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The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-08-04
I'D sLew rAE HusaANp.
An Engineer 0ncrs an Abused wife
rrolaelIon and CnmInll. Mnrdar

N NnktheeN NAtNAa m AnAaNu hhe
Protection and Commits Mardsr.
BALTIMORE. Aug 3-James Dcots
came home drunk Sunday night and
abused his wife Annie, who became
frightened and ran into the street and
called Cor assistance. J. Hansen An.
drcws, an engineer, aged 20. volunteered
protection aud went with Mrs. Deets 70
the door Of her house. Dcets opened
opened the door and seeing Andrews
began striking him. Andrews whipped
out knife and stabbed Dce,s to the
heart, killing him instantly. Andrews
was arrested.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-08-04
oerm.n WIN nslr Jones.

CHICAGO, Aug. IA Washington
special to The journal says Senator
German has tocided to aid Chairman
Jones conduct he Democratic campaign.
Ilo has stipulated, however he shall bo
a silent partncr, giving advice and the
benefit Of his experience and sagacity
a. a political general, but not being
known publicly as a member Of the ex-
ecutive or any other committee.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-08-04

Mr.. F. B. Tinker will begin instue.
lions In bicycle riding at Bonneville
building Carr sold stand, Lessons at
all hours. Ladies' only, from to 9 p m,
Arrangements for wheels may be made
At J. A. Myers's hardware store. sii
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-08-04
STATE PopUusT CONVENTION
II WIN Meet at Galveston wednesday
to Nominate state Onicers.


20 Nominate State Onioers.
GALVESTON, Aug. 8.-Dclegates to
the Populist state convention which
meets here Wednesday to nominate
state officers, are coming in fast. Many
Of the leaders are here and others are
on the way.
Tuesday the congressional convention
Tor the Tenth district viii meet in con-
vontion hall, and during the week there
viii BE- other district meetings held, the
idea being 70 economic on time and
money for the delegates.
BY FAR the most important question
20 come before the convention will DO
that Of ascertaining the position Of the
party in Texas as regards the national
ticket put out at st. Louis
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-08-04
Dr.. ollrsr vas In oalareII ye.lsrda

DF. Oliver vas in CALDWELL yesterday.
The refreshing showers yesterday set.
lied the duss and made everybody feel
better.
An advance agent for a big circas
combination was here Saturday making
snnouncmcRts for his show.
D. II. Knowles and s. d. A. Duneas
went 70 Galveston las, night % ailen,
ne p0lnll.l EIAll oonNanIIon.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-08-04

AUsriN, Aug. s.-Austin was treated
% another murder sensation today
by the killing Of Rev. J. p, Gibbons. Of
tho Methodist Church BY Percy Cook =
married man. both parties being negroes.
Cook claims be caught the pssaeher and
his wife IN a compromising position, Sc
curing pistol from a nearby bureau
dmwc he opened ffo.m Rev. Gibbona
killng hlm instantly with tAg1r tuiiesl
An ms BODY
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-08-04

CHICAGO, Aug. 3.-lion. W. r. Nor.
ri aon. member OF the interstate COM
morcc commits ion, in an interview in
Tho journal, is quoted as saying that he
will vote for Bryan and FREQ silver. He
added
Il did not favor the adoption Of a free
silver platform and do not believe the
success Of free silver would in any way
realize the expectations Of those who are
urging H. Bat / do not believe the
adoption Of free coinage az a ratio Of 10
10 and the election Of Bryan would
necessarily precipitate a panic Il
would II men who control the money
market choose to have a panic. bat
not otherwise II thesp men should
in that event do as they are now
doing and do their best % strength
en- the credit Of the government.
things would run along without a
financial jar during the four years Of
Bryan's administration. OF course, II
president and congress were bent on
smashing things right and left thoy
could undoubtedly do IT,"
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-08-04
Democratic College silver Club.

hNmnNfAttN AniAeke SILVER Aiuh,
CHICAGO, Aug 3.-The Bryan and
sewal club Of the University Of Chi.
oago is to take the initiative in the or.
ganization Of a league OF Democratic
silver clubs among the colleges OF the
country. The intention Of the man.
ayers is TO effect an organized opposition
to the college league Of Republican
clubs.
The general plan for campaign Of
education by debate between the repre-
sentatives Of both the white and yellow
metal IN different universities. The de.
bates are 10 be held at colleges within
the scope Of the movement. should the
movement 20 organize be successful
more extensive plans than now partially
arranged viii be carried out.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1896-11-07
TIE PASSING OF THE SHADOW.


