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THE SAN ANTONIO DAILY EXPRESS: THURSDAY MORNING, JANUARY 23, 1908.
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POPULATION OP TEXAS CITIES.
The population of the seven largest
cities of Texas on June 30, 1906, as esti-
mated by the United States Census Bu-
reau, Is as follows:
San Antonio 62,711
Houston 58,132
Dallas 62.7»3
Galveston 34,386
Fort Worth 27,093
Austin 25,092
Waco 24,441
Meals and Morals.
That the way to a man's heart lies
through his stomach has long been
an accepted truism. The relation be-
tween a man's provender and his
morals, however, is a matter of more
recent discussion.
Addressing a technical school fcr
girls in New Vork a Justice of the
Supreme Court declared that most
women cook so badly that they drive
their husbands to drink. "I have no
doubt," he said, "that many men go
to saloons at night Just because they
axe Improperly nourished at home."
Perhaps it might have been added
that the way in which some married
men linger around the saloon lunch
counters during the day is another
substantial evidence of the unsatis-
factory provision made for the grati-
fication of their appetites at home.
But this is not a fair test. Men some-
times get hungry between meals even
when their home table affords the
best that the skillful cuisine could
provide.
It is a fact, however, not to be de-
nied that comparatively few house-
wives really know how to cook. Most
of them are capable of providing a
meal out of such materials as may
be at hand. Perhaps any of them
could boil water or fry eggs or serve
prepared breakfast foods. Seme of
them do very well, some do better and
Home do worse. Cooking is an art
which some can learn and which
teems to come naturally to some oth-
ers. It Is sometimes an acquired and
sometimes an inherited talent which
has been improved. II. is always ar.
art and for the nonprofessional it is
a most desirable accomplishment.
Oood cooks sometimes run through
generation after generation of the
same family. There are instances
which might be pointed out la which
the art of cooklug is an accomplish
merit of practically every member of
a ftunily, man or woman, having been
Inherited from an ancestor of particu-
lar excellence in that line. There are
other families In which there are no
good cooks becausc the talent has not
been cultivated or handed down.
It has been said that cooks, like
poets, are born, not made. This may
be measurably true, but almost any
woman could learn to cook if she had
the will and the patience and indus-
try necessary to acquire the art. And
what a boon is such a woman to her
kuaband, even though it may never
be neoessary for her to do more than
i've directions as to the preparation
mt the meal or to see that her table is
• modal for good hovsewHree. What
man whom wKe is a good, cook does
not boast more of that one accom-
plishment than of any other of her
domestic virtu en?
The training schools in which
young women are being taught to
cook ought to do much for the good
of society, for making home more at-
, tractive to, husbands us well as for
the improvement of their^moraia and
so success to them.
not comport with the views of a ma-
jority of the Legislator a H is re-
called that on one occasion the con-
vention voted down some proposed
constitutional amendments and hoot-
ed their author and at a subsequent
session reconsidered and made those
same amendments a platform demand,
not because the con vent Inn approved
them, but because it felt that the
proponent had been rudely treated.
As a rule the chief executive has
not been very inslslent upon Iho en-
actment of platform recommenda-
tions, but (iovernor Campbell is an
exception. He insisted that every
demand of the platform should be
faithfully carried out and threatened
to keep the Legislature in session all
tumraer, if necessary, to that end. It
was argued with much persistence
that some of the platform recom-
mendations had not. been discussed
before the people in such manner as
to entitle them to be considered as
demands of the. Democratic masses.
Perhaps, however, some of the meas-
ures that were enacted would have
failed but for the platform backing
and the firm stand taken by the Gov-
ernor in respect to the carrying out
of the platform demands.
It is eminently proper that proposed
legislation should be discussed in the
campaign carried on by candidates
for State offices and more especially
by candidates for the Legislature, and
when such issues come up in the
State convention there should be a
thorough understanding that they
had been approved by the masses of J
the party before they arc put forth
as demands of the party. Even then
the I/egislators. who are the direct
representatives of the people, rhnuld
more consider the wishes and instruc-
tions of their constituents than of a
convention which may not reflect tho
views of such constituents.
