The evening world. Newspaper, January 6, 1913, Page 14

mics, BA By Maurice Ketten NO. 41--TEXAS The “Lone Star” pLBEBiySPEpHN Copyright, 1012, by The Pree Publishing Co. (The New York Erening World). band of 183 bronzed men— ly, hopeless but unafraid—met the onrush of a Mexican army, several down gates of the old Alamo Mission early in March, 1836, For eleven days the Mexicans had ham mered a the Alamo. And for eleven days the handful of United States pioneers within the walls had held them off. Then, the gates crushed and the defenders’ ammunition gone, the foe broke in and slaughtered the grimly battling heroes to a man. There fell Travis, fearless leader of the defense; and there Davy Crock ett, most picturesque backwoodsman in history, There, too, died Bowls, back against a wall, his red hand gripping the redder knife that bore his name, and a half circle of dead Mextoans sprawiing in front of him. The Alamo siege was part of the local settlers’ attempt to wrench Texas free from Mexico, And when news of the slaughter reached other Texans they flocked by hundreds to Sam Houston's standard and swept Texas clesn of ite Mexican masters. Sam Houston—man of mystery and of destiny—was the guiding spirit ef VOLUME 88.........0.seesserececeeseceeeees + NO. 18,763 ‘ DON’T STOP AT NUMBERS. HE CENSUS SHARPS figure that 1913 is going to pute gay feather in this city’s cap. New York long ago passed Lon- don in strictly city population. Before the end of the it year Greatar New York will have passed Greater London, and the world’s greatest metropolis. Tn 1911 London hed in its metropolitan district 7,252,963 souls, ig at a rate of 10.8 per cent. each decade. At the clove of the it year London’s population will be about 7,440,000. Accord- to the 1910 census the metropolitan area of New York caynted 000 persons. It increases by more than 200,000 each year. At u) |) the end of 2913 the total will be over 7,514,000, as against London's the whole war, He had suddenly thrown away « brilliant career as @ statesman | %A0,000. in Tennessse and had gone to live with the Indians. Thence he had migrated Pn to Texas, where he took control of the settlers’ rebellion. And he was made As a financial centre New York claims to have already out- i President of the new formed Texas Repubjic, with London, its average weekly clearings exceeding those of the The State of TS cane ae een coher ear Wk eer : capital by $600,000,000. Real estate roctere are pointing out , ae VA a). Six Flage. in the Union. It was firet ruled by the 8} | that since there is nothing like population for making land valuable 4 ° ‘ then by the French: by the Spaniards again; then | thle city will soon be the most precious spot on earth. Nor are the io subway, transportation and dock projects now in full swing to Mexico, Then it was « republic; later @ part of the United States; till later claimed and seised by the Confederacy, and ultimately a State of the Union ence more. In all, six national flags have waved successively over Temaa, It is also by far the largest of the States. If New York, Ohio and all New England were all set down in Texas they would cover little more than half ite vast area, x For nearly ten years after the rout the Mexicans Texas remained @ re- _@helk down a few fitting resolutions alongside. To be the most public, But Houston, as a true patriot, was eager te annex it to the United metropolis in the world is a fine thing. We are already States, He worked for this end with rare diplomatic genius, At last, in 1846, Texas was admitted to the Union State. | the best located. But while we're on the job what’s to hinder being| [J g ; Hi i: ; ‘ And hot upon its admission war with Mexico (the result ef a dls A rosy forecast for the beginning of the new year. But let's > the most sightly, the most convenient, the best paved, the best policed pote over the p reaae Wocndary A -) anda oy anes of the er Tete’ a best erned as well jem, and an a wran cry je new a i and the it by u concerning 1 slaves, ‘Texas thus far hed proved to be @ firebrand. ° __t—_ When the civil war drew near, Houston, who was then Governor, used ell ; wer in vain to hold Texas loyal. The State seceded in February, 1861, and ALL ON A DAY— a ° ton was deposed from office. The last battle of the civil war was fought Wd A LABORER in Tennessee digs up a buried treasure of $37,000 on Texas soil. This battle was waged at Palmito, more than @ month after Lee's surrender, which a survivor of Jesse James’s bully boys forthwith iden- Last Blow of } i resan stadually forged forwsrd. New reeiaeate 4 tifies as part of an old haul from a train robbery one dark the Civil War. poured in from more crowded States and from Europe. pst etry night in Outober, 04 “The pilver and gold,” say be terme of commerce and by aarioaltate, he cities acew' tn’ clse 6c. waned B | . Importan “og aayet es jesome. ane ae Al away aaihd "From a population of 1,691,749 in 1880, the 1910 census showed 3,896,043. | gang came back for the ewag, but the markers was moved. It wasn’t bead coed “Texar” ig said to come from an Indian word, “Tejas,” meaning § jends.” tafe to dig much thereabouts. We gave it up. And there it is, ne » conspicuous millionsive, who would seem about as concealable don’t want @ manager; you want « watchman.”