The Matagorda County Tribune. (Bay City, Tex.), Vol. 64, No. 7, Ed. 1 Friday, January 13, 1911 Page: 2 of 8
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THE TRIBUNE
By TRIBUNE PRINTING CO.
BAY CITY,
: TEXAS
LESSONS FROM THE CENSUS.
State lines do not coincide with nat-
ural divisions, and the census might
be made to tell interesting stories that
may lie concealed, if figures were
massed according to other divisions.
That the population of Iowa has de-
clined by 7,000 in the past decade to
remarkable enough; but a more strik-
ing result appears when a geograph-
ical, rather than a political, area to
considered. Bounded by the Missis-
sippi on the east, the Missouri on the
south, the Missouri and the Big Sioux
on the west, and the southern bound-
ard of Minnesota on the north, to an
area of 78,000 square miles, or nearly
one-third larger than all New England.
It comprises the entire state of Iowa
and the northernmost 44 counties of
Missouri. There is probably no other
portion of the United States of equal
extent which contains a larger propor-
tion of good farming land. The last
decade has been one of exceptional
prosperity-yet in this entire region
there now live 100,000 fewer people
than resided there ten years ago, says
the New York Evening Post. Outside
the cities of more than 25,000 inhabit-
ants, the decrease In population since
1900 has been upward of 140,000. This
is a kind of story that the boldest
prophet would not have ventured to
predict as a possibility a quarter of a
century ago, and to well worth the
careful attention of political students
today . ’ -
Until now the ancient mariner’s
compass, which has been used by nav-
igators for centuries, has been consid-
ered a fixed quantity. It is, therefore,
interesting to learn that an improved
compass is being tested by the navy
department on board the scout cruiser
Birmingham. The new compass is
combined with a rapidly revolving gy-
roscope, which eliminates all varia-
tion and deviation of the needle of
the compass. This, according to nav-
igators, will make the art of naviga-
tion much easier and remove the un-
certainty of a ship’s location due to
variation and deviation of the com-
pass. Another advantage of the im-
proved-compass 4s that the main-in-
strument can be placed in the Interior
of the ship, where it can be protected
by armor plate. Branch compass sta-
tions can be placed in different parts
of the ship, connected by an electric
wire to the main compass. So far the
reports on the new compass have been
satisfactory.
The ancient rhyme tells of the lamb
that went to school. But there is no
such song about a fox doing the same
thing, probably because up to very re-
cent times there was not such occur-
rence. But Monticello, Sullivan coun-
ty, New York, supplies a precedent. A
wild fox, with two dogs in hot pursuit,
dashed into a school house filled with
boys and girls at their lessons and
with a male teacher in .charge. Of
course the girls were frightened, but
the teacher and the boys joined in the
chase, and Reynard was captured aft-
er a fierce fight But he surrendered
his liberty only with his life, for he
resisted to the death. After such a
brush it to not likely that Institutions
of learning will be popular places of
resort for the cunning fox tribe.
In the report for September of the
department of labor on industrial ac
cidents Consul A. G. Seyfert of Owen
Sound notes the statement that more
persons were killed and injured in
Canada on the farm than on the rail-
roads. Twenty-two persons were kill-
ed and 35 seriously injured while en-
gaged in farm work, while railroads
only killed 15 and seriously injured
13 who were in the railway service.
The main cause of the many fatall- the Asquith residence, in Downing street. They hurled stones and metal
ties on the farm was the deadly thresh-
ing machine. The total number of ac-
cidents to working people for the
month waa 272, of which 91 were fa-
tal and 181 serious injuries.
London and the Bank of England
ire bracing up to meet the demands
for gold coming from various sources,
including South America, which ap-
pears to have entered upon a period
of exceptional commercial and Indus-
trial activity. Incidentally, it may
be remarked that the universal chase
for the yellow metal serves to show
that, however the great output of re-
cent yearn may have "cheapened"
money, there is not the slightest Indi-
catlop that gold to going begging any-
It to said that the recklessness ot
chauffeurs in New York has been ac-
centuated by the acquittal of one of
them on the charge of murder.How-
ever, the acquittal was not to be
avoided It was proved conclusively
at the trial that the accident would
not have occurred if the victims had
kept off the street
“We still live in America," says the
New York Evening Post. When did
you move in, brother?