Governor Curry of New Mexico has
appointed a delegation composed in
part of four former Governors of the
Territory, five former delegates to
Congress and six Justices of the Ter-
ritorial Supreme Court to go to Wash-
ington and labor with Congress for
the admission of New Mexico to the
sisterhood of Stales. Fortunately for
New Mexico there is no Federal anil-
lobby law that will prevent the dele-
pal ion from presenting the claims of
that Territory for Statehood in the
manner suggested.
A fleet of dredge boats reached
Rockport the other day and anchored
three miles out preparatory to begin-
ning the work of dredging the inter-
coastal canal. Operations have al-
ready begun on the first cut and pros-
pects are bright for the great inland
waterway on which the Texas coast
country has set its heart.
In the Kansas House of Representa-
tives Secretary Taft was unanimous-
ly declared to be the choice of the
Sunflower State for the Presidential
succession. Up to the present writ-
ing there has been no such declara-
tion In favor of Mr. Koraker in any
quarter.
There yet remain eight days within
which I he tardy citizen may step up
to the Tax Collector's desk and se-
cure the poll tax receipt which will
qualify him to vote In this year's elec-
tions. In the language of the Jioet:
"Bo wise today; 'tis madness to
defer."
The Prohibition Issue.
Champ Clark has given it. out cold
that Bryan will he nominated at the
Denver convention in July, and that
will be about all that need be said on
the subject now. Of course Champ
Clark knew what he waa talking
about or he wouldn't have said it.
Abort Platfora Beaaals.
An East Texas ooo temporary says
that whoa the next Democratic con-
Vvootloo nominates Tom Campbell for
Ooreraor It probably will be a little
particular what It puU in the plat-
There Is in thia suggestion an In*
ttaatioa that the State convention
has not heretofore been very particu-
lar about the incorporation of various
Bdatiooa in the platform for
at by the State Legislature.
For the'most part the State Legis-
lature has generally paid little atlen-
HM to such plaform demands as did
Jefferson Davis Montgomery of
Dallas, who is very prominent in the
Democratic party in North Texas,
thinks the prohibition issue inevitable
and suggests a plan for meeting it in
a way that may take it out of party
politics and present it entirely on its
own merits.
Mr. Montgomery is an advocate of
the prohibition of the liquor traffic,
but he is not radical in his views and
ho does not wish to destroy valuable
property interests or to deprive those
citizens who are accustomed to use
malt liquor and mild drinks that con-
tain but little alcohol of the privileges
they now enjoy in relation to such
drinks.
Two amendments to (he Constitu-
tion might he submitted under the
plan proposed—one for absolute pro-
hibition of the manufacture or sale
within the Slate of any intoxicant, and
another limiting the restriction so as
not to include befer and the milder
drinks. The voter would have his
choice between these two phases of
the prohibition question and he might
vole for one or the other sort of pro-
hibition, or he might vote against
both, according to his preferences in
the matter.
There are many people in Texas
who would bo entirely willing to vote
out the liquor saloons who would be
strenuously opposed to the abolition
of beer and the destruction of the
breweries which give employment to
hundreds of employes and to thou-
sands of dollars of capital. There are
many who regard the malt beverage
as absolutely necossary to their health
and comfort, if not to their existence,
and who use It much as others do
inilk or other soft drinks, on their
tables and in their families, and they
would regard their deprivation of it
as an unwarranted and inexcusable
imposition. For the stronger drinks
they do not care and they would be
perfectly willing for the sake of their
beer, to have distilled spirits driven
out. /
There are other persons so radical
in their views that they will be satis-
fied with nothing less than absolute
prohibition of the manufacture or sale
of any Intoxicant whatever and who
refuse to accept the theory that beer
is really a temperance agent. How
to get such an expression of these
differing views as to decide the issue
by popular vote Is a problem that may
not be so easy of solution as Mr.
Montgomery supposes. If the two
phases of the prohibition question are
submitted at the same time the vote
between the propositions might be so
divided that It would leave the Issue
still undetermined by reason of the
number of votes that might be polled
against any sort of prohibition.
It la said the liquor lntereats were
very much opposed to such a measure
as it now proposed when it was sug-
gested at the last session of the Leg-
islature and when It did not succeed
in getting beyond the committee to
which it was referred, and it Is quite
certain that the liquor Interests would
as strongly oppose both the prohibi-
tion propositions as the brewers
would that which would put them out
of business. 8ttll the Idea is at least
debatabla ,
\
The old-time Democratic, confer-
ence that was to have been held in
New York this week has been indef-
initely postponed. Can it be possible
that there are not enough old-time
Democrats to make a respectable
tihowing?
