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Heuiton Texas. Tuesday My 14. 1918.
hobby's oPEiraro speech.
Tbe opening speech of Governor William
t. Mohhv Is noteworthy for 1U dignified and
admirable statement of. tbe outstanding fe-
tum of hit administration.
H tells in a dlsniried r Jt wht con
dlttons he found when events unexpectedly
Installed him In th execuUve office the dif-
fieuHles he encountered "d the problems
which confronted him.
And with becoming modesty and absolute
Yeracitv he tells what course he pursued with
regard to each condition each difficulty and
.rh problem. With the assistance of the
legislature here la what he has acc-om
pliched:
He rescued the university from the dan
gerous plight into which It had been plunged
hr a wild man running amuck.
He had some badly mismanaged and mis-
j i-. nr the State nlaced in we
Mill II UlffW
treasury where tbey belonged.
Where it was possible replaced un-
faithful public sen-ants with men who poa-
etfced a sense of personal and official pro-
nriety.
He provided financial aid for the drouth
sufferers of West Texas.
He made It possible for the large sum of
nosey In the treasury to be placed at the
dsposal of the Federal government for war
purposes and at the same time to yield a
vrofit to the State.
He had Important corrections made in the
election law so as to insure majority nomi-
nations. ' He created a ten-mile tone around the
Military camps so as to mlnlmlxe the de-
bauching and demoralising influences and
rice which were interfering with the morale
and proper training of the soldiers.
Ha made its dangeroua for traitors and
spies in Tex&a to assert their hostility to
. the United States or to conduct propaganda
lor the enemy.
He made it possible for women to have
the equivalent of the ballot by participating
tai the nominating primary elections.
And he haa rescued the State government
from a condition that amounted to the bold
est most outrageous wilful and disgusting
misuse of executive authority and discretion
that the annals of government in Texas re-
teal
- Bead Hobby's opening speech.
It la not less admirable because it is ab
solutely true in every word syllable and
r It is not less admirable because it is
eoncbed in good1 English or because It is as
free from billingsgate vituperation and vul
garity as it Is from slander untruthfulness
demagogy and mock heroics.
Toe may not agree with all of the Hobby
policies but you have got to admit that he
la conscientious that he is patriotic that he
la courageous that he ia intelligent that he
is faithful that he is clean that he is hon-
est that he is a gentleman.
And in some degree every one of "these
qualities is an issue in this campaign.
TEE SENIORITY TBAJJITIOH.
The apportioning of the chairmanships of
congressional committees according to the
time-honored1 rule of seniority does not
please the New York Wcrld. "If the chair-
manship of an important committee de-
pended wholly upon merit and ability" it
says "most members would be forever ex-
- eluded but a system that makes chairman-
ships dependent only upon seniority gives
everybody a chance to attain a position for
which he Is not qualified. In accordance
with this noble tradition the senate has ad-
hered to its habits and made Senator Hitch-
cock a former spokesman of German propa-
ganda chairman of the committee on for-
eign relations."
. Reforming the senate Is apparently one of
the (asks that defy human effort
- " "Tnlimlted debate committee seniority
the rale of courtesy easily survive the at-
tacks now and then made upon them. Sena-
torial dignity and courtesy and tradition are
' never shaken.
v- Tbe late William J. Stone had no business
at the head of the committee on foreign rela-
tionsnot a whit more than La Follette
would have had. But his attitude toward the
' war and the administration made no differ-
ence. The administration was so handicapped by
an unfriendly chairman of the house military
' affairs committee that tbe ranking republican
' member Julius Kahn became in a sense
; the administration leader of the committee.
The reason Hitchcock became the chair-
man of the foreign relations committee of
the senate was that he was the next in
seniority on the democratic side. If La Fol-
lette had been next to Stone La Follette
would have become chairman.
Now and then these ancient customs and
traditions of the senate show up to pretty
goo advantage but aa a role they Irritate
the public Tbe unlimited debate custom
was glorified by tbe South when It enabled
the late Benator Gorman to defeat the force
bflL but It baa been denounced several times
when It caused rivers and harbors bills to
die.
In the ho-oae tbe revolution that resulted
In emasculating all the Important powers of
the speakership the moat important of which
was the committee assignments resulted In
nothing tangible. The. committee on com-
mittees . usually clings to the custom of
there U some thing better (or the member.
Coagre la one branch of the government
that ta difficult to reform and It needs re-
forming aa mack as any department which
ta subject to the reformatory powers of con
greet. All the ancient abuses for which con
gress has been so often criticised remain
and new abases are constantly being added.
