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The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-04-16

PEoRIA. nls., April i5.-Spontaneous
combustion among the oils In the base.
mcnt Of the Walton Bros. brick block AZ
Fair Bury caused e2e5,Oo0 FIRE The
fire spread rapidly and nothing was
saved, as the occupants Of the building
had to Zee t,r safety. The insurance is
small.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-04-16

ST. LouIs. April i5.-The 5. W. Par.
rish Shoe company, one Of the oldest IN
the city, made an assignment to the 81.
Louis Trust company for the benefit Of
creditors. The property assigned Is the
entire stock and fixtures valued az $50.
600.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-04-16

WASHINGTON, April i5.-The senate
committee on agriculture has authorized
Senator Warren 10 make a Favorable ~.
port upon the animal industry hill The
hill Is a rocodihcation Of the existing
laws bearing upon the subject Of animal
and moat inspection with numerous i'm.
portant additions.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-04-16

DEckrUR, Tex, April i5.-Mrs. wylie
Shelton, who lives one mile north Of
Decatur. sho, herself In the head with q
pistol. The ball went through her head,
She Is still alive. but the attending doc.
tors say she can not recover.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-04-16

NEW York. April iS.-The national
Armenian relief commission has re
ceived the following cable message from
Miss Clara Barton; "The epidemic Al
Marash Is beyond oontrOl. Have o1dered
forward more physicians with supplies.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-04-16

ToRoSro, April i5.-Holmes in his
confession says that he asphyxiated the
Pietzel children In the house on 81. Vim.
cent street In this city by turning gas
through flexible tube into the trunk.
An inspection Of the house shows that
there is no gas ON the premises.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-04-16
Clsterns. Clsternsl

Paonize home indu-ify by buying
one Of my galvanized cisierna. make
them In Bryan and sell them eheapor
than you can buy them elsewhere.
DO all kinds Of .lnwork, gulsesine. etc.
and kindly ask q portion Of yonr trade.
no Respectfully.
IA. Myers.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-04-16
II. B. SroDDARD,
Cham. Dem. Ex. Com. Brazos Co.

Zuber & acDousald have the ez-
elusive privilege q handling Of "Jeney
lily" hour here aud guarantee every
sack they sell. l22
Lost a pair Of rola frame gen.leman's
spectacles, 500 reward for return TO
this Office. lsa
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-04-16
Excursion to Monterey And
CITY of Mexico.

On April Il, very low exclusion rates
will be made to Monterey aud CITY, Of
Mexico for the Rpworth League exour.
sion. Call on nearest Agent fur full
information. d. ]. rricr, A. q. 2. A ,
1. .&G. n. r. r.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-04-16

AnERDEES, Miss, April iS.-John
Jones, cOlored, aged 10, who committed
criminal assault ON a is-year-old white
girl last Sunday near Mormon Springs,
was hanged by a mob early Monday
morning. Jones ccnfesscd his crime.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-04-16

FInt IVIIeI tuIF7 y -. II. IHIIIVI. II
Some smart Aleek has slolcn and
Jestr1yed my ice cream signs
where I advertised ice cream coda
Cor cents a glass Il does nol make
any difference. however. as sell
qaanli les Of Ice efeam soda daily. a. il
Che best five cent drink ever cold across
any soda water counter here Or any
where el.e. 10 A. kAoES.
Constipation causes more than half
the MS Of women. karl's Clover Root
Tea Is a pleasant cure Cor Constipation.
Sold by sum =. Wilson 4 Co. Bryan.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-04-16

HAMILTON. Ont. April l5.-In the
list Of Holmes victims, prepared by
himself, appears the name Of Mn.
Havercamp Of Hamilton. No person Of
that name Is living here or was ever
known % have lived here.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-04-16

WASHINGTON, April l5.-The treasury
Lost sia6.ao0 in gold coin and 5000 in
hars which leaves the true amount Of
the r,servc el20, ,7ls.s0i.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-04-16
FnR sAI.E

Mrs. Fulkerson's residence In Tie
Eastern part Of town.
Mr.. ]. Allen MyeF-' re ideuce on the
corner Eas, Of the Chistian churh,
See Dick Jones 4 Co., al once for par
ticulaTs.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-04-16

