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The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1895-12-18

Some weeks age the lecturer wrote his
wife from Colorado Springs that he
had been poisoned eating sardlnes.
Two days later he wrote he had been
III but danger was then over. The wife
wrote and telegraphcd him 10 come
home.
In Col Sanford's succeeding letters
he wrote he did not know what spell
had seized him for he could remember
no name but hers. The next letter was
ineoheront. Another followed In great
er tumble. and the next night a tele-
gram announced Col. Sanford's col
lapse.
Col. Sanford Is known as Americas
greatest traveller. In his wanderings
he has been In every country OF the
world. and has met an incredible mum
Der OF the earth's prominent person
ages. He was described In London
Journal as the restless American who
looked forward with dismay TO the day
when there would be no country ief,
for him TO explore"
His knowledge Of Russia. Siberia
and northern China has been vast. aud
upon the Mediterranean countries he
was called an authority. His lectures
dwelt upon the places and people he
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1895-12-18

why don't ike America said an
Englishman. who was drinking u cucG.
tail Ia broadway hotel Yesterday.
why, Tor many reasons | haven't
found anything here that like Take
your athletic sport. Tor Instance. It's
bogus. What Is your representative
sportf Base hall. Is 10 uotg Well, That
simply represents the work % hired
men. u isn't really sport Besides, |
can't understand your newspaper ar.
counts u d. They are very mysterl.
Gus. Waiter. another cocktail. Your
climate Is bad. aud your politicians arr
LIMOGES | have been disappointed all
around. aud Ia everything save one,
aud that Il your cocktails. drank siN
last night before going To bed. hav,
suffered from your climate to-day
New York sun.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1895-12-18
VENETIAN MosAlcA.
An Old and Beautiful Art Revived ~
Mohern nennnha.

Modern Demands.
The revival at Venice OF the mosaic
art, chiefly for internal and external
artistic decoration OF private and pub
lie buildings, goes on uninterrupte6ly
and working In mosaic Is now four
consul says carried on In that city on
a large scale and with great success.
says the London Daily News A mosaic
is a work framrd By the use Of ties
serae' or small cubes Of enamel, mar
Bile 81 other material and Of a gold
anG s.iver leaf between two Gins q
the purest glass Of various colors
which are sklllfully mixed on cement
NO as TO produce the effect Of a picture.
The composition Of human figures In
different attitudes. animals. draperies
or other objects requiring a careful de-
lineatlOn are intrusted 10 the best
workmen and the execution Ct the
background 10 less trained workmen.
The splendid mosaios which are made
AZ Venice continue 10 be In great de-
mand In the artistic markets Of the
world for the skillful manner In which
the tesserae are arranged. for their ex-
irene beauty and dellcacy OF color. the
rich harmony Of effect and from their
being nearly indestructlble The man
ner in which mosaios are now made
for decorative purposes Is quite diff
ferent from the elaborate system used
by the anclents. which consisted In tix-
Ing the tesserae one by one on the
cement previously applied on the wall.
The modern method OF the Venetian
school consists In executing the mosaic
In the workshop by having the tesserae
hxed with common paste on the section
Of the cartoon assigned TO each work
man. When all the parts OF the mosaic
are complete they are put together on
the floor or on a special wooden frame.
The mosaic. which Is then q perfect
representation Of the original cartoon.
Is again divided into sections IN the
reverse side. marked with a progress
sive number and carefully packed to
be sent on to the place for which II is
intended The surface Of the wall
where the mosaic is 10 be- fixed Is then
covered with cement. into which the
sections OF the mosaic are uniformly
pressed according TO their numbers
and the key-plan supplied 10 the ixers
When the cement has hardened the
paper on which the teEserae have been
pasted Is gently taken on and the faith
iul copy Of the original cartoon is again
exhibited on the right side.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1895-12-18

Bessborough French, the deaf pos,
master OF scall's Mills, Pa, has had to
employ a deputy owing to the death Of
his remarkable parrot The bird had
been trained to perch on his shoulder
and rcpert what visitors said to him.
and could manage sentences Of as many
as a dozen words. As rule, however
Il had only to voice such remarks as
is there letter for John Jonesg''
zone. two. please" Three postals." or
when does the next mail stert?" II
was a Central American bird. and was
known to be at least thirty-one years
old.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1895-12-18