The re-elected members are sometimes In
the minority when It cornea to organising a
house of representatives bat they know the
ropes and they put the clamps to the raw
majority before it can know exactly what
has happened.
If as many believe the country Is upon
the eve of a smash up of the old parties as
they are now organised. It Is possible that
there may soon be such a lineup that some
leader of experience' will be able to estab
lish fairer conditions tor new members.
Seniority Implies experience of course and
experience Is ordinarily a splendid quality.
But in a majority of the chairmanships of
both senate and bouse tbe rule of seniority
elevates the mediocre man.
Of coarse the member who Is big enough
not to want pork for his district doesn't need
chairmanships as the member of little ability
does. He can make his work tell regardless
of committee station or appropriations.
The rule of seniority will live no doubt.
so long as the old members and mediocrity
rule and they are going to rule.
GROWTH OF OCEAN TRADE.
That Beaumont transportation company
which has recently acquired additional valu
able property for the Beaumont terminals o.'
the growing business Is proof that the plea
made by The Post to Houston business men
to embark in ocean commerce was based on
sound business sense.
The Beaumont concern was established
under adverse conditions in a city smaller
than Houston and at a greater distance from
T.-mptco. which to this time has been the
chief tonnsge contributing terminal. Des
pite the war and the conrequent depression.
the company has maintained In the Beau-
mont-Tamplco trade a steamer and three
schooner-rigged barges. Last year it was
determined to enter the West India trade
and now a 1300-ton steamer has been con-
structed for that use.
Tbe Investment of some $40000 in water
front property in Beaumont proves that the
company ia needing additional facilities at
tbe home port
If that can be done by a Beaumont firm
surely Houston men will not say they can
not succeed equally as well. This city has
an established commerce with Mexico which
moves now by rail but would be better
handled by water. And beside the Mexican
business there is a vast deal of Central
American business which could be brought
to Houston at a profit to our merchants and
the shipping interests which might provide
facilities for the shipments. The time is
coming when the Gulf of Mexico will be a
network of transportation lines rivalling in
commerce the Great Lakes and the Mediter
ranean sea. The city which does its duty
In the establishing of that commerce and In
encouraging the people it will serve to be
friends and patrons will reap a reward richer
than that which met the efforts of Greece
and Rome In the days of their prime.
Some Postscripts
Abyssinia the original home of the rnffn
till has immense forests of it that never have
been touched.
Two tvpes of washtnv machine that K
fitted into stationary tubs to do their wnrlr h..
been patented.
In the end of a new class stirrinz rod for mix.
ine drinks is a tiny incandescent lamp to illumi-
nate its work.
Complete automatic trlenhnn vtm hs..
been recommended for four New Zealand cities
uj a aorcrnmrni ciccmcian.
One of the largest English railways has built
a fireproofing plant in which to treat all lumber
used in the construction of cars.
A periscope and extension handle enable a new
motion picture camera to be operated several
feet above a photographer's head.
Both the back and tines of a new rnmh mrr
hollow and into the former can be inserted a
heated rod for quickly drying the hair.
A device has been invented by a Frenchman
to be attached to an automobile wheel rim to
give warning when a tire becomes flat.
For the protection of racing automnhilint. a
suit of pneumatic armors has been invented cov-
ered with rubber tubes into which air is- pumped.
His Natural Bole.
(From Harper's Magaiine.)
A nervous old beau entered a costumer's and
said :
"I want a little help in tbe way of a sugges
tion. I am going to the French students' mas-
querade ball tonight and I want a distinctly
original costume something I can be quite sure
no one else will wear. What can you suggest?"
The costwner looked him over attentively be
stowing special notice en his gleaming bald and
shining head.
"Well I'll tell you." he said thoughtfully
"Why don't you sugar your head and go as a
pill?"
Affirmation.
(Frank W. Simmondi.)
Jesus changed the basis of teaching from nega-
tion to affirmation. The dominant note of teach-
ing in hit time wat "Thou shalt not." Over and
over he chareed hit cisciplet that thit was
chanced to "Thou shalt." Hit favorite words
were "go" and "do." Our characteristic "don't"
was almost never on hia lips. His plan was to
keep his followers to busy in active living that
there should be bo need of negation. Commend
the good snd men will forget to do the evil.
Have An Objective.
(From the Ttmple Ttltpam.)
A French airman went out to get revenge from
German airmen. He shot down six of their sir-
ships in one day." In war you have very much
greater luck if you have an objective. The
Frenchman wanted revenge and he got it. The
principle applies in civil life. Have an objective.
