange
credits her with saying:
"I never let myself get very fat but
when 1 find myself plus about sight or 10
undeslrbla pounds 1 proceed to go on the
buttermlk treatment. Two quarts a day
suffice jo feed me and supply me with
drlnkabp. and never a drop or a crumb
of a; other refreehment do I permit
myself. For two weeks I live on ray daily
allowance of two quarts of buttermilk !
per day 1 have no stated time for drink-
ing It hist whenever I am thirsty I In-
dulge l a glass slut whenever I am
hungry After the flrs dsy or two It Is
not haul to deny yourself food and at
the end of two weeks I im eight pounds
thinner and much cleared as to complex-
Ion thtn when I started on the 'cure.' "
Buttirmllk! Buttermilk) I can see your
noses tilting skyward at tie very mention
of the awful stuff. Bu It Isn't half so
awful at some of you my think In fact
there are a great many jf as who are ex-
tremely fond of It. At any rate It isn't
so very awful that yol can not try It
Srovided you are erlouty desiring to re-
uce your weight.
Irish Lacel Start.
Irish lace orlgmated)froni the failure of
Jtbej potato crop that caused the famine
of r846. The abbess a convent in Coun-
ty. Cork looking abdt for Home lucrative
employment to helpjh half-starved chil-
dren who attendedT school unraveled
thread by thread aprap of point de Milan
and finally maaterfl the complicated de-
tails. Bhe then Selected the girls who
were quickest at needlework and taught
them what she h painfully learned. The
new Industry prfpered and one of the
pupils In a pardoble "bull' declared that
i
Keeping the Body in Repair
future intended that the body should do its own
repairing and it would do o were it not for the
lict that mott of us lice other than a natural life.
Niure didn't intend that we should wear corsets tight collars or
shoes nor live in badly ventilated and draughty houses ner eat and
drink seas of the things that we do nor ride la street ears when ws should walk.
T consequence is that the body whea it feta eat of order most look for out-
side hp to max the necessary repairs.
Ti weak stomachs and the Indigestion or dyspepsia resulting and the multitude
of diee following therefrom no medicine can be more adaptable as a curative
agent than DR. PIERCE'S GOLDEN MEDICAL DISCOVERT.
His fsaous Doctor' prescription has beea recommended for of er 40 yean
and It todaf just as big a success. Restores a healthy appetite. Cleanses th blood.
Stresftbeni the serve. Regulates stomack aad liver. Demand th original.
Pr. Tierce's Golden Medical Discovery
Seh In Liquid er Tablet form by Dealers In Medicine
Send!
I sane-cent stamps te pay east of msfltng oaJg en a free eopy of Dr. Pleree's Cob
laaMedicsl Adviser. 1008 pages cletabsund. Address Dr. Pierce Buffalo. N. T.
si Sen
BECAUSE the telephone tfets them
down town ahead of the crowds; as
sures them of the
time trouble and
ing toe all-around comfort and con-
venience way.
BELL TELEPHONE will do your mar-
keting; run your errands and carry on
your correspondence with dispatch
and satisfaction. Order one to-day
Just Call The Business Office.
The Southwestern
Telegraph and
Telephone Comp'ny
.NATIONAL
A: STOVES AND RANGES
. COOK STOVES
BOX STOVES
A'
AIR-TIGHT IIEATEItS
There' MUsfacticm in this llna Always
besC Nov better $an before. Now la
the time to blace roar order.. Bend tor
special itore catalog.
& Steel Co;
ANTONIO
"if it had not been for the famine we
would ail have been starved."
Worth Knowing.
If one uses a great doal of malted milk
It Is a wise plan to buy the largest or ho-
pita! aixe jar not only because of the
economy in price but because of varied
uses to which the jars may be put when
emptied. For keeping cereals corn meal
or other dry groceries nothing better could
be desired.
One of the sweetest flowers the pale
primrose like the violet and pansy suf-
fers for the shortness of Its stem and for
this reason Is too often despised ss a deco-
ration but primroses arranged In a flat
crystal or silver dlsl In wet sand as If
growing among their own loaves and
moss look quite lovely and they will re-
vive In the sand even though they may
have drooped during their journey from
the country.
Potato Croquettes.
One pint of hot mashed potatoes one
tablespoonful of butter hulf a saltspoonful
of white pepper half a teaspoonful of sale
and the yolk of one egg. Mix all but the
egg and beat very light. When slightly
cool add the yolk of the egg and mix well.
Rub through a sieve and add one tea-
spoonful of chopped parsley. Shape Into
round balls and then Into rolls. Roll In
fine bread crumbs then dip In beaten
egg then roll in bread crumbs again. Fry
In smoking hot lard one minute drain and
serve In the form of a pyramid.
Spiced Apple Pickles.
To three pounds of pared apples allow
one pound and a half o sugar and a half
cupful of vinegar. Tie up stick or two of
cinnamon a blade or two of mace a few
clovea In a bag and put with vinegar and
sugar and teacupful of water. When It
boils put in the apples; let them cook un-
til tender. Pour the spiced vinegar over
them. 8oald once or twice the first week
by draining off and reheating the vinegar.
Small apples are best for this pickle.
London Crumpets.