He came and looked me In the face. and
darkened DER my bed.
! turned me weakly TO the wall. for all
my heart was sick.
90 Godl 1 am not ready yeti o Christ.
forbearl' / said;
But still the shadow stood: and life's
flame fiuttered In the wick.
I fought until tainted. for-oh. bitter.
bitter death.
I could not bear TO let him quench sweet
life. so bright. so brave
I chung with love and terror 10 my little
thread OF breath,
And CROPPED along I'm darkness. IKE lost
man In a cave.
Then came the awful sinking; and let all
go and cried
20 Christi O Christ. come neareri" And
the brave world swan away.
I turned and saw the shadow-ah. so love-
ly. tender-eyed:
But he stood a little further. and whis-
pered him: Stay stay!'
He slowly fioated from my bed. he turned
away his face:
And when I woke the morn lay new upon
the walls and floor.
There stood my dearest, summed with tears,
I'm the dark shadows place.
And / was weak between them-tin
longed for him no more.
james Buckham, In N. Y. Independent.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1896-11-07

y thank you for your wouiu-i,e warm
ing" he said. more gently. II not ten
derby, "and God knows l wish your
flight had been successful. But even
your warning is unnecessary. For the
supports had already come up; they
had followed only the second signal and
diverged to engage our division on the
left. leaving me alone. And their ruse
of drawing our commander 20 assist me
would not have been successful, IA 4
had suspected IL and sent message to
him that wanted no help"
IL was the-truth--it was the sole pur-
port Of the note he had sent through
Miss Faulkner. He might not have dis
closed il, but SO great was the strange
domination of this woman still over him
that he felt compelled TO assert his su-
periority. She fixed her eyes upon him.
sand Miss Faulkner took your mes
sage" she said, slowly. Don't deny 1t!
No one else could have passed through
our lines. and you gave her safe con-
duct through yours. Yesl / might
have known II. And this is the crea-
ture they sent me for an ally and con-
fidanti"
For an instant Brant felt the sting OF
this enforced contrast between the two
women. But he only said: "You forget
that / did not know you were the spy,
nor do | believe that she suspected you
were my wife"
"Why should she?" she said, almost
fiercely. II am known among these
people only by the name OF Benham--
my maiden name. Yes! you can take
me out and shoot me under that name,
without disgracing yours. Nobody will
know that the southern spy was the
wife of the northern general. You see
have thought even of that!"
"And thinking that" said Brant, slow
ly, "you have put yourself-I viii not
say in my power-for you are in the
power of any man in this camp, who
may know you, or even hear you speak
Well-lct us understand each other
plainly. / do not know how great q
sacrifice your devotion 10 your cause
demands OF you. do not know what il
seems TO demand OF me. Hear me. then!
/ will do my best to protect you and get
you safely away from here; but, failing
that, / tell you plainly that shall blow
out your brains and my own together
She knew that he would do it. Yc
her eyes suddenly beamed with new
and awakening light; she put back he
hair again and half-raised herself upoi
the pillow TO gaze at his dark. set face.
[To Dn CONTINUED
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1896-11-07

have a hand at it. Instead of cotton
they use the fluffy head OF the marsh
flag, commonly known as the cat-tail,
which, as you know, falls apart when
dry in cottony mass. This makes
Just as good a flre-ball as cotton. Where
cat-tails cannot be obtained sometimes
cotton batting is used.
Right in this connection many boys
would doubtless be glad to know that
dried cat-tails make excellent torches.
The stalks should be cut as long as
possible and the heads OF the cat-tails
well saturated with kerosene oil. When
lighted they viii burn for n. long time
with flare that will Guido most ready
made torches. No doubt there are com
panies Of boys who would like to march
in the political parades of the present
campaign. If they do they will ind
cat-tail torches very great attraction
and they can be supplied at little OF no
expense Chicago Record.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1896-11-07