Again the Ku Klux.
It ia a long time since any one in tbe South
saw the Ku Klux but it seems that the mys-
terious klan hat found new life In Alabama-
evoked by the great number of idlert on the
ttreett ef that busy city. And the idlert got a
hint that this Is the time for everybody to be
busy.
A Teutonic King Supply. '
(From Ikt NathviOt Soutktrn Lumberman.)
It new begins te sppesr thst the kaiser's tin
seas are being conserved for the purpose of fill-
ins the two bv four made in Germany thrones
which the kaiser eapects te. create.
Early Morning Observation
..; Qeerfee M. lallajit''. ;
Tat ' General Conference anewe Dr Knicker-
bocker the highest eeU Methodist preechwr la
the Sooth but the general conference will see
or hear very little of that great host of hard-
working self-denying Methodist soldiers- ef the
wilderness who draw down annually the mosey
equivalent of a long-tailed black coat one pair of
hoes and a union suit and the rest U rutabagas
carrots nubbin corn and seven bosh It ef sweet
potatoes.
Guts Borglun declares it is a frasstwa Not a
frameup Guts but a diversion.
There it a farmer ia .Waller oounty wee hat a
Sunday pair of breeches with thirty-two separate
patchet on It Wt are ready to face a frowning
world with one man's site patch bringing up the
rear guard but hanged if we don't shrink from
the world's gase toe much te doe any trouaerial
or pantortaa mosaic like that.
it Hindcnburg is really drae lie may never
know how lucky he is for bs would have .been
Banged at sure aa snooting.
Anyway we think Deputy Governor Hoopes
ought te salute the Liberty Bond champion town
of the Eleventh district Otherwise we shall
have te assume that his institutloe is the "Dallas
Federal Dallas Reserve Dallas Bsnk of Dallas of
the Klevrr.th Dallas District of Dallas Texss
Dallas."
Wage-raising meant giving somebody more to
eat. but it means taking something to eat from
somebody else? From whom for instance?
A New York man of 86 has married a mani
curist of i g and tbe New York Herald calls it
a love match. Just who convinced our contempo-
rary that this wat a love match we de net know
but we want -the Herald to look out for itt valu-
ables and to beware of gold brick dealer.
Forty years ago a bride wore about seven gar
ments fr every one the wears bow snd yet it
didn't take a line more to describe ' them.
The postmaster general warmly 'congratulates
the Hearst-Brisbane combination upon consoli
dating the Herald and Examiner. But the p. m. g.
might as well understand that the only way to
keep on good terms with Hearst and Brisbane
is to go their way.
The early peaches on the Houston market are
probably bona fide but we do not absolutely
know that German spies are not bringing them in.
An Atlanta detective charges that tbe mem
bers of the council get all the licker they want
and he is about to be fired for lying. The un-
derstanding ia that the councilmen bitterly deny
as an outrageous falsehood that they get all the
licker they want.
The fool crop of the 1918 campaign lacks noth
ing in the way of quantity but it it badly spot-
ted and of very low' grade according to present
indications.
The gun factory that the United States Steel
corporation it going to build will exceed the
Krupp plant at Essen. We art not swift in com-
ing up but tbe kaiser will know that Somebody
with an industrious trigger finger is there when
wc arrive.
It looks very much to us ai if the village of
Spring is going to have more difficulty in pros
pering with its pair of saloons than tbe owners
think. Just watch the smoke.
Now that it teems ture the' 1918 wheat crop
will total more than 1000000000 bushels. jrorth
about $2150000000 it is not difficult to take
the Kansas estimates and show that the net loss
to the producers will be about $98665045431.97
We are doing pretty well with the war prep-
aration! under the circumstances but wouldn't
wc be in a devil of a fix if we were fighting the
Prussians without assistance?
Don't you know times have changed? A bate-
ball fan who hat been in a sanitarium four timet
to rehabilitate his nerves after a world series
yawned yesterday and asked if Ty Cobb and
Speaker were still playing ball.
The cablet report thai Argentina recognizes
the Republic of Finland. Finland may have a
republic straying round but if it has the Finos
can't recognize it when they aee it
Now that there it no longer any call to devour
the market quotations of the Peoria newspaper!
the exchanges are having an opportunity to as-
certain that they are really good newspapers out
side tbe market quotations.
Lightning is said to have made a Waco man
speechless. We never before heard of Texas
lightning doing a trick like that. It is more like
a characteristic of Jersey lightning.
If a soldier is well behaved and quiet in uni
form the chances are he is just about as pa
triotic as tbe average jonadao leeeh who it
bawling seven hours a day that he can lick nine
Germans singlehanded.