Jersey LILY" -four is made fOm
Michigan sofs wheat, the 6ness m the
world. Sold only ~ zaler McDou.
gald. i2
Thousands OF cases OF Consumption,
Asthma. Coughs. Colds and Cr0un ar
cured every day by Shlloh's Cure. Sold
By Sam n. Wilson & Co. Bryan.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-04-16

WASHINGTON. April i5.-The proai-
dent has nominated Leo Bergholz of
New York ~ cclsul AZ Erzeroum, Ar.
mouia
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-04-16
CHILDREN BURNED TO DEATH.
They Were Playing In = Harm aud NJ
The House Ahre.

the House Aare.
HuSrISOroS, W. Va, April iS.-
Three young ohildrcn Of Sheridan Moor
were burned in a barn a, their home Il
miles south Of here They went TO th'
barn TO play and half an hour later th'
barn was wrapped in flames and all en-
trance cut OF. The mother was the onl,
one near and assistance was impossible
Il Is supposed they were playing witt
matches.
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dcavorcd for more than a year TO hsr.
moniEe the troubles existing, but with.
out permanent suocess. Mr.. Clevelands
protest contains some very spicy Ian
guagc and resolution was passed stat.
ing that the prcsbytery did not assent "a
the statement made.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-04-16
IKE MARKETS

cmcAoo. April is-Casae usuady 10 arm.
Trxas E(eers. :, ooa3m
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-01-22
The Sawdust Industry.

A growing industry in this city is
the sawdust business. There are at
least five hundred men who make a
living selling sawdust. They have in:
vested capital of over two hundred
thousand dollars and are now doing q
business of 50, 900, 600 annually. Forty
years ago the lumber mills here were
GLAD to have sawdust carted away;
twenty-five years ago it could be
bought for fifty cents load; now it
brings $3.5 load at the mills. 1t is
used in hotels, eating houses, grocer
les and other business places. 1t is
vet and spread over the floor in order
to make the sweeping cleaner work.
Plumbers use it great deal about
pipes and buildings to deaden the
walls and floors. Soda water men and
packers of glass and small articles OF
every kind use it, and dolls are stuffed
nth it.-New York Advertiser.
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Mr.. Whitton had only just arrived
in town when he was met by q Re-
corder reporter yesterday. In ap-
pesrance he is remarkably like Grover
Cleveland
Whitton's tremendous girth is not
so apparent when he stands, but when
he sits he is startling. His measure
ments are: Height, 5 feet 10 inches; |;
neck, 26 inches; biceps, % inches |;
chest, 6 feet; waist, Z feet; thigh, 49
inches; calf, 26 inches. BE comes of
;tock noted for feshiness. He WAS
born in Northumberland County. On
tario, Canada, of English parents. Up
till the age Of twenty -one years he:
worked on the farm, at home. Then
ne went into the butcher business at
Brighton, Ont, which he attended to
up to three years ago, when his extra
ordinary girth rendered it impossible.
for him to handle the chopper.
When asked if he had endeavored to;
avoid growing SO fat Mr.. Whitton re-
piled that he had tried all remedies.
He has never tasted alcoholic drinks
in his life. & He loses from ten to fif-
teen pounds during the summer, but
does not feel much relief from the
loss. In winter he regains the amount
that was missing. He is married to an
everage-sized woman, and has five
children, the eldest Of whom is seven
seen years old. None of them shows
any signs of abnormal stoutness.
New York Recorder. }1s. 5
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-01-22
A Royal Marriage From Pique.

An interesting story is being told as
to how the King OF Portugal became
engaged. Prince Carlos, who was
known at that time as the Duke of
Braganza. was on the way to Venice
to celebrate his betrothal to the Arch
duchess Marie Valerie, daughter of
the Austrian Emperor, when, upon
his arrival at Paris, he received news
that Her Imperial Highness had
changed her mind. The Prince was
unwilling to return without bride,
and sought the advice of the Mar
quise de Ia Ferronay, an old friend OF
the family. Her Ladyship showed
him the picture of a young girl, VINO
she said was rich, talented and his
equal in rank. II will have her, who.
ever she may be-" exclaimed Carlos.
"Where can she be SEEM" "Accord-
ing to this mornings paper" replied
the Marquise, "Her Royal Highness,
the Princess Amelie of Orleans, ar
rived yesterday in Nice" Three days
later the Duke and Princess met for
the first time, and shortly afterward
their betrothal was announced. Ga
lignani Messenger.
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Blackbirds With Appetites.