Three cupfuls of flour a half teaspoon-
ful of salt a teaspoonful of sugar two
teaapoonfuls of baking powder one egg
one pint of milk and a teaspoonful of cin-
namon. 81ft together flour salt sugar
and baking powder; mix Into a firm bat-
ter. Heat a well greased griddle and on It
set greased muffin rings. Half fill the
rings bake an both sides and when done
serve hot with cottage cheese.
Danger Signals to Women.
Is what one physician called backache
headache nervousness and the blues. In
nine cases out of ten they are symp-
toms of gome female derangement or an
lnflamatory ulcerative condition curable
by taking Lydia K. Plnkham's Vegetable
Compound. Thousands of American wom-
en willingly testify to its virtue. Advertisement.
MILLIONS
OF
Housewives
snop BY
TELEPHONE
best bardains: saves
temper besides be
illll
The Diggers Who
Won1! Come Back
By Ionise Pond JrwtlL
V la CtlerB Weekly. - -' '
"Do you know" said th pretty tourist
in th obaerratloa ear of the Panama
Railroad gaxlng thoughtfully beck at the
swiftly receding track "do you know. It
make m sad to look at tola splendid
roadbed for I can't help Utakla X what
tt ha meant 1 flesh end MoodU War
tr y." she added with a flttle. tauturl-
one sigh "that It haa cost a "-
' "8ur exploded the apoplectic look-
ing old gentlemaa ta the corner ralslsg
hi arm- as If to ward off a Mew. If
you are about to say that the laying of
this railroad haa coat 'a man fear every
tie.' you will be morally responsible for
my demise. I have heard that express loa
xacfjy M.000 time so far thle tourist
season and on time more would be the
last straw especially as th statement la
not true!"
. To be true the railroad would hav
coat more live In Its construction than
were ever engsged In work on It.' But Jt
1 at least a striking way of suggesting
something that la a fact-the lavish pour-
ing out of human llfebloed that hat n
th prlc of this great csnal of -ours.
it Is easier to bask In the sunshine uf
such generalities as this than to produce
statistics. It Is said that figure always
lis and In this case the flfur not only
would 11 If you cou d get them but you
can't get them! one high in authority
In th sanitation department put th loss
of life among the workers of French tlmea
at 10000 to 30000. Our own official rec-
ord from the time of the French pur-
chase to the present are misleading but
are as follows:
Year. Korea Death
1904 213 3 ll
MM 1.1 H .
10 2.647 l.iOi 41 tl
lttOT SD.J43 11J ;5T
108 431131 i.TI 1.1
mi 47.17 .- 1.4
1910 5O.H03 ! 10X
1911 4s. HI i3 S3. 8-'
1912 &0.833 47 9 18
Rate per 1000.
(Compiled from the annual reports of
the Department of Sanitation. Isthmian
Carnal Commission.)
This record Joes not Include the women
and children be:onglng to the famillei of
the workers; does not include of course
those who have gone home to the States
owing to Illness and there died and does
not Include the negroes and other foreign
employes who died at their homes unlets
they were actually on the payroll at the
time of death.
Even at the present time there is a
noticeable albeit desirable silence about
the constantly occurring deaths especially
those by acicdent.
A hospital car Is carried on every trtln.
and It is a common thing though to soma
It never ceases being a gruesome one- to
see a stretcher or two or three taken
out of this car at Panama upon which
lies prostrate a human form; sometimes
animate with only the foot or the arm
or head wrapped in bloody bandages;
sometimes covered by a sheet. Once in a
while the monotonous noliy hum on the
crowded station platform Is rent by a
wall or shriek as the stretcher I met by
some waiting friend or loved one.
Then a crowd gathers silently around
orderly unexclted eimply interested In
watching the wlte or mother at the side
of the grim figure on the atrwtcher snd
listen to her weeping. But presently wUh
the systematic dispatch which marks the
whole organization the utrelcher Is placed
In the hospital ambulance and driven away
and the crowd quietly disperses The mat-
ter has been of loo common occurrence
even to arouse comment.
One would never dream amid all the
canal enthusiasm and energy and the sort
of Joyousness that prevails among the
workers that every day on un average
ends more than one life that 30 or 40
die each month in Ancon hospital alone
and t hat two dozen new graves stanu
ready all the time at Ancon cemetery fjr
the occupants whose speedy coming may
be depended upon. The storlea of the
manifold sufferings of the worker of for-
mer years are more picturesque than
those of today and in a way sadder.
In that the fearful loss of life due to
Ignorance of the causes of tlie tropical
diseases seems In the light of our pres-
ent knowledge and sp.endld use of It
quite needless.
There is the Btory of the thousand
Chinamen who came to work on the rail
road ami who began to die off so fast
from yellow fever that the resl'of them
discouraged and heartsick committed sui-
cide. The pace where they lived and
died bears record of this story in Its
n4nM"achln"Uea(J Chinaman."
There is the story of the gang of light
hearted Irishmen arriving full of energy
and ambition who succumbed oven more
quickly to the climatic conditions than
did the Chinese and died off promptly to
a man.