Of course it makes no difference what became
of the. 8640000000 airplane money since it is
shown thst the sircrsft commission managed to
prevent Guts Borglum from getting any of it.
'Who skims the cream off the dairy trade f"
asks the New York Commercial. Only by a
process of elimination can thit question be an-
swered. So bere't where the eliminating begins:
The consumers don't
There mutt alwayt be more or lest anxiety in
the mind of a patriot while war racks bit country
but the anxiety is lets marked st the moment be
is unfastening the hook from the mouth of a cat-
fish. It now seems that Gutz Borglum had designs
on the treasury himself. Thit being true we
reckon it makes very little difference about who
get the $640000000 aircraft money. Gutz's gest
ought to satisfy ut.
Of course tht expulsion from Mtxico of
American newspaper writers it not exactly a
csute of war. England barred Hearat't news-
paper service snd Hearst hst not declared war
on Great Britain.
Government to Take Ho Chance.
(From iht Gahittton Tribune.)
Tht announcement that most of tht existing
training camps were to bs enlarged it another
piece of evidence' that ths government is going
to tsks no chsnces of being deceived by any
maneuvers thst Germany may make tending te
lead to the impression that she it almost ex-
hausted. The training of American soldiers is
going to be greet ly accelerated and their move-
ment scrott.the ocean so speeded thst if the war
lasts into ioAp the1 United Stites will next spring
have tbe men snd the material for administering
the knockout blow.
Wander If They've Heard ef War.
(freer l Pittsburg Gattitt Timet.) '
The Swiss newsotper thst cltimt te have dis
covered that tbe Kaiser is the victim ef hallucina
tions- has a queer ides of news
Treason of CIa9s-far Idea
y Pr. Prank Crane. s
There are a good many earnest attd newest eer
tons who for years have been fed vpoe tat doe-
trine of class war. v
Especially ia socialist circles aatd In all move
mentt that hare been assoog wage worker the
theory has been industriously Breached that a
huge something called capitals is a sinister
kaxue of the wealthy and their bangers en
against the poor ptepl who havt to work by 'he
day. Consequently the poor hay bete wrged to
organize the laboring class or the proletariat to
combat tbe evil capitalists.
Some rich folks have accepted this Idea and
like Schwab the steel magnate have joiaed the
pessimists in predicting a- great social upheaval.
soon to occur when the wronged poor would rite
and tcke over all the factories railways and
banks and run them for themselves.
Thi idea has been moot cunningly used by ths
Germans who are as devilishly ingenious in de
ceptive propaganda as tbey art in devising atw
forms of inhumanity in war.
Although socialism was perhspt as strong in
Germany at in any country yet when war broke
out the socialists of that nation promptly shelved
thit doctrine at far ss they themselves wer
concerned but have managed to keep it going
with masterly efficiency in the nations that op
pose them.
Just what thit idea results in its actual ef-
fect can be teen in the case of Ruatit. The
bolslieviki by persuading the ignorant mattes
that it is more important to destroy capitalism
than Germany have plunged their own country
into anarchy have disorganized and ruined their
magnificent army have given to Germany the
i-.iost powerful foe to workingnten in the world
access to vest and fertile territory and have
released many army divisions from eastern ser-
vice to be thrown against the allict in tbe west
In Europe therefore the class war idea has
been the devil's own. It has snatched success
from demoency in Rutita. reduced that country
to chaos helped and strengthened the most vicious
autocracy on earth and slaughtered thousands of
the heroes of France Italy and England who
were fiehting to keen the world from slavery.
And in America no doctrine that can be
preached is more enervating than this. It tends
to dampen patriotism to halt the liberty bond
subscription to dishearten drafted men and to
encourage the sneering pro-German.
By their truits ye shall know them.
And the fruits of thit doctrine of clatt war
arc wholly evil. Therefore son don t let me
ever hear you say again that this ia a capitalistic
war a war to increase Eniland't commerce and
all that sort of thing.
It is not only internal nonsense it it levered
idiocy. It is worse. It it arch treason.
It has branded Russia with the mark of Judas.
It has put pep into von Hindenburg and bis bloody
nous it nas plunged Italy into humiliation it
bat thrust the sword more deeply info crucified
trance it has don itt utmost to paralyze the
strong arm of Britain in her heroic defense of
civilization. And wherever it hat cropped out in
America it has created a poison spot.
The diss war notion it tupentitiout bunk
The only classes we know are the decent class
on the erne hand comprising the armies and peo-
ples of democracy and the bandit-pirate class
on the other who seek to subdue the earth to
the power of an infamous autocracy.