— Vanity Fair, Providing for Her. lagi a Didn’t Know Himself. for the rugged oottler, bis wife and their four! AN American traveling in Rurope engaged 0 bors, new fast about grown, While the mother courler, Arriving et an ina in Austela, of his own vast domain. Dersalf with the dincer for the the man ached his servant to enter bis comes a etrange tale of a piece of ip in the cea, bearing words scratched with a jackknifc message of love and farewell to that same rich young dead father, who nine months since went down in tho Obcccccccoooccoes coccccceonooccooesocooconceso;otes il Mr. Jarr Says: ‘‘Never Again!” He Says It Very, Very Sh:kily. HPP EDEEDO COO RESO CEOSELIES ESS CEOOE668 800 6608OO46 urriedly emptied, oritical Slavineky, “Me, it is, I am | mut cried Bepler. ‘I catched you! | ¢rinking @ chinger ale!” ‘Then it's all off and I oan take @| “Well, ifs a good thing,” growled whooptic?” the newcemer, “You would do better as “Nothing tas off,” repiiea the hype-|@ glasier if you didn't put so many —_———_————- | Sasee0s in your mouth. How about it?” coke-burner from Pittsburgh will build upon a princely site . fair city a palace to outshine in splendor all others, with Oh were ostentatiously marble courts and colonnades, wherein only a pool of water { j vetting Ginger ale, Gus having cost « king’s ransom—the coke-burner having torn down and ppchedlecernaplanly Abaleagndegenes hell “a diy 4 -eant to the dump one of the city’s finest monuments to make room thelr belne hurriedty ‘Altea aa pees . “What will . F ¢ wonderfullest wizard in all the world has found a way to cast | Mr, Rane coming In at this moment mot care ly ge dg mr Meg poe “W ‘ase of Hecker, convitted of grafting?” " @pom @ screen the pictures wherein men walk about and’ move their ° likes eae sayfleu typi ‘on ol ee he fee teat with Ne Keen, EF 0 eae ae dips, trees bend their branches and the vase falls from the shelf, 50 Chats With Gr eat Men ax you it you Ra s pol aes you," before Daal arene % ae ie aeal ee ee a : What the words of the man and the rush of thé wind and the tinkle ‘Sante, MT Bepler, indicating Mr. | aim yen reuarat aot the eamlaye; bet] “Oke mile er Goppright, 1913 by 1ue sree Publishing Oo ‘Tia New Terk Bresing World), of the Civil War ef each splinter of glase upon the pavement may be heard by all ‘I notice you never treat me to =, Who see. rT} | GUESS, mevve, that cashier res- ©OO . + steak! replied Randie, airiy ‘And th folks feter machine of youre ain't 60- : : : \ l eaaee adda ee — ing to play oo many tunes for Mrs. Pickett is the widow of Gen.| |} tzoept cue ena ne dont coir crtese” * remar! + Glavine- | “ Ry fet erie era ieen pioee aa te George E. Pickett, leader of the sri treat nem" sald Qua. “Comet” the gle Now Yetta cus immortal Gettysburg charge. She “T seen eott stutt made alreedy yet" Fel a Pg a gy ety aut was in the very heart of the Civil | |) 0¢ ur. stevinsey. sg ee Gat ant Me bus! and I ain't ty witriol chnapps tat‘ eier gon Fe oad te ‘Mahle mene seta tee | (nee ot *: BIG WORK AND BIG WORKMEN. NE OF THE pleasantest things this country will have to remember in after years about ite stupendous achievement of joining the two great oceans of the earth will be the tale singer ale,” remarked " ; personal friends. j "I don't see why we should be ob- it of gencrous modesty displayed by the distinguished engineers | ™r. ho drifted into the popular . “ A i stinate this way,” remarked Mr. Jarr. ‘who have planned and done the work. Without pretensions or press | pte fesgie ees a an \ Mis, Pickett hae written for the Ray seageall Gare eae ‘agents Col. Goethals, Engineer-in-Chief of the Panama Canal, skilled fora walle, Guat? “Nothing doing,” said Gus. “If you worker and admirable executive, has naturally come to have most | age re i i he water wasn. Dowt Doh one foot eredit and glory for the big job in the eyes of the public, Yet here " C) - {tang a pg . is Col. Goethals coming up to Washington and loudly declaring in the | "1 don't ave what harm Qrinking in shoulders give becom. The roliing collar in Robdesplerre iar makes a pretty fea. ture. In this case serge te trimmed with Me valine, but dresses heartiest way: “Col. Harry Hodges is the man who designed the canal. ‘ ‘ moderation will 4o anybody," remarked tna Hines and there te Ho js its genius. Without him there would have been no canal.” i sae fag Fi eed pn A gg Dended Sasineme men ana we san take Yay foede low or hte _ .The country likes that spirit. It is glad to see Col. Goethals get A: his “belated Christmas present of the Governor-Generalship of the i Ganal Zone, It is delighted with his assurance that on July 1, 1919, | ,,2#°"M. fer, werett™, spoke, uP 3 will be turned into the canal, and with his etill more impressive | don't say anything te Rangle, Hell be ; Mrs. Pickett was affectionately termed “The| |)*.