There Is the story of the French consuls
who came with their famllfee. one alter
another In quick succession sometlmefl
only six weeks apart eaeh one alckenlng
In a short time of th dread fever ana
paying the penalty with heartrending un-
orlglnallty. The quarters of the trench
consulate which came Into the hands of
the Americans when the purchase was
made from th French In 1904 and are
now the home of th American legation
are still so surrounded with the traditions
and memories of those tragic French hap-
penings that net a servant can be induced
to sleep there at night. All go home when
dusk falls to return only with morning
light.
And the yellow fever In the first years
of our own occupation of the Zone was
unsparing and cruel. Many are th talcs
told by the few "Canalers" still on the
isthmus who survived those early days
I remember well" said on "how a
dozen of us had a dinner in honor of
the engagement of one of our number to
a Blrl--a pretty girl she was" he added
remlnlscently. "The dinner was on a
Saturday night and It was the gayest
affair of the season. The next Saturday
night eight or us dined together airaln
the other rour Including the fellow in
whose honor the first dinner had been
Klven were dead and buried-yellow
fever.
Another "Canaler." of picturesque ap-
pearance and vocabulary told his tale In
a manner characteristic of the can&l
spirit:
"The funeral I remember beet." he re-
called "was that of a bully good
fellow. We all liked him mighty well
and gave him a big blowout In conse
quence. The Ancon Cemetery hill Is so
steep that a wagon Is out of the ques-
tion; so some of us fellow acted as
pallbearers I believe I was among them
but I'm not sure. Well arter we had
the thing up In good shape and chucked
him In we went beck to Panama and
had th most enjoyable dinner I recollect
on the Isthmus. I shall always remem-
ber that feast" he mused appreciatively.
"How can you talk like that about
the burial of a friend? How could you
be gay that night and have an 'enjoy-
able dinner?" was the natural question.
He emed nonplussed tor a moment
Then no Dngntenea up.
"Why I guess tt was because h was
uch a Jolly good apart" he offered
"that we couldn't really think of lugubri-
ous thing In connection with him."
But where are they now th bone of
the thousand of canal diggers. French
and American. Spanish and Italian and
Chines end negroes; "good fellow" and
bad fellow; those who have died from
disease or aectdent or violence or by
their own hand? Th Isthmus Is narroe
leu than 10 tnUee across.' Is It a great
leharnel house? What sort ef place are
th repositories of these aumbertess
bodies? : Do headstones mark tb spots
where human forma repot 7 ' Doe graaa
cover the lew movnds; do treea wJYort t
pleasant shade? 1 vtsltoraoomtini
waaeer past aad give a kind.r aneughl
to tho" worker vhoee work wast ao mi
overT .
' U traav ef enthusiastic and thrill.
hucttog tourists perbapa the roesaaaosejl
wall beard- falware excepting U -
tor-rrery-U". tremok) ta tt eteae ever
the '"abeadoaed French oeantarU I
be see frost the car windows.
"Ofc look! There t another o thta!
Bee the entav beadstn. Ineerkeii Isr
totUm. . tu froca aay . towe! Poor
rreachsaea. bow 'very very pathetic!"
Thue th teurtac. HI emetkui sftoe kls
credit and karma ae ene bet dee sol
aeke fit tt facta.- tf tt apoptoetfc M
Etleniaa were aboard and eves tsearlat
wouil prebably lure hi leng-sntrlc
d far eaoagh erouBd te hie: -"Pathetic!
ohuoke! Theee ain't kel-
atonee thsyte heuae aosta:"
Aad h would a rata b rlgM: tken
emerou. "Weech . eemstrec' o
touchlngly (Ishorated jipoa are tea reality
eery the teuadatiosi' peats left tastlsf
after the remevej-ef the buildtngrw wSicn
they eupworte. . Tor. a th wort Km
proereaeed from one part of ttt eaMl
to another th villa cm tnv progjieand
with it. as swiftly. U eot a llntly u
the Arabs' tent are folded. v-lns bul
these white bleak posts bhlnl. Tint
thay. draw. tsar front th eyes of totirliti
I realty a matter of- poetic Jusitlc for
th geauln rhiterli whr the
Frenchmen o he buried more rtsutti
and laa nlctureeeue art seielvten setn
and very likely aever wept ever.
There are (I cemeteries In the CsimI
Zone. Isife on. at earn end. wture
f rarltoelly all Asaerlraas aot taken konu
o "th Btats" ar burled and the nu
' slonjr th Jlae." ("Th line" 1 alwtjn
tb Panama Railroad.) Of thoe. two
have been submerged under th rlalii
water of the artificial lake which form
pert of the canal area: and one other tt
least. wlH soea undergo a like rate. At'
con Cemetery the en. st the Panama
end of th caaal. a largs and nourUtilii
plice. cove s ground too value bio h be
dven uo Indefinitely te so aulee. end ui-
productive a community and the boJ.H
are presently to be slhumel. theis un-
claimed will be cremated la trie nw
plant to bs erected nearby end thoM
having dissenting friend will be reburied
In the cemetery at Caroaal. four atlln
away.
Th cemtrls "along th line' an
all imr or less alike All th grsm ar
Indeed marked not by headatoiset but
by small Iron crosses generally palntnl
while each areas attending frm ona to
two feet out of th ground and bsailul
on It six-inch transversa arvn not a
name but a number. At Aaeoa How-
ever In-many :asss behind the crou and
projecting above it tsnds s rude. whlK-
palntad board on which ar printed a
nam and two Important dates.