Governor Vardaman of Mississippi
signalized his retirement from the ex-
ecutive office by pardoning twenty-
six convicts. The pardoned must
have felt a peculiar distinction In
going out with the Governor.
WHAT STATE PAPERS SAY
TOPICS OF THE TIMES,
Blood-red, large, luscious strawber-
ries from the gardens cultivated by
the children of the San Antonio pub-
lic schools are pleasant reminders of
the delightful January climate of
glorious Southwest, Texas.
The State Revenue Commissioner
says Texas Is a two-billlon-dollar
State; that Is, the laxabie property
of the State has a value «cceeding
||,000,000,000. Texas is a great em-
pire within itself.
The esteemed Houston Post says
Mr. Bryan is completely wrapped up
In the success of the Democratic
party. Perhaps it would have been
better to substitute some other word
for success.
Sultan Abdul Aziz in Morocco an-
nounces that he will put down the
rebellion against his government. If
he does not succeed he will soon be
only the Abdul as was.
Adam may have been the first man,
but a certain history of the Waters-
Pierce dates from the -advent of
Adams in Texas.
Now it is Senator John Sharpe Wil-
liams, though his Senatorial term
does not begin until three years from
next March.
A Lost Chance.
Now Is the time to build, they say,
But how can I get my money?
Labor and lumber are cheap today.
But how can I get my money?
I know of a beautiful place that I
Could buy for half what it cost last
year;
At twice what is asked It would not be
high,
But I never shall call It my own, 1 fear.
For bow may I ge.t the money?
This is the' time to invest in stock,
But how can 1 get the money?
They've hammered things down till
they're on bedrock.
But how can I get my money?
At the price for which It Is sold today
P., X. & M. pays eleven per cent;
Confound the horrible luck, I say!
My earnings I've always carelessly
spent.
So how can I get the money?
—S. E. Klser.
"O
Pointed Paragraphs.
Many self-mado men are hot-air prod-
ucts.
Some of our distant relations come un-
der the head of posterity.
The right kind of u man doesn't go
around boasting that he is right.
Women aeldom play a game unless
there la a deeper game beneath It. %
If we could see ourselves as others see
us we would all be pessimists.
Some women even condescend to help
their husbands with the housework.
How many people do you know who
neglect to say anything when they talk?
His satanlc majesty Is more interested
In you than lie Is In your enemies.
Modesty Is one of fhe principal Ingre-
dients in the composition of a truly
great man.
The less intimate a woman Is with her
husband's folks the more faith she has
in him.
Did you ever see a free-lunch counter
where a hungry man was permitted to
eat all he wanted?
It sometimes happens that children tell
the truth. Just as grown people tell lies—
at the wrong time.
When a man refuses to argue with a
woman she considers It as a sort of ac-
knowledgment of her mental superiority.
—Chicago-News.
Slightly in Error.
No one read the President's message.-—
Waco Tribune.
How about the reading clerks?
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Passing Strange.
No Twentieth Century wotnnn Is ever
more than fifty.—Texas 8un.
And still she would bo singular If she
were,
♦ ♦ ♦
Naturally.
From present Indications it seems that
Senator Culberson will be the Democratic
nominee for Vlco President this year.
The entire South would feel honored to
get the Senator in as Vice President.—
Alba News.
Including the Senator.
♦ ♦ ♦
Looks That Way.
Physicians say the grip conies from
China, and yet while we keep the Chinks
out, we let the grip in.—Houston Chron-
icle,
As the average reader understands it,
the Chronicle is of opinion that the Chi-
nese should be let in to take the grip.
♦ ♦ ♦
Possible Explanation.
The definition of a gentleman is" now
going the rounds of the papers. "A gen-
tleman Is hard to define, but very easily
recognised."—Cuero Record.
On the other hand, there are many per-
sons who are able to recognize a gentle-
man and yet will not be recognised by
him.
I * ♦ ♦
Will Never Know.
The trouble with Mr. Cortelyou seetns
to have been a too intimate friendship
with ore J. Pierpont Morgan. Can it
be possible that George Bruce was
"cruelly deceived?"—Fort Worth Tele-
gram.
Since George Bruce has adopted his
mantle of silence, the Telegram certainly
does not expect him to tell if he was.