herself restored il TO its place. Itisno
fault OF hers nor of yours that am not
now u prisoner"
She passed her thin hand dazedly
across her forehead II sec" she NUT
tered. Then again bursting out pas
sionatcly, she said: "Fool! you never
would have been touched! DO you
think that Lee would have gone for you
with higher game in your division
commander? MOI Those supports were
a feint TO draw him 20 your assistance
while our main column broke his cen
ter. Yes, you may stare at me, Clarence
Brant. You arc good lawyer--they say
q dashing fighter, too. Inever thought
You coward, even IN your irresolu-
ton, but YOU are lighting with men
drilled i'm the art OF war and strategy
when you were boy outcnst on the
plains" She stopped, closed her eyes,
and then added YEARLY: "But that ms
Yesterday o-day, who knows? All may
be changed. The supports may still at
tack you. That was why j stopped 20
write you that note an hour ago-whcn
believed should be leaving here for
| ever. Ncsl did It'll Fhc went on, with
half-wearied. half-doggcd determine
ton. "You may as we'll know all. had
arranged 20 fly, your piclSets were to
be drawn by friends of mine, who were
waiting for me beyond the lines. Welt
/ fingered when ] saw you arrive
fingered 90 write you that note. And
| was too late!"
But Brant had been watching heI
varying expression, her lindiing eye
her strangs masculine grasp OF military
knowledge, her soldicrly phraseology
all so new 10 her. that he scarcely
needed tho feminine ending OF bel
| speech. IL seemed TO him no longer tn,
Diana OF his youthful fancy, bu: some
Pallas Athcne who now looked up a.
him from tho pillow. lie had never be
fore fully believed in her unsclnsh dc
votion 90 the cause. until now. when j
seemed 10 have almost unsexcd her. il
his widest comprehension OF her ne haS
never dreamed her a Joan of Arc, an,
vet that was the face which nigh
have confronted him. exalted aud In
spircd, on the battlefield itself. lie ne
called himself with An effort
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1896-11-07
FlRE-BALL PLAYING.
A splendid Sport of which the Boys of
Texas Are Very Fond.

Texas Are Very Fond.
About the time every year that the
negroes begin contemplating the boys
of Texas have rare sport playing with
fire-balls. Just at evening they gather
from the field a pile of cotton-pods and
take them to nearby common or
field. AS soon as il is dark they go out
in force, carrying with them can OF
coal oil, or kerosene. Several OF the
cotton balls are wadded together in n
solid mass and saturated with the oil.
Then the boys separate in big circle,
standing Is or 20 feet apart.
"All readyl" shouts the boy who
holds the dripping ball of cotton.
"Ready, ready" comes the word from
the other players.
A match is lighted and in a moment
the coal oil in the cotton ball is blaz-
ing. OF course the boy who set il atire
cannot hold IL more than a second, SO
he throws it swiftly TO the boy next ia
him. This boy sees the flaming ball
coming and he must catch IL in his
hands and throw il before il burns him
He may take any boy in the ring by sur
prise, and IL that boy drops il he is not
only out of the game but he must pay
n heavy forfeit for his carelessness
This forfeit usually consists in making
the "fumbler" stoop over and allow
himself to be struck once with hat o
knotted handkerchief by each of thu
other players.
When one ball is used up another
lighted and the game continues mer
riIy. OF course the players becom'
well blackened and sometimes just
little scorched, but the intense excite
ment Of the game makes up for all that
Not only is this game played in tn
south, but the boys OF the north ais
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1896-11-07
TRAINED cHAMELEoNs.
what a Girl Accomplished with Two OF
These Reptiles.

These Reptiles.
Much has been written about inc
beauty, the stupidity and the vicious
ness OF the lizard tribe, and / want TO
say word about the intelligence OF
the chameleon, little reptile belong
ing to the great lizard family, and in
size the antipodes of the alligator
It's big brother.
The incident / now relate came uh-
der my personal observation and dem
onstrates that the chameleon is sus-
ceptible 20 education and can b.
ranked with animals classed much
higher in the scale OF intellectual de
velopment.
Miss Henrietta Keene, little lady OF
re years, living In Philadelphia, wos
presented with two Florida chameleons,
and she ut once began instructing and
educating her pets. BY continued gen
tleness and Kindness she won their con
iidence, and Mt her call they would raise
their heads, listen. and then come run
ming quickly. Soon they responded to
their names Brinton and Baby-and
nodded their little heads knowingly.
She then taught them TO stand up
on their hind legs and put their little
forepaws together and stand in the at
titude Of prayer, looking solemn AMI
closing their eyes; Mt signal they
would quickly PROSTATE themselves,
roll over on their backs and pretend To
be dead, lying without motion. until
told TO rise and embrace, which they
would do with every sign OF joy and
pleasure. Washington Star.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1896-11-07
k,Np-HEARrEn BEAR.