that he did not have on during the
ride downtown. That knocked hIa
chances into smithereens. as Il sent
the total twonsy-four above his sure
thing" count. II seems that Mr.
Wormser keeps quite a stack OF dia'
monds In a private drawer In the OF
ice safe, no that be can readily tn
crease or diminish the number Of his
gems This the clever man did not
know. lie acknowledges now that to
beat the wormser diamond game is
almost an lmpossibllity.
The jumping bean Is a nice game
that IN as exciting as horse racing
In fact, Il il more 80, as there II ali
solulcly no means OF getting a line
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1895-12-18

on which way the bean viii jump
The players OF this game enter their
beans Just ~ horse-Owners do for a
sweepstakes The bean II the little
South American AFFAIR with tiny
werm inside. The equirmlng Of the
worm makes the bean jump one way
or the other. The bean with the live
lest worm stands the best chance o.
winning. as Il goes flower the most
ground
The game Is played la this way: 4
circle about an iuch In diameter Is
drawn In the center Of a large sheet
Of white paper Another circle. q
inches away from the other. II drawn.
The biz outside circle Is then the
starting line aud the little circle Is
the finish The bean that lands inside
the small circle first Is the winner.
II costs s. To enter a bean In this race
hut when two beans are making about
equal Roadway for tie small circle biz
bets are often made as to which will
win. u the bean jumps the wrong
way and insists upon going In an
opposite direction to the small circle,
the owner can mt him hack % the
starting line Hut NO bean can be-
touched after Il has once started In
the right direction,
Another form of pool gambling
which H. the faVorte system among
the Wall street men. as there Is q
change uf hig winning FOR n small
investment Il ON the number Of
shares that will be- dealt Ia during the
day Each chance costs dollar. aud
sometimes there II as much as 500
la the pot. The winner Of this feels
that he has done a pretty good days
business.
Since the advent OF the blcycl,
craze many " the brokers have taken
To riding the wheel. and now they buy
their wheels ON the gambling plan
This scheme is not confined 10 Wal
street alone. but II has attained IN,
height OF lis popularity there. This
II the way they do H.
4 cloth bag h filled with slips II
paper numbered from 10 $50. A MAJ
thrusts In his hand and pulls out 8
number II the number Ii I. he pay,
/ L. into the fund. II he be- unfortu
nate and pulls out the 80 number. h,
chips Va $50 When all the numbers
have been pulled out, the bag Is agaii
filed with slips numbered Ia the SAINT
way. \ number Is then drawn out
aud the man who holds the dupllcat,
wins the total which Is biz enough
to buy first-class wheel The chance
I OF winning Is rather remote. being
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1895-12-18
A TRAGEDY IN MIp-AlR.
The Hawk Catches the Weasel. out Gets
the Worst 81 H.

The weazel Is a dainty and luxurious
liver, In his way. says the Houston
Post. lie steals the freshest eggs. Sc
lects the tenderest chickens OF the
brood. and will sometimes kill several
for single meal, sucking the warm
blood and eating only a small portion
Of the flesh. He Is not only sly and
cunning. but remarkably courageous.
lie will often attack an enemy much
larger and stronger than himself and
he does not lose his wits even In i'm
mlnent peril. This heroic quality is
sometimes strlkingly eyinced. Two
farmers In Titus County. Texas. we're
eating their midday meal. when they
noticed a large hawk cirellng In the
sky overhead. lie was gradually
narrowing his circles while APP
preaching the ground. and Il was APP
parent that he would soon drop upon
his victim. The men looked about
cautiously. without movement or noise.
and presently discovered weasel
stretched out upon the warm side OF
a log. not far away. probably summing
himself after a long mornings sleep.
for the weasel does his sleeping In the
daytime and his work a; night But
the weasel quietly blinked at the sun.
either unconscious Of the danger or In
different to H. The farmers had just
made this discovery when the hawk
came gliding down. swift ag an arrow.
seized the weazel In his powerful tall
ans and rose again al0mst perpcndicu-
larry. An seemed nj an END for that
weasel Soon. however. the move
ments OF the great bird became strange
and unnatural. His wings worked
rapidly and convulslvely. as II making
a great effort TO sustain flight. then he
began TO sink. slowly an finally he fell
straight like plummet to the ground
dead From under the outslretched
wings crept the weasel. apparently I'M
harmed. What had happened? The
weasel had quickly stretched his long
supple neck under the hawks wing.
stuck his teeth into a vital part and
sucked out the life blood. The mus
cles Of the hawk relaxed as the blood
was rapidly drained There was a last
desperate effort at flight: the wings
tapped uselessly In the air. and the
heaylness Of death brought him swiftly
TO the ground, very near the spot where
the weasel had been haskiug In the SUI
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1895-12-18