♦ ♦ ♦
Fearful Fate,
Don't get the Idea into your head that
the world would go to the bow-wows if
it were not for your existence, it may be
that your wife wouldn't even miss you.
—Waelder News.
If this be the case, how different are
the married women of Waelder from the
pure-minded, faithful, womanly wives
of San Antonio.
Easily Explained.
Somebody has pointed out that a man
is of no Importance in the world until ho
is forty. Well, it's very different with
a woman. (This paragraph is trom the
woman editor.)—Fort Worth Record,
No excuses are necessary, as every one
is fully aware of the fact that a man is
of not nearly so much importance, even
after he Is forty, as Is lii3 wife.
♦ ♦ ♦
Editor Is Postmaster.
Editor A. D. Jackson of the Crystal
City Chronicle has been appointed post-
master of Crystal City, which has been
designated as a postoffice under the name
of Crystal. As the postoffice will be
temporarily located In the offico of the
Chronicle, that bright little sheet will
continue to appear as regularly In the
future as in the past.
♦ ♦ ♦
Also True.
Whether It Is the atmosphere or the
weapon, It seems that the San Antonio
shotgun is remarkably fatal to the hunter
this year.—McCullough County Star.
Death from the muzzle of a San An-
tonio shotgun, however. Is far more
pleasant than those multitudinous deaths
which are reported as having resulted
from the accidental discharge of the cruel
and unscrupulous shotguns in other por-
tions of the State.
♦ ♦
Why le It?
Secretary Cortelyou will stay in politics
.tt while longer at least, as it is under-
stood that he has put away the tempta-
tion that was dangled before him to be-
ome the president of a New York trust
company.—Beaumont Enterprise.
It is to be wagered that should Mr.
Cortelyou have possessed the same de-
velopment of ability and not been the
holder of the position which ho occupies
the offer would never have been made.
What's the use?
♦ e- ♦
Poor at Aiming.
Any coward can throw a rock through
a window or stone a street si£n. A mo-
ment of consideration ot the cost of this
property to the owner would prevent a
careless boy's doing such thlng9.—1Texas
Sun.
The madam editor Is in this Instance
mistaken in so far as not every coward
can throw a rock through a window
some cowards could not throw a rock
through a window if they were sur-
rounded by windows.
♦ ♦
Serious Matter,
Some genealogist has discovered that
George Washington was a lieneal de-
scendant of King Edward the First. He
has been studying the parish registers
and i.nnounces that he has discovered
irrefutable proof of this fact. King Ed-
ward was not the worst of England's
kings by far, and it may be said that it
was during his reign that the Commons
gained their first recognition.—Beaumont.
Enterprise.
If this sort of thing keeps up Georgfe
will undoubtedly be shorn of the prestige
which he has enjoyed these many years.
A little investigation jifttlmes develops
flaws in the most perfect of men.
♦ ♦ ♦
Has the Gout.
Grand Old Texas! The rare,Radiating,
rambunctious, rampageous, ravishing,
reachless, reciprocating, reconstructed,
rectified, redeemed, reintegrated, re-
formed. refined, refulgent, regenerated,
regulated, rejuvenated, reverbratlng, rhap-
sodical. rythmical, roarltorlous, roborlous,
robustious, rockribbed, lomantic, rosace-
ous and russety realm of red-headed
rapture.—George Bailey In Houston Post.
(Join- some, ain't It?—Shatter l^ake Her-
ald. Has the explosion occurred yet?
The fuse appears to be a long one.—Sail
Antonio Express. Still sputtering at last
accounts. The red-headed widow's asso-
ciation has worked George up to "brain-
storming."—Carrlio Springs Javelin.
And yet the Post assures us that the
seat ot George's trouble is In his feet.
♦ ♦ ♦
The Right Way.
First woman has come forward and
offered her brain to science. Glory be!
We may now learn the whyness of Dr.
Mary Walker. Carry Nation and Mary
Ellen Lease, just what lndaced Mrs. Glyn
to write "Three Weeks," and also why
those we might expect better thlug* of
give us those cigars and rummy neckties
at Christmas.—Nashville Tenneaseean.
And we may find out a lot Of other
things. We may find the why of wo-
man's strength and purity and beauty of
soul and why she has been able to keep
man from going back to the Jungles
whence the most scientific of the species
admit t<j have come.—Fort Worth Record.