(Copyright 1918 by Frank Crane.)
Death Premonitions
(By H. AJdinglon Bruce.)
Recently a strange story was telegraphed to the
newspapers from a Michigan city.
It concerned a Mrs. Irene A. Benson who had
a premonition that she was soon to die.
So strong was thit feeling the news dispatch
stated that Mrs. Benson went next day to an
undertaker and ordered a coffin. Alto the visited
cemetery and made arrangements for her
gpsve.
The following day she actually died a victim
of heart failure and wat buried in the coffin
and grave she had herself selected.
Doubtless thousands have read this story with
profound disbelief. Thousands more have prob-
ably Men in it an impressive proof of supernat
ural action.
But it is entirely possible for the story to be
true yet have in it nothing occult or uncanny.
There are two ways by which the happening it
narratet may be explained on naturalistic grounds.
lu the first place Mrt. Benson may have
brought about her own death by telftuggettion.
The mind st observation and experiment have
thoroughly established can have a most disturb-
ing effect on the workings of the body. There
are not a few cases in medical annalt in which
persons have clearly suggested themselves to
death.
A striking instance is reported by Dr. A. T
Schofield the case of a physician who under-
took a cruel experiment to demonstrate to a col-
league the power of tbe mind over the body.
Tbey were walking together along a country
road m Scotland. Near by was s farmer work-
ins in bit field.
The experimenting doctor talked with thit man
told him he thought he looked poorly and pro
ceeded to diagnose a serious disease.
Until then the poor farmer had Deen tceiing
perfectly welL But in a short time he left his
work went home took to his bed and within a
week wat dead "no sufficient physical cause being
.found.
In 'ike manner it is possible that Mrs. Benton
caused ber own death through telf-suggettion.
But there it another and more probable explana
tion.
It it now well known that diseases sometimes
cause sensations so slight as not to be felt while
one is awake but unmistakably felt during sleep.
They then give rise to distressing dreams.
These dreamt in turn whether remembered or
not may cause profound feelings of depression
when wakefulness returns. The depression may
amount to a vague or ttrong conviction that all it
not well.
This it what I suspect btppened to Mrs. Ben
son. Her tailing Heart to affected her tubcon-
scovtly ss to occasion a well grounded belief
that she wss soon to die.
Alto I suspect tbst death promonitiont like
bert ore of commoner occurrence then is general-
ly thousht For scientific restont I should sp-
?reciate it if those among my readers who have
irtt-hsnd knowledge of similar premonitions
would report them to me addressing me in care
of thit newtpaper.
(Copyright 1918 by the Associated Ntwtpapers.)
To Store Fiih in Traps.
(From tht Brooklyn Eagle.)
It is proposed by the Stste board of fisheries
of New Jersey to construct traps along the At-
lantic coast of that Stste in which fish msy be
kept slivt and distributed at demand may re
quire. Augustus Hilton a member of tbe board
ana a practical iitnerman wno tor inree years
has msintsined a live fish trap at Angleses hav-
ing a capacity of S500 barrels of fish st a time
says his trap is successful st t commercial prop-
osition. He says hit methodt might be used on
lareer scale along the Jersey coast. It it ssld
thst this plan would do swsy with tht necessity
of cold storage plants.
World Sow looks to Pooh.
(Prom tkt Wtuhingtou Timet.)
The question st this moment for those following
the wsr is "Whst It Foeh planning?" Foch it
a thoughtful man with a long nose a profound
knowledge of strategy the strange blood mixture
tbst gets results and plenty of ths patience thst
wsits until tbe right moment He was picked
out er France scccpted by England and America
as commander ef sll the forces. While Germany
takes this little villagt and that little village in
spite ef detperate courageous fighting by the
Driiltb. it is to Foeh that tbe world looks for the
else and tbe blew that will change the face of tht
war. si wus - (-... ;-..-
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We Can Afford to Rest
V' l.- iy Harriot RueeelL
; "Dear me I am to tired I" and (he little women
wheat face mirrored her utter weariness ef mind
as wel as body pressed her fingers for s minute
against her temples.
"Yew doet rest eaough my dear. Why dent
yen?" asked tbe ether woman.
"Rest I Goodness I only with that I eould af
ford to rest occasionally I seem never to bsve
time. Yes Gertrude'' she turned to the maid
who just then entered tbe door "there'll be three
extra ones tonight for dinner. And Gertrude
have Thousand laltnd dressing. And Gertrude
call Mrs. Long on the phone and tell her that
111 be at the club ten minutes before tbe com
mittee meets snd we can go ever tbe lists them.