<@<@@~-
I'm - Place or safety.
Miss Isabel +. Hapgood translates for
st. Nicholas true story from the Rus
sian of Vera p. Zhelikhovsky. IL Is an
incident that occurred in is47, In the
Trans-Caucasian German colony OF .he
Elizabeththal, about 30 miles from
Tiflis. A picnic party discovered
large bear (called "Mikhail Ivan'itch"
and General Toptygin" in Russian) on
a narrow ledge of rock high up In .
gorge. This Is what followed:
All ut once a simultaneous cry OF
pity, terror, horror. broke from all.
From behind the crag little girl made
her appearance. The tiny colonist was
seven or eight years old; not more.
She was strolling along with her arms
crossed carelessly on her pink apron.
A large hat OF coarse straw, such as ell
colonists, whether young or old, wear
In hot weather, had fallen quite over On
the nape of her neck; and surroundtd
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1896-11-07
,.rn,a On The oilIow instinctively

turned on the pillow instinctiveiy
towards him. He rose from his knees
Her eyes opened slowly. As the first
glare of wonderment cleared from
them, they met HMM the old antag-
onism of spiritl Yet her first gesture
was feminine pathetic movementwith
both hands. 10 arrange her struggling
hair. 1t brought her white fingers.
cleaned OF their Disgusting stains, as
n sudden revelation 10 her of what had
happened: she instantly slipped them
back under the coverlet again. Brant
did not speak, but with folded arms
stood gazing upon her. And IL was
her voice that first broke the silence.
"You have recognized me! Well.
suppose you know all, she said with q
weak half-defance.
He bowed his head. lie felt as yet he
could not trust his voice and envied her
her own.
81 may sit up, mayn't ~" She man
aged by sheer force of will 10 struggle
TO sitting posture. Then as the cover
let slipped from the bare shoulders, she
said, az she drew it with SILVER of
disgnst around her again: ~ forgot
that YOU strip women-you northern
soldiers. But forgot also, ;" she added,
with sarcastic smile, that you are
/ likewise my husband-and this is your
room"
The contemptuous significance OF her
speech dispelled the last lingering rem
nant OF Brant's dream. In voice as
| dry as her own he said: Il am afraid
YOU will now have 10 remember ouly
| that am northern general and you N
| southern spy"
$50 be IT," she said, gravely. Then,
impulsively, 'but / have not spied on
you"
Yet the next moment she bit her lips
as IL the expression had unwittingly es-
caped her: and with reckless shrug OF
her shoulders she lay back on her pill
low.
ut matters not" said Brant, coldly
"You have used this house, and those
within it 10 forward your designs. II
IS not your fault that you found moth
ing in the dispatch box you opened.
She stared at him quickly; theI
shrugged her shoulder again. Il nigh
have known she was false TO me-" sh'
said bitterly,"and that you would vince
die her soul away as you have others
Well-shc betrayed me! For what%'
A flush passed over Brants face. Bu
with an effort he contained himself
ut WAS the flower that betrayed you
The flower whose red dust fell in tn
box when you opened il on the desl
by the window in youder room. Tn
flower thu. stood in the window as
signal. The flower ! myself remove
and SO spoiled the miserable plot you
friends had concocted."
A look OF mingled terror and aw
came into her face. You changed tn
signal" she repeated. dazedly; then
|, lower voice: THAT accounts for
all" But the next moment she turne
again fiercely upon him: And yo
mean TO tell me that she didn't hel
: you-that she didn'tsell me-your viii
!, to you for-for what was it?--a loo
IA ldss?"
at mean 70 say that she did not kno'
the signal was changed and that 81
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1896-11-07
FOR YOUNG PEOPLE.
WHICH GENERAL.

somstimes mamma calls me general"
wisl, knew which onel
But I always try 20 tell the TRUTH
so hope it's Washington.
But when tell my papa that.
lie laughs loud as he can.
And says IL she calls me general
She must mean Sheridan.
Because whenever she wants mo.
And i am out at play.
I nearly always seem to be
Bout twenty miles away"
kate w. Hamilton, In YOUTHS Com
panion.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1896-11-07

An unnamed swallow, which had It's
nest on farm near Chetwynd, In
Shropshire. was caught and taken In
n cage TO London. where IL was released.
n returned 10 its nest in so minutes,
having accomplished distance OF i4s
miles. at the rate OF nearly two miles
a minute.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1896-11-07
chinese ThumbnaII Art.