All ot which goes to show that even
the press of Grand Old Texas are far
more optimistically inclined than are the
papers of Tearful Tennessee.
The Undesirable Mr. Low.
Maurice A. Low, Washington corre-
spondent of the London National Review,
has earned a White House classification
as an undesirable citizen by confiding to
Ihe Hrltlsh public the fact that many
American newspapers declined to print
verbatim the President's recent 4U,OUO-
word message to Congress.
An article occupying four or five pages
of a newspaper must be extremely inter-
esting, In tiie opinion of Mr. l-ow, to hold
(lie attention of the average reader. Mr.
ltoosevelt makes the mistake of writing
too inucli. For the first time in many
years, many newspapers declined to print
the message In full, although It lias be-
come a tradition of American journalism
that everything the President writes or
says must be published without scissor-
ing.
To quote:
"This year Ihe renders of a number of
tiie great newspapers were forced to con-
tent themselves with a summary of the
message, and they have not risen in their
wrath to protest. The American news-
paper is generally, and rightly, supposed
to know the wants of its readers, and to
cater to them accordingly. Either Mr.
Rooseve.lt is n less popular 'feature' than
he formerly was or the message was not
worth printing. Tiie inordinate length of
WITH THE POLITICIANS ELIMINATED.
th«' message wan du
partly to the
well-known fondneHH of the President to
preach to hi* follow countrymen."
The Courier-Journal has an abiding re-
spect for the offic* of President and
believes that regardless of whether a
great proportion of its readers care to
wiide through a 40,'J00-word document
they are entitled to the opportunity when
the President makes a public utterance
of such importance as a message to Con-
gress, and regardless of Its wordiness and
wlndlness, President Roosevelt's message
to the Sixtieth Congress was published,
but the President would have written to
a wider audience if he had economized
his ink and his adjectives and refrained
from revamping old Ideas. Simplified
spelling, reducing "talked" to "talkt" for
brevity's sake, is less Important in of-
ficial documents than cafefully hammer-
ing down a speech or a message to tho
point at which it Is likely to claim tlie
attention of the reader.
Had the President succeeded in his
Quixotic effort to reform the language
for the benefit of the busy reader, his
message might have been printed with
several hatfuls less of type, but would
still have been too prolix.—Louisville
Courier-Journal.
Lower Sleeping Car Rates.
A corporation that 's engaged In the
public service, having an Investment ot
S2S.OOO,noo and a capitalization of J125.000,-
000 and Is still able to pay dividends of
approximately 20 per cent every yea,-,
needs no other accuser than Its own rec-
ords. By them It stands convicted of
exacting an unreasonable rate for its
service. It makes not the slight, st dif-
ference whether it be the Pullman Car
Company or some other. It makes ro
difference to the public what persons arc
interested in the company. The ground
for complaint lies in the abuse of monop-
olistic powers made manifest In a prac-
tice of extortion.
This accusation Is no rash assumption
based upon prejudice or rumor. For two
years the Minnesota Shippers Associa-
tion has been Investigating and figuring
out the cost of the Pullman service and
the profits of operating it. On tho
strength of its discoveries it has pe-
titioned tho Interstato Commerce Com-
mission for a reduction of the ruling
lower berth rate to the extent of 20 per
cent and for reduction of the upper bertli
rate to one-half that charged for lower
berths. It Is a service that calls tor rate
regulation, and the wonder is that the
public has been so Indifferent. In the
meantime the Pullman company, like the
express companies, has fortified Itself
for defense. Like the express companies,
it Is engaged In a business that ought to
bn done by railways themselves, but the
prevailing practice affords an Inside in-
fluence with the railways which the serv-
ice companies lay under tribute in com-
mon with the general public.
Many verv influential railway directors
are partners in the express companies
and In the Pullman company. Tills no
doubt explains why It Is that the rail-
ways refrain from undertaking such ex-
traordinary profitable service on their
own account, and why they conscnt to
paying a fancy rate for the privilege of
hauling private service cars about the
country. A Pullman car is of unneces-
sarily expensive construction, but it Is
said to pay for Itself every two years.
The public pays the porters in tips, and
pays first-class hotel rates for the priv-
ilege of sleeping in pigeon-holes. Now.
that tiie initiative has been taken by a
Minnesota association of Shippers, a stub-
born resistance may be expected, with In-
teresting revelations and much abuse of
the injunction.—Baltimore News.