‘rox%r lesvett sioner Bride of the Confederacy.” She has known nine } | ova “Ail you taiore mete your noose Presidents, and has won fame as one of the most brilliant and interesting writers of the scenes in @us, “All you fellers make your brags you go on the water wagon. So on it FOU go. uu afn’t @oing te fall off it tu MY la tore.” “plan that on Oct. 5, 1913, the four hundredth anniversary of the |!" Defore lone. i i “Tt wouldn't be fall are adapted to Q ‘Bepler was just tn as Mr. Jarr and which her soldier-husband bore so gallant a part. * ing off 1f we hed ri Bed Smeriey fe Pesiic by the Spanish explscer Balbos, hiye call = “Chats With Great Men of the Civil War,”| | ius somvting stimulating tor meds Fiala and "cleo. Bear iw sent rough the canal from one ocean to the Stupid Man! will begin in the Evening World, January 9. bi aay I} HUY Bive' tines vin ce oe ~ thing is certain. When the great project is an sccomplished ae Power’ ae Barnes sve oe 4 py AS Sine 4 the guns of all the proudest navies of the earth are booming ———— en _we are met like this we shoud ! Perge seuta be homage to this nation’s achievement, the country will eeek out for its Th e Pp ) cke E n cycl ope di 2 ee, aes pn sad i iY We plait i 2, en honor and thanks these modest, efficient men, each of whom, 676-—Whet te the dedy’e lergest ten: 5~What Pp ® Eon, ive She parotataia Kavi of treat-| 4 \ h a ee x She sient ; 4 | ceases." y Hous toiling faithfully and well upon «monumental task, has boasted| (~ Pry inleati om p Aalatll Has Mgty Bo Meno gg Mooi nate aan laine eever ( Wi, oa te cee nly of another’s work, con’ Judicial and the Fxecutive, really enchoyed treating, @ feller made tnvtsibi aly , content merely to do well his own. 571—Why ta the seaside, tn winter,| ye Cwnat wee tae ater book pemtea | don't Want ts be a bum the tude” “Mer 0 warmer than are inland places? in the Anglo-American colonies?)—The| ‘You ain't going to have nothing but For the 12-year size Rete, , f 578—What is the weight of fve-|Bay Paaim Book, printed at Cambridge, | #oft stuff in my place," said Gus, firmly, Seo Grose will require Lette rs fr oO th Pp l A cent piece? Mass, in 1640, “If you fellera believed you were get- 4% yards of material m e cop e NM 6%—(Why should mitk never be kept | ting to be rummies and had to quit, ‘M, 8% yards 33 or % Morn OR ORCA RRORROPROROORARAALAAN | A 51>—What advantage is gained DY in an open bottle or dish ?)—Because it | then you can't have nothing intoxaholle yards 4 inches wide using @ crowbar for weight-lifting? 80 readily absorbs gases, &c. in my place.” with % yard 27 Inches A Diteh Probie Zan must dig all the bard part and the “imoxaholio?’ asked Mr. Jarn . PF Batter of The Drentng World: fo men are employed to dig q.attch ner 6B the a yards long and receive $60 tor the Béitor of The Breniag Wort: Job, But one part of diteh te | On what day of the week did Maroh 4 to dig than the other, eo they |fall in iso? T. D. Mtanbeth Akers Allen, t the who digs the hard ‘To the Béitor of The Evening World: cen em ge who wrote the poem 10 lines of which read « follo 680—What ts a block-and-fall? ee HAY TWENTY YEARS OLD. HESE questions will be answered| 3. G. Van Trica, who lives near here, t feoding hay which he tnto his mow twenty years ago, He @iled the mow the firet year after the barn was Dutlt, and not until thie year has he a a4, cosasion to feed to the bottom of “Has he ne senee # alr oe 612—(What is the use of lime water in ie Netant cad cae nea Pn a “ene y, ne babies’ f00d?)—Besldes its dietary bene- © child again, just for to-| even know he wai in love with fit the Nd 10 rteant im the ‘growth Fon Cay mien nee son Weline ve weer wegen nine greek exptoee reducer, wide for the trimming, Pattern No. 7713 'p ‘And be stood firm, and one by one cut in sizes for girls they drifted out. from 10 to M4 years of ‘What's this sudden espousal of pro- ene, “Bure!” sald Gus, ‘ thousand strong, within the battered - The Day’s Good Stories | country, Some time after the man asbd it