If any one has just cause to desire
the total determination of destructive
birds, E. D. Smith has just grounds
to detest the blackbirds, as he has lost
through them at least $1,000 this year.
Mr.. Smith had probably the best crop
of. Egyptian corn this year ever grown
in Butte County. He planted fifty
acres during the proper season and
almost every hill came up, and the
corn grew and fourished until it was
as high as a mans head, and every
stock produced fine heads; in fact,
good iudges claimed that the yield
would average forty bushels to the
acre.
Mr.. Smith waited patiently for the
crop to mature, we'll pleased with tn 9
prospects of a bountiful yield. But
Judge of his chagrin when ne went out
to view the corn few days ago to find
the field the feeding ground for my
riads of black birds and the whole field
devastated. The birds had taken the
entire crop as completely as if it had
been run through threshing machine.
Biggs (Cal.) Argus.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-01-22
SPONGE FISHING OFF THE FLORIDA COAST.

ing on fruiter in the Mediterranean,
seeing some Greeks diving for
sponges," said another sailor, s'But
they dived, they did, and did not fish
with hooks. They carried full divers
outfit with them, pump and all, and
the diver, was let down over the side
and filed his basket with the nasty
things" =
Then Tim, who had been q sponge
fisher for more than year, spun his
yarn. Said he: .a -.
"We worked the fishing grounds
just off Anclote Keys, moving from
there to Cedar Keys, and we worked in
from three to six fathoms. Some Of
the finest sponges in the world come
from that coast and hundreds of men
are worked there. We coasted up and
down in thirty-ton schooner-rigged
craft, with a broad beam and drawing
but little water. We carried ten men,
including the cook, and four dingles,
which, you know, are small yawls.
Two men to dingy was the way we
were told of, one to skull and one to
hook. The dingies were eighteen feet
long and FIVE feet beam, light and
strong. They are made light because
two men handle them, and they must
be strong and seaworthy because We
worked sometimes in heavy sea.
''The sculling notch was to one side
of the centre of the stern, and it was
cut in the end of short bit of plank
which could be taken off if it was in
the way. The sponge hooks are made
of iron, have three prongs and are
curved. They are about six inches
wide, and long pole fits into the
socket. One man, as I said, sculled
the boat slowly along, and the other
hunted for the sponges. He used the
sponge glass and motioned to the man
in the stern to go this or that way.
When he saw good sponge he showed
the hook down over it and fastening
the prongs of the hook in it pulled it
from the bottom and into the boat.
"When we got boat load we
sculled to the schooner, and. the
sponges were piled up on the deck un-
til the curry ran out of them. The
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-01-22
1STERLocKED AsTLEgs.
Curious and Valuable Trophy Of q
y 4t Michigan Hunter. ~

In taxidermist's window in. Madi-
SON street pair of antlered deer heads
are displayed. The taxidermist says
they form the greatest curiosity ever
seen in that line. The antlers are in
.erlocked, and, he says, it is the only
pair in existence with the heads we'll
preserved. Other pairs of antlers
have been found tangled together but
he says it was after the animals to
which they belonged had long been
dead and nothing but the whitened
skeletons remained. The theory has
always been that the anlmals had died
thus fighting. The deers Of which
this exhibit originally formed 9 part
we're discovered in combat, and with
their ho,n inseparably tangled.
a. L. Brown, of Albion, Mich,
was hunting near Bismarck, North
Dakota, November Is last, when
he came upon two Virginia deer
bucks locked in Q mortal tangle.
How long they had been thus
ne could not say, but it must have
been some time, because they had
plowed up about two acres of ground
in their struggle. They could not
run away and Mr.. Brown ended their
struggle by shooting them. He cut
off the heads and sent them to this
city. to have them mounted as he
found them. N. Slotkin, the taxider-
mist who prepared them, say the
horns could only be untangled by
breaking them or loosining them from
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ths skull, and this was never done, 50
they remain as the hunter found
them. ..- ,#
The deer were young bucks of about
the same age, probably two years old.
The taxidermist said if they mad been
mounted full figure they would have
been worth more than $4,000. As they
are now, he says, the pair OF heads
is worth $500. They belong to the
man who killed them, aud wno will
keep them as trophy of his rare good
luck as sportsman. Chicago Chron-
icle.
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surgeon, nursery and toilet sponges
and rare cup sponges. After the
sponges are brought to the land they
are buried in sand and kept there un-
til they are decomposed. Then they
are washed in running stream of
fresh water, carefully dried and
packed in bales for the market. If the
sponges are not perfectly dry when
packed they are liable to catch the
"cholera," which means that they be-
come heated and are discolored with
orange colored blotches. fs
The demand for fine sponges always
exceeds the supply, and some particu-
larly fine cup spongts have brought
$100 dozen. The prices Of Florida
sponges have doubled in the last twen-
ty years, and sponge experts declare
that they. will be still more expensive.
As sponges are sold by weight, dis
honest dealers frequently fill the
sponges with sand to increase the
weight, but this practice is dying out.
The practical value of the sponge lies
in its great absorbing capacity and
also is due to the fact that water soft.
ens the tissues until they become soft
and plisble. Although sponges are
found in all tropical or semi-tropical
waters, the commercial sponges are
confined almost exclusively to the
waters of the southern and western
coast of Florida, the Bahaman archi-
pelago and to the Mediterranean and
Red Seas. The. sPonges, as they are
found in their native waters, vary in
form; some are cup or vase shaped,
others half round, others globular,
some are fan.shaped and some cylin-
drical.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-01-22