Freak Wills.
Henry E. Sullivan's testamentary direc-
tions for the conversion of his body into
buttons, pouches and fiddle-strings is
not unprecedented.
In Morgan vs. Hoys a will was upheld
which directed that part of the bowels
be made Into fiddle-strings, the remainder
sublimed into smelling-salts and the rest
of the body vitrified into lenses. The
court drew a distinction between insan-
itv and eccentricity.
Johann Ziska, bllfnd chieftain of tho
Hussites, in 1124 directed that his skin be
tanned and a drumhead made of it. 8.
Sanborn in 1S71 bequeathed Ills corpse to
Harvard University, and particularly to
the two anatomical professors Oliver
Wendell Holmes and Louis Agassiz. The
skin to be made into two drumheads for
"Warren Simpson, drumther of Cohapel,
on condition that he should on the 17th
of June every year, at sunrise, beat on
the said drum the tune of 'Yankee Poo-
die' on Bunker Hill. The drumheads to
be respectively inscribed with Pope s
'Universal Prayer' and the Declaration
of Independence. • * • The remainder
of my body * * * to be composted for a
fertilizer to contribute to the growth of
an American elm to be planted in some
rural thoroughfare, that the weary way-
farer may rest and innocent children
may play beneath its umbrageous
branches, rendered luxuriant by my re-
mains." . . „
Jeremy Bentham left his ISodv to Dr.
Southwood Smith for dissection. Ihe
skeleton was stuffed t» fit Bentham s
clothes, a model made the head and
the whole Inclosed In a mahogany case
with glass doors. In his arm-chair, with
iiis walking-stick in Ills hand, all that
was left of tile great apostle of law re-
form remained for some years in the
house of Doctor Smith, who ultimately
presented it to the University C ollege.
In Neville vs. C.eary, tried In Dublin
in 1878. the testatrix left numerous ar-
ticles of clothing, including trousers
about five Inches long and three inches
wide, with jackets, swallow-tall coats,
etc., "for the baby that should rise at
the' first resurrection."
While such testamenis may shock the
feelings of relatives, Miey do no; leave
the sting which more vindictive docu-
ments possess. A notable will contained
handsome legacies for wife ami sister,
with the provision that once « week each
should spend ail hour with the other at
the grave. "I do this," was tlie conclu-
sion, "because they made mv life miser-
able with their eternal squabbles, and I
want to be certain that theft will torment
each other for a while after I am gone."
—Sew York World^_^
Swearing the Witneaaea.
Towt. Cynic—t don't like th- way they're
doin" business over In our Court House.
Friend—Why?
Town Cynic—Tom Simmonds, the court-
crier. tell? me that some one stole the
court Bible inore'n a month ago, an'
since then he's been swearln' th' wit-
nesses on th' town directory.—February
Bohemian.
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Certainly Would.
City Man (to villager)—Wouldn't It
open your eyes If you were to look across
at that lot there and see one of our city
skyscraper covering It?
Village Man—Wal, I guess I would,
aeeln' as I've got twenty head o' cattle
grssln' there.—February Bohemian.
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NEED MORE INFANTRY.
More About Tropical Diseases as
They Affect the Army.
Besides establishing hospitals for the
special treatment of diseases contracted
by tile army and navy men in tropical
service tho Government should also, as
another measure dictated both by human-
ity and economy, decrease the amount
of the service to be given in the deadly
tropics.
This can be, done by either withdraw-
ing garrisons from some of the un-
healthy islands by Increasing the num-
ber of troops to perform garrison duly
on those i.-iands.
II Is hardly .possible that our people
will ever consent to the first pameu
measure, for it would greatly tend to in-
jure the I'nited States in many ways
as a world power. Therefore, the second
suggestion looms up larger in importance
und practicability, and it becomes ad-
visable to investigate as to the number
and kind of troops to be added to the
regular army In order to give the de-
sired relief.
At the present time the infantry is
doing the lion's share of tropical service,
and has done it for years past. Of the.
thirty regiments now authorized fifteen
and one-quarter are beyond the limits
of the United States proper, one regiment
being in Alaska and the others in the
tropics.