Two Attractive Costumes
LED THE REVOLT IN MEXICO
Senor Francisco I. Madero, who led
the recent unsuccessful revolt in Mex
tco, does not belong to the class of
poor Mexicans. On the contrary, he
is one of the wealthy men of the
country and belongs to a very aris-
tocratic and powerful family.
The patriarchal head and founder
of the Madero family, Don Evaristo
Madero, was formerly Governor of the
State of Coahuila, but quarreled with
the Diax regime, and for years he and
his family’s influence has been antag-
onistic to the government.
He is rather above than below me
dium height, broad-shouldered, robust
and slightly Inclined to obesity.
Slumberous, velvety, black Latin eyes
that often waken to a gleam of humor
— for he is fond of a joke—surmounts
a sallow face, a distinctly aquiline
nose, closely compressed lips that still
denote a sensual tendency-, and a
straggling whisker on the rather
promiment chin. He is not attentive
to dress, and is usually seen in a
He speaks French in preference to
black coat of rather provincial cut.
Spanish, but knows English well.
For several years he was in charge of the Monterey interests of his
family, at the head of a large bank in that city. Since 1907 he has been a
resident of Mexico City, where one of his daughters became the wife of a
young engineer. They were socially conspicuous in Monterey. Their
home in Mexico City is in the most fashionable quarter. Francisco Madero,
his eldest son, was educated in Paris, and later became Mexican Minister to
Russia.
HARLAN LONG ON THE BENCH
0.
1 , John Marshall Harlan, who recently
celebrated the close of thirty-three
years’ service on the United States
Supreme Court bench, is one of the
most distinguished jurists in the coun-
try. He took his seat Dec. 10, 1877,
and his service has been twice as long
as that of any other member of the
present court. Justice Harlan was
born in Boyle county, Kentucky, in
1833, and after studying law in Tran-
sylvania College, he practiced at
Frankfort, Ky., where for a time he
was county judge. Later he practiced
at Louisville, and between 1861 and
1863 he served in the Union army as
: colonel of the Tenth Kentucky regh
ment. For the four years following
he was attorney general of Kentucky,
and in 1871 and 1875he was the Re-
publican nominee for governor of the
state. Justice Harlan was a member
of the Louisiana commission, and he
also was one of the American arbitrators on the Bering Sea tribunal. He is
a professor of constitutional law in the George Washington University.
The three members of the court whose services exceed that of Justice
Harlan were Chief Justice John Marshall, Justice Stephen J. Field and
Justice Joseph Story. Both Marshall and Field served more than 34 years.
Several months more than 77 years of age, Justice Harlan still does his
proportion of the work of the court. Besides disposing of the business incum-
bent upon him as senior associate justice during the vacancy in the chief
justiceship, Justice Harlan has written six of the 33 opinions announced by
the court this term.
ASQUITH ADVOCATES SALARY
Premier Asquith has announced his
advocacy of a measure that will pro-
vide for the payment of salaries to
the members of parliament. This
will be a decided innovation for Eng-
land and to thought likely to make
politics more of a profession than at
present.
Under the system now in force, the
same that has always been in force,
members of parliament serve without
remuneration. With most of them
this is not a serious handicap, as
many rich men seek a seat in parlia-
ment for the honor.
The working men who are elected
to parliament are supported by the
labor unions to which they belong
In most cases where a member of an
organized labor union is a candidate
his election expenses are met by an
assessment on his brother working
men and his salary while a member of the ■ legislative body is paid the
member from the treasury of the labor union. If it was not for this system,
no working man could afford to accept a nomination, even if he were assured
of election without expense.
It was against Premier Asquith that the London suffragettes made sev-
eral violent demonstrations. Advancing under cover of the fog at 2:30
o’clock one morning, a militant band circumvented the police and stormed
weights at the house, breaking the glass in all of the lower windows. The
premier was also attacked on the street when opportunity offered.
NEW ILLINOIS CENTRAL HEAD
Charles H. Markham, president of
the Gulf Refining Company and the
Gulf Pipe Line Company of Pittsburg,
who was recently elected president of
the Illinois Central Railroad to suc-
ceed J. T. Harahan, began his rail-
road career In 1881, when he started
as a section laborer on the Santa Fe."
In the same year he became a station
agent for the Southern Pacific at
Deming, N. M., and held similar post
tions for six years. From 1891 to
1897 he was district freight and pas
• songer agent at Fresno, Cal., and in
1897 was promoted to be general
freight agent of the Oregon lines of
the Southern Pacific Company, In
1901 he was transferred to San Fran
cisco as assistant freight traffic man-
ager and in 1904 was made vice-presi-
dent of the Houston and Texas Cen-
tral. In April of that year he was
chosen as general manager of the
Southern Pacific and In June vice-
president.