The names on the Ancon h1bmrJi
Indicate a Isrge range In nationality tui
a small range in age and the youth l
these departed canal diggers t;nprf'i
even the casual visitor. The ave-nji .
Is somewher between M and 30 vim
snd rarely goes above 40
In tho cemetery at Empire the monoi -ony
of the rroasee Is Wied ner a;il
there by a mound eurroumled ov a rudu
wooden fence or even somtiea by
a pretentious gingerbreads little wooden
structure looking not unlike en old-
fashioned Bible picture of the Ark J
the Covenant. .
SOCIAL SWIRL TO
START IN OCTI
Something Gay WilZe Doing at
Prei Club ETery Week; Women
Invited to All Events.
October will be a mon'h of vn usual io-
clal activity with the Houston rrs t'lub
There will be something of a social nature
there every Tkursday night In the monih
and to each of these events the membera
are requested to invtie their ladj f-lends.
Chairman Bert Ble.aslngton of the en-
ttrtalnmejil commute submitted the
ci n-.nuttes a report at 'he regular munihlr
meeting of the club Sunday afternooji ind
the report was accepted in lte .entirely.
A program for the month Included In ilie
report sa sdopted
Thursday night. October I will he itory
telling evening A list of gnod atory tell-
ers including both men and women will
be on th program.
Anna Held who will have a (roup ai
the Prince Theeter the MaJestK- Tlifiier
iroupe. Including Mutt and Jeff and aunt
other theatrical players will be sjueatt of
the club Thursday evening. Ooanber 14
The following Thursday October 23 sill
be Robin Hood night.
Tho month will close with ladlea' nijld
October 90. when danc will be the prin-
cipal enjoyment and Halloween decora-
tions will predominate.
Members will be permitted to bring
friends to each of their occasion other-
wise the house niles si to the restrlnlon
of nonmembers from sdmlttance will bo
rigorously enforced
A number of Importsnt matters were
taken up snd discussed Sunday afternoon
The meeting was presided over by Vice
President Jeff McLemore Th uiual
large business meeting attendance par-
ticipated. Twelve new active members 11 ne as-
sociate members and four new nonreil-
dent members were enrolled by -vote Re-
ports of the directors snd businesa man-
ager showed the club to be In excellent
condition financially
Some score or more new booka were
added to the club dlbrsry at the mealing
through donations by members.
FIXES WAGE SCALE
OF CITY EMPLOYES
Twenty-8econd Proposition Would
Provide Overtime Pay for Day
Laborer! Only.
Twtnty-aecond Proposition.
That article 6 of the exiatloar charter
of the City or Houston be avmended by
adding thereto a new section which
shall b known a "Section 4 compen
sation of employes" and which shall
read as follows:
Section. 4. Compensation of Kmployea.
Thar Is herebv established as a mini
mum wage ror all of the day lavborei of
the City of Houston th sum of II per
ralendor dav or eight hours during which
they shall ork and It shall tee? unlawful
for any oriuier agent or employs oi mo
Clly of Houston to require or permit any
day laborer or the City or Houston lo
perform work for the city for ax lesa wis
than 12 oer calendar day f6r each and
every day during which he shall be to
employed or performing work for the Clly
or Houston. Provided further that should
any auch laborer be required or sarmlt-
ted In the case of an emergency to work
more than elsht hours in anr one calen
dar day he shall be paid for an time over
aid eight hours on th boat a of eight
hours constituting a aay worst-
The twenty-second proposition is an
entirely new one snd cams through the
initiative route evidently. TTie pro vision
for overtime work do net carry any
provlalon for a bonus; that Is. If t la-
borer works 1! hour at 12 pan- day he
haa earned a ..when .his lj-hour stint Is
completed.
The provision applle only to the day
laborer and not to any of thus other m-
ployes of the rty.
A CAUD OF THANKS.
We wish to extend our heatrtf eit thuk
te frlcno or Austin. Houston ana An-
dersen tor their beautiful floreU effsrlngs.
nA titoir manv kindnesses and aymrathv
tendered lo .our sad bsreavememt In the
death of or aear tatner w a . iUDer.
. Mm. a.- P. at Ise-and Family f Auitln. -
Mrs. i. A. Zuber end fsrslly of Badlaa.
Jdr. u super ana ramuy of Brfta.
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Communications
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IIQMT DEAD CONVICT!.
i e
tTrVatfl Ijrtttlvle
Tea Th root.
What and If these boy had been white
to-oya weald they have beeea se crowded
V suffocation and death? What and If
t-tsay had been whit boys would thoas
rvaposalbl for their death bar been
rwlesaed en more nominal bonds?
Over In Mistalaslppl sum of say kinfotks
do set think U any sin to kill a "oliter."
Do Teian think It say eta te kill a
"nltter' convict? IS) tkey think It a sin.
sa. crtma to kill any convlc? When I
wsi chaplain I buried a man for whom a
traoi haa bn set and when he ran Into
ta he ss avtaot deed wit nout a word.