Kegimonts are given change of station
every two years, this period having been
found to be about as long as our troops
can stay and live in the tropics. The re-
sult is that, practically, two years in
the United {States is followed by tho
same period in the tropics, and vice
versa.
Another result Is, many enlisted men
are discharged and many officers re-
tired because of disease contracted in
the tropics.
All agree that at least four years' stay
In the United States after a two years'
tour in the tropics is absolutely neces-
sary to prepare a soldier for another
such tour.
Then at least double the present
strength of our infantry Is necessary to
give the army the time in the United
Stales, which is absolutely necessary
for rest and recuperation from tropical
infection.
There Is no getting away from the
inevitable, and it can not be postponed
very long. Besides being inevitable In
order to prevent too rapid deterioration
of tiie army because of physlclal disabil-
ity it is dictated by wisdom, humanity
and true economy. While the increase
suggested would put Mi the active list
of the army many more names it would
prevent the retired list from growing so
fast and would vastly Improve the physi-
cal condition of the entire army.
The sooner it Js brought about the better
it will be for the whole country, for tho
question vitally concerns all alike.
The present physical condition of the
army calls both for the establishment
of hospitals for the special treatment of
tropical infection and for an Increase of
Infantry amounting to at least thirty
regiments.
A bill Is now before Congress asking
for the increase. Action should also be
taken looking to the establishment of
the hospitals named.
MUST ARGUE AGAINST SELF.
Lawyer Appears on Both Sides of
Same Question.
CHICAGO, 111., Jan. 22.—A peculiar sit-
uation developed in Judge Landis* court
yesterday when the Atchison, Topeka &
Santa Fe rebate case was called for the
consideration of motions. Delay in the
argument -of the demurrer was asked
until February :i by Attorney C. Leroy
Brown, for the railroad on the ground
that his law partner, Charles I?. Morri-
son, is taking testimony in the Stand-
ard Oil casrv* as special prosecutor for
the Government.
Mr. Morrison is the predecessor to Ed-
win W. Sims as United States District
Attorney in Chicago. He has been em-
ployed as special counsel for the Gov-
ernment for two years and has taken an
active part in the prosecutions of the oil
ciftnpany.
Many of the questions of law which Mr.
Morrison has argued in behalf of the
Government are involved In the railroad
rebate ease in which the lawyer will ap-
pear for the defense. It places Mr. Mor-
rison in the humorous light of arguing
against himsefC in certain contentions.
Mr. Morrison is engaged only as spe-
cial counsel in certain cases for the
Government.
Shows Great Growth at Stamford.
Special Telegram to The Express.
STAMFORD. Tex., Jan. 22.-A report
just submitted by Postmaster Leavltt on
the amount of business done by the post-
office since Its establishment in 19<*1
shows that me business has grown from
$70(1 the first year, IWO. to $13.nflD for the
present year. The present building
inadequate to the needs of the postoffice
and for that reason Congressman Smith
has introduced a bill providing for $100,-
W0 for a postoffice building.
Two Negroea Are Injured.
Special Telegram to The Express.
BASTROP. Tex., JanC" 22.—Two negroes
were Injured in a free-for-all fight at
a saloon today. One has been arrested
in connection with the affair.
Assumes Cataveraa Postmastership,
Special Telegram t#The Express.
FUORKBVILL.E,JTex.. Jan. 22.-T. T.
Black lias been arffcolnted postmaster at
Calaveras andTtas taken charge of tho
office.
<Cy— —-—
School Bond Propoaition Carriea.
Special Telegram to The Express.
bah ANtitLtt, lex.. Jan. a.—The
proposition to issue I34.0W worth of bonds
for school houses waa adopted today by
a vote ot us to x.
MEXICAN'S HORRIBLE DEATH.
Head and Limbs Burned Off at San
Diego During Fire.
Sreci.il Telegram to Tho Express.
SAN LUfttiO, Tex., Jan. 22.—Justo ller-
rera, an aged Mexican, was burned to
death hero In a fire which destroyed the
house 111 wltlch lie lived. The mail was
an invalid, and It Is believed that a
sparK trom Ills cigarette ignited the bea-
ding.
Only the trunk of the body waa re-
covered, as his legs and bead had been
burned otr.
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MAY BUILD EXCHANGE.
Faremrs of Brownwcod District Plan
to Construct Phone System.