Mr. Markham has been out of railway service since Nov. 1, 1904, when
he left the Southern Pacific to become general manager of the Guffey Petro-
leum Company at Beaumont, Texas.
Mr. Harahan retires from the presidency after twenty years of service
with the road. He.Is now 70 years old, and to obliged to relinquish active
duties under the rules of the pension system.
Cmart Russian Coat.—This would
O look well in material to match
the skirt, or might be made in tweed
or serge to wear’wlth any dress; it
fastens down left side of front, where
braid and buttons form a trimming;
the turn-down collar and sleeves are
trimmed to match. A black patent
leather waist-band encircles the waist.
Hat of black satin trimmed with
masses of white wings completes the
costume.
Materials required: Four yards 48
Inches wide; 6% yards silk for lining,
nine buttons, one dozen yards braid.
RAFFIA HAT FOR WINTER
Sounds Rather Unseasonable for
Frigid Weather, but to AllRight,
at That.
The raffia hat will do very good
service for evening wear even now.
But what it is chiefly designed for Is
evening make—in other words, a very
pleasant and profitable way to spend
the idle hours that come, more or less
frequently, to all of us.-
The hat is of braided raffia, natural
colored or dyed, and made by hand
from beginning to end. First, it is
plaited in long strips, just as tightly
and as evenly as possible. When you
have about two dozen of your thin
"pigtails." start sewing them together,
round and round, forming the crown
first. A paper pattern, cut out from
any broad picture hat you may have,
will serve as a model. 1 •
By thus braiding and sewing at the
same time you can get an idea of how
much raffia you will need. When you
get to the brim, plait more loosely, as
the "floppy" effect is picturesque and
desirable. Lined with silk, the raffia
hat makes a charming frame for a
young face.
The older women may desire some-
thing more in the line of a turban.
This is obtained by braiding loosely
and winding the raffia round and
round upon itself. Of course, if you
wish, you may work over a wire or
canvas foundation, but where stiffen-
ing really seems necessary it is best
to give it by means of milliner’s wire,
which can be sewed just where need-
ed. The fashionable turbans nowa-
days, which fasten way down over the
ears, and are so soft and close-fitting
that they need no pins to hold them,
seem to cry aloud for raffia as their
material ’'
There are great possibilities here
for the clever woman.
—This.....smartly—cuttight-fitting—eoat
has a panel down center of back and
one each side front, which meet in
the middle where fastening is formed
by buttons sewn on each side and
connected with loops of cords; a
SOME SEWING MACHINE HINTS
Little Annoyances That May Be
Avoided If These Tips Are Fol-
lowed.
When much machine work has to
be done, filling the shuttle is a con-
stant annoyance. ‘This can be partly
obviated by threading the shuttle
with finer cotton than that used on
the needle. The sewing will be quite
as strong and the shuttle will not need
refilling half so often as it would if
threaded with the same number of
cotton as the needle, because the bob-
bin will hold a great deal more of the
finer cotton.
If you want your sewing machine to
do satisfactory work, remember that
it needs to be kept clean. After every
ten hours’ work it needs oll; but all
surplus oil must be carefully wiped
off afterward. Allrays work It stead-
ily and never start or stop with a
jerk
The best way to finish off a machine
seam la to turn the material round and
stitch back for about an inch. This
saves tying the ends of cotton, which
to annoying work and takes up a good
deal of time if there are many seams.
Use for Tennis Racket.
An old tennis racket, threaded with
stout cord, makes the best kind of
flower rack for trailing plants that
need a frame. Cut off half the handle,
sharpen the end and drive it into the
flower pot.
Long Coat.
band is cut in with front panels and
Is carried round waist to back panel.
The large collar is braided.
Felt hat trimmed with a large silk
bow.
Material required: Four and one-
half yards 48 Inches wide,, one dozen
yards braid, four and one-half yards
silk or satin for lining to waist, eight
buttons, one and one-half yard cord.
Girl and Her Complexion.