"JL'hsrt was a gaeudo ttiijue-at bald aud
wei y tiling went on Just tna same What
ta the uh of all this ado. eapena. probe
aaasd court pruredur an) a ) lwa t we
avit kivow without knowing that nobody
ww ill aufier far th must bar baitc murder
o( (hot "mngers'
Tkat avn In ilovernor of Texas ahoulU
aauepect truat advocate uf the bat"
sstwoulil hsve gone to the murderous -
renit of atiaiigiins aiiftocatmg and even
pvoteotilni mow ho a tu carry eut their
Aetermlnatlon to ivsioi tiie "bet" la a
Lgfeatlon of no small consideration aa
tw pullilial and moral turpitude in our
Ouuntr) la It poMlt'le that the people
of Teiaa will appn v a syatem of penal
aunlnmieni that la tar worae man death
Staelf Along; rilrd tracka and In
aiulied iiel.is wi.ai'a convict labor w
eaiployeil could the unknown speak frvm
aamnatketl sjravea wliat an aalul revela-
a ton ol the grinding munler mill of Texaa
-alld a "penitentiary avateui II Is no
lorufer u hldilan iiret that tiundreila yea.
X Housanda of our unfortunate lei ova have
eeu around to death In trii damnalile
railll In the yaais asone. aud II will t-
oonHi (he Kipi ol Texas to ao on Mltlt
rlom until the eiemh an.l inuitlrr ami
toutalnf shame and illngra. v la r never
s-mopJ Tkera may he Ihnught that Oils
aTuul Inhuman and hell iti munler mn
gjrove "argumrnt ' In laioi of Ike res
trllun of th "hel ' Kven our tiv
writer la retKiried aa adiuuimi that It
sxxay bo lo ud 1 hare wish lo rep at
wwliat I reporteil a to haler who illeil
In mi lima while I chaiilani ra-
lr waa an old anil weak nmti He
.n the "Herrtng and What lev rami " Tb
" dog aorgvant luat him with th bat
xinlll ba waa btiaieietl irotii nhoul1ers t
av neiu then sprinkled naiul in liln ami
t lien best him more This Is what lostei
.cl! mo no more limn an hour before ho
ailed If ho lied he diet with th lie
x trtually on Ills Hp ami lie died protest -ing
that tlie beatliiK and Oier i-meltles
-auaeJ his death I mention tilt to ehow
g rial the humane T't "hat ' biui ptolu eil
death and 1 doubt not that hundreds of
Texas convicts hate hecn I. eaten lo ilealli
with the "bet."
I aianiined the hack and thlihs of
men rio were tarrying hi. lea In ilielr
riwah aa a result of heating Into whteli
1 cuuld and did plaie in t l.uuiu half a ay
up lo the Aral Joint I eiamliiod a
negro who had !een beaten wltti the
"laf until his Utah raw He was
aent out at one to the ennmimptlv
faroi and In a few days was 1ol and
his death attributed to pulmonary trou-
ble I examined several bi who were
o kadi beaten that they wen placed in
the hospital fur ipllte a week before they
e-ould o to work
A prlanner now living at or ne.ir lliu
Sprlnjra told me that he mm two young
men beaten Into Inaenaililllt y on the Hill
a'ounly Farm than thcari Inio their
nunka aupperleae anil before dHligh t ur-
dereil anil rushed out as Ihe snaitl would
kkk (hem while thetr loo -aaturated
thee were- verily glueil to t tie I r lacer
nted bodlee.
It was no jol.e that a Illll I'ounty
arraiid Jury found h hill i-hsrulnir u Her-
aceant if (hut t' rm with ituirnMi AH
lexaa knows what it time wnx hu1 in
an effort tt have t Itiienshlp reftoreti to
men who wlthe'u'd Ihe liesllnga ami
death
Theae ure only k few There are many.
many others
The "watih shed' was Just below my
ifTlee anil in that moat of the shippings
took place I'oulrl the ponh' nf Texas
heur aa I nave the forcerul iirks or the
"hat" attended by Ihe bitter natha of the
untlerkeeper. the Inuil well of the negro
the inw siiptTeased mun of the Mexl
ran and the exi-rurlntlng T'lalnt ;ind )!
if th unite man na Im would hlte hl
naked white urma to HiiTrireae his oit-
orlea wh'le tesr flowed from his eve
oh rnulrl the people hut know surelv
t he would not think mei a -rank. nor our
Oovemnr tn'Mtlrally and Insenalhlt acntl-
rrianlal
Wliere Is Aur boasted el vtllr.ntlon' tlov-
ernnr I'olqultt la elvlllawd He l a 1e-
voiee uf the religion of humanity to men
He ta a Oirlntlan and a gentleman From
the heuinnlns of the fiarrit. whlla he aai
vel ItallroH't t'nmmlisloner. he exprewHed
Mmaelf and stood hv me for Ihe hK1I-
tlon of the "bat " 1 knew bin -onvlot Ions
and poeltlon and I atoivl with hlin It
raa cet me much lo make the flarht
With pnlitlf-o-rellglonlsts I am down and
mit-thev have no fellowship for me
Financially I am down and not -hut let
ma fin a iauper'a grave before I "ub-
aerlhr tn the barbarism and brutalities
vlalled upon our weak and unfortunate
brothers Awsy with ' hat'' and Mark
cell" and "'utretcher" snd kill the men
outright rather than this awful barhnrlr
elew auffooatlng. hloodv cruelty and
death .lake Hndges.