Special Telegram to The Express.
bkown wotilJ, 'lex., Jan. 22.—Farmers
of this section are planning to put in a
local telephone exchange. It Is under-
stood that nearly all of the farmers
are ready to support the enterprise.
WITHDRAWS COMPLAINT.
Count Szchenyi Does Not Have to Ap-
pear in Court.
NEW YORK, Jan. 22.-The complaint
of assault preferred by Ormand J,
Reilly, a photographer, against Count
Szchenyi, fiance of Miss Gladys \an-
derbilt, which was to have been heard
in police court yesterday, was withdrawn
before the time for the hearing.
AGED~CO UP L EkTL L SELVES.
Husband of 68 and Wife of 77 Die To-
gether.
CHICAGO, III.. Jan. 22.—Tired of life's
battle. John Florlan, aged 6S. nnd his
wife, Mary, aged 77, committed suicide
last night by taking carbolic acid.
The old couple, it !s said, had been
living on the kindness of neighbors, 'ies-
terdav the old man made a will In which
hr left hia household goods and sonio
trinkets to his two children, residence
unknown, and then he and his wifepre-
pared to carry out a suicide < ompai t.
When found they were clasping hands.
MANY HARDWARE MEN ATTEND.
Over 200 Present at Second Day's Ses-
sion at Dallas.
Special Telegram to Tho Express.
LJA l,i ,AS, Tex.. Jail. 22.—There were
more than 200 in attendance at the sec-
ond di.y's proceedings of the tenth an-
nual convention of tho Retail Dealeis
Hardware and\ implement Association.
rl he morning session was given over to
bearing papers on topics inteicstiug to
members of ihe association.
The afternoon session was seiret, tak-
ing up various reports. Discussions upon
the parcels post law and uiitlpistol law
were engaged fHt,
A Square Deal
la assured you when you buy t»r. rierefi
family medicines—for all the Ingredi-
ents entering Into tliem are printed on
tho bottle-wrappers and their formulas
are attested under oath as being complete
and correct. You know j ust what you are
paying for and that the Ingredients are
gathered from Nature's laboratory, being
selected from the most valuable native
medicinal roots found growing in our
American forcsGrmdovhlle potent to cure
•re perfect!* harml»ss>v*nto the mom
delicate woinawfcJAilJTBn^JiJjjjidrojj
ol alrnhnl givtcr* into their con7i>o5n!Tnn
®1WW5I'3«I
u T3 <IiTJ V.^n ,-TtI«r>T 1 I rjITM
-nare H
lit posiei
hem. \
This agent possesses
Intrinsic itfiealclilai properties of Its own,
being a most valuable antiseptic and anti-
ferment, nutritive and soothing demul-
cent.
Glycerine plays an Important part l«
Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery to
the cure of indigestion, dyspepsia ana
weak stomach, attended by sour rising*,
heart-burn, foul breath, coated tongue,
poor appetite, gnawing feeling In stom-
ach, biliousness and kindred derange*
menu of the stomach, liver and bowels.
Beside* curing all the above distressing
ailments, the "Golden Medical Discovery ■
Is a specific foaall diseases of the mucous
membranes, a# catarrh, whether of the
nasal pasAges or of the stomach, bowels
or pelvic organs. _ Even^ In its ilceratlve
! 1
■fa
if tL-
eovery " for the necessary constitutional
stages it will yield to thia sovereign
erfiln. In Chi
passages.
Golden Medical Dis-
edj'if Ita use fcib persevered In. In
Catarrh of the Na
while takins
?asal
the
rem*
ironic
it Is well,
treatment, to cleanse the passages freely
two or three tlmos a day with l)r. Sage's
Catarrh Remedy. This thorough course
•f treatment generally cureanhe worst
cases.
In coughs and hoarseness caused by bran*
ehlal. throat aod lung affections, except con-
sumption In its advanced stages, the "Golden
Medical DIscaT-'ry" Is a most efficient rem-
edy. especially In those obstinate, hang-on
coughs cs used by Irritation and congestion of
the branchial mucous membranes. The " Ota*
corsry " la not so good for scute coughs ana-
log from sudden colds, nor must It be ex-
pected to cure consumption In Its advanced
stages—no medicine will do. that—but tor all
the obstinate, chronic couch». which, if ner-
tectad. or badly treated, leed op to ennsump-
tlen.lt Is tho hae* medicine that caa he take*.
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