Mr. Hamlin was a true gentleman.
Punctlllous himself In the observance
Of all the requirements Of gentlemanly
intercourse, he was equally exactinE Of
every courtesy due him from others.
lie permitted no man TO be rude 10 him.
or to assume the attitude OF q Superior
on one occasion one OF the able men
aud leaders OF the Senate. distinguished
for a self-conscious. lordly air In his
department. In the change OF seats
which occurs once In two years In the
Senate chamber had gained a seat by
the side Of Mr. Hamlin. and began at
once to practice upon him those little
eXactions ana snnoyances which be
had been accustomed TO impose upon
others After few days OF yielding TO
these Entertainments. Mr.. Hamlin
turned and In tone that did not re-
quire repetition. said. Sir. n you ox-
pect 10 be treated like a gentleman. you
must prove yourself one There was
never occasion af,erward to repeat the
admonitlon. Exchange.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1895-12-18

ton, and have come TO tell you that
think that you are my grandfather.
And I have thought. my child. FOR
ten minutes that you are my grand
daughter
Col. Sanford took the woman In HE
arms and wept In a chance sentence
he learned that his FIRST wife was now
dead lie did not ask how long.
BY appointment Col. Sanford met his
granddaughter al Ontario Centre. n.
v. August 81. lie was then formally
introduced to his daughter. Mrs. Wash
ington SandTson, a handsome woman
Of a years, whom he had not only
never seen. but through the first forty
three years OF her life had never sus-
pected such person born.
The meeting agitaled him deeply.
The dread was 80 intolerable that he
did not learn the exact truth as to his
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1895-12-18

a number il pasted upon each blade
aud then the players chip Ia a dollar
each 4 lever at the hack ~ the ian
sets the blades whirllng around at
lightning speed aud then the current
II shut on. The fan whlrls slower aud
slower until II gradually comes 10 a
stop. The winning blade Il the one
which stops nearest TO the wire al the
bottom OF the ian. aud the holder Of
the duplicate number 20 that on the
blade scoops In the not
The usual stake l. 81 on each blade,
hut the game can be- played without
limit Some hghayetS play 10 as high
as $50 blade, sud with Sl2O In each
pot the amount that can be- lost OF won
In half an hour Is so big that cheers
have to be given 10 liquidate debts
The ordinary pocket roll ~ the Wall
street man Is not big enough for the
purpose Onc lucky chap won ~ .SOO
Ia an afternoons play 40 the game,
but this was au unusually large sum.
Five men played the ian one whole
afternoon .sd Hsar of them quit more
than $40 ahead Ur 10 the bad. Each
took q number aud stuck To- Il all
through the play The sixth blade was
left blank. and whenever 10 won a
Jackpot was made. the stakes being
doubled The advantage of the game
Il that there is no Kitty io be- fed. No
room rent TO pay and the players arr
absolutely certain uf an honest deal
lsidur Nurmser aud his diamonds
oner a fruitful held Tor tlr men vino
like To- gamble Mr. Wormsrr has a
collection ot diamonds second To none
IN ne street The headlights hr wears
ia his shirt front have been the sub
sect II many weird tales II II as.
serted that he can walk along dark
street az night time and read news
paper with ease 10y the light ~ his
sparklers.
Sometimes Mr. Wormser comes down
town with only ten diamonds on his
person. Again he appears with sixty.
On the latter occasion his Jewels arr
Of the cluster variety. Pools are often
formed on She number of diamonds
the banker viii wear Il COSTS s. tu
huy chance IN this pool. aud the man
who comes nearest the number uOck-
cts the pool.
one man thought De would prt up
a clever job ON bis friends. aud grt
sure thing on the pool lie walked
over % the IL station ai which Mr.
Wormser boards t.ir down town train.
aud rode down with him white chat.
ting about business matters the clever
man made careful count uf an the
Wormscr diamonds. aud secure with
this Information prepared Tor q grand
coup
Dor the sake Of enlareing the pool
aud drawing others la. he bought three
numbers. 0ne representing the total of
his actual count. There was Si75 Ia
the pot tat morning. and the schcmcr
huEgsd himself with joy. Visions OF
doing the same thing every morning
aud feaplng untold walih passed he.
fore HIN. He felt a. II he had dis
covered a gold mine
When nr. wormser appeared ON
'Change there was the usual rush 10
see the Official count Of the gems.
The clever man almost tainted when
be saw the banker On the third nm.
gtr u each hand was = cluster ying
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1895-12-18
UNFOLDING u,s Dignity,