Houth Houston. Texas.
FADS AND FOIBLE!.
Wa Ihould Not Be Too Severe. But En
deavor to Correct T ham.
To The Poet.
The dignity and aoverelsmty of a na
tion li expressed only ss the dignity and
sovereignty of man Is upheld within that
nation; and the dignity and aovemlgnty
of man is upheld only sa he paya his debts
and does Justly toward those who are
around him.
While the supreme ohjert ef political
activities should he Justli-e toward hu-
manity and as men dlfrer in reitard to
how this la to be obtained parties are
formed events In tho long run will gen-
erally vindicate thoae who seek to tiplirt
their fellow men but In this uplifting we
should not destroy those thinga which en-
ter Into the pleasures and relaxation of a
Deooe; for to be too extreme in our
condemnation or the fudsi and foibles of
race may lead to an antaKonlam to-
war 1 our Ideaa which In meaaure will
tend to defeat good purposes which we
hava proposed In them. -
The oreacher may say I win saute
the devil wherever I find Mm and if you
go hand In hand with lilan"nrl jet In rny
VI ay 1 will en.iie you tun- in w
the preacher however 1 do not think be
underatands fully what the devil Is when
he makes euch a remark . while he may
refer lo powers which work In dark-
ness he sflves ua no preols knowledge
of them and people I think ahould take
It In this manner for while crimea against
e State must bs put down by force there
are many rads snd folhlea which can not
be called crimes yet the preacher may
see what he calls the devil In theae raids
and folblcn. and in pleasures and relaxa-
tion!. Take ror example the theater One
will aay that the theater Is debauching
so It a tribe of savages. If w follow their
Ideas; but where would the development
of (.Initiation have been ir no enlighten-
ed men had ventured among savages.
Do I believe that while many thing
can be corrected one should not be too
sever with th fada and foibles of th
theater.
Spetkhntj about savesjee we should
even recognise that the heathen have
tadi and fcetblea and w ahould not be too
aever with th Ideas which they" have
about thiruxs as long aa these Ideas do
tort isad them Into criminal acts.
A preacher ahould hardly argu In this
way: I am a priest of Ood a Clod In
whom all i things dwell and who owna and
has power over them eJll and who can
accuse me of wrong If I take from th
heathen that which they have robbed Ood
of and put It In proper handa.
Thus the heathen should not be teught
about Ood and then told that they have
ton hut fad and foiblea to serve Hlrn
properly; th Idea ahotsld be Impressed
upon them that their an Ind ar free to
entirely bound
blcfca taaaoaer
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kr Dm limited knowledge w
CIRCUS
t. a W . 4 1 -
Houston CJii
i n m'1aiiv I I I 1 1 niii
V)lCi i eiOCCST. CWANDC3T PRODUCTION I j
"w!l-mi vTsZrJ emeus KlniiTiWvfi;i
I IT II O'CLOCK
laeeee awg ftrat
I h aTialilaaiak) IHj riaeaw II Vt rna.
ASmleelee sn4 reeeevee at ttekete
Aveawe anal Treves trw at eeen artee
B 111 i i- - J 1 . '- 1'- -I
snsy have ss th rule or a correct teach-
er should be more by pratlg than by
prtsaur. for it a teacher Show too much
authority a priest If he has an III In-
tent tuned government bedt of him. may
rob th whom w will nail heathen of
that which they will puaaee
Ho I bellv that whir si any thing can
b corrected eu should aot be too se-
vere with the fada and foiblea of the
heathen and so It I wrth the masses; a
king may key that tb tl have too
many fada and foiblea to take part in
government and be may save his eon-
celt enlarged hv a sermon which a bishop
preaches In which he says: "All things
sre vunrs snd ye are Chi lei a and Christ
it tied a hut If that king treats the
people unjustly. Is not hi trust la Ood
a false trust and would ks not have done
heller to have tru-ited tho people mure
n 1 1 1 to have despised wbst lis called their
feds and fnlble lee" Ho 1 believe that
while many things can be corrected one
ahould nol be too severe with the fad
anil foiblea of th masseaa.
Charles M. Orr
Hotel Sherman. Chicago. III.
THI BOLL VVIIVIL.
The Beat Known Manned f Combating
th Pt.
lo The I 'it.
liwalixlng the Imperative need of a een-
oerted action In eliminating aa much as
possible the ravagea of th boll weevil
upon our cotton 1 tak pleasure In here-
with submitting the following article
This Information haa been gathered by
tareful study of the life history and
t liaractertstlce. of the boll weavll aa
well as from the moat aclanllflo and prao-lu-al
farmers In Minxes County end (rote
Ihe I nlted Htates Impertinent of Agli-
cull ure.
The boll weevil first mails Its appear-
and. In Texas In UV4 and I lie scope of
country which 11 covered extended from
tliu Kiu i.imole tu the braaoa ltlvr In-
cluding about HI t'ounti.