A clear complexion and a fine skin
are the gifts of nature, but they may
be marred to a great extent by injudi-
cious foods, Just as an ordinary com
plexion and skin may be considerably
improved in appearance by carefully
chosen diet. Strong tea and coffee, ta-
ken frequently, rob the skin of its
whiteness and the complexion of Its
freshness and clearness, while milk
and water are in every way beneficial
to health and beauty The girl who
drinks milk instead of the darker bev-
erages will keep her complexion pure
and fair, and if she does not wish to
sacrifice her good looks to her palate
she will eat charily of rich, fat foods,
cheese, cakes, pastries, sugar and so
on and take freely of fruits and green
vegetables.
IF YOU WOULD BE WELL
KEEP YOUR KIDNEYS WELL.
The kidneys filter the blood. When
they are sick, the uric poison is re-
tained and various troubles result. No
kidney symptom, however slight,
should be neglected. There is no bet-
( ter remedy for
f Every Picture sick kidneys
artticlellsAStory than Doan’s
Kidney Pills. :
tareu A George Seid-
WAC er, 632 Pacific
Gewisone Ave., Alameda.
CE IA We Cat says: "I
oEDE could not lie
1 on my side ow-
so ing to the sore-
ness over my kidneys. My limbs
swelled badly and the flesh was soft
and flabby. After beginning to use
Doan’s Kidney PTlls, the swelling van-
ished and the pain in my back disap-
peared."
Remember the name—Doan’s.
For sale by all dealers. 50 cents a
box. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
PRECAUTIONS.
Dinner
Dress.—Apricot Korean
crepe makes an exceptionally pretty
dress carried out to this simple de
sign. Both the over and underskirts
are trimmed with wide and narrow in |
section to match. The bodice has the .
sleeves cut in with it, and is trimmed
with a strip of insertion over the |
shoulders, also at edge of Sleeves;,the |
under sleeves are of fine lace to match
yoke.
Materials required: Ten yards crepe'
22 inches wide, one yard lace, 714
’I mustn’t color my lips tonight, tor
I’m sure to sit out half a dozen dances
with Charlie, and he’s such a boy for
yards silk and five yards' narrow inser 1 kissing."
tion.
-------~-------------STUBBORN ECZEMA ON HANDS
NOVELTY IN CUT OF SKIRTS; Some nine years ago 1 noticed
, 6 . i . small pimples breaking out on eife
Smartly Cut Garment That Has Many back of my hands. They became very"
— irritating, and gradually became
worse, so that I could not sleep at
Points That Will Appeal to
the Fancy.
/
night. I consulted a physician who
treated me a long time, but it got
worse, and I could not put my hands
in water. I was treated at the hos-
pital, and it was just the same. 1 was
told that it was a very bad case of
eczema. Well, I just kept on using .
everything that I could for nearly
eight years until I was advised to try
Cuticura Ointment. I did so, and I
found after a few applications and by
bandaging my hands well.up that the
burning sensations were disappearing,
I could sleep well, and did not have
any itching during the night. I began
after a while to use Cuticura Soap for
a wash for them, and I think by using
the Soap and Ointment I was much
benefited. 1 stuck to the Cuticura
treatment, and thought if I could use
other remedies for over seven years
with no result, and after only having
a few applications and finding ease
from Cuticura Ointment, I thought it
deserved a fair trial with a severe
and stubborn case. I used the Oint-
ment and Soap for nearly six months,
and I am glad to say that I have
hands as clear as anyone.
"It is my wish that you publish this
letter to all the world, and if anyone
doubts it, let them write me and I
will give them the name of my physi-
clan, also the hospital I was treated
at." (Signed) Miss Mary A. Bentley,
93 University St., Montreal, Que.,
Sept. 14, 1910.
Returning the Compliment.
Mrs. Faraway I suppose you have
forgotten that this is the anniversary
of your wedding day?"
Professor -Faraway (abstracting
himself from conic sections)—Eh?
What? Dear me! Is it, really? And
when to your’s, dear?—Stray Stories.
Dr. Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets first put up
40 years ago. They regulate and invigor-
ate, stomach, liver and bowels. Sugar-
coated tiny granules.
Life is full of ups and downs—but
unfortunately most of us are down
more of the time than up.
Nothing Can Compare
with Hostetter’s Stomach
Bitters for genuine good-
ness when the system has
been weakened by some
severe illness or when you
suffer from Poor Appetite,
Sour Risings, Headache,
Bloating, Indigestion,
Dyspepsia, Colds, Grippe
and Malaria. Thousands
have found this true during
the past 57 years. Why
not you today, but be sure
to get the genuine.
IOSTETTER’
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