This suit said the rural Justice.
rs fer breach In the premises. Il ap-
pears 10 the court that he promised the
wilder 20 marry her an then run on
with the postmistress
Yes. slr." said the weeping widow.
that he didr'
"Bailifi. collect SO out o the wilder
Ter interruptin' the court. II the post
mistress present."
No sir: she's on her honeymoon. 80
Get $50 worth Of stamps out o. her
Ter contempt. All the lawyers pre-
sent?"
No, air-twO absent"
"All right. $40 apiece fer both. Amt
you been drlnkin' balling"
Jest q dram. sir
Five dollars and costs Ter you. The
dignity o. this here court II got TO eC
Observation-Disclosures Constitution.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1895-12-18

Three scientific black gentlemen OF
slerrc leone. one Of them a Sunday
school teacher, were hanged recently
hy the British authorities for cannibal.
ism. They belonged TO a human
leopard society" the members OF which
hid In the hrnsh In the neighborhood
OF the villages. clad In leopard skins.
aud killed the villagers who came In
their way; these the society subse-
quently ate. In their defense they ex-
planned that the murders we're CON-
mltted In order to obiain certain parts
OF the body, the hand. the leg and
heart. with which to make medicine
called "ju.iu." They we're taken from
Greetown to the lmperi country. the
scene Of their crimes. where In a pub
lie street a scahold was set up. on
which they were allowed to hang for
forty-eight hours. the scaiold being
left In place as warning to other
"leopards."
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1895-12-18

has learned &c know by contact, and
are replete with graphic story telling,
with Irresistible humor. and when deal
ing with the vanities Of people he dc
veloped a vein OF mild and winning
sarcasm
Col. Sanford Is Of commanding pres
ence. Of heroic stature. with a massive
head and abundant auburn hair. which
give him a leonine appearance. though
he has an intelligent and kindly face
lie Is one OF the most engaging and
magnetic humorists.
lie called Marshalltown. Iowa. his
home during most Of hi1 life. and In
1891 moved TO Wheaton. For slXIeeu
years he was with the slayton Lyceuu
bureau He studied at the University
Of Iowa. was a captain OF the Second
Iowa cavalry. and became colonel Of
the Forty-seVenth Iowa Volunteer In.
fantry.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1895-12-18

-
7 II would seem that the mcn WHO
make and lose fortunes In day on
the New York stock exchange would
have all the gambling that their con
stltutlons could stand They do, for
ten months In the year, but IN the
other two-July and August the
lambs have gone elsewhere, and Wall
street is comparatively a dull place.
Hut the gambling appetite must be
fed. When the brokers are not losing
o. winning thousands with other pco-
pies money. thes risk their own but
on a much smaller scale They don't
20 against the stock market, for long
experience has taught them that there
II certain percentage against the
player They gamble among them
selves for smaller stakes, where every
man has an equal chance OF winning
and losing.
Common. ordinary games do not do
for the broker IN his Idle moments
There must he novelty 20 get them
interested. and to satisfy this craving
some mighty Ingenious games have
been devised. There are a few old
standbys. Ike matching pennies for
50 notes. which have stood the test Of
time. but the newest game Is always
the most popular.
A Wtain Wall street light went TO
Washington not long agO and there
discovered game which has since
been introduced on the street with
great success There h plenty OF eN'
element In playing Il, aud II Is abso-
lutely honest.
The electric fan IL the means by
which the game Is played. Some os
the fans have only four blades. Others
have i've aud six blades The six.
blade fans are the most popular, even
when there are only four players.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1895-12-18

Ellensburg. Wash, Aug. 2l.-Elghi
persons are under arrest here under a
charge Of being Implicated In the re.
cent lynching OF the Wilson's. father
and son. They are Mike Lander,
Frank Ubelocker, william Buasey,
Frank Fiegei. Robert Tinkel. Frank
SCHILLER and Henry Dewescourt. They
had preliminary trial today.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1895-12-18
AN AWFUL CHARGE.
A Mllwaukee rhyslclAn Accused % Ia
ocuIatinE a Naples, Victim.