Rest? How can If I've so much to do-
many are depending on me I simply cant afford
the time to rest" and again the fingers were
pressed egsiatt the aching temples where the soft
brown hair wss beginning te show a silver touch.
"Nonsense I" exclaimed tbe ether woman.
And then the ether woman's lips were pressed
very firmly together for a minute.
"Look at me" she declared.
"I love to dear" and the tired face realized
info a smile.
'It's a joy to look at you you're always so
calm and freth and wholesome How do you
manage it when you lead such a bury lift?"
'I rett" and the other woman folded ber hands
siid leaned comfortably back in the toit -cushioned
chair.
'How can you find how can you afford tbe
time?" asked the tired woman.
"Afford the time" and the other woman's eyes
as well as her mouth smiled ss tht replied.
"I couldn't afford not to rett."
"What do you mean?" asked the tired little
creature.
Then the other woman sst upright in her chsir
snd the smiles give wsy to a very serious ex
pression at the looked st her tired hottest.
I mean just exactly what my words say to you.
could not afford not to rest. You have every
thing that money can give you and after a bit
wnen you've gone your mad way spending your
strength snd effort till your nerves suddenly go
smash there'll be money for the months you 11
spend in a sanitarium money for a trip to tbe
seashore or a sojourn in the mountains money
to do whatever needt to be done while you are
regaining the health and strength asd well nerves
you ve to wickedly abused. And my dear tnougn
t may hurt your pride a bit to hear it neverthe-
less it it a fact your little world will wag along
just the tame and tomcone else will look after
some of these thing! you are killing yourself over
now. But as I say you can afford to go your
feverish restless wsy because when you have
One tmash you 11 be well taken care of and care-
ully nursed tnd coaxed back into your former
happy healthy atate of mind and body.
- D ... .L.
"What would become of me if I didn't take
care of myself at I do? I mutt earn the food
that goet into nv mouth the rent for the roof
that shelters my head during my at-home hours
the clothes that cover my body. If I become ill
there isn't a great big bank account to be drawn
upon for my dayt of fighting to regain health and
ttrength and nerves iberetore it 11 up to me
to vuard carefully thete preciout possessions. No
I have too much to do too much that depends
absolutely upon my own ettorts. to take any
chances. I can not afford to overdo. I can not
afford not to rett. Here comet Gertrude with the
tea how good it looks let's forget dutiet
and cares and the nerve-racking tasks for s bit.
Can't you dear?" and there wat tenderneta and
a sort of motherly sympathy in the tone of the
other woman's voire at the reached over and
ve the restlest little hand of her hottett
tmieeze.
"You alwayt help me so tnd the tired tace
turned a wan little smile toward the other woman.
Texas Newspaper Ideas
If yeit-ean't rfiie cain in France raise food in
texts suggest! the Dallas Mews.
Tbe Navasota Examiner-Review feels that
Texas need not be ashamed of ber showing in
any of the war activities.
Indirectly the destruction of the Lusitsnia hat
been followed by the birth of many Americau
ships of war and merchant ships the El Paso
Herald Mates.
Railroad dining cars will ute no more wheat
until the next harvest. Thut our milliontiret are
called for further tacrificc comment! the Aus
tin Statesman. '
The El Paso Time! savs that it is a lomr. long
road to Berlin but our Sammies are well drilled
in hiking. When they once get started the road
will be a short one.
Express companies will merge for the war.
There mutt be an elimination of ruinout com-
petition tmong public tervice corporation! says
the Temple Telegram.
The Waco Tribune offers the following advice:
Don't overlook the importance of arranging now
for your next winter supply of coal. Uncle Stm
is in earnest regarding the matter.
Tbe San Antonio Light thinks that s boy's
patriotism it put to the supreme test when he
hires out to a farmer to pick strawberries and it
told be mutt not eat all the big ripe ones.
By wsy of testifying to the relief that Germany
has obtained through access to Russia's food
upplies Herr Von Waldow the imperial food
controller announcei another reduction in meat
potato and bread rations declaret the Fort Worth
Star-1 elegram.
Alien passports are to be restricted as the
house of representatives hat pasted the meature
to give the president power to regulate the move-
r ' . I I J . 1 . 1 . J
mem 01 spies n. uvy snouia not ue rcguiaica.
He should be shot is the opinion expressed by
the Fort Worth Record.
Let's All Go to China.
(From tht Washington Times.)