I lie l ulled Stain Government haa
apeiit Itiouoanua of dollar in experi-
menting with Ihe boll wnevll situation
ami It norma that there la no aay tu
completely aktoruilnalu the bull weevil
hot upon ihe nhrr hand lie damage can
he checked to mo h a degree thai Ilia
raiding tif collun will lie a succeas even
In the worse Infected diatrlcta How
ever 1 wuni to urge thai It Is absolutely
net enniiry itiat the cotton raisers co-op-emte
olid uork together In the muve to
check Ihe weevil
The life laxtory and characlerlstlca of
the boll weevil may be aumiiiarlsed Into
eight divisions which are aa follows:
I The holt woevil Uvea entirely upon
cot loll
: It la easy to kill and dies very rap-
idly during the latter part of fall and win-
ter A T ho weevil is very alow to come out
from Its hihernating ipisrters during
aprltig and continues for some tuns In
tho Huniiiier
4 llin development of the weevil Is
much ttlowei in early spring than tn sum-
mer o It is almost Impossible for Ihe weevil
to t-merte when burled deep under the
soil
4 The bull weevil can not live when
exposail to the cold winds of winter.
The Immediate drying of the Infest-
ed sguarrs destroys the immature stsgre
of the wevtl toruained therein
I. 'ihe uprooting and burning of cutton
stalka In rieptember destioys over Ik per
cent of the boll weevils while uprooting
ami burning of colton stalks In Novem-
ber destroys only alniut II per cent.
How the characterlxiits of the boll
weevil give rise to Ita cotUrol will now
lie explained In detail. " lar aa has
been ascertained by tlie experimental ta-
tlons. all other Inset tn tnat Infest ni-
ton can live upon other plant life than
that of cotton While It ha been thor-
oughly demonstrated beyond a doubt that
the boll weevil subalnts only upon cot-
ton therefore It makes the solution of
the ImiII weevil problem much more sim-
ple than It would have been if the weevil
could live upon other plant life.
It was proposed by the National Boll
Weevil Commission held in Slirevepsrt
1.. that the cotton raisers of the South
abandon the culture of cotton for one
season. This Is Impractical and would
Incur a tremendous loss to the Houth If
the plan should be adopted All Inter-
ests now advocate known remedlee which
check and control the boll weevil Inatead
of abandoning the culture of cotton
In bulletin No. 114 It was shown during
several years' experimental work that
only 7 6 per cent survived during the win-
ter Therefore we readily ee the neces-
sity of employing every possible mean
or destroying the weevil during tlie fall
snd winter. It Is estimated that the
progeny from a single pair of boll weevils
will exceed U.OOO.OvO in on season
Tho key to the whole situation can be
laconically given aa folio us Hum the
stalks."
The cotton raiser should Immediately
kfter picking their cotton begin the up-
rooting of his cotton stalks before frost
or before the stalks begin to die and he-
roine brittle The stalks ahould be raked
In idles and after they sre dried should
be burned If the stnlks sre jiermltted
to dry before being raked into piles the
leaves squares and rdd bolls will shatter
off while being raked and some weevils
will be left upon the ground In those
scattered squsres bolls and leaves and
from them will make hla way Into the
ground for hibernating. But upon the
other hand. If the stalka are raked while
they are green there will be a very email
loss of squares and bolls. Hence a great-
er per cent of the weevils can he de-
stroyed If the latter operation Is followed
It has been suggested y some snd I
must say that It Is a good suggestion that
the famer uproot about lb row or cot-
ton (talk end then skip a row end con-
tinue In this manner until the stalks are
uprooted. Then rake crosswise to the
rows and windrow the stalk upon the
rows that were left untouched. The ob-
ject of this Is that the cotton stalks that
are left standing will attract the boll
weevil and after the uprooted stalks are
dead burn the entire windrow thereby
getting a greater per cent of the boll
weevils than otherwise.
Actual tests by the Government show
that less than 1 per cent ol th boll wee
vil aurvlve If the cotton itaiae are pioweoi
up and burned during September and
that about It per cent survive It th cot-
ton stalk are not plowed up and burned
until In November. The reason Is this
the boll weevil has gone Into th ground
ror hibernating during November and
that the plowing up and burning of the
cotton (talks doesn't destroy aa many
aa if thy were uprooted ana burnea dur-
ing September. t
W. 1). Hunter who his had charge of.
the Southern field crop Insect investi-
gations lor the United 8tate Department
of Agriculture gives the following In-
tereatlng experiment: "Th moat atrlklnC
experiment . was. performed la .Cfclhour.
County Texas hy lKH. a this experi
ment an asoraiea svea over wv acres
1 ol .eetton wse uUllW. -tWwaa i
i ( -'' (Continued on J Peg
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ao
ae
Oil
1
BIG I1E7 STREET PAnADI
ranaraasai ssaw m ; s r a swawwwesx is ir s
ie how day at Rl fwsrwiacv. Texas
sbaraeal at shew eeee.
Alvah H. Doty
Scarlet Fever
(To tb Rdltor ef Ihe New York Times )
rr. John & Murphy of Chicago In an
Interview published la th Times yester-
day states that evidence wee present I
t tb recent International Medical Con-
gress to tb effect that If scarlet fevrr
patient ar rubbed with ucalyptua ell
contagion may be wevenled. n Th fol-
lowing quotations appear la the Inter-
view: "If a child I rubbed dally wlta 'th ell
directly th caa of scarUt fever la dis-
covered no one els wlH oantreet th
fever and ther 1 ao need of going to
th expense ef quarantining the bouse er
separating the child lufftring from the
fever from It parents."