The ancient Chinese and Japaneee
frequently used to draw pictures with
their thumbnails. The nails were al
lowed to grow TO a length Of some IS
inches and were pared TO n point and
dipped In vermillion or sl<y-bluc ink
the only color used In these thumbnaii
nketches.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1896-11-07

Tampa, Fla. is Cuban city. lares
proportion OF the population being Gu
bans engaged In the msnuincture Of ri'
Rark
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1896-11-07

Many n man has ruined his eyesighi
by sitting In the barroom looking for'
wcrk.-N. Y. Recorder.
The Madisonian. (Virginia City, Mont.) 1873-1915, 1896-10-31

One of the members of Ii Hung
Changes suite, it seems, is in the agree
able habit of warbling a ditty, of which
the first verse is: "A man loved a lady
who was actually his wife, AS it is a
Chinese song it throws q new light upon
the state of civilization in the Flowery
Kingdom. BY means of it we see that
the a~lmond-eyed inhabitants Of China
are not so far behind the Caucasian
races as has been generally supposed,
1or 1t is apparent that they have reach
ed a point where the circumstance al
luded to in the song creates as much
surprise among them as it does among
Americans and Europeans. Evidently
the only thing remaining for the Chi
nese to achieve in order to be on a level
with the Western nations in the matter
or enlightenment is the institution Of
alimony. In China when a nan wearies
OF his wife he divorces her without for
mality or trouble by the simple method
of turning her adrift.
The Madisonian. (Virginia City, Mont.) 1873-1915, 1896-10-31

Judge Seaman, of the United States
Court, at Milwaukee,, made a ruling a
few days ago of interest to collection
agents and business men generally.
One Barber, head Of a collection agen-
CIV, was arrested for sending through
the mails a letter urging the payment
of a debt, with his business card print
ed on the envelope. For this alleged Of
tense he had been arrested, and under
the ruling Of a United States commits
sioner put in Jail. Judge Seaman Or
dered his discharge on the ground that
the contents Of the letter did not con-
stitute a violation of the postal laws.
THE right to send a respectful dunning
letter." said the Judge, cannot be Ques-
toned, whether sealed or unsealed.
Proper and diligent effort on the part of
creditors to collect debts are no to be
discouraged, and the business Of max
ing collections, fairly conducted, is
clearly legitimate" The law on this
subject is so plain that it will not be
misunderstood. It makes a penal Of
Tense to send through the mails any
postal card or letter on the envelope Of
which may be anything 'of an indie
cent, libelous, scurrilous, ~defamatory
or threatening character, or calculated
to reflect injuriously upon the character
or conduct Of another" A dunning let
ter or postal card, no matter how ur-
gent, that falls within this prohibition,
is not permissible. In case of a sealed
letter the prohibition does not apply to
the contents, but only to what appears
on the envelope. The idea that a cred
itor or collection agent cannot send
through the mails a letter or postal card
respectfully requesting or urging the
payment of n debt seems to have grow
out of the prevalent theory that the col
lection of debts is a great wrong CD
the debtor class.
The Madisonian. (Virginia City, Mont.) 1873-1915, 1896-10-31

The removal Of a large number of
Russian peasants into the now waste
but cultivable lands of Siberia will
probably have an important influence
on the economic and social conditions
of the world in the future. Every move
ment which has for its purpose and
does in effect increase the volume Of
production %cheapens the commodities
to the consumer, and whether it is by
way of improved machinery or en-
larged area, the result is the anne
There are immense areas of unoccupied
and unproductive lands in Siberia, and
II, as seems probable, they are to be
utilized in multiplying the products Of
the soil and consequently increasing
the wealth Of the world, there is in
that fact the promise of a betterment
Of general conditions. With the con-
stantly progressing development Of
methods and the corresponding enlarge
ment Of the area of production the com.
forts and conveniences Of life will ad.
vance in proportion to the enhanced
opportunities.