9 The sponge belongs to, one Of the
lowest orders Of animal life. It's skele-
ton is Q strong fibrous substance, and
the animal part of it is a gelatinous
matter which fills the pores and COW
ers the entire surface. If this matter
is not removed within few hours af-
ter the sponge has been torn from the
rock or stones to which it was fas-
tened it is almost impossible to purify
it. The hooking or harpooning meth
ods used in the Florida and Cuban
fishing grounds are useless when the
sponges lie in deep water.
In some parts of the Mediterranean
Ses, where very fine sponges are
used. The diver fastens stoneito his
feet and with long rope in his hand
goes down feet first. Some divers can
remain under water for three minutes
at time. They snatch the sponges
from the bottom, working rapidly as
possible. If lucky. the diver fills the
little basket he carries, tugs hard at
the rope and is drawn to the surface.
Another method employed in sponge.
fishing is dredging. The dredge is a
strong, heavy net. from six to eight
yards long and about one yard high.
It is made of hair cords, with the
meshes about four inches square.
This is dragged along the bottom by
rope attached to the bowsprit Of
small sailing vessel. As it passes over
the bottom it tears the sponges from
their anchorage and they fell into the
net. -
OF late years divers clad in -armor
have become common of the Greek
coast. They descend in thirty and
forty fathoms and bring up the finest
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-01-22
LOOKING FOR sPONGEs.

dried-up sponges that are sold in the
drug stores are the skeletons of
the sponges. When they are pulled
from the water they are covered with
o glue.like stuff and filled with slimy
matter. This shiny matter is the
curry and the sponges are kept on the
deck until this curry runs away.
Sometimes they are kept aboard two
days, and the man who cannot work
in O smell which is worse than any
down at the stock yards will never be
able to make a living fishing for
sponges.
"But you get used to it in time, and
you get so you can tell just when the
sponges should be taken to the sponge
crawls. A sponge crawl is made by
stalking out a space about twelve feet
square in shallow water. The partly
cured sponges are put to soak in the
crawl and are beaten with clubs and
thus washed out. The water of the
crawl is only two or three feet deep,
found, the old method of diving is
and the men who wash them use fat
clubs. Then they are taken out. strung
on strings, packed in bales and sold.
Sometimes sponges are bleached.
That makes them white, but hurts the
sponge.
''The sheep wool sponge is the best
sponge. 1t is soft, just like velvet,
and strong. Sheep wool sponges are
sold for bath sponges, but m oct of
them are used for washing ca rriages.
The yellow sponge is a good sponge,
but it is not so soft and strong as the
sheep wool, and the grass sponge is
s9orest and cheapest.
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SPONGE FISHING.
A THRIVING INDUSTRY OFF THE
FLURIDA COAST.
Hundreds of Men at Work-Search-
ing for the Sponges in y Sailing
Vessel-Methods Employed
in Other Places.
1rIM sCANLAN, with his back