There la ao much In thJ statement that
Is antagonistic to th view held by prac.
Ileal sanitarians of lodsy and so direct-
ly opposed tn our present knowledge ef
the subject and so dangerous In Ita teach-
ing that I em quite sure Dr. Murphy
simply refers to this theory as on ef
th many presented al th above meet-
ing without giving It hla peraoaal ' In-
dorsement. Probably no diseases a been sner
carefully studied than scarlet fever and
measles becaua of th frequency ef their
occurrence and th dangrs that follow
la their wake largely la th form ef
rlou and dlatrsslng sequela la Bstt ti-
er disease haa a pclBo organism beea
Identified therefore It I only by th
most raraful observation and practical
experience that w arabl to add to
our knowledge or the mean by which
they are transmitted from on person to
another. Formerly It waa believed by
the medical profession that both scarlet
fever and measles particularly th tnt-
mer were transmitted chiefly by "de-"
sijuamatlon." This refers to the sealing
off of th dead skin which praotsrally
alway occurs In these dlseusea. Curious-
lv nourh ihera has been but little Bt'l- 1
en title evident to support this theory
beiond the fact that .desquamation lo
wont extent I alway present and there-
fore otters rather a plnuMe - laanatlo
for the transmission or Inrectlon.
During the past 16 or 20 years lnJIs-
putable evidence has been presented that
our theories regarding the means by
which certain Infectious diseases are
trsnsmltted are wrong. Yellow fvr
wa formerly believed to be eaueed by In
fected article such as doming nag gage
etc. now we know ftiat It Is transmit!
ted only by a variety or ths musqultt
called Ihe Htegomyla. Malaria was at-
tributed to poisoned air but It la realll
due to Infection transmitted by another
virutv of iha muMiulto. the Anopheles
Plague which wae supposed to be caused
by the trnainlsslon of the Infectious or-
ganlsm through the medium of various
I. i. r.o-li muni hterlT br in
fected rats through the me chum of flea
which Infest them. More recently aatla
factor) proof has teen presented Indi-
cating that typhus fever la transmitted
by th body lou nd not by clothing
bedding etc. 1 Hiring this period of car-
rul study sa to the cause of Infection
dlsees Investigators hav slowly but
surely obtained satisfactory evidence that
the principal causes of Infection In scar-
let fever and measles are the discharge
from the nose throat snd ear soma of
which re always present during th act
tlvltv of these d'seenee. Furthermore
there Is reason to believe that continued
Investigation win show that desqiiama-
. i . . . - n V. m n
tllin IH H lieSUSlUie IBlloi vmmmm-
mlsslun or Infection '
Thn medlrsl profession now racognliei
the danger from the various dlcherget
and the most scrupulous care Is taken IB
their prompt destruction and the moat
careful attention Is gleen to cleanliness
In connection with the patient parUetli
larlv the hands or the attendant. In br-
I der that Infection may not be transmitted
through tins source. i ne iu i m
modern method of treatment has been
fully confirmed both in privsle and hos-
pital practice -
I am not familiar with th statistics to
which Ir Murphy refers and which war
presented at the meeting of the Interna-
tional Medical Association relative to
the use of eucalyptus oil but I do know
that It would Ik- Impossible to present
definite snd eatlsfactory proor In confir-
mation of this theory without a most
careful snd extended Investigation on the
part of sanitarians mniuyiuui me wtneu
lilch
WOUia nerrewi oj w.o m pnwv
of years
1 am sure t.iis haa not ee-
curreu.
Instead of the car'ul Isolation of a
scarlet fever patient during th active
staKc of the disease which is regarded as
Ihe most effective means of preventing It
extension and In place of th utmost care
In the prompt destruction of th dis-
charge and cleanliness In other dlrec-
turns the theory to which t)r. Murphy
refers substitutes the anointment f th.
patient with eucalyptus oil as the pre-
ventive measure Hven If this agent has
definite germicidal action when applied
to the skin which may be questioned tt
would In no way avert the danger from
the discharge which constitute the arm-
A i - r nfMi iin i'- v
I am quite sur that the theory' to
which Dr. Murphy refers will gale little
or no headway in the medical profession
the members or which so fXUlr under-
stand th danger or Infectious dlkarre
In connection with th ear ef eierlet
fever; however with th public the suto-
ment that eucalyptu oil has been ree.
ommended for treatment ta this eisea
Is quite sot to discourage prompt medi-
cal attendance upon the patient 'Which
hould always OS eecuien. ana win ran
1 . Lama IM.lm.ni anit Kh .
Ue the Moessary isolation of tb patien
the prompt destruction ef discharges
careful attention to cleanliness th n
potent factore in the prevention of t
disease. . - 'AeeJ HV pot).
New York '
COUGH I N C?
' Keep COBjfitnt: that' one wsy.
8to eauching: thit't arin'v-r.
; Tb keep the cotrt : do not: i
' To atop the eo" i : Aim's C
ftctorot & Uut70r
Ml Ye-ae T- ' - '
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