San Francisco It's great to live in China
where eggs retail st 5 cents a hundred; spring
chickens come to your kitchen for is cents a
pair ; fresh mest is gladly sold by ' the butcher
st 1 1 cents s pound ; suckling pig it plentiful st
to cents a pig a nda private rickshaw it st your
service for 5 cents s dsy. -'
That is the joytul word sergeant Amu Wlman
of the Marine Corps Guard at the Pekin Ameri-
can legation brought to San Francitco when he
came home on hit furlough. It't a land where
poor men play polo and where shopkeepers drive
11 other customers to the street trot out their
cigarettes and tea and dream of vast weslth when
American marine comes in bearing a real
American dollar according to Wiman.
Can't Evict Soldier's Wife.
(from tht Atlanta Constitution.)
A soldier's wife or dependent parent can not
: evicted from her home for nonpayment of
house rent tceording to an opinion just deliv-
ered by Hooper Alexander United States district
attorney. Mr. Ataiandet ssld thst under the
provitiont of the soldiers' and tailors' civil rightt
act no eviction er distress shall be made during
the period of military tervice in respect to any
premises for which the rent does not exceed $50
s montn snd wnicn is occupied cnietly tor
dwelling purposes by the wife children or de-
pendents of a person in military service.
Alnt It the Limit!
(Prim tht Now York Post.)
Things bsve eome to. a pretty pass if an
emperor is te be held responsible for his wife's
relstlves. . ' ' -
' j' Baok In 'the ttone Age. 'v
.Prom tht Vtlroit Prtt Press.)' ' ':.
Who esa remember the dayt whtn the world's
champion pugilist
it bad to fight for a living I . I
. Ts mrmrirs re T.Vk . Twit!.
sty ludf Mortimer Lewie "
ON THIS SWEET MORN. : . f; '
Vpoe this sweet and stm kitted mere W bresi
k.j. ..... -a . 1 !. Jit -
. vt. vi win uwv i vwiivnmiB I t""'l
and eat some spud fresh from the kill then with
my sleeve I wipe toy gob Sad settle to my Sunday
Ink. attilrk U to ul .11 .hi... 1 f . .Mtkhltf
up my shirts and shoes the south end of my
pants I patch I cobble up my cottage thstch t
mtnd my Sunday meeting coat for that way I
help to get the goat of Kilter Wllhalm Berlin's
fool who by the right of might would rale end
make Crestion goose-step to whatever tun his .
pipers blew. I sing mv little sons ef hste end '
patch my bntchts up and wait for thst glad day .
our boys will go across the Jthlae snd start M '
blow the fatherland to kingdom coat with shell "
snd hand grenade and bomb. I try to love my '
fellow man but It's a part ef all my plan to not '
love rousts till u s dead. At thought of It I'm
in v.H mnA I want ttl A1Ma In ftmltn that '
fatherland with schrecktinthktit and leave its
tewnt outstretched la pain just at the German .
left Lowvain. Tbe world won't de ths step called
"goose." I wsat to see it fit a boom about the
kaiser's neck and then each of hit sons. Could f
sty "Wheat" snd let them drop upon thst day
you'd hear me chortle and be gay. His officers
should each be tried for all the towna they've
crucified and with a knot beneath their ear each
made to kick tht atmosphere. Ain't 1 blood- ' '
thirsty? Thst's the truth I want te see war's
rack and ruth turned loose upon tbe bloody nun
I won't be hsppy till it's done.
THE LOST ROAD.
I with that we might go sway.
Just two good chums together ;
At we went a far yesterday
In morning glory weatbtr.
The skies todsy sre just ss bloc
The branches ss low-swinging.
At when I walked swsy with you
Where the wild birds were singing.
The dew wss en the uplands then
The rivulet was calling
About the boulders in the glen.
And spple blooms were falling.
The roads were ribbons stretching far
Behind ut and before us
And there wss not a cloud to mar
The bluenets arching o'er us.
And we had youth. Oh splendid youth
Which set our pulses singing.
And let no thought of vein or ruth
Come where bloomed boughs were swinging.
And I would that we might go back
And wtlk thit wiy together.
Along youth't ribbon-winding track.
In morning glory weather.
PATSY JOT.PrlTtK OUTLAW.
LITTLE PERPLEXITIES.
Thit moming after breakfast wheal Jufie'f
ftther snd her doctor bsd gone te town .and
June waa in the kitchen talking to the cook. I
went out on the porch and there waa Fa sitting
on the step with s cushion in her lap. She flang
it into the rocking chair and said "Sit down us
the chair Patsy" so I did. I got right up again
the most sudden I ever got up from anywhere
and I hollered to loud that June came running.