TIM sCANLAN, with his back
~ to the stove in a warehouse
I on the river, was telling the
6 group of lake sailors how he
had fished for sponges off the Florida
Keys. 'You see, boys" said he. tsyou
stick your head in a bucket over the
side of the dingy, and you can see the
sponges hard fast to the bottom. Then
you put down your hook and haul
away, and get beauty" g..
GLOW can you see through a bucket,
Tim?" asked one OF his friends.
Because, dye see, the bucket has
a glass bottom to it, and that's no lie.
When the light is on the water you
can't see below the top, can you, be-
cause the water is sort of looking
glass, but you can see under water,
unless You are blind, if you keep your
eyes open. So what do those chaps do
but clap piece of glass in the bottom
of a bucket after knocking out the
wood, and then they stick their heads
in.the buckets, with the balls around
their necks, and shove the buckets un-
til the glass is under water, and they
can see down ten fathoms or more."
81 mind the time when I was sail
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Lawrence arose with the confused I'M
pressions Of the night not In the least
obliterated. He carried them, in spite
of himself, along with him to the break
fast table, where, to his surprise, he Gid
not meet Col. de Vigny, who, as Nine.
de Vigny informed him, had been COM
PEELED to set out early in the morning on
a long journey; he would be gone more
than q month.
Mile. de vigny was looking serious
and trife pale.
II had most urgent business with Col.
de Vigny," said Lawrence. He could
not entirely repress his disappointment
and chagrin, and it is probable that the
flash Of suspicion which leaped into his
mind was visible in his face; for Lucie
glanced quickly from him to her mother,
and the latter showed uneasiness.
But you said nothing to father about
it2" Lucie inquired, with the sweetest
Of rising infections.
Unfortunately, no. said Lawrence.
1T was SO late when I arrived, and 1
did not wish to be in an unseemly
hurry"
Something in Lucie's face was warn
ing him to be on his guard. 1t confused
and bewildered him all the more.
Your horse is gone, she said. Some
one has stolen it. !
), This very simple announcement sent
the blood in upon Lawrence's heart. In
twinkling he grasped to certain de-
gree TIE truth Of the situation. That
is, he understood that there certainly
must be some connection between the
sudden departure Of Colonel de Vigny
and the disappearance Of his horse.
In a word. Colonel de Vigny had killed
two birds with one stone. BY going of
he had escaped the disagreeable task Of
explaining some Illegal doings Of his
partners in New Orleans, and in taking
away Lawrence's horse he had made it
impossible for that young man to reach
the city before certain evidence could
be destroyed. Indeed, our young friend
was not in the least surprised when, in
answer to an inquiry, he was told that
there was not another riding horse on
the plantation, or, for that matter, within
twenty miles Of it.
He stood there looking at Mile. Lucie,
and on the moment the whole affair OBJ
truded it's ludicrous side. He laughed
in spite Of himself.
"A pretty kettle Of fish, he exclaimed,
with droll shrug Of his shoulders and
q humorous lifting Of his brows. You
will have to entertain me for a few days,
mademoiselle. 1t seems that am
prisoner.
Not exactly a prisoner, monsieur"
she replied, leaning over the railing Of
the veranda, her lovely face framed in
the rich foliage Of the vine. But you
must be wise and careful. Take my
advice, and there will be no danger TO
you"
She spoke very low, and her voice be-
trayed the depth Of her feeling.
Lawrence felt great impulse toward
taking her bright little head between
his hands. but he did not dare. , e
Il have not come so far to be afraid OF
any danger that may threaten me, he
said, as lightly as he. could. Things
usually go my wey."
She assumed a hardening attitude for
q moment, glancifg around meanwhile
as if to assure herself that no one was
near, then motioned him to come closer. |
He obeyed, lifting himself SO that she
could stoop to his ear and whisper.
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CHAPTER IL.

Nine. de Vigny, Lucie and Lawrence
sat on the veranda till moonrise. 1t
would have pleased the young man bet
ter if the mother had been away, for he
had made up his mind to declare his
love to Lucie at the first opportunity;
still the privilege Of sitting near the
beautiful girl was, under oil the circum-
stances, much more than he could have
expected, utter stranger to Nine. de
Vigny as he was. The reader must re-
member, however, in this connection,
that wayfaring strangers who ask Tor
hospitality in a thinly populated coun-
try generally receive all the attention
due an honored guest. This was the
rule in the South during the earlier
days Of slavery, when the plantationss
were far apart and the means OF travel
mostly private and slow.
Il must set out for New Orleans IN
the morning." said Lawrence, even II
have to 20 on foot.
The thought had come into. his mind
abruptly and he spoke it without re-
feetjop. =.