A Milwaukee Physician Accused % Ia
ocuiatinE a Naples, Victim.
Dr. J. W. Wick OF Milwaukee. Wis.
has been accused OF a most horrible
crime In the police court lie was
charged with causing the death Of rirl
by inoculstlng her with smallpox The
accusation was made by Hattie Cole
aud Il came out during her examination
In the preliminary hearing Of Or Wick.
who IL charged with performing a Grim.
inal operation on the witness. Miss
Cole said tho physician had told her
that he was bothered considerably by a
gill named Myra owens. who persisted
In following him. and that he finally
got r,l OF her by inoculating her with
smsllpox. She died from the disease.
According TO the witness. this occurred
during the smallpox epidemic OF last
summer. The records Of the health de-
parlment show that Myra Owens died
OF smallpox at that time. The testi-
mony OF Miss Cole caused tremendous
sensation In the courtroom. The ac-
cused physician was not at an discom-
ftcd by her story, and simply smiled
as she gave her damaging testimony.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1895-12-18

Gotham Girl-what dimcult prob
lens Is Boston culture struggling with
al present?
Miss TremOnt-A recent sublec, Of
social discussion Is the proposition to
tax bachelors.
0Otham-what nonsensel n htA
don't see any one In Boston they want
to marry, tell them to come TO Ntw
York.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1895-12-18

frs, wlie's death. He knew only that
she had lived years after he thought
her dead-that he had never moved to
reclaim her-that he had remarked.
These reflections. Col. SanfOrds
friends say. are responsible for his
waning intellectual power.
Col Sanford's western engagements
have been cancelled. and II is said his
engagements with the star Lecture bu-
reau Of New York. will also be can
celed.
Mrs. Sauford's suspicious were hrst
aroused by her husbands letters
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1895-12-18

- MlANAAn VI EaA
soElng. and the attack was followed
By sudden lapse OF intellectual power,
Col Sanford's breakdown Is traced by
some OF his more intimate friends 10
a strange meeting which occurred No
vember II last year. lie was attend
ing reception given him at Norris
town, Pa. The guests begged the noted
entertainer TO recount some OF his per-
sonal "reminiscences lie was asked
how he came to be such a worldwide
rover. lie told them he had been
married three times and had
been every place on earth at least
three times" and was then preparing
to cross the ocean for az leagt the
twentieth time
There was q young woman present,
Miss Anna Sanderson. a visitor from
rioga Center. ~ Y. whose face seemed
to attract the speaker and who was APP
parently drawn to him. She listened
attentively TO his story Of marrying
when a mere boy. and going to South
sh"A'AAAh NA u AoNi anu lfhA uAAh WhAAN
there that his young wife had died.
The traveller said his letters TO the
family were never answered and he
had never gone back.
My mother was born IN Steuben
County. n. v" spoke up Miss Sander
son. and her father bore exactly the
same name as yourself"
Indeed remarkable" exclaimed the
traveller. with a start
But mother never saw him grand
pa was killed. they said. In South
America before she was born"
The man Of the world lei attention
to another topic then said he was not
feeling we'll. aud. a few minutes later,
excuslng himself. went TO his room.
There was a knock at his door. and
the stupcfed man opened Il. admitting
Miss Sanderson 3d. flushed. short OF
breath and unattended.
Il have been thinking Il over" the
girl said h a voice that bespoke aglta-
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1895-12-18

The governor Of Kentucky. John
Young Brown. Issued a proclamation
on the mayor OF Louisville or any other
peace offi0er to prevent the Murray
Grlfin glove contest.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1895-12-18
THE ASSAULTON ACRE
NAPoLEoN's DREAM or os
ENTAIL CONQUEST.
The ra.ha's Capital Was the key
Pale.,ine--Sir sldncy smiths A'd
the Defenders Of Turkish liuis
Western Asia.

ROM earliest tiu
Acre had been ~
key OF PalestinAb
Bonaparie shcN
secure Il. he VI
become the arM
Of his own des&
and Of the worlds.
with Palestine,
Egypt and India at
his feet the iri-
continental mon
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1895-12-18

A man laughs when he IL amused, a
woman laughs when shs thinks people
thlnka she ought to-
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1895-12-18
WRECKED HIS LIFE.
COT. sANFoRps WIFE HAD DE-
cElvED HIM.
lie Met Ills Granddaughter at n han
aust and She Told Him All - He
PIRed Away Until lie Iiecams Insane
ON the Subject,

OIL. James Pom
eroy Sanford, tray
eler, orator. wri-
ter. and humorist.
recently returned
TO his home at
W heaton. Ill.
broken In health
and mind. He was
stricken with a
malady having the
symptoms OF poi
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1895-12-18
ODD GAMBLING GAMES
now WALL STREET BROkEnn
PASS AWAY NAL HOURS.

The Electric Fan Game - PooiA
Formed on the Number OF Din-
monda Isidor Mormser VIII Wear
The Jumping Bean Gsme-Win-
ninE Bicycles.