Fan had nut a bis needle in tbe cushion and I
certainly got sll there was of it.
June had to pull out the needle snd then we
stood with her arms around me for a minute
and I could see oat of the corner of my eye that
Fan was sitting on the step grinning as 11 sne
had done something smart All of a sudden 1
reached back with my bare foot and kicked ber
in the note with mv heel which knocked her off
the ttrp and made her note bleed. I think thst
wat a pretty good kick tor sny one wne wss nm
looking. You certainly can't get ahead of tbe
Irish. All June said "wat "Why Patty" but
sh; did not ttop hugging me. I caught her grin
ning.
There wat no use talking you can t keep away
from where your new dresses are being made.
I can't anyway. Me and Rowdy rambled te O'd
Maid Tompkins' as toon tt June got through
huggiag me. My clothes are certainly a sight and
I just sat there and looked at them while Old
Maid Tompkins sewed on them. She would not
let me touch them ss much ss I wanted to so
just sat snd looked and told Rowdy all about
them. It is to be s little Irish girl who is go-
ing to get a lot of nice underclothes and top
clothes too.
When I hsd looked at the new clothes till
dinner time. Old Maid Tompkins . ssked ns to
dinner ss I knew she would. Then me and Row-
dv thought we bad to have a swim so we went
to the river on the wsy home and had it- There
were leaves off the trees floating down the river
like little boats snd I looked into them for fairies
hut there were none there and I wat very much
disappointed but I did not think there would be.
: am not so silly. Hut 1 snouicj nave oeen giaq
f I had looked into one and seen one of the
little dickentet grinning up it me.
If I bid teen s fairy I believe she would hsve
told me that I could have three wishes. The
tint thing I would wish would be thit my mother
could come back from heaven if she wanted to
and my next would be that the would stay with
me forever. I would give the third wish to
whoever needed it most. But there wasnt.any
fairy there.
After our awim I chased Rowdy up the bank
tnd we raced along the road to Jim tnd Maggie't
and the new baby's. Maggie is a lot better and
tbe new baby does not look quite to much like
s monkey ss it did. Jim put me in a rocking
chair and put a pillow in my lap and let me
hold the baby for awhile. It it an awfully little
thing but it it not much fun. Jim can do itt
he pleaset about keeping it but I would rather
have a good dog. Jim teemt tatisfied with it
tnd MagRie ia crazy about it so I don't csre. '
Me and Rowdy went out to the pasture and I
got the baby horse by the bangs and led it up
in the fence and stuck out one lei to drop on
the baby horse's back and just then it got scared
and jumped away from there and I came down
all spraddled out. Rowdy wss so mad he ehssed
the baby horse sll over the lot. I wss mid too
but I hsd to lsugh because the joke wss on me.
So then we went to the house again and stayed
till supper snd after that I went to bed kind of
early.
Rowdy and me kneeled and I prayed "Dear
God which art in heaven hollered bs Thy name.
T thousht I would sneak to You because I do
not went to scare my mother. I fell off a fence
today and maybe broke some ef my machinery -for
it hurts me to walk I wish You would get
busy snd fix me up. Alto I with You would
make Old Msid Tompkins finish a pslr of bloom-
ers for me right swsy for I need them. Pleats .
bless my mother snd my fsther. Amen."
(Copyright by judd Mortimer Lewis.
SM0KELESS"P0WDER.
A little' powder
Vow and then
Is used to fool
The best of men.
Youngstown Telegram.
The wsy the women
Powder now
They couldn't fool
. A purblind cow.
Cleveland Plain Dialer.
They fool themselves
From chins to brows
But then they sre
No purblind cows. f
. Yourself as Capital .
(From iht Waco Ntwt.)
Did you ever figure out what you are worth
to yourself f -
Did you ever think that as a numaa being yon
hive a certain value which can be set down ia .
dollars and eentiF
You can reckon it from your wages or salary.
Your annusl income represents tbe interest on
certain amount of capital. . .. .
Sunnose vou receive St. 000 a year. - At 4 per '
cent this is the Interest on tzs.ooo. If you could
turn yourself into "cspitalt this would be. your
vslue - ... . -' .; .'V'V t ' '
Whenever you Increase your energy intelligence
or effectiveness In your butlnete you ctplttliti 1
yourself st a higher figure.. When you csn-eull
down 84.000 a yssr from your services you esa
set down your personal vaiumon-n siooeeo. .
Slates and ptnciU out-nsvtrybody I f .
seniority except ta nch